old account: fictitious facades; favorite word: ostentatious; i love the review game.

"Maybe I'm a little bit over my head / I come undone at the things he said."
- White Houses, Vanessa Carlton

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Name: Rachel

Age: sixteen,sweetly

Redeeming Qualities: I listen to damn good music. I keep the faith. I listen, I watch, I think. I am alive.

Shortcomings: I can't keep plans. I try too hard. I am picky. I tend to be selfdestructive in everything I do.

Music: Bright Eyes, Jacks Mannequing/Something Corporate, Rilo Kiley, Woody Guthry, Meg and Dia, Backseat Goodbye, the Zutons, Boys Like Girls, Elvis Costello, Anberlin, Saosin, Bill Monroe, Paramore, the Postal Service, the Beatles, Vanessa Carlton.

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"I go to seek a great perhaps."

"Night falls fast, today is in the past."

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Okay, relevant stuff.

I'm sorry I've been on an impromptu hiatus.

I think I'm going to take a break from everything but I will try to work on the Game and definately some sporadic poems. I don't know. I may change my mind. I am just swamped right now.

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1. But She Can't Play Scales reviews

not that you would know.

Love - Fiction Rated: T - English - Poetry - Chapters: 1 - Words: 120 - Reviews: 2 - Updated: 11-7-08 - Published: 11-7-08

2. High Blood Pressure and Mornings Don't Mix

but god, she wants him.

Life - Fiction Rated: T - English - Poetry - Chapters: 1 - Words: 48 - Reviews: 0 - Updated: 11-7-08 - Published: 11-7-08

3. Carus Abbas reviews

.

Family - Fiction Rated: T - English - Poetry - Chapters: 1 - Words: 31 - Reviews: 1 - Updated: 11-1-08 - Published: 11-1-08

4. Verisimilitude reviews

or maybe willing suspension of disbelief.

Love - Fiction Rated: T - English - Poetry - Chapters: 1 - Words: 48 - Reviews: 3 - Updated: 10-22-08 - Published: 10-22-08

5. The Sacred Feminine and Her Pentagram reviews

I've been reading the DaVinci Code.

Life - Fiction Rated: T - English - Poetry - Chapters: 1 - Words: 47 - Reviews: 1 - Updated: 10-22-08 - Published: 10-22-08

6. Grey reviews

antediluvian- adj. of or relating to the period before the flood described in the Bible.

Life - Fiction Rated: K+ - English - Poetry - Chapters: 1 - Words: 33 - Reviews: 2 - Updated: 10-21-08 - Published: 10-21-08

7. between belief and life reviews

it's broken.

Life - Fiction Rated: K+ - English - Poetry - Chapters: 1 - Words: 51 - Reviews: 3 - Updated: 10-16-08 - Published: 10-16-08

8. Life without Living reviews

and it's all you can manage.

Life - Fiction Rated: T - English - Poetry - Chapters: 1 - Words: 39 - Reviews: 1 - Updated: 9-8-08 - Published: 9-8-08

9. UnForgetting You reviews

and I'm trying so hard.

Love - Fiction Rated: T - English - Poetry - Chapters: 1 - Words: 93 - Reviews: 2 - Updated: 9-8-08 - Published: 9-8-08

10. Sister » reviews

Two poems written to a friend, a sister of sorts.

Life - Fiction Rated: T - English - Poetry - Chapters: 2 - Words: 203 - Reviews: 2 - Updated: 8-31-08 - Published: 8-31-08

11. Konstantly reviews

something corporate is life.

Life - Fiction Rated: T - English - Poetry - Chapters: 1 - Words: 122 - Reviews: 2 - Updated: 8-24-08 - Published: 8-24-08

12. Keeping The Faith reviews

I tried to have kept it.

Religion - Fiction Rated: T - English - Poetry - Chapters: 1 - Words: 35 - Reviews: 1 - Updated: 8-24-08 - Published: 8-24-08

13. Postage Paid reviews

no need for "forever" stamps.

Life - Fiction Rated: K+ - English - Poetry - Chapters: 1 - Words: 68 - Reviews: 2 - Updated: 8-18-08 - Published: 8-18-08

14. biblical scale lust reviews

oh. my.

Love - Fiction Rated: T - English - Poetry - Chapters: 1 - Words: 24 - Reviews: 2 - Updated: 8-18-08 - Published: 8-18-08

15. Porcelain Doll Don't Smile reviews

and their eyes hold no life.

Life - Fiction Rated: T - English - Poetry - Chapters: 1 - Words: 157 - Reviews: 2 - Updated: 7-7-08 - Published: 7-7-08

16. She Is reviews

contradicting and contemplation.

