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Chelsea

Me gustas cuanda callas porque estás como ausente

About Me

I have big dreams and few regrets. What could be better?

My Interests

Traveling to foreign countries, music, linguistics, sociology, good books, good people, good food (mainly chocolate), trying new things, salsa dancing, my family, friends, my boyfriend, my dog, improving myself, and feeling great!

I'd like to meet:

People with interesting talents and hobbies. People who can teach me something valuable. People who can make me laugh really, really hard. And John Mayer.

Music:

Mostly alternative rock, as well as lots of indie, oldies, classical, opera, r&b, some rap, some punk rock, a little hard rock, a dash of metal, and almost zero country.

Movies:

Pride and Prejudice, Life is Beautiful, Harry Potter, Love Actually, Silence of the Lambs, The Exorcist, Dances With Wolves, The Godfathers, Memoirs of a Geisha, Phantom of the Opera, Shawshank Redemption, and Tarantino!

Television:

I don't have a TV, but when I get the chance: What Not To Wear, Desperate Housewives, SNL, The Daily Show

Books:

All of Jane Austen (especially Pride and Prejudice), All of the Harry Potters (especially III), Memoirs of a Geisha, The Cry and the Covenant, The Phantom of the Opera, The Da Vinci Code, David Sedaris's stuff, The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People

Heroes:

My family, my boyfriend, and anyone who's positive, ambitious, funny, has integrity, is intelligent, generous, and beautiful all in one.

My Blog

I'm not usually a big fan of poetry, but...

...I've always adored this one by Pablo Neruda.  The English translation (not my own, but it's decent) follows it. Me gustas cuando callas porque estás como ausente,y me oyes desde lejos, y ...
Posted by Chelsea on Mon, 22 Jan 2007 04:23:00 PST

In case you were wondering

I didn't want to post this survey in my "about me" section because then you would have to scroll through it every time you visit my page, when all you really wanted to do was read over ...
Posted by Chelsea on Thu, 23 Nov 2006 02:44:00 PST

Icecream (yah -- I spelled it as one word, so piss off)

"Ice cream" might be the proper spelling, but the online dictionary understood "icecream" also.  I still argue that it is a word.  The trend in the English language, (as with most languages)...
Posted by Chelsea on Thu, 21 Sep 2006 01:18:00 PST

My first post! Woohoo!

After being asked repeatedly about whether or not I have a myspace account and always having to sheepishly respond that I don't, I've finally given in to you all!  I can't post a pic yet cause my...
Posted by Chelsea on Mon, 05 Dec 2005 12:54:00 PST