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Kel's Interests
General
the all-encompassing realm of artsy-fartsy-ness . music . fashion . geeky/nerdy things . food . travel . hockey . randomness . obscurity
Music
the academy is… . aerosmith . afi . amber pacific . armor for sleep . atreyu . billy talent . bon jovi . breaking benjamin . the carnations . catlow . cobra starship . datarock . david tao . ella fitzgerald . a fine frenzy . frank sinatra . fort minor . gob . green day . hanson . hot hot heat . islands . jack johnson . jason mraz . joey yung . kay hanley . lenny kravitz . letters to cleo . lily allen . linkin park . m.i.a. . m-flo . marilyn monroe . mavis fan . mavis fan & 100% . mika . miriam yeung . muse . my chemical romance . my project: blue . panic! at the disco . paramore . peggy lee . phantom planet . rooney . rufio . the seams. silverchair . silverstein . story of the year . taking back sunday . tegan and sara . the unicorns . vincat . vivian hsu . weezer . you say party! we say die!
Movies
10 things i hate about you . big fish . fight club . finding neverland . hot fuzz . infernal affairs . juno . lock, stock & two smoking barrels . the lord of the rings trilogy . moulin rouge . napoleon dynamite . romeo+juliet (not dicaprio/danes's acting though) . shaolin soccer . sin city . snatch . spirited away . terminator 2 . zoolander
Television
friends . naruto . seinfeld
Books
agatha christie: and then there were none . the man in the brown suit . the murder of roger ackroyd . why didn't they ask evans?
amy tan : the bonesetter's daughter . the hundred secret senses . the joy luck club
art spiegelman: maus
chuck klosterman: sex, drugs, & cocoa puffs
c.s. lewis: the chronicles of narnia
christopher paolini: eragon
dan brown: angels & demons (illustrated edition)
douglas coupland: the gum thief
helen fielding: bridget jones
j.k. rowling: harry potter
ken kesey: one flew over the cuckoo's nest
louise fitzhugh: harriet the spy
nicholas sparks: a walk to remember
roald dahl: the bfg . charlie & the chocolate factory . fantastic mr fox . the twits . the witches
CAPILANO COLLEGE
North Vancouver, Canada
Graduated: 2007
Student status: Alumni
Degree: Professional
Major: Design & Illustration
Minor: Studio Art, Art History
Clubs: Student Ambassador
About me:
i'm a vancouver-based communications designer & illustrator: kellychen.ca
I AM NOT ACCEPTING RANDOM FRIEND REQUESTS! IF I HAVEN'T THE SLIGHTEST IDEA WHO YOU ARE, YOU WILL NOT BE ADDED.
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The Art of TPing OR How to Gift Wrap a House
This film was made with 8 mm film as an English class project in 1971! In October of 2006 the film was digitized and the sound track re-recorded. The film is a mock documentary about America's fastest growing sport - TPing!
It is a comedy, shows many rolls of toilet paper, and includes a humorous get away car crash scene, shot with stop motion animation, that is reminiscent of Monty Python.
Who I'd like to meet: fellow art/design whores, concert whores, mavis fan, & kozyndan.
ok no surprises here..i've been terribly slacked with myspace! and facebook too for that matter. eeeks!
haha..i know! sometimes i want to tell this incredible joke and i think i know the whole thing and then once i start it, it turns out i can't remember anything past the first two lines or something. oops! and then sometimes all i can think of are blond jokes..hehe.
have you renewed hnet yet? i haven't! and it's nearing the end of march already. but somehow i don't find myself missing it at all! i mean, i hardly do anything with the membership anyway (except watch futys) and it doesn't 'benefit' me at all (no pre-sales, no m&gs, no exclusive member events etc) i still feel a tad guilty for not renewing though!
surprise surprise!! haha..i'm even surprising myself by replying in a very timely manner.
so anyway, yeah i think some people are just meant to be able to tell the lamest jokes and still make you laugh while some people, like my dad, may have fantastic jokes but almost always completely miss the punch line or pause waay too long in between sentences that you end up not laughing at all!
haven't renewed my hnet membership so no futys for me currently! honestly, i think it's like what, USD50+ to renew now and seriously, it's not worth it but i've been renewing anyway just to do my bit to keep hanson alive. ah well. will renew come march i think. but i want to see the truck stop ones again! haha.. yeah i don't think they'd disappear anytime soon but best watch them while you can. i mean, once you procrastinate you're never going to be able to catch up unless you just devote hours to watching futys.
