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chelsea

under the boughs & boughs

About Me

i was pretty punk rock as a kid. tie dyed t-shirts & favorite pair of corduroy pants.. and a fat wreck compilation in the generic cd player, little brother somewhere in tow..
things change; i've traded the cd player for an mp3 player. the tie dyed t-shirts for business attire.. and my brother's getting married to the love of his life while i'm still getting to know mine.
i've never been defined by clothing, faith, hairstyles, genre of music, or artistic ability nor do i ever care to be. i am me -- i have finally developed an interest in life as i see it. the world is so rich, simply throbbing with rich treasures, beautiful souls and interesting people. just forget yourself. (attributed to henry miller).
slightly awkward and eccentric -- that part remains.
i don't want to be an ant, you know?

but when they've made me feel like i'm all by myself,
it helps to just feel helpless with somebody else,
where i can let my heart bleed all over my sleeve.
i want to see change in my lifetime, is that so naive?
i want to see the old ways burn, is that so wrong of me?
i want to see an end to this "new american century."
i want to know that everyone feels alone like me.
-- from "the yellow walkie-talkie" by endless mike & the beagle club

My Interests

active non-violence
antiques
art galleries
asian art & artifacts
astronomy
beat poetry
bocce ball
buddhism
cameras
computers
flea markets
hand-coded html
philosophy
photography
rock 'n roll
sing-alongs
(fair-trade) teas & teapots

I'd like to meet:

the horse that follows the cart

please keep your spelling mistakes and grammatical errors to yourself -- if you dare send me a message containing anything of the sort, i can guarantee you will not receive a reply. the same applies if your profile is chock full of stupid shit (like glittery graphics, ugly colors/fonts, obnoxious attitude, cam-whore pictures, etc). and if you were graduated from or attended the same highschool, we probably weren't friends. that hasn't changed either.

Music:

the avett brothers
bright eyes
johnny cash
the decemberists
john denver
the everybodyfields
the get up kids
long winters
magnolia electric co.
modest mouse
neko case
neutral milk hotel
the new amsterdams
okkervil river
pedro the lion
the shins
sigur ros
the weakerthans
wilco
lucinda williams
youth group
& much more

Movies:

garden state
goonies
happy feet
little miss sunshine
me & you & everyone we know
the neverending story
waking life

Books:

bhagavad gita
the brothers karamazov
the book of mormon
the radiant mind


c. bukowski
thich nhat hahn
c.s. lewis
pablo neruda
rainer maria rilke

Heroes:

my brother, kyle
anthony bourdain
the dalai lama
paula deen
bob dylan
ken jennings
henry rollins

My Blog

sometimes, a hug is all we need

so, those of you who know me pretty well know that i have a serious space issue with just about everyone. everything from hugs to handshakes to pats on the back. if i don't like you or don't know you,...
Posted by chels on Fri, 04 May 2007 11:28:00 PST

what i do

i'm tired answering the same questions over and over and over again, so read this and stop freakin' asking.no, i'm not engaged, pregnant, ill, or anything like that. don't worry. i graduated from coll...
Posted by chels on Sat, 28 Apr 2007 06:30:00 PST

portfolio site version 6

anywaytell all your friendswww.chelseakoontz.neti might make some minor changes to the links (color, visited and active) just so you know where you are, but other than that, it's done.i'm done.for a w...
Posted by chels on Thu, 28 Dec 2006 02:14:00 PST

a new old poem

i'm pretty sure i wrote this in highschool, circa 2001, and came across it the other day while doug was looking at his writings at poetry.com. i said, 'hey, put my name in, i think i have something th...
Posted by chels on Fri, 08 Dec 2006 08:16:00 PST

scholarship

i got a letter in the mail yesterday.. didn't think much of it until i opened it, read the letter, and glared at the check left inside the envelope.. i am the proud recipient of the hadra scholarship ...
Posted by chels on Fri, 03 Nov 2006 08:47:00 PST

an anti-bush broadcast

this is in my videos, but i thought i'd repost it here.. i made this for my adv. multimedia design class final project.. questions and comments welcome....
Posted by chels on Sat, 20 May 2006 10:51:00 PST

a published poem

well, i'm officially a published poet.. this poem is in frostburg state's lit mag bittersweet.. i wrote it when i was about 18-19 years old, and i think it's pretty obvious what it's about.. comments ...
Posted by chels on Fri, 05 May 2006 11:27:00 PST

an audiowalk (1mb of listening pleasure)

my group had to do this project called an audio walk.. we lead our listener from the frostburg library to the hotel gunter in search of a missing young girl. the listener has a flashback across from t...
Posted by chels on Wed, 19 Apr 2006 01:07:00 PST