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chion

life is how it is, not how it was.

About Me

I'm a Professional Me all the time. Except when i'm not.www.chionwolf.comAND!!! www.flickr.com/photos/chionwolf/I'm interested in:photography, writing, music, singing, listening, laughing, reading till the words come off the page, NPR, strange instruments, my Radio Voice, black Merrils, old typewriters, quick wits, always in the pursuit of The Perfect Hat (besides my Red Sox hats), American Sign Language, waking up at 6 am to think about how i can be creative today, old maps, tightened up handwriting, knowing i'm not done and i'll never be done, doing it anyway, ONIONS on and in EVERYTHING, Nokia phones, my secret handshake with myself (just in case there's ever any confusion), drumming violently on my steering wheel - clicking on the turn signal with my drum stick, making sure i'm proud down the line when i look back, a good pair of scissors, spare memory cards, photography, enjoying zero debt and damn good credit, realizing the bloody obvious (joanna), having the keys to a best friend's house, cringing at warnings, finding fortunes tucked in my wallet years later, not repeating mistakes, photography, soup & salad, Momo, my fingernails being always dirty, listening obsessively to Broken Social Scene (LOUDLY.), making The Best Chili in the World, cracking book spines, playing the drums like Animal, bulges, not getting the answers i want, reassuring my cat of his handsomeness (or, handsomosity, if he's feeling especially pensive), sounding like i've said it before when i haven't, being proud of my rain-x application skills, Esporao Cabernet, cautionary tales, my whole entire family, photography, signing with Brian, acting busier than i actually am, being so thankful for all my amazing friends, the words "pensive" and "mellifluous", sunflower seeds, my active imagination, re-assuring myself and hoping i'm not wrong to re-assure myself, imagining better, editing sound down to its DNA, being compulsively early, my population density map, how my down comforter turns into a large, spherical shape inside the duvet cover, leaving the fan on, crime scene photographs, dreadlocks, the smell of sharpies, sweet text messages, my Canon EOS 30D, my Canon SD600, Froggy, richard bach's "illusions", photo passes, my british/austrailian accent that i use to make people on the phone nicer to me, dense tattoos, benefit concerts, thoughtful ideas, mindful listening, accountability, inappropriate levels of speaking, my cowboy hat, feeling exposed when i blush, not needing to explain it all later, possibilities, possibilities, possibilities...

My Interests

music!!! American Sign Language. learning anything. learning some more. reading. every chance i get. writing. laughing. being mentally challenged (in which i mean, challenged. mentally.) (dammit that STILL doesn't work!) wine. old typewriters. wit wit wit listen...(listen; there's a hell of a good universe next door. let's go. -eec)

I'd like to meet:

someone like me.but smarter in different ways.

Music:

Emily Haines, patty griffin, rufus wainwright, tori amos, led zeppelin, M. Ward, paul gladis, gemma hayes, imogen heap, eminem, jeff buckley, Rachel Zamstein, billie holiday, the Avett Brothers, James Reed, Joan Osborne's blues/jazz stuff, Randy Collins, mike gladis, james austin, broken social scene, susan tedeschi, jay-z, dar williams, Phillip Nathan, Jonatha Bates, Rebekah Del Rio's "Llorando", Nil Lara, Aesop Rock, jonatha brooke, portishead, beth hart, Lauryn Hill, bjork, Lhasa, the weepies, aesop rock, bright eyes, Johnny Cash, bob marley, UConn Chordials, Dead Prez .......

Movies:

i heart documentaries and movies that i remember the next day. movies that make me cry and then laugh because i'm crying (i learned it by watching Joanna).

Television:

will & grace (re-runs are on Lifetime!), Scrubs, daily show, SVU, A&E shows, TLC shows...

Books:

Too many books. I want more books. Books, books, books. I go to Borders often and get excited EVERY time.

Heroes:

my mom and guy. my brothers. daisy. my friends. myself.

My Blog

Oh My Darling, Clementine (lyrics)

In a cavern, in a canyon,Excavating for a mineDwelt a miner forty niner,And his daughter Clementine.Refrain:Oh my darling, oh my darling,Oh my darling, Clementine!You were lost and gone foreverDreadfu...
Posted by chion on Fri, 17 Aug 2007 09:56:00 PST

The Blimp on NPR!!!!

Yaaahoooooooooo!!!http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.p hp?storyId=12447341My blimp pictures are up with Nancy's story on NPR!!!They messed with the lighting in some of my photos which is a little...
Posted by chion on Fri, 03 Aug 2007 09:12:00 PST

"Our Hell" - by Emily Haines, from the album "Knives Don't Have Your Back"

First went wrong is hard to findWe're paralyzed, we apologizeOur hell is a good lifeLast went wrong, where's my prize under the lightsCan we call it in?We'll be on the roadCan we stop?When we stop my ...
Posted by chion on Tue, 31 Jul 2007 08:28:00 PST

"Reading in Bed" - by Emily Haines from the album "Knives Don't Have Your Back"

With all the luck you've had, why are your songs so sad?Sing from a book you were reading in bedAnd took to heartAll of your lives on lend, reading in bed
Posted by chion on Tue, 31 Jul 2007 08:25:00 PST

Tuesday, July 17, 2007

t's an old, old bruiseso old it remembers anthemsand that violin sounded like a woman,bagpipes, you know exactly what i mean.there's more to the end of the myththe final punch line unwritten, just bur...
Posted by chion on Wed, 18 Jul 2007 08:11:00 PST

"The Park", by Feist from "The Reminder"

Why would he come back through the park?You thought that you saw him, but no you did not.It's not him who'd come acrossThe sea to surprise youNot him who would knowWhere in London to find youWith sadn...
Posted by chion on Tue, 17 Jul 2007 09:41:00 PST

"Hot Knives" -Bright Eyes, "Cassadaga".

The Wife forgave the Mistress for she only entertainedThe pain was gone the instant she cleared her throat to speak her nameSaid, "Both of us must suffer from the same unending ache"The world was not ...
Posted by chion on Wed, 11 Jul 2007 07:32:00 PST

Sunday night, june 1, 2007

you can be humbled without going through some big tragedy, you know.it is possble there can be no balance of powerand there are six billion here nowwhere we they all before?Maybe this is just a popula...
Posted by chion on Mon, 02 Jul 2007 04:58:00 PST

*this particular moment of clarity, written in May.

start using your timeyou knew what real love felt like before-why?so you could recognize it later.see it by its limpand hopeful postureyou knew loveagelesswhatever happened to ityou knew it when it wa...
Posted by chion on Wed, 20 Jun 2007 12:25:00 PST

from Mel, to Mel.

Hello, love;I love the pictures of GG. He looks like a mountain man, in a good way.How are you? You must come out here. I think you would love this city. It'slike the perfect mix of big and small, che...
Posted by chion on Fri, 08 Jun 2007 10:12:00 PST