likewise! it's taken almost 2 months to reply you here..oops!
i think myspace used to have a warning about character limit but dunno what happened to it now.
bad lame jokes can be quite funny really. it depends on who tells it and how they tell it i guess. i mean, sometimes the best jokes can be ruined by people who don't know how to tell them!
i watched a couple of futys the other day..the two truck stop ones was just plain hilarious. you've gotta love them for being goofy and making us laugh at the stupidest things. haha i used to check the hanson lj but i think i haven't been there since september!
exactly..it's not that i don't love them anymore..it's just that, other stuff takes over sometimes whether it's another band's music or just life in general.
and i've neglected you in return! aahhhh!! though not really since we're facebooking now. haha..
and lookie..your comment was so long it got truncated..whatever happened to warning us that we were over the characters limit? huh tom?? hehe..
omg no way!! poor you getting sick on the day of the concert! (thinks back to time i was super sick on my 21st birthday no less. that sucked real bad) but the most important thing is you got to see silverchair live after 8 years! haha..you've got to let me know how bad that joke was that it's good.
i think i must have like posted only 10 times since the Hnet revamp. i hate the forums layout that much yeah. it's supposed to be exciting times isn't it..i mean, new album, tour, the walks yadi yada but somehow, i dunno, i'm not really all that excited. i don't check the futys either..or any of the pics/vids from the recent tour/walks! what's going on here with us?? lol..
i don't listen to hanson all that much recently too. though i got kind of nostalgic so i'm listening to underneath now and it reminds me why i'm a fan. i've been listening to ash's "twilight of the innocents" lately. loving polaris!
didn't order the special edition of the walk either. wanted it bad in july but i didn't get it and now i'm not too sure. i've been wanting loads of stuff from the store but i've never bought anything! shipping's a killer really.
and i'm thinking of changing the layout already. just can't find the energy. or simply put, i'm lazy! haha..
heya..i didn't even realise my last comment got cut! usually if it's too long, it'd prompt me when i click 'post' but it didn't so i thought everything was fine and dandy. apparently not. hmm..i can't even remember what i was said..something about finding 'young modern' in tower records here even though i had my friend buy me the cd/dvd version from aus earlier. have you gotten yours yet? it's weird though that they're not releasing it til after the tour. strange decision.
and omg, i'm really jealous!! they need to come play in msia :o( when will you be seeing them? i'm so excited for you! the closest i get to seeing them live is watching faraway stables and the homebake festival performances. nooo...
i've been coughing for the past two weeks or so and though it's gotten better *fingers crossed* i've been warned to stay away from chicken like the plague! lol..and i'm like, how on earth does eating chicken make your cough worse?!
i logged onto hnet at least once every week but i rarely spend more than 15 mins there. which is quite sad really considering that i should be all excited about the album and stuff. yeah i used to go there for the forums but it sucks pretty bad (plus no one i know posts anymore) so there's basically nothing else to do. whatever happened to our two epic threads? hehe..
shipping is $23.50 for me but my friend's thinking that if we pool and buy like 5 cds, shipping can be shared so it isn't as insane. we might do that in the end. not too keen on ordering from the store right now though cos people seem to be having problems with it all the time.
well i didn't pay extra for insurance either but it'd better reach me safely! lol..have you ever had any problems with your member kit before then? it's been two years for me and *fingers and toes crossed* they've always arrived ok.
btw, did you ever receive your AYL shirt? just remembered yo
heya..i didn't even realise my last comment got cut! usually if it's too long, it'd prompt me when i click 'post' but it didn't so i thought everything was fine and dandy. apparently not. hmm..i can't even remember what i was said..something about finding 'young modern' in tower records here even though i had my friend buy me the cd/dvd version from aus earlier. have you gotten yours yet? it's weird though that they're not releasing it til after the tour. strange decision.
and omg, i'm really jealous!! they need to come play in msia :o( when will you be seeing them? i'm so excited for you! the closest i get to seeing them live is watching faraway stables and the homebake festival performances. nooo...
i've been coughing for the past two weeks or so and though it's gotten better *fingers crossed* i've been warned to stay away from chicken like the plague! lol..and i'm like, how on earth does eating chicken make your cough worse?!
i logged onto hnet at least once every week but i rarely spend more than 15 mins there. which is quite sad really considering that i should be all excited about the album and stuff. yeah i used to go there for the forums but it sucks pretty bad (plus no one i know posts anymore) so there's basically nothing else to do. whatever happened to our two epic threads? hehe..
shipping is $23.50 for me but my friend's thinking that if we pool and buy like 5 cds, shipping can be shared so it isn't as insane. we might do that in the end. not too keen on ordering from the store right now though cos people seem to be having problems with it all the time.
well i didn't pay extra for insurance either but it'd better reach me safely! lol..have you ever had any problems with your member kit before then? it's been two years for me and *fingers and toes crossed* they've always arrived ok.
btw, did you ever receive your AYL shirt? just remembered yo
Heya..I've never been so disconnected from the internet like the past few weeks. Only had time to check my mail and even that was done sporadically. How are you doing??
