FULL NAME: Rachel Elizabeth East
NICKNAMES: Rach, Rachy, Pookie, Birdie, Rachelbear, CL, Marilyn, Juliet, Honeybear....
BIRTHDAY: July 16, 1981
BIRTHPLACE: Baton Rouge, LA ("You can take the girl outta Hicksville, but ya can't take the Hicksville outta the girl.") Currently living in NYC.
HOBBIES: singing, acting, going to the theater, talking to friends, running up HUGE long distance phone bills, updating my webpage(s), listening to music, falling in love....
FAVORITE TYPES OF MUSIC: Broadway shows (RENT, Jekyll & Hyde, Footloose, Bright Lights Big City, Saturday Night Fever...), country (yeah I like it...so sue me!), ska, rock/pop, alternative
FAVORITE HOLIDAY: Christmas
FAVORITE COLOR: YELLOW!! but I also highly enjoy purple and silver :-)
LUCKY NUMBER: I don't have one! do you suggest one?
FAVORITE FOOD: mexican food and my grandmother's spaghetti :-)
FAVORITE TIME OF DAY: I'm definitely a Night Owl
FAVORITE TV SHOW: Friends is looking good
FAVORITE SPORT: to play? basketball or softball
FAVORITE MOVIE: Jeez!! I have sooo many. Let me try to narrow this down... Jerry Maguire, Evita, Up Close and Personal, Holy Smoke, Heavenly Creatures, Jude, Titanic (gotta love Kate), Can't Hardly Wait, The Wedding Singer, Ever After, The Other Sister, The Incredibly True Adventure of Two Girls in Love, 10 Things I Hate About You, American Beauty....
CLOSEST GIRL FRIENDS: (click on the name for pics) Lyndsey, Jules, Dana, Katie (my sister), Mabe, Lauren, Angela, Keri, Ava, Missy, Mariesa, Lynde, Alicia, Sanna, Melody, Sam, Christine, Tiffany
GUY BUDZ: Eric, Nick, Paul, Jason (wow, what an abundance of guy friends I have!!)
FRIEND WHO TALKS THE MOST: Katie!!
FRIEND WHO HAS THE MOST GOSSIP TO TELL: ALL of my friends gossip!!
PIERCINGS OR TATTOOS?: 2 earrings in each ear
FAVORITE ICE CREAM: Cookies and Cream
FAVORITE SODA: Dr. Pepper
FAVORITE SPORT TO WATCH: basketball, baseball, gymnastics, equestrian, those crazy dance/cheerleader competitions....
LOUDEST PERSON I KNOW: me...or MY SISTER!!
CRAZIEST PERSON I KNOW: I know lots of crazy people. Aren't we all a little crazy?
Have you ever...
BROKEN THE LAW? AND GOT CAUGHT? Yes, and do speeding tickets count as being caught?
BROKEN A BONE? not yet...knock on wood
LIED? LOL, yeah but I am SO not good at it!! Ask anyone...I ALWAYS give myself away somehow. Except to teachers...for some reason I'm really good at lying to them.... ;-)
CHEATED ON A TEST? Hell yeah...who hasn't?
HAD A MEDICAL EMERGENCY? Only when I was little...I busted my head open a couple of times. Now my sis is another story...she's an accident waiting to happen!! ;-)
BEEN IN LOVE? Yes, definitely. If you think young people don't know what true love is you're dead wrong.
Do you believe in...
LOVE AT FIRST SIGHT? yes
GOD? yes but I hate religion
ALIENS? yes...it's a little egotistical and SCARY to think we're the only intelligent life out there, don't ya think?
HOROSCOPES? Sometimes
SPIRITS? Yes!! Without their visits you will never shun the path I tread!! ;-) (heehee, sorry...show joke)
YOURSELF? yes and no
Which is better...
COKE OR PEPSI? COKE!! ewwww, not Pepsi....
ORANGES OR APPLES? Can't I have both? Although I'm not partial to fruits...
ONE PILLOW OR TWO? Two! Is it even possible to sleep with one?
