chantelle
20 years old
Blue Rapids, KS
Female
About
She looks as if she were thinking of something beyond her punishment- beyond her situation: of something not round nor before her. I have heard of day-dreams- is she in a daydream now? Her eyes are fixed on the floor, but I am sure they do not see it- her sight seems turned in, gone down into her heart: she is looking at what she can remember, I believe; not at what is really present. I wonder what sort of a girl she is- whether good or naughty. (from Jane Eyre)
Hello.
If we've never met before, it's because I'm the girl who's generally sitting in the corner with her nose buried in a book. Buried six feet under, you might say. I love mysteries. ;D
My best friends in the entire world (after my laptop, that is) are Frank and Joe Hardy. I harbor similar affectionate feelings for all of the great detectives: Sherlock Holmes. Lord Peter Wimsey, and Albert Campion.
I belong to that happy class of people who loves tea (all kinds, but my poison of choice is a "blended ice green tea" from a local coffeeshop), rainy afternoons (better yet: a good old-fashioned Kansas thunderstorm), and old vinyl records. A quality somewhat unique to myself is my affection for old books. I could happily live my entire life in a library, or a used book store. I just love that musty smell...
As a matter of fact, I love just about anything old. Top on my wishlist is a pair of saddle shoes. (I had some when I was little, but do you know how hard it is to find saddle shoes in "grown up" sizes?) I'm a "bobbysoxer" through and through... and I'm quite fascinated with Victorian England, as well.
I love going to concerts/plays/operas. The only downside to living in Kansas is that we don't have much of a "fine arts" culture. Happily, I also love taking road trips, whether it's with my dad, or just me and my little truck. =)
Leonard Bernstein is my hero to end all heroes. I adore that man.
Frank Sinatra and Judy Garland are the two greatest, most talented performers that ever lived, and I really admire & respect them.
My so-called love life is restricted to one whopper of a celebrity crush on Broadway star, Douglas Sills. His voice makes me melt like ice cream in July...
My aim in life (oooh, sounds so serious) is to be a successful singer. Recording career, performing artist, you get the idea. Right now, I'm singing lots of classical and jazz/showtunes, and someday I hope I can branch out into folk/rock/pop. I am completely addicted to singing in choirs-- I've been in five-- and my choir directors are some of my favorite people in the world. So far, my biggest musical accomplishment has been releasing a Christmas CD last year (in '06). It's available through my website (which, being a geek in addition to a bookworm, I designed completely by hand), www.click-studios.com
My favorite "hangout" is Aggieville. It's like a miniature, way-cooler, downtown next to Kansas State University. Of course, I couldn't care less about the bars, but it has some wicked shops: ice cream, coffee, clothes, records, used books... you name it, Aggieville has it! ♥
Well, I suppose that's that for this particular biographical write-up. But there's every likelihood that I will come back and rewrite it every now and then.
By the way, I may appear to be engrossed in that book, but by all means come on over and introduce yourself. =)
♥
Chantelle
Movies
Arsenic and Old Lace, West Side Story, A Star is Born (1954), Funny Girl, Gaslight, All About Eve, Pygmalion (1938), Indiana Jones trilogy, The Man with the Golden Arm, East of Eden, Batman Begins, Hoodwinked, Chariots of Fire, Hitchcock (Notorious, Rear Window, Suspicion, Rebecca, To Catch a Thief, etc), The Petrified Forest, Robin and the Seven Hoods, The Nutty Professor (1963), Holiday (1938), Some Came Running, The Joker is Wild
Music
Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Jerry Lewis, Judy Garland, Sammy Davis Jr, Barbra Streisand, Shaun Cassidy, A Fine Frenzy, Coldplay, Count Basie, Leontyne Price, Christine Schaefer, Nicole Byblow, Douglas Sills, Jack's Mannequin, Lenka, Rosemary Clooney, Gary Lewis and the Playboys, Leonard Bernstein, Anita O'Day, Barbara Hendricks, Darcy James Argue's Secret Society, Frank Sinatra Jr, Jane Monheit, Jennifer Knapp, TAIT, Leigh Nash, Gustav Mahler, Barbara Cook, Bing Crosby, Charlotte Church, Eisley, Gardar Thor Cortes, Sarah Vaughan, George Chakiris, Louis Armstrong, Carole King, Natalie Cole, Anna Netrebko, Ariane Moffatt, Priscilla, Coeur de Pirate, Sandi Patty, Susan Graham, Aaron Copland, Liza Minnelli, Peggy Lee, Nat King Cole, Coralie Clement, Melanie Pain, Brooke Fraser, Plastiscines, Au Revoir Simone, Meaghan Smith, Lucky Soul, Astrud Gilberto, Jo Stafford
Television
Books
A. A. Milne (Once on a Time, Four Days Wonder, The Red House Mystery, etc), Lord Peter Wimsey mysteries, Sherlock Holmes mysteries, Hardy Boys mysteries, Albert Campion mysteries, Dashiell Hammett (The Dain Curse), Daphne du Maurier (Frenchman's Creek, Rebecca, The King's General, The Glass Blowers, etc), Jules Verne (Journey to the Center of the Earth), Robert Louis Stevenson, Gerard Manley Hopkins, Leonard Bernstein (Findings, The Joy of Music, The Infinite Variety of Music, etc), The Rest is Noise by Alec Ross, Judy Garland: World's Greatest Entertainer and Judy Garland by John Fricke, Tasha Tudor, Faith God & Rock n' Roll by Mark Joseph, Girl Genius graphic novels, Bernstein Remembered, Montmorency, Chanters of Tremaris trilogy, Dean & Me by Jerry Lewis, Jerry Lewis: In Person, Tintin, F. Scott Fitzgerald
Interests
singing, piano, reading, writing, criminology, forensics, web design, astronomy, cosmology, musicology, 20th century classical music history & criticism
Actors
Jerry Lewis, Douglas Sills, James Dean, Ingrid Bergman, Leslie Howard, Peter Davison, Parker Stevenson, Shaun Cassidy, Cary Grant, Basil Rathbone, Frank Sinatra, Judy Garland, Kim Novak, Bette Davis, Tom Burlinson, Louise Brooks, Mickey Rooney, Amber Tamblyn, Elizabeth Taylor, Peter Falk, Dean Martin, Jerry Lewis, Christian Bale, Harrison Ford, Jason Bateman, Charlie Chaplin
kool-ly-oo, Feb 14, 2008:
hay cuz
thought i'd say hi, so hi................lol
haven't talked 2 u for awhile
watz up?????????
anyway ttyl
luv bye
kool-ly-oo, Aug 13, 2007:
hey, wats going, u should have stayed for the last conference, srry about wat they did
all luv
wont be like them.....................lol
Laura, Jun 9, 2007:
you should move to portland. we have too much in common. :)
Lily, May 14, 2007:
Wow I'd never be able to live in a house that old.. I'd get scared so easily lol
Lily, May 14, 2007:
I'm pretty sure we share the same brain, because there are some crazy things we have in common. I'm so sure of it.
I am also a fan of the secret rooms and hidden doorways. Which makes me think maybe I need to visit Winchester mansion.
Kat, May 13, 2007:
Hey Pier,
Yeah I've seen the hitchcock movie 'Rebecca' but unfortunately didn't make it to the end. What I saw though, I really enjoyed. I love old movies, huge fan of Audrey Hepburn and Marilyn Monroe. Haha and always great to find a fellow 'Seven Brides for Seven Brothers' fan, I find it's pretty hard to come by someone who's even heard of that movie!
x
matt, May 13, 2007:
It seems as though we have a few things in common, wouldn't you say? As far as Sandi is concerned, I have a number of connections with her...such as I'm friends with 2 of her children, I live in the same town she does, and I just graduated from the school she went to and her kids now go to. Small world, huh? I've lived here for 4 years, but it was only the other day that I briefly met her for the first time. Either way, I really respect her talent and what she's contributed to the Christian music industry, so that's why she's tagged in my music section.
Well, that's about all I have to say. Sorry for the novel...haha. Have a good one!