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chillah

You held your breath and the door for me.

About Me


Chillah (pronounced Sheila)
I am half Filipino, half Persian. :)
When there is no legal or amicable way to solve a situation, you have to get over it, yourself.

I want to spend a night in a cemetry.
I tend to read multiple books at the same time.
I enjoy watching people eat.
Almost every career fascinates me.
I am a Roman Catholic, but I don't agree on everything with the Church.
I believe everything happens for a reason.
I constantly use post-it notes to remind myself of things.
I love the sound of brittle leaves being crushed.
I love shopping and selling on E-bay.
I am near-sighted.
I like to drive around in cold weather, roll the windows down, and turn the heat on high.
Mint vanilla toothpaste makes me gag.
I want a stucco house with a balcony wrapping around the third floor.
Whenever I hear an intriguing phrase, I just want to copy it down immediately.
I love frosty beers.
I miss coloring books.
I love waking up in the middle of night and drinking very chilly water.
Coffee makes me tired.
Yes, I cuddle with my blankets.
I've woken up to a vacuum cleaner many of times.
I wear my seatbelt religiously.
To me, taking baths is like bathing in your own filth.
I prefer breakfast at night.
I can't get enough of peanut butter.
I like twisting and cracking my back.
From the book,
Don't you just hate that? 738 Annoying Things by Scott Cohen
"Walking by the same person you've already walked by in the dairy, produce, and frozen-food sections."

"A sneeze that lingers in your nose, doesn't come out, and then is absorbed by your forehead."

"When the driver pushes the unlock button, but you pull the handle at the same moment, and remain locked out."

"The vulnerability you feel while sitting on a public toilet."

"Accidentally setting your alarm clock for P.M. instead of A.M."

"When the waitress asks "Is Everything alright here?" after you've taken a big bite out of a sandwich, causing you to grunt your response."

"When a teacher erases the entire blackboard but misses one prominent chalk mark."

"Wondering to yourself, "Do I really listen to music that loud?" every time you start the car."

"How useful the Internet is for stalkers."

"Having second thoughts about your first tattoo."

"When a stranger contunies sniffling every few seconds but doesn't blow his nose."

"Trying not to think about what you're thinking about."

"The humiliation that comes from hundreds of cars slowing down so they can watch the cop giving you the ticket."

"The white thread your vacuum won't pick up no matter how many times you run over it."

"The way your breath smells after drinking milk and keeping your mouth closed for two hours.

"People who hold a door open for you when you're 20 feet away, causing you to walk faster."

"When movie characters make out after sleeping all night and not nrushing their teeth." (Yes, it's just a movie, but it's true)

"Waking up and thinking, "Oh, crap, it's Monday morning. Wait... ahhh--- it's Sunday. Oh, no, it is Monday."

"When your shower has terrifying temperature swings..."

"Watching a movie with your parents that shows full frontal nudity."

"The feeling you get when you clip your nail too far."

"When you're paying for something at a store and they ask you what zip code live in."

"The moment you realize that "braving the hurricane" wasn't a wise idea."

"When the brief thrill of making the yellow light ends and you're bored again."

"Being the last person on a long line that no one else seems to be getting on."

"When the person you are waving hello to doesn't see you waving..."

"When you thank the cashier for packing your groceries but your attempt at brightening her day elicits no discernible reaction."

"The fake road scenery that whizzes past drivers in old movies."

"Pets that only show affection right before mealtime."

"That it's the ones who love you who are most adept at tormenting you."

"Having the suspiscion that using 2-in-1 shampoo and conditioner is not as effective as if you used them both individually."

"People who have no clue how loudly they talk."

"People who insist celery has no taste."

"That you're the only one who'll never see what you look like while you sleep in public."

"Trying to avoid eye contact with the guy at the urinal next to you, as her tries to do the same." (Wouldn't know, but I'm sure it's true - hahaha)

"Yoga instructors who smoke"

My Interests

Movie reviews, dream analysis and interpretation, history of the world, deep massages, most art, astrology, synchronicity, coincidences, all food, neurobiology, photography, camping + hiking, festivals, traveling, Karma, exercising, politics, astronomy, sayings and quotes, you.

I'd like to meet:



I would like to shake hands with Tom Hanks.