Life - Fiction Rated: T - English - Poetry - Chapters: 1 - Words: 79 - Reviews: 2 - Updated: 7-6-08 - Published: 7-6-08

17. Scattered Books and Bedsheets reviews

the only reminders of her.

Life - Fiction Rated: T - English - Poetry - Chapters: 1 - Words: 91 - Reviews: 1 - Updated: 7-6-08 - Published: 7-6-08

18. Tattoos and Turn Tables » reviews

i would cover my body in ink if it meant i could keep the memory of you forever.

General - Fiction Rated: T - English - Poetry - Chapters: 7 - Words: 145 - Reviews: 5 - Updated: 7-2-08 - Published: 7-1-08

19. Down Dizzy Daisy reviews

you're alive.

Life - Fiction Rated: T - English - Poetry - Chapters: 1 - Words: 138 - Reviews: 2 - Updated: 6-30-08 - Published: 6-30-08

20. It's Finally the End reviews

but you finished weeks ago.

Love - Fiction Rated: T - English - Poetry - Chapters: 1 - Words: 69 - Reviews: 1 - Updated: 6-30-08 - Published: 6-30-08

21. High Fives Cause Cancer reviews

but so does cape cod.

Friendship - Fiction Rated: T - English - Poetry - Chapters: 1 - Words: 173 - Reviews: 4 - Updated: 6-30-08 - Published: 6-30-08

22. Summer Nights and Chuck Taylor reviews

so lace up your chucks and sneak out the window.

Life - Fiction Rated: T - English - Poetry - Chapters: 1 - Words: 101 - Reviews: 1 - Updated: 6-30-08 - Published: 6-30-08

23. Laundry reviews

I wish I could just put the memory of you away.

Love - Fiction Rated: T - English - Poetry - Chapters: 1 - Words: 85 - Reviews: 2 - Updated: 6-26-08 - Published: 6-26-08

24. The Game » reviews

stories of todays youth. please give con crit?

Young Adult - Fiction Rated: T - English - Tragedy/Hurt/Comfort - Chapters: 8 - Words: 3,459 - Reviews: 10 - Updated: 6-26-08 - Published: 5-17-08

25. But Baby reviews

I'm not your baby.

Love - Fiction Rated: T - English - Poetry - Chapters: 1 - Words: 98 - Reviews: 3 - Updated: 6-26-08 - Published: 6-26-08

26. Electricity reviews

can you feel it?

Love - Fiction Rated: T - English - Poetry - Chapters: 1 - Words: 32 - Reviews: 3 - Updated: 6-26-08 - Published: 6-26-08

27. Jump reviews

Come on kid, how far can you fall?

Love - Fiction Rated: T - English - Poetry - Chapters: 1 - Words: 50 - Reviews: 3 - Updated: 6-26-08 - Published: 6-26-08

28. Praying reviews

ED themed.

Life - Fiction Rated: T - English - Poetry - Chapters: 1 - Words: 28 - Reviews: 2 - Updated: 6-26-08 - Published: 6-26-08

29. Klemantine

intentionally very misspelled. it's an acronym for the objects of each poem.

Friendship - Fiction Rated: T - English - Poetry - Chapters: 1 - Words: 168 - Reviews: 0 - Updated: 6-25-08 - Published: 6-25-08

30. Thinking

two of your thoughts.

Life - Fiction Rated: T - English - Poetry - Chapters: 1 - Words: 113 - Reviews: 0 - Updated: 6-25-08 - Published: 6-25-08

31. Thin King reviews

I will never be the thin king.

Life - Fiction Rated: T - English - Poetry - Chapters: 1 - Words: 48 - Reviews: 1 - Updated: 6-25-08 - Published: 6-25-08

32. Waiting A Year reviews

You're my only regret and I can't even call you a mistake.

Love - Fiction Rated: T - English - Poetry - Chapters: 1 - Words: 390 - Reviews: 1 - Updated: 6-13-08 - Published: 6-13-08

33. Johnny, Believe Me reviews

I'm sorry.

Life - Fiction Rated: K+ - English - Poetry - Chapters: 1 - Words: 118 - Reviews: 2 - Updated: 6-6-08 - Published: 6-6-08

34. Summer reviews

I can't take your listlessness.

Love - Fiction Rated: K+ - English - Poetry - Chapters: 1 - Words: 60 - Reviews: 1 - Updated: 6-3-08 - Published: 6-3-08

35. Katie reviews

i'm sorry that in your condition, the sunshine's been missin'

Life - Fiction Rated: T - English - Poetry - Chapters: 1 - Words: 76 - Reviews: 3 - Updated: 6-3-08 - Published: 6-3-08

36. Short Skirts reviews

tanka

Life - Fiction Rated: T - English - Poetry - Chapters: 1 - Words: 23 - Reviews: 2 - Updated: 5-20-08 - Published: 5-20-08

37. Hold On reviews

I don't know how much longer I can.

