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rachelannc · 24 days

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This is 31

“No regrets, baby, I just think that maybeIt’s natural when things lose their shineSo other things can glowI’ve gotten older now, I knowHow to take care of myselfI found a deeper well” Birthdays can often feel like one big joyous celebration of life, but also an account of where I’ve been, where I am, and where I’m going. I’ve always been grateful for the friends, community, and the new love…

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#31 #Birthday #Birthday Girl #Birthday Trip #Deeper Well #Kacey Musgraves #Los Angeles #Love #March 9 #Music #Pisces #Rachel Ann Cauilan #rachelannc #Reflection #Salt Lake City #Singer-songwriter #Travel #Utah

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rachelannc · 2 months

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Cruisin'

Life used to always be this big endless hustle-and-grind for a feeling of safety, sanity and belonging in a life I endlessly searched for myself in. Maybe that search isn’t over, and maybe I’m still trying to find myself, through all the lost songs and writing and new and old jobs and relationships I’ve held so dear to my heart. Living life itself has inspired me in more ways than when I’ve…

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rachelannc · 3 months

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Kacey Musgraves goes deep with "Deeper Well" new album announcement

I wasn’t expecting to feel so emotional this morning. Country artist Kacey Musgraves just dropped the title track “Deeper Well” to her upcoming album of the same name, due March 15, and it’s beautiful. The song ushers in a new era for the singer-songwriter, whose Grammy-winning album Golden Hour (2018) still lives on in many of our hearts and ears for its poignant reflections on falling in love…

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#"Deeper Well"#2024 #2024 Music #Country #Country Artist #Country Music #Deeper Well #Golden Hour #Kacey Musgraves #New Music 2024 #Reflection #Self-Care #Self-Discovery #Self-reflection #Singer-songwriter #Star-Crossed

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rachelannc · 3 months

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‘RRR’ Review: An Indian cinematic spectacle makes for one of the best action and buddy dramas of our decade

RRR is one of the best movies I have seen in the past decade, hands down. Short for “Rise Roar Revolt” (and a play on the three leads’ names), the film is a stunning cinematic masterpiece and exciting, balls-against-the-wall adventure epic told with a lot of heart, grit and some emotionally powerful moments all woven through a real political struggle. The Telugu language Indian action film is a…

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rachelannc · 3 months

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‘The Iron Claw’ Review: An emotional tale of brothers and wrestling, helmed by Zac Efron's powerful transformation

Minutes into The Iron Claw, I eagerly awaited to see what was to be Zac Efron’s transformation into a professional wrestling sensation. It’s the early 1980s in suburban Texas and Efron’s incredibly buff muscular frame enters the camera. He heaves himself out of bed. He dons a mullet and glistening rock-hard abs. He tells the tale of the burden that his family is cursed. The world of…

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#2023 #Brotherhood #Brothers #Film #Film Review #Jeremy Allen White #Lily James #movie #Movie Review #Rachel Ann Cauilan #rachelannc #The Iron Claw #Toxic Masculinity #Von Erich #WCCW #Wresting #Zac Efron

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rachelannc · 3 months

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How craving attention makes you less creative, by Joseph Gordon-Levitt

I stumbled on Joseph Gordon-Levitt’s TED Talk from 2019 earlier this week, and couldn’t help but feel compelled to share it. “If your creativity is driven by a desire to get attention, you are never going to be creatively fulfilled,” says Joseph Gordon-Levitt, actor, musician and creator of the online creator community HitRECord. In his TED Talk, he speaks about the human desire to get…

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#Attention #Commentary #Creative #Creativity #hitRECordjoe #JGL #Joseph Gordon-Levitt #Rachel Ann Cauilan #rachelannc #Social Media #TED #TED Talks

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rachelannc · 3 months

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‘Flora and Son’ Review: Eve Hewson, Joseph Gordon-Levitt and John Carney Show us the Love and Joy Music Can Bring, Once Again

Flora and Son (2023), Dir. John Carney, Starring Eve Hewson and Joseph Gordon-Levitt. (Courtesy of AppleTV) “This is a gift you can take to your grave, and you can use it however you want,” the distraught yet overly optimistic Jeff (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) says in his video lesson to Flora (Eve Hewson). “And in the right context, it can speak directly to your heart in ways we don’t even…

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#2023 #Apple TV #Begin Again #Comedy #Eve Hewson #Film Review #Flora and Son #John Carney #Joseph Gordon-Levitt #Meet In The Middle #Music #Pop #Singer-songwriter

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rachelannc · 4 months

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My End of Year Reflection and 2024 Resolution

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#2018 #2019 #2020 #2021 #2022 #2023 #Evolution #Growing Pains #Growth #New Year #New Year 2024 #Rachel Ann Cauilan #rachelannc #Reflection #Twenties

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rachelannc · 4 months

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Texas Trip: Country Saloons, a Half Marathon and Cowgirl in LA

Texas, you were a dream. Country dance halls and saloons, my first time riding a horse, Tex-Mex eats, the Spurs and the open road… There’s such a charm about Texas and I loved every part of it. (I’m still dreaming about that cowboy lifestyle.) My love and I booked a trip to Texas earlier in the year as we signed up for a half marathon with Run Rock ‘N Roll for their half marathon running…

