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Chels

There are more things in heaven and earth than are dreamt of in your philosophy.

About Me

"You've got to get up every morning with a smile on your face and show the world all the love in your heart."-Carole King
"If we live good lives, the times are also good. As we are, such are the times."
-St. Augustine

My Interests

Living my charmed life to its fullest! Family, good friends, performing, sweating through dance classes, singing at the top of my lungs, live theatre, picking my next travel destination, my house in CA, my apartment in NY, good books, good movies, going to the gym and then eating lots of good food.

Disneyland, summertime, wintertime, NYC and all that comes with it, CA life, wearing hoodies at the beach, being a fledgling surfer chick, having backyard picnics with TLC burritos and giant Diet Pepsis.

Day trips, getting out of the city, getting back into the city, board games, playing cards, laughing so hard I don't have to do crunches, sing-a-longs, teaching teenagers, making music, laughing again, doing cartwheels in inappropriate places.

I'd like to meet:

Nice people. Genuine people. (Where did all of those go?) Artists who like to share. True, sincere people. People who like to work hard and then have fun. People who know how to speak their mind and still be respectful of other ideas. (Shakespeare said it best: "There are more things in heaven and earth than are dreamt of in your philosophy.") And always, Bette Midler.

"I live for those who love me, for those who know me true." -Carl Sagan

Music:

Makes everything worthwhile.

Movies:

Yes, please.

Television:

Self-acknowledged reality TV junkie. Project Runway. Law and Order. MTV (what am I, 19?).

Books:

Loves it.

Heroes:

My mom, my dad, my sis, my boyfie, my bestie, my main gay, Tsorts, Hailey, Laura, Amanda, Patty O, Katie S., Alesha, Karen, my dance peeps, The Downey Choirs, my SAI sistas, and BETTE MIDLER!
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My Blog

love letter to the world

do you ever feel like there's just too much in the world to love, and that there's simply not enough time to love it all? there's just so much wonderfulness everywhere. maybe that's why i'm always m...
Posted by Chels on Mon, 22 Oct 2007 12:03:00 PST

finally! inspired again.

phewph! it's been an uphill couple of months, but this weekend i finally found some new inspiration and i feel refreshed. i know you've been waiting for it, so here ya go.i love:a bowl of cerealthe ...
Posted by Chels on Tue, 25 Sep 2007 05:48:00 PST

Rhode Island

So. The boyfie planned a little surprise two-day mini-vacay to Rhode Island for last weekend! We took off Saturday morning for Newport, to see all of these totally fabulous mansions where these tota...
Posted by Chels on Wed, 19 Sep 2007 08:54:00 PST

east coast inspiration

new place.  new list.  narrowed down to the most important, because there is always an endless supply of things to adore. i love: a train right when you need itdon't tell mamathe balcon...
Posted by Chels on Mon, 06 Aug 2007 04:54:00 PST

Update!

So today marks one week in NYC and here's what's goin' down!!! The flights were great, we got here, camped out on a blow-up mattress (thanks Debbie!)  for two days until the truck got here with a...
Posted by Chels on Mon, 02 Jul 2007 11:07:00 PST

big news. big. huge.

ahem. i would like to announce that i am the proud owner of a goldenrod, empire waist oscar de la renta summer dress that once lived in BETTE MIDLER'S CLOSET!!!  that's right, folks.  bette ...
Posted by Chels on Mon, 14 May 2007 07:36:00 PST

inspired, part 3

i'm in love with the world.  hence, another list. i love: sunshine through translucent green leavesvisiting grandmafrench music playing on sunday afternoonsundressesa change of seasonsa good trip...
Posted by Chels on Mon, 30 Apr 2007 05:52:00 PST

off my chest

for a long time now, my life has been status quo.  i've been on a track, a prescribed path, where everyone knew what my life was going to be because everyone could see its predictability.  n...
Posted by Chels on Sat, 17 Mar 2007 09:23:00 PST

further inspiration

furthermore, i love: fridaysmy cool studentsbeing honestkeeping secretstelling secretsbeing one step closergoing to the movies by myselfstraightening my  haira fire in the fireplaceputting my duc...
Posted by Chels on Fri, 26 Jan 2007 12:25:00 PST

inspired.

i love: the day after the concertpatti lupone singing "get here"tlc burritosproject runway nightstree-lined streetsmy boyfriendmy best friendmy sisterbeaches with hooded sweatshirtsbackyard picnics wi...
Posted by Chels on Sat, 07 Oct 2006 05:52:00 PST