junior: stems from a few things. i used to like this cartoon thing called "veggie tales" and one of the characters is named "junior asparagus" and he's cute and little and cool. ;-) also, my exboyfriend (before we dated) was a freshman in h.s. when i was a junior. and i'd bug him about being a freshman, so he started calling me 'junior' in retort. also, i'm little (4'11"), so it kind of fits.
rachel: used to be my name, before i was adopted. rachel elizabeth brown, to be exact. it was a long time ago, and i don't remember it, but i still feel like "rachel" is part of who i am... kind of a link back to my history.