Life - Fiction Rated: T - English - Poetry - Chapters: 1 - Words: 111 - Reviews: 2 - Updated: 5-17-08 - Published: 5-17-08

38. Esperanza de las Estrellas reviews

Supuestamente a once y once deseos se realiza.

Life - Fiction Rated: K+ - Spanish - Poetry - Chapters: 1 - Words: 54 - Reviews: 1 - Updated: 5-3-08 - Published: 5-3-08

39. Hero reviews

I honestly looked up to her.

Friendship - Fiction Rated: K+ - English - Poetry - Chapters: 1 - Words: 34 - Reviews: 2 - Updated: 5-3-08 - Published: 5-3-08

40. Alphabet » reviews

Poems whose words procede in alphabetical order, a to z.

Life - Fiction Rated: K+ - English - Poetry - Chapters: 3 - Words: 74 - Reviews: 8 - Updated: 5-3-08 - Published: 3-19-08

41. Three Cheers reviews

White Houses by Vanessa Carlton is alluded to.

Love - Fiction Rated: K+ - English - Poetry - Chapters: 1 - Words: 97 - Reviews: 1 - Updated: 5-2-08 - Published: 5-2-08

42. Dreams reviews

White walls couldn't stop them.

Life - Fiction Rated: T - English - Poetry - Chapters: 1 - Words: 36 - Reviews: 1 - Updated: 5-2-08 - Published: 5-2-08

43. Feeling Nostalgic reviews

yes.

Life - Fiction Rated: K+ - English - Poetry - Chapters: 1 - Words: 130 - Reviews: 2 - Updated: 4-26-08 - Published: 4-26-08

44. Perserverance reviews

Is it always such a good trait?

Life - Fiction Rated: K+ - English - Poetry - Chapters: 1 - Words: 83 - Reviews: 1 - Updated: 4-7-08 - Published: 4-7-08

45. Suicide Susie

Little Susie has dealt with this for far too long.

Love - Fiction Rated: T - English - Poetry - Chapters: 1 - Words: 83 - Reviews: 0 - Updated: 4-7-08 - Published: 4-7-08

46. She Was All reviews

But really, who was she?

Life - Fiction Rated: K+ - English - Poetry - Chapters: 1 - Words: 41 - Reviews: 5 - Updated: 4-7-08 - Published: 4-7-08

47. Winter reviews

is leaving.

Life - Fiction Rated: K+ - English - Poetry - Chapters: 1 - Words: 38 - Reviews: 6 - Updated: 3-19-08 - Published: 3-19-08

48. Rain reviews

has a certain healing quality.

Haiku - Fiction Rated: K+ - English - Poetry - Chapters: 1 - Words: 13 - Reviews: 6 - Updated: 3-5-08 - Published: 3-5-08

49. Memorable reviews

a hate piece.

Life - Fiction Rated: K+ - English - Poetry - Chapters: 1 - Words: 35 - Reviews: 5 - Updated: 2-24-08 - Published: 2-24-08

50. Stars reviews

fall.

Life - Fiction Rated: K+ - English - Poetry - Chapters: 1 - Words: 28 - Reviews: 5 - Updated: 2-24-08 - Published: 2-24-08

51. Rabbit reviews

is now on Ritalin.

Life - Fiction Rated: K+ - English - Poetry - Chapters: 1 - Words: 27 - Reviews: 2 - Updated: 2-24-08 - Published: 2-24-08

52. Do Not Disturb reviews

You never were one for listening.

Life - Fiction Rated: T - English - Poetry - Chapters: 1 - Words: 40 - Reviews: 4 - Updated: 2-24-08 - Published: 2-24-08

53. I'm Not Charlie reviews

I'd still try my best though.

Haiku - Fiction Rated: K+ - English - General - Chapters: 1 - Words: 16 - Reviews: 3 - Updated: 2-24-08 - Published: 2-24-08

54. Burned reviews

impatient as always, she couldn't wait for it to cool.

Life - Fiction Rated: T - English - Poetry - Chapters: 1 - Words: 83 - Reviews: 4 - Updated: 2-24-08 - Published: 2-24-08

55. Pretending reviews

I couldn't just be normal"

Life - Fiction Rated: K+ - English - Poetry - Chapters: 1 - Words: 159 - Reviews: 2 - Updated: 2-24-08 - Published: 2-24-08

56. What You Did reviews

it's the dreaded secret.