DEAF OR BLIND? Blind, cuz I could never live without music...plus I like Jules's answer, "you can still see with your heart"
POOLS OR HOT TUBS? Pools if it's hot outside, Hot Tubs if it's cold. Not that it matters anyway cuz I refuse to wear a bathing suit :p
FAST OR SLOW? Exactly what is this question asking...??
NOW OR LATER? Why do now what you can put off till later? ;-) No, seriously, if I want to do something it's NOW...if it's something I don't want to do it's waaaaay later....
TALL OR SHORT? usually tall...but I can make exceptions ;-)
TV OR RADIO? TV...although I don't watch it that often
About the opposite sex: (I have never liked this section because I think it exludes gay people...I'm answering these for same sex)
THE FIRST THING YOU NOTICE? eyes, lips, body (I think curvy is sexy), sense of humor
MUST-HAVE PERSONALITY TRAITS: sense of humor, kind, great personality, good heart, easy-going, fun, must love or at least enjoy theatre
THING YOU HATE ABOUT THEM? MOOD SWINGS!!!, how they're so tempermental, how they can be so damn bitchy
THING YOU LOVE MOST ABOUT THEM? how they can REALLY identify with how you feel, how they can be so unbelievably caring and honest, holding hands, hugging, looking in your eyes, cuddling, playing with their hair...
Who...
MAKES YOU LAUGH THE MOST? MY SISTER!!!, Angela, Jules
WHO DO YOU GO TO FOR ADVICE? Jules, Mariesa, Angela, Tiffany, my mom, Ms. Dunnam
DO YOU HATE? um... hate is a strong word... but I could still think of one or two people who fit this category...
KNOWS MOST ABOUT YOU? Julia, Angela, or Mariesa
HAS IT EASIER, GUYS OR GIRLS? Guys
DO YOU EVER SAVE AOL CONVERSATIONS? yup
DO YOU SAVE E-MAILS? not anymore...can't away from home
Luvs...
FAMOUS PERSON: Kate Winslet, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Madonna, Trisha Yearwood, Natalie Maines (from The Dixie Chicks), Drew Barrymore, Reese Witherspoon
MUSIC: Krysten Cummings, Madonna, Idina Menzel, Trisha Yearwood, Garth Brooks, Guster, The Dixie Chicks, JoDee Messina, Third Eye Blind, Barenaked Ladies, Semisonic, Eve6, Sarah McLachlan, Garbage, Jewel....
PERSON: sigh...Krysten...unfortunately...
ACTOR: Movies: Ed Norton, Robin Williams, Ben Affleck, Matt Damon, Nicholas Cage, Taye Diggs, Ryan Phillippe Plays: Richard H. Blake, Jacques C. Smith, Will Chase, Robert Cuccioli, Leslie Odom, Taye Diggs, Jeremy Kushnier, Dean Balkwill, Christian Borle, John Link Graney, Chad Richardson, Owen Johnston, Jai Rodriguez, Juan Carlos Gonzales
ACTRESS: Movies: Kate Winslet, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Madonna, Drew Barrymore, Reese Witherspoon, Julia Stiles, Julia Roberts, Michelle Pfieffer, Susan Sarandon, Emma Thompson, Melanie Lynskey, Tara Reid Plays: Krysten Cummings, Sharon Leal, Cristina Fadale, Tamara Podemski, Erica Munoz, Carly Thomas, Shelley Dickinson, Gwen Stewert, DeeDee Lynn Magno, Christiane Noll, Luba Mason, Yassmin Alers, Idina Menzel, Alia Leon, Shayna Steele, Stacy Francis, Natascia Diaz, Niki Scalera, Orfeh, Kenna Ramsey, Kamilah Martin
Fantasies...
TO LIVE: New York City!!
TO MARRY: Ummmm, that could be a little hard since it's illegal and all, but I'd love to!!
NUMBER OF CHILDREN: probably none...maybe one
NAMES OF CHILDREN: Well I don't really plan on having any, but if I do I want to have a girl and name her something really pretty and slightly unusual.
YEARLY INCOME: Enough to keep up my living expenses in NYC and keep myself and my family very comfortable :-)