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rachelannc · 6 months

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A Week in NYC and my First US Open

This past August into September, I made a trip with Alex to New York since my Mom wanted to watch the US Open in New York. We matched up our red-eye flights to meet from LAX and SFO to Dallas, TX and fly an early morning there to LaGuardia in Queens, NY — a full 12-hour flight night. For me, I miss home and my Mom and family all the time. Being alone in Los Angeles for the past six or so years…

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#Astoria #Edamommy #Family #New York #New York City #NYC #Queens #Rachel Ann Cauilan #rachelannc #September 2023 #Tennis #Travel #US Open #US Open 2023 #Vlog

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rachelannc · 7 months

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A Day Trip to Joshua Tree and the Perseid Meteor Shower

It’s mid-August and the heat of summer. My love has spent the first half of the year in hardcore study mode and just passed the first half of his exams. A quick weekend getaway trip and celebration was in order. Joshua Tree, you were hot. 🌵 We left before noon to drive out to Desert Palms on Saturday for our 2pm check-in. After a two-or-so hour drive, we stopped by Gabino’s Creperie for their…

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#August 2023 #California #Couple #Desert #Joshua Tree #Meteor Shower #National Park #Palm Springs #Perseid Meteor Shower #Rachel Ann Cauilan #rachelannc #Relationships #Travel

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rachelannc · 7 months

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Quirky in Albuquerque: A Solo Trip to the Desert and Incubus

Sometimes being in a place on your own attracts like souls like you — and I’m so grateful. I made a quick 3-day trip out to Albuquerque, New Mexico in late August because, why the hell not? I had some extra time to embrace my free bird, book a flight, and explore someplace new. My good friends in Incubus were performing that Friday night at Rio Rancho Events Center and Michael Einziger was…

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#Albuquerque #August 2023 #Breaking Bad #Desert #DJ Kilmore #Incubus #Morning View #Mother Science #New Mexico #Rachel Ann Cauilan #rachelannc #Sandia Mountains #Sandia Peak #Sandia Peak Tramway #Tamaya Resort #Wish You Were Here

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rachelannc · 7 months

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Reflections Backstage with Incubus at the "Stellar" Yaamava Theater

I’d like to thank my friends in Incubus for the stellar opportunity to preview the opening night and first show of their summer US tour at the new Yaamava Theater in San Manuel, CA. I often think about what my life in music has amounted to for the past 15 years, when I was just a young teenage girl playing her guitar during slow suburban days at home alone, processing life, my emotions, and the…

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#Alternative #Concert #Guitar #Incubus #Live Music #May 2023 #May Tour #Michael Einziger #Mother Science #Rock music

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rachelannc · 8 months

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My First Trip to NYC Was a Dream

I finally made it to New York City, and it was a dream. “God, tell us the reasonYouth is wasted on the youngWe’re searching for meaning.Are we all lost stars,Trying to light up the dark?” 💫“Lost Stars” by Keira Knightley & Adam Levine (from ‘Begin Again’) I never give myself trips, time off, or the luxury to spend time and energy to treat myself. I’m lucky I was in company to remind myself of a…

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#Begin Again #Brooklyn #Brooklyn Bridge #First Time #Lost Stars #New York #New York City #NYC #October 2021 #Rachel Ann Cauilan #rachelannc #rachelcansea #Solo Trip #Travel #Travel Vlog #Wanderlust

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rachelannc · 8 months

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In Love, I Can Bloom

One of the biggest and most sacred things I’ve found for myself this year, is love. Not for myself, my family, friends, career, life, or purpose, but in and with another person. And the feeling of falling is scary as hell. Heck, I’ve resisted it my whole life. I never thought I needed or wanted it. I was always so focused on myself and my career and dreams and goals. I got attention my whole…

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#Bloom #In Love #Love #New Relationship #Rachel Ann Cauilan #rachelannc #Relationships #Self-Love

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rachelannc · 10 months

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To Mom and the Dad I never knew

Days like today/yesterday always make me think of the Dad I never had and wish I knew — the one friends and relatives would say was the life of the party, was charismatic and creative, a true San Francisco native who served as the fire department’s paramedic, and loved taking photographs and art and collecting books and vinyl records still lining up my childhood home to this day. Family always…

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#90s Kids #Death #Family #Father&039;s Day #Mother&039;s Day #Rachel Ann Cauilan #rachelannc #rachelcansea #Siblings #Single Mother #Single Parent #Widow

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rachelannc · 10 months

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Rue the Band live at San Diego Filipino Cinema's Magic Hour 2021

Rue plays a gig! 🇵🇭🎵 We hit the road yesterday to play for SD Filipino Cinema’s Magic Hour to open up their festival highlighting Filipino filmmakers for Filipino-American History Month. It was an honor to be a part of this (and even witness Maestro Michael Dadap playing the beautiful Philippine rondalla music I grew up dancing to). From the long drive, an out of tune guitar, a gifted bottle of…

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#FAHM #Fil-Am #Filipina #Filipino American #Kaitlyn Fae #Kaitlyn Fae Fajilan #Live Music #Music #Music Duo #Music Gig #October 2021 #Rachel Ann Cauilan #rachelannc #rachelcansea #Rue #Rue the Band #ruetheband #San Diego Filipino Film Festival

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