Life - Fiction Rated: M - English - Poetry - Chapters: 1 - Words: 99 - Reviews: 4 - Updated: 2-23-08 - Published: 2-23-08

57. Boy reviews

This boy, I will never know him, but he killed me.

Love - Fiction Rated: K+ - English - Poetry - Chapters: 1 - Words: 52 - Reviews: 4 - Updated: 2-23-08 - Published: 2-23-08

58. Blue Raspberry reviews

My heart still stops beating the second I see you.

Love - Fiction Rated: K+ - English - Poetry - Chapters: 1 - Words: 41 - Reviews: 6 - Updated: 2-22-08 - Published: 2-22-08

59. Little Vampires reviews

with their robbin's-egg-blue tourniquets.

Life - Fiction Rated: T - English - Poetry - Chapters: 1 - Words: 86 - Reviews: 5 - Updated: 2-22-08 - Published: 2-22-08

60. Break reviews

I was so afraid of what you could do to me.

Haiku - Fiction Rated: K+ - English - Poetry - Chapters: 1 - Words: 15 - Reviews: 4 - Updated: 2-19-08 - Published: 2-19-08

61. Addictions reviews

And I thought the worst would be Apples Anonymous.

Haiku - Fiction Rated: T - English - Poetry - Chapters: 1 - Words: 25 - Reviews: 4 - Updated: 2-19-08 - Published: 2-19-08

62. I'll See You Again reviews

We need a connection but you seem to push me far away from you" - Ender Will Save Us All by Dashboard Confessional.

Life - Fiction Rated: K+ - English - Poetry - Chapters: 1 - Words: 104 - Reviews: 3 - Updated: 2-19-08 - Published: 2-19-08

63. Kodak reviews

There was a rainbow on my poetry notebook. But I'm the only one who could ever see any beauty there.

Haiku - Fiction Rated: K+ - English - Poetry - Chapters: 1 - Words: 13 - Reviews: 7 - Updated: 2-19-08 - Published: 2-19-08

64. Icicles reviews

It's not quite cold enough today.

Haiku - Fiction Rated: K+ - English - Poetry - Chapters: 1 - Words: 22 - Reviews: 3 - Updated: 2-19-08 - Published: 2-19-08

65. My World reviews

His away message was Come Crash Into Me by Dave Matthews Band. I'd crash into him anytime.

Haiku - Fiction Rated: K+ - English - Poetry - Chapters: 1 - Words: 13 - Reviews: 3 - Updated: 2-19-08 - Published: 2-19-08

66. I Said I'm Fine reviews

I was always too good at lying.

Life - Fiction Rated: T - English - Poetry - Chapters: 1 - Words: 42 - Reviews: 4 - Updated: 2-19-08 - Published: 2-19-08

67. Expectations » reviews

they've always been too high.

Haiku - Fiction Rated: K+ - English - Poetry - Chapters: 2 - Words: 40 - Reviews: 3 - Updated: 2-18-08 - Published: 2-18-08

68. Doubts reviews

maybe you could help me find some answers.

Haiku - Fiction Rated: K+ - English - Poetry - Chapters: 1 - Words: 24 - Reviews: 2 - Updated: 2-18-08 - Published: 2-18-08

69. Everything reviews

Another tanka.

Haiku - Fiction Rated: K+ - English - Poetry - Chapters: 1 - Words: 23 - Reviews: 2 - Updated: 2-18-08 - Published: 2-18-08

70. Enough reviews

I'm trying out tanka. I think I like this form a lot.

Haiku - Fiction Rated: K+ - English - Poetry - Chapters: 1 - Words: 23 - Reviews: 4 - Updated: 2-18-08 - Published: 2-18-08

71. Your Secret reviews

has been successfully uploaded.

Love - Fiction Rated: K+ - English - Poetry - Chapters: 1 - Words: 59 - Reviews: 2 - Updated: 2-17-08 - Published: 2-17-08

72. Questions reviews

You answer them better than I ever could, anyways.

Haiku - Fiction Rated: K+ - English - Poetry - Chapters: 1 - Words: 14 - Reviews: 4 - Updated: 2-17-08 - Published: 2-17-08

73. I Wish reviews

But it's a cloudy night, and my clock reads 11:12.

Friendship - Fiction Rated: K+ - English - Poetry - Chapters: 1 - Words: 46 - Reviews: 2 - Updated: 2-17-08 - Published: 2-17-08

74. What's Wrong? reviews

what a lovely question, really.