Hmmm..fries & gravy flavoured lay..how did it taste? and how on earth do you make chips taste like fries? don't they taste quite the same as they're made of potato anyway? lol..nope we don't have much adventurous lays flavours here..just a couple like sour cream, original, bbq..all the imported ones. Yeah I should imagine wasabi lays would taste pretty strange!
I'm still not liking the new forums..I hardly spend anytime on it at all! In fact, I don't even have a siggie yet cos I'm not sure which code they're using for it. lol..yeah I'm not a fan of how they put all the user info in this little box on the top left and all the text just kinda wrap around it. And I just realised, as a public user, you've just 4 forums! And those intl ones - asia, europe, canada etc are Hnet ones. What's the point??
Glad they changed the online store layout though. Thumbnails are the way to go! And I like how it's all a sort pull down detail menu so it doesn't take you to a different page everytime you click on a product.
Talking about Hnet store, shipping is just OUTRAGEOUS!! I got pretty excited with the US version of The Walk (extra songs! bonus dvd!) and then the bloody shipping came up to USD23.50 which is just insane. No way I'm paying that much no matter how bad I want it.
But then again, they've been playing Go for years now and suddenly it's the first single off the album. Yeah it'd be sweet to have Breaktown as an easter egg on the new kit. And they changed the content!! Oh well more songs is always good even though I've three of them already.
Man you're going to get to see Silverchair!! I'm so jealous! They'd never ever come here..I don't think they've got enough fans. I saw Young Modern in Tower Recor
Hey Friends!
We wanted to let you know we will be releasing another new song this saturday from our upcoming June 2nd release titled "to those who wait..." Our cd release show will be Saturday June 2nd in Fort Langley. (details below) We would love to see you there.
From our Hearts to Yours
Swingset Champion
Yeah I was there for a couple of days and I got sunburnt! It's slooowly fading off now but then my skin is peeling as an after-effect. Nooo!! So needless to say, it was pretty dang hot in Bangkok but the place is surprisingly really clean even though there are hardly any dustbins to be found on the street. I couldn't even find one in the BTS station! lol.. bought some bags, flatties and bacon & cheese lay's. Yum!
I'm sorry to say but I HATE the new forums..I got used to the blue ones real quick after hating it at first but with the new one, I can't see myself warming up to it anytime soon. Yeah I loved the beige one before the previous (blue) revamp..it was so easy to use and looked great. I do like the quick reply option on the new forums but I hate how threads and forums are structured now. And I really prefer if they showed pics of the merch in the categories in the store instead of us having to individually click each one to see what it represents. I can't even tell from a glance what's new!!
Ooh you may have just stumbled on the very reason for Tay's scaves fetish!
I'm still very much in love with Georgia though I've taken a liking to Watch Over Me too. I still haven't listened to it as much as the previous albums (in a Jack's Mannequin listening obsession right this moment) but I really do think The Walk is a stronger album as a whole compared to Underneath, which was a little too mellow. I'm sad though that there wasn't room for Breaktown..will we ever get to listen to the new studio version..if there is even one??
Sorry for the late reply..I just got back from Bangkok last Sunday and have been tied up with work all week. The weekend's here..hurrah! Sooo what have you been up to?
And it's a new look on Hnet now! How do you like it so far? I haven't really had the chance to explore it as yet and it really is a transistional period right now so I don't want to be too quick to judge.
I'm not a fan of how the forums look like though but then again, I said the same thing the last time we had the blue one. Somehow though this new one is just strange..plus the font is so tiny! I know I can increase it but it makes the whole layout go haywire. Sigh. One thing though.. No RR! No MM! Hahaha..
I'm pretty sure (or at least I sure hope so) Natalie has tried to push Tay in the right fashion direction but maybe he thinks he knows best. Hehe.. Yesss untamed chest hair! Run away from all pics of Tay with an exposed neckline!! Which are er..most pics anyway. You'd be a victim sooner or later! lol..
