Full name: Chantell Irene Smith
Age: 21
Birthplace: Biloxi, MS
Favorite color: Lavender
Favorite food: Meduim-rare steak and baked potato, shrimp, peanut butter and jelly sandwiches, paella, all mexican food
Favorite drink: water, milk, sweet tea, vanilla coke, orange Fanta, caramel frappuccino
Favorite fruit: pineapples
Favorite flower: sunflower
Favorite Victoria's Secret scent: Love Spell
Favorite kinds of music: Contemporary Christian, Latin, Jazz, Rock, R&B
Favorite Bible verse: "And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose."-- Romans 8:28
Favorite English quote: "Give the world the best you've got, and you might get kicked in the teeth; give the world the best you've got anyway."--Anon.
Favorite Spanish quote: "Y el mayor bien es pequeño; que toda la vida es sueño, y los sueños, sueños son."--Pedro Calderón de la Barca
Favorite stuffed animal: Curious George
Favorite cartoon character: Power Puff Girls
Things I've always wanted to do: Travel the world, join the Peace Corps, learn to play the guitar, completely master the Spanish language, learn more languages, learn to cook, sew and garden.
Favorite things to do: Writing in my journal, checking my email, buying things off of ebay, reading, travelling, talking with friends, shopping, playing the piano
Favorite website: Half.com
Favorite kinds of books (other than the Bible): All Mary Higgins Clark's murder mysteries, Frank Peretti's Christian fiction, historical fiction, cultural studies, documentaries, biographies
Least favorite kinds of books: Romances. They are sooo unrealistic, sometimes sappy, sometimes scandalous, and downright ridiculous.
The most interesting books I've read lately: You Go Girl: A Black Woman's Guide to Travel and Adventure, Oryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood, Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting by in America by Barbara Ehrenreich
Favorite literary character of all time: Marc Antony from Julius Caesar. He has "the power of speech to stir men's blood."
Favorite literary era: The Harlem Renaissance
The most depressing book in the world: Tess of the d'Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy
Countries I've visited: Italy, Germany, Spain, Mexico
Where I see myself in ten years: Married with a couple of kids, multilingual, well-traveled, and still looking at least 5 years younger than I am.