Friendship - Fiction Rated: K+ - English - Poetry - Chapters: 1 - Words: 27 - Reviews: 2 - Updated: 2-17-08 - Published: 2-17-08

75. Poetic Words reviews

lots of adjectives with starting with the letter "p".

Life - Fiction Rated: K+ - English - Poetry - Chapters: 1 - Words: 29 - Reviews: 3 - Updated: 2-17-08 - Published: 2-17-08

76. On With My Life reviews

And living means regretting, it's so hard forgetting.

Life - Fiction Rated: K+ - English - Poetry - Chapters: 1 - Words: 142 - Reviews: 1 - Updated: 2-15-08 - Published: 2-15-08

77. In Your Eyes reviews

That's not something I thought I would see. Then again, maybe I should have known. We used to have that in common.

Friendship - Fiction Rated: T - English - Poetry - Chapters: 1 - Words: 30 - Reviews: 1 - Updated: 2-15-08 - Published: 2-15-08

78. Blank reviews

It's been so long since I've felt anything.

Life - Fiction Rated: K+ - English - Poetry - Chapters: 1 - Words: 33 - Reviews: 1 - Updated: 2-13-08 - Published: 2-13-08

79. You Can't reviews

But you did.

Life - Fiction Rated: K+ - English - Poetry - Chapters: 1 - Words: 26 - Reviews: 1 - Updated: 2-13-08 - Published: 2-13-08

80. You Look, But Never See reviews

maybe you see only what you want to.

Love - Fiction Rated: K+ - English - Poetry - Chapters: 1 - Words: 57 - Reviews: 1 - Updated: 2-13-08 - Published: 2-13-08

81. Numb reviews

Should have been put up a while ago?

Life - Fiction Rated: T - English - Poetry - Chapters: 1 - Words: 121 - Reviews: 1 - Updated: 2-8-08 - Published: 2-8-08

82. Shaking Secrets reviews

they make me shiver so much.

Life - Fiction Rated: K+ - English - Poetry - Chapters: 1 - Words: 40 - Reviews: 2 - Updated: 2-5-08 - Published: 2-5-08

83. Like A Movie reviews

but my life's not really like that.

Life - Fiction Rated: K+ - English - Poetry - Chapters: 1 - Words: 59 - Reviews: 2 - Updated: 2-5-08 - Published: 2-5-08

84. I Trusted You reviews

now I don't know what to think, you know?

Friendship - Fiction Rated: K+ - English - Poetry - Chapters: 1 - Words: 57 - Reviews: 1 - Updated: 2-4-08 - Published: 2-4-08

85. I'm Trying reviews

I just need you to know that.

Friendship - Fiction Rated: K+ - English - Poetry - Chapters: 1 - Words: 55 - Reviews: 2 - Updated: 2-4-08 - Published: 2-4-08

86. Without You reviews

it's so hard to think about how it was.

Friendship - Fiction Rated: K+ - English - Poetry - Chapters: 1 - Words: 27 - Reviews: 1 - Updated: 2-4-08 - Published: 2-4-08

87. Run Away reviews

you can call me love.

Life - Fiction Rated: T - English - Poetry - Chapters: 1 - Words: 50 - Reviews: 3 - Updated: 2-3-08 - Published: 2-3-08

88. You, and You reviews

they're different people, you see. there should be parentheses around the second you.

Friendship - Fiction Rated: K+ - English - Poetry - Chapters: 1 - Words: 62 - Reviews: 1 - Updated: 2-3-08 - Published: 2-3-08

89. Just Lie to Me reviews

it'll make us both feel better.

Life - Fiction Rated: K+ - English - Poetry - Chapters: 1 - Words: 15 - Reviews: 2 - Updated: 2-3-08 - Published: 2-3-08

90. Converting the Piano Player reviews

he's not the only one who doesn't believe.

Religion - Fiction Rated: T - English - Poetry - Chapters: 1 - Words: 51 - Reviews: 2 - Updated: 2-3-08 - Published: 2-3-08

91. The Feeling reviews

I tried to push it down.

Friendship - Fiction Rated: K+ - English - Poetry - Chapters: 1 - Words: 42 - Reviews: 4 - Updated: 2-2-08 - Published: 2-2-08

92. Synesthesia reviews

You wondered how I saw your name?

Love - Fiction Rated: T - English - Poetry - Chapters: 1 - Words: 46 - Reviews: 7 - Updated: 2-2-08 - Published: 2-2-08

93. Eternal Now reviews

that's where I want to live...

Life - Fiction Rated: K+ - English - Poetry - Chapters: 1 - Words: 27 - Reviews: 1 - Updated: 2-2-08 - Published: 2-2-08