Ooh that's awesome!! Has the album sunk in yet by now? You know, I haven't been really listening to it as much as I know I ought to and I feel a tad guilty over it. I definitely like it more than I do Underneath though the ni-ni-ni-ni-ni-now part in Tearing It Down still bugs me like mad!! Haha..
Hey Friends!
We just wanted to let you know we will be releasing a new song first thing saturday morning. We will also be playing a sweet show that night at The Basement and would love to see you there. Come by and check out the tunes and give us some feedback.
From our Hearts to Yours
Swingset Champion
remember our cd release show is coming up!
June 2nd. check out our myspace for details.
Thanks again friends.
Haha..exactly! I could understand RR being clique-y but even MM has fallen prey now and sad to say, sometimes I feel all this is just a bunch of pretense but maybe that's just me. I knooooww..it's like, they just ignore what you say and go jabbering among themselves. Geez..I think there are very few genuinely nice peeps on there.
Even his jeans are the skinny type! *slaps head* Definitely pants-blind yeah cos like you said, being a guy and wearing really tight pants should not go together..and the crossing his legs part! Omg that boy just never fails to stir up discussion, whether for better or worse. If there's anyone who needs a good stylist, it's him :Þ Plus the randomly growing everywhere chest hair! Oh god..
Well I'd like to think it's the back of my head but really I can't be entirely 100% sure cos the back of everyone's head look almost alike anyway. Unless they've some humongous clip in their hair or something. I did get all excited though when I spotted myself in pics that other people took that night though. It's like, 'ooh goody that's me!!' lol..
Ok since the GC concert last Sat, I've kinda gone GC mad for a bit and spent like all night viewing GC videos on youtube. Hehe..
Exactly..most of the people I spoke to back then aren't on Hnet much anymore and I didn't keep in touch with them out of Hnet so basically that's it. And now all the SNs I see are so unfamiliar and everyone else seem to already know each other so I'm definitely feeling a little bit lost. And you know how clique-y the forums can get at times so I think I'd rather much stay out of it :Þ
OMG you're absolutely right..the scarf fetish is NOTHING compared to his horrendously tight/bad/ugly pants collection. Oh god those definitely deserve to be burned in a huge bonfire! A combo of all three of them definitely..I can't believe he [i]willingly[/i] dresses up in them and why on earth would he want to wear such horrible pants in the first place?! Maybe he's like pants-blind or something. Already he has skinny twiggy legs..he does not need to emphasise on them!
Hmm..I don't think I'd be able to spot myself on tv actually cos I wasn't too close to the front and I don't recall cameras anywhere close to me..not that I was paying attention to cameras in the first place. I definitely spotted bits of the back of my head when they showed short clips of Hanson's performance in HRC here back then..I was like, 'I think that's..my head!' lol..
I think my days of hnet addiction has long gone away. Definitely nowhere near the peak it was at in 2005. I don't even know much new fans save the ones I know already. Which really isn't much actually. There ought to be a point made here but..I seem to have gone off track.
Tay's scarves fetish needs to go somewhere far far away where there are no chances for pics of them to be taken and shown to us fans. Haha..sometimes he does look nice with *selected* scarves but most of the time I just want to yank it off him and beat him over the head with it.
Anyway..I saw Good Charlotte yesterday!! *pumps fist in the air* It was absolutely awesome and energy levels were sky high! Hahaha..damn I don't have pics (need to grovel in front of my friends now) and it was a huge crowd of thousands (free tixs obviously) and I could only see bits of them here and there (I blame my terrible lack of height!) but it doesn't matter! Nothing else matters cos it was a totally rockin' concert. I was a kinda normal fan before this (couldn't hold a candle to my hanson love) but Joel's definitely converted me full time now. They were filming it for MTV so it's going to be tv sometime in May. Can't wait to live the whole experience again!!
Seems I'm more diligent with posting on Myspace than on Hnet. Eeeekss..
Where are the pics?? Oh wait, there's one right here with scary looking knives, black eye patches and all. Nice! Oh wait, one of the knives seem to have been folded. Tee hee..
Yep afi dallas pics I've seen and I knooowww what you're talking about. Zac's outfit was kinda ok but what's with the white shoes?! Influence from Kate I reckon ;o) But Tay oh Tay, whatever would we do with this boy? His pants are way way too tight and well, I suppose I'd just let their faces distract me from their dressing.
Formula 1 roars into Malaysia this weekend. Woot! Can't wait!!
