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February 04, 2008 - 3:38

19 Year old Rachael:

-Resided in Nampa, Idaho.

-Worked as a receptionist in a financial advisor's office for $8/hr. Was let go as the business sunk under legal fees, and subsequently existed on $300/week in unemployment checks. At the time, this was ka-ching for her.

-Moved from her first �roommate house�, into the unfinished basement in her parent�s freshly constructed home. It flooded often.

-Foundling knitter, taught by Grandma Nana�s leaflets.

-Spent most of every unemployed day with her sister: running errands, admiring her children, thrift store shopping, drinking milky coffee drinks.

-Psychologically rebelled against her evolving woman's body, and became subject to the popular disorder, bulimia. Purge of choice: breakfast cereal. This surged and mounted �til the age of 21, then went mostly dormant.

-Was excited about experimenting with her apparel, and spent hot fistfuls of government money on swaths of old fabrics and trims, with the presumption that one day she would make them into fanciful garments. In reality, the closest she got to this was swaddling herself in them precariously, sealing the gaps with safety pins, and taking photos of herself in front of the mirror.

-Was on the cusp of a dramatic disillusionment, but I can say now, at the time very innocent and gave everybody the benefit of the doubt.

-Had strong gifting impulses.

-Discovered she preferred dresses and accordion skirts (for the purpose of hiding her shape), but would wear the occasional denim pant. Was going for "decidedly precious", but landed just shy of �total ragamuffin�. Wore pink, even on her shoes.

-Gave herself crooked bangs with her Mother�s sewing scissors, her idea of a real bad ass thing to do.

-Was 85% nocturnal. In certain moods could only be lulled to sleep by Basil Rathbone reciting Edgar Allen Poe.

-Was discontent with her native ID, and decided to move to Portland. Moving had never occurred to her before.

-And the girl could be provoked to relocate, based primarily on her investments in 1-2 boys who showed no viable interest in making an honest woman of her...which leads me to believe she was very foolish, or very quixotic. I think the latter, though.

-Embroidered all over her underwear.

-No longer attended Mormon church, but went for 1 hour every Sunday to play the accompaniment piano for the children�s primary class.

-Had no friends, really. Never went out.

-Loved her family more than was perhaps advisable.

-Had a number of topical wounds that wouldn�t heal (see: Bulimia)

-Thought she had a good singing voice.