Music:

Absolutely everything, and I mean everything... everything but country music.

Movies:

From classics to cheesy horror flicks to documentaries... man, you name it.

Television:

Freaks and the Geeks, The Andy Dick Show, Seinfeld, Sex and the City, House, Felicity, Late Night with Conan O'Brien, Saturday Night Live, House Hunters, Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations, Bizarre Foods With Andrew Zimmern, Futurama, The Simpsons, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Alfred Hitchcock Presents, Chappelle's Show, Charlie Brown, Family Guy, Scrubs, It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia, Friends, America's Next Top Model, The Girls Next Door, Arrested Development, Whose Line is it Anyway, Most Extreme Elimination Challenge, Malcolm in the Middle, My Family (BBC), Two and a Half Men, That 70s Show, Half Way Home, Mister Rogers' Neighborhood, Mythbusters, Bill Nye: The Science Guy, Undressed, I Love New York, Stella, Human Giant, Winter and Summer Olympics, Aqua Teen Hunger Force, Tom Goes to the Mayor, Mad TV, Reno 911, Daria, Richard Scarry's Busytown, Salute Your Shorts, Are You Afraid of the Dark?, The Adventures of Pete and Pete, Pop-Up Videos, Infomercials

Books:

Go Ask Alice by Anonymous
Captain Corelli's Mandolin by Louis de Bernieres
ACT for Dummies by Jerry Bobrow
The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer
Postcards from No Man's Land by Aidan Chambers
Girl with a Pearl Earing by Tracy Chevalier
ABC Murders by Agatha Christie
And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie
Prince of Tides by Pat Conroy
Dispatches from the Edge by Anderson Cooper
Who Murdered Vince Foster? by James Dale Davidson
Girls' Poker Night by Jill Davis
Bridget Jones's Diary by Helen Fielding
Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason by Helen Fielding
The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
Anne Frank The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank
A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry
The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne
Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse
The Outsiders by S. E. Hinton
A Separate Peace by John Knowles
Inherit the Wind by Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee
Belly Laughs by Jenny McCarthy
All My Sons by Arthur Miller
The Crucible by Arthur Miller
Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller
Bloodsucking Fiends by Christopher Moore
Shadowmaker by Joan Lowery Nixon
Reviving Ophelia by Mary Pipher
The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger
Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark by Alvin Schwartz
Seinlanguage by Jerry Seinfeld
Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare
Pygmalion by George Bernard Shaw
Mao Zedong by Jonathan Spence
On My Own Two Feet by Manisha Thakor and Sharon Kedar
A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole
Natural Cures They Don't Want You To Know About by Trudeau
First They Killed My Father by Loung Ung
Night by Elie Wiesel
Night Jasmine by Mary Lou Widmer
The Glass Menagerie by Tennessee Williams

Heroes:

Franklin D. Roosevelt

My Blog

Today, I met Anderson Cooper

Today I met Anderson Cooper at Barnes and Noble. He looked me in the eye twice, shook my hand, and signed my book.
Posted by chillah on Sun, 25 Jun 2006 12:53:00 PST

Chocolate

The Hershey's Chocolate Bars you bought me for Easter are unquestionably substituting my love for you right now.
Posted by chillah on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

Old Men, Cigars, and Dogs

I like seeing old men smoking cigars while walking their dogs.
Posted by chillah on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

Library

I'm about to become a member at Lakeshore Library. I'm going to rent movies and read books!
Posted by chillah on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

Big Macs

They are very unhealthy, but I had a huge craving for one after school and ate one.
Posted by chillah on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

Checkers

Journal Post: When playing Internet Checkers, one realizes how slow one can be to make a fucking move.
Posted by chillah on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

An Update

I've been listening to John Mayer. I still can't believe I fell asleep at his concert last year. I guess literally being on the last row made it seem as if I were just watching him on television on a ...
Posted by chillah on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

Food for Thought

If you ever eat at China Rose, order their Crab Rangoon, and thank me later.
Posted by chillah on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

Food

I don't know why I bought Chinese take out tonight when I knew a pot of jumbalaya was waiting for me at home.
Posted by chillah on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

Realization 3

I think it's sexy when someone stops at a stop sign, cautiously looks both ways, and drives on...
Posted by chillah on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST