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Melanie

Life is too short to blend in

About Me

I'm Melanie. I'm outspoken. outgoing. and honest to the point of recklessness. I'm obsessed with my friends and my sisters...without them I wouldn't make it. *****Likes: Liberty, Philosophy, Political Theory, Freedom, Truth, celebrity gossip, pictures, red rooms, gated communities, classic literature (especially greek), classical liberalism, good literature, stimulating conversation, idealism (but not rationalism), debates, college, Jack Daniels Tennessee whiskey, economics, the South, Polo, Sperry Top-siders, Taste of Tokyo, Maggie Moo's Ice Cream, seeing Nicole and Keith at the Green Hills starbucks, Nashville, boys, Chacos and Rainbows, Jeep Wranglers, UT Football, Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen, Jeopardy and trvia, SISTERS*****Dislikes: things that smell bad, feet, working, people who are overly tan, cell phones that don't work, boys who like to break girls hearts, self-obsession, laziness, cheap vodka, milk, the dark, Nancy Pelosi, boring people, excuse makers*****I plan on being rich by the time I'm 30....we'll see

My Interests

Philsophy, Politics, Celebrity gossip