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Chantal

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About Me

An enigma ;)
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Fun: ski, bike, skate, jam sessions (adrenalin-rush stuff :)
Places: Austin, Colorado, SoCal, NYC, Hawaii
Music: hard rock, classic rock, soft rock, contemporary christian, uplifting praise & worship (glory to Him!)
Song: Could It Be Any Harder (the calling), Enough (c.tomlin), I Miss You (incubus), Fire Fall Down (hillsong), Landslide (f.mac), U2 - too many to list
Movies: The Mission, The Matrix, LOTR
Books: The Road Less Travelled, Brave New World, Aristotle/Kant/Plato, Examine the Evidence, 7 Habits...
TV: football, CNBC, ESPN, South Park... basically sports, informative, inspiring, or funny crack u up stuff
Athletes: P.Manning, V.Young, T.Owens, J.Witten, R.Federer, K.Durante, S.Nash, S.A. Spurs (entire team :)
Schools: U of Tx, UTHSC Med
Priceless: happiness, unconditional love, family, true friendship, good laughs, fond memories in the corners of the mind, a great book/movie/song, integrity, courage, faith, salvation, justice, grace.
Which Action Star Are You?
Which Sex and the City Player Are You?
Which O.C. Character Are You?

"Character is like a tree and reputation like its shadow.
The shadow is what we think of it; the tree is the real thing."
- Abraham Lincoln "Pride sullies the noblest character. "
- Claudianus "A guy becomes more handsome or less handsome as you get to know his personality."
- Anonymous "This is your life... Are you who you want to be? Is it everything you dreamed of?"
- Switchfoot "Forgiveness is like the lovely fragrance that a flower sprays upon the heel that crushes it."
- Holy Bible "Poverty is like punishment for a crime you didn't commit."
- Eli Khamarov"It is poverty to decide that a child must die so that you may live as you wish."
- Mother Theresa"Freedom gives not the right to do as one pleases, but rather, the responsibility to do as one ought."
- Anonymous "Live a good, honorable life. Then when you get older and think back, you'll be able to enjoy it a second time."
- Dalai Lama "The unexamined life is not worth living."
- Socrates "It is better to be a man dis-satisfied than a pig satisfied."
- Socrates The experience of darkness allows us to appreciate light
- C.S. Lewis "When I look back on life one day, I would rather regret having done some things & screwed up, than regret never having done some things."
- a friend "Take into account that great love and great achievements require great risk"
- Dalai Lama

My Interests

I'd like to meet:

Good friends, cool genuine people who might happen to like music, extreme sports, hilarious & silly things, investing, biotech, medtech, football, cats & dogs, fire-spinning, missions, culture, travelling.Maria Bartiromo fans, Mike Greeny, Bono, George Soros, Bill Gates, Jim Cramer, Bill Maher, artsy fartsy folks, skiers, surfers, entrepreneurs, CEOs, daytraders, musicians, samoyed puppies, panda bears, christians & gentiles, philosophers. "What's the fun of life if you can't be silly once in a while."
- Alex Band "In prosperity our friends know us; in adversity we know our friends."
- John Churton Collins "Have no friends not equal to yourself."
- Confucius "If you want a friend, be one"People with a cause, charity leaders & volunteers who inspire others to do the same. People with true inner beauty who appreciate sharing, helping the less fortunate, reading, learning, growing. The cost of dinner & a movie can feed a 3rd world family for a year Frank Caliendo... LYAO hilarious :D
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My Blog

Superbowl Spygate: dont forget your MasterCard ;-)

1 Video Camera... $650Taping film... $12Dark Sunglasses... $85Secretly staying behind in the stadium after your team's practice time is over, to videotape your opponent's final walk-thru for the Super...
Posted by on Thu, 07 Feb 2008 10:16:00 GMT

Unbelievable footage... check this out

Someone posted this classic video on the NCAA Football message board, as the greatest clip ever.   A must-see, if one hasn't already. John Tyler vs Plano East  (Texas, 1994)High school ...
Posted by on Thu, 30 Nov 2006 14:08:00 GMT

Craigslist humor (LMAO)

If like me, you typically get rid of old stuff by just taking it to charity, think again.  Another great way is to use Craigslist (see below).  Too bad I can't upload the photos of the items...
Posted by on Fri, 20 Oct 2006 10:33:00 GMT

The sweetest voices (female musicians)

who gets your vote? Sweetest voice: Tori Amos, Amy LeeRunners-up: Barbra Streisand, JewelMost under-rated: Shawn Colvin, Tracey ThornMost over-rated: Sheryl Crow, MadonnaYou call that singing? (ima...
Posted by on Mon, 16 Oct 2006 10:34:00 GMT

Want to be a lead rap singer?

It's a mystery, even to me, but this might be how the dream started. Three of my closest marching band friends and I formed an amateur rap group in high school called S.W.A.B. (Snow White & the Brown...
Posted by on Tue, 03 Oct 2006 22:03:00 GMT

Most talented male singers?

Rock 'n' roll (my amateur picks... who R urs?) Most versatile vocals: Robert Plant, Brandon Boyd, (and Chris Cornell)Notable voices: Bono, Chris Tomlin, Phil Collins, Axl Rose, Alex Band, Austin Win...
Posted by on Mon, 16 Oct 2006 22:45:00 GMT

THE CRUEL KILLINGS MUST STOP

The Canadian Seal Hunt began last week. Every year in early Spring, tourists and natives flock to icy Newfoundland, where they can witness the majestic harp seal nursery: thousands of harp ...
Posted by on Mon, 09 Apr 2007 19:09:00 GMT