the cover and the title page.

i am rachel. i live in australia. more?
on here are things that i see + hear + read + think + write + love.
oh.retrospect[at]gmail[dot]com. say hello.

Look

The Crazy Frog Bros -Original With AUDIO- (via nnamrob)

i find these children so incredibly intense. particularly the kid in the background. amazing.

POSTED Jul 04 2009 @ 19:44

The worker who sleeps with BlackBerry within touching distance, the girl sitting alone in the cafe but texting furiously while waiting for a friend, the woman on the bus on her mobile telling a friend that the test was negative for chlamydia, the solo traveller who Skypes home most nights from the hostel in Borneo, and the TV personality who tells you via Twitter that right now he is running a bath.

These are all symptoms of the death of our ability to be alone

…

We are not just relinquishing our alone time, but we are gleefully sacrificing it, and doing so for multiple data streams, and even so our employer can contact us around the clock. Is the 11pm call from the boss better than nothing, silence, being disconnected - and perhaps missing out?

— today’s paper

POSTED Jul 04 2009 @ 19:41

dear tumblr;

my jet plane departs in about twelve hours.
a night in the seoul park hyatt and then to see my beautiful brother.
a week in london and then a week on the amalfi coast, then another week in london.

updates shall be sporadic, but no doubt occasional.

i’m pretty excited.

POSTED Jul 04 2009 @ 18:59

with my super cute parents on the isle of wight.
this is my current facebook profile photo and it makes me happy.

POSTED Jul 01 2009 @ 23:52

I need to apologise for being an absolute tool, and a lazy bugger since I’ve had you. I’ve had an absolutely fantastic opportunity, in a wicked subject with an uber cool teacher; and I’ve made a waste of it. Thanks for somehow putting up with all my crap, and thanks for not giving up on me. I appreciate it heaps, and am extremely thankful.

— email from a year 11 student that i got today.

this makes it all worthwhile.

POSTED Jul 01 2009 @ 23:41

Fallen Eve demands that people come through for her. Redeemed Eve is being met in the depths of her soul by Christ and is free to offer to others, free to desire, and willing to be disappointed. Fallen Eve has been wounded by others and withdraws in order to protect herself from further harm. Redeemed Eve knows that she has something of value to offer; that she is made for relationship. Therefore being safe and secure in her relationship with her Lord, she can risk being vulnerable with others and offer her true self.

—

Captivating. Chapter 10. Feel like i’ve just been hit between the eyes. (via hannie)

i needed to read this today in ways you won’t believe.

POSTED Jul 01 2009 @ 23:15

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Flashmob: Pregnant women breakdancing in London (via OxfamGreatBritain)

this is a brilliant concept to raise awareness. love it.

POSTED Jun 30 2009 @ 23:02

Look

just made this for a girls’ night at school. crappy quality. took the whole first bit from a dove advertisement that’s much better than what i’ve made, but you get the point.

POSTED Jun 29 2009 @ 22:36

luke tonge!

srsly.

POSTED Jun 29 2009 @ 21:43

Listen

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copycats:

The Freshman by Jay Brannan
originally by The Verve Pipe
(posted by karenabad)

AMAZING COVER.
i love this song.

POSTED Jun 28 2009 @ 23:47