This first video wraps all my passions into one. 30 Seconds to Mars, music, and editing.
This second video is one of those movie/music videos I was talking about. It's totally cheesy, but I'm a sucker for the love stories, which are generally cheesy. Although I do love a good war movie...
This Is What I Love Pt. 2
I love making tee shirts. I hope to someday be able to make screen tees versus paining on them with acrylic paint. It does tend to make the shirt a little stiff...
This Is What I Love Pt. 3
Concerts!
"Attack" by 30 STM from the Sept 25th show at UVU. Jared sounds kinda "weird" in this, almost nasally, I guess, which he normally sounds amazing. I think it's cuz we were in front of the center speaker and were getting really horrible feedback. Everyone else said he sounded amazing, so...sorry! It's still an amazing production.
"The Moment" and "Someone Like You" by Safetysuit from the Sept 18 show at UVU. Their sound was sort of off as well. I don't think Doug's mic was up loud enough, but they were still amazing.
My name is Chelsea and I am 24 years old. I graduated from BYU-Idaho about a year ago, and since then I've worked as a census worker, an office assistant, a warehouse worker at Jansport, and now I am at the movie theater. It's not really where I expected to be at this point in my life, but none the less, here I am.
I'm planning on moving to Utah in March, at which point I'll finally be out of my parents house, like most 24 year olds should be. I'm scared to death cuz I don't have any money, and I don't know for sure that I'll be able to get a job once I'm there, but at least I have a bunch of my extended family and two of my best friends there, so even if I'm destitute, at least I'll have people around me and I'll have a good time. And I know I'll at least get one good meal every Sunday thanks to my aunts and uncles :) I've been putting off the move for a year for lack of money and that hasn't changed. I figure I just need to do it, and if I struggle, I struggle. I think it's about time I had a challenge in my life. I can only learn from it right? Hopefully I'll be able to find a job, I HAVE to find a job. Then after a year of living in Utah I'm planning on attending UVU for graphic design so that I can do something awesome like open a tee shirt business, or design album art, or movie posters. Something that will make me the big bucks. I do like to spend money, which is why I am where I am. See, I've already learned one lesson, and I'm doing a lot better at controlling the spending.
Now that I've told you my life plan...here are some other tidbits of information. I love my family and friends and can never get enough of my nieces and nephew. My passions in life are music, movies and movie editing. I really wanted to do the media arts program at BYU, but seeing as I've already graduated from BYU-Idaho, they won't accept me. Hence graphic design as my backup plan. I basically like playing on the computer. I often combine my passion for music and movies and make fan videos for the movies I love. It usually stems from hearing a song, and then realizing that the tone or the lyrics of the song tell a certain story perfectly, and then I feel this need to make a video for it. It's totally nerdy, as well as a complete waste of time, and I get made fun of constantly for being able to spend all day on my computer doing it, but it's a hobby and I love it, so I put up with it.
When it comes to music, I have a very eclectic taste, so it's not too hard to make my ears happy. My favorite genre is rock or alternative, but I really do like pretty much everything. My favorite bands are 30 Seconds to Mars and Safetysuit. I always have music playing. It is my escape and the love of my life.
I also love being outdoors. Now, if you asked my parents this, they'd probably laugh in your faces. But that's because their idea of being outside is sitting and reading a book. Which I think is nice too, but generally I prefer to do that indoors where the sun isn't blinding off the white pages. If I'm gonna be outside, I want to be doing something, and I want to be doing it with someone, whether it's hiking, or walking, or riding a bike. And generally no one in my family likes to do that sort of thing, which is another reason I'm excited to move to Utah, cuz Susan and I are planning on doing that sort of thing all the time.
One of my favorite things to do as well is go to concerts. Concerts are my drug of choice. They give me such a high and have such an amazing energy. They truly are addicting, but I think being addicted to concerts is a better alternative than being addicted to, I dunno, meth for example. But that's just my opinion. I could die happy if in my lifetime I could attend a Coldplay, Muse, Goo Goo Dolls, Jimmy Eat World, and about 50 more 30 Seconds to Mars and Safetysuit concerts.
I'm short and blonde and look a lot younger than I am. I'm used to people thinking I'm 17 and am used to the shocked looks I generate when I mention I'm 24. I'm sure I'll appreciate it when I'm 50 and look like I'm 35, but for right now I wish TLC would do a reverse of that show "10 Years Younger" and do a version called "10 Years Older." I'd be the perfect candidate :)
I'm a total nerd and I know it. Ever since high school I've gone through these stages where I get obsessed with certain things, and they're totally stupid things. Freshman year it was Anne of Green Gables, which I know is weird, and I sort of forced in on my best friend (sorry Mal!) but I would watch the movies every day, and can still quote them line for line to this day. I of course read all the books and although I'm over that obsession, I still really want to visit Prince Edward Island in Canada. There have been numerous other obsessions which I won't mention in order to retain SOME of my dignity.
As of right now I'm completely obsessed with 30 Seconds to Mars. I've always loved their music, but for some reason about a year ago, which is when I first went to one of their concerts, so it probably has something to do with that, and no, it doesn't have anything to do with them switching the style of their music. Their old stuff is still my favorite, but it was at that first concert that I realized how much I loved them. Then about a month before the most recent concert I went to, my love turned into an obsession. An obsession I share with my best friend Susan. We sort of feed off each other, which is really bad, and I have a feeling it's not going anywhere anytime soon. 30 Seconds to Mars tends to keep their hardcore fans, probably cuz as you get to know them you realize what fun and awesome people they are. I honestly regret not exploring them more when they first started out. Despite always liking their music, I wish I could say I was with them since their Echelon days. Jared always thanks the fans who have supported the band from the beginning, when they didn't think they were gonna make it, and I wish I was one of them. But oh well. Better late than never. Anyway, so that's a little bit about me.
Haha. I just wrote a freaking novel. Apparently I like to ramble about myself as well.