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Interested In:
Friends, Activity Partners
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Member Since:
Sep 2003
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Hometown:
Brooklyn, NY
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Rachel's URL:
http://profiles.friendster.com/1957308
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Other education:
P.S. 195, Mark Twain, Murrow, Vassar, CCNY
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College/University:
City University of New York - City College, Attended 2002 - 2004, Class of 2004, Master's Degree, Childhood Education
Vassar College, Attended 1998 - 2002, Class of 2002, Bachelor's Degree, English
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Occupation:
5th Grade Teacher
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Affiliations:
NYCTF, NYCDOE
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What I enjoy doing:
Music, writing, quoting Biggie, impersonating the people I work with, reading, cooking, yoga, rooftops in summer, Tasti D-Lite, movies, coffee, democracy, dive bars, diners, documentaries, alliteration, the Boogie-down Bronx, Scarlett Johanssen's hair, ghetto bling (i.e., gigantic hoop earrings, scrolling LED belts), scoffing at "bump" analysis provided by celebrity weekly mags (and loving it)
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Favorite Books:
A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius, The Girl's Guide to Hunting and Fishing, The Namesake, Another Country, The Kite Runner, The God of Small Things, Borderlands/La Frontera, A Cyborg Manifesto, Sex Drugs and Cocoa Puffs, Me Talk Pretty One Day, Music for Torching, The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay, High Fidelity, Prep, The Good People of New York
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Favorite Movies:
When Harry Met Sally, Spaceballs, Lord of the Rings, Labyrinth, Lost in Translation, Reality Bites, Office Space, High Fidelity, Cry Baby, Little Shop of Horrors, West Side Story, Strictly Ballroom, Harold & Kumar, Napoleon Dynamite, Garden State
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Favorite Music:
80s pop, 90s alternative, freestyle, disco, R&B, electronic, as well as current "Guilty Pleasures." Consult me for more info.
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Favorite TV Shows:
Sex and the City, Six Feet Under, That '70s Show, Road Rules, The Real World (or both, with or without Fresh Meat), Grey's Anatomy, The Office, American Idol, Laguna Beach, Project Runway, America's Next Top Model, the O.C., and any show on VH1 that includes second-rate celebrities commenting on things past and present
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Zodiac Sign:
Aries
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About Me:
Someone recently described me as a salt-of-the-earth, no b.s., solid, caring, outer-borough sweetheart with a white-trash aesthetic. I think I like it.
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Who I Want to Meet:
People who would rather dance around like idiots than play board games at a party. 'Cause I'm definitely that dancing idiot.
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"Sometimes, when I'm walking down the street, I see a sign. It says, 'Slow children at play.' And I wonder...
what are all the gifted children doin'?
And then I re-ah-lize...
They are studyin'."
I laughed. Oh, I laughed.
I thought of you on Valentines day - remember the infamous cupcakes we searched all of mill basin for senior year?? Saw a sad version of them in the grocery store and it made me remember....
Glad to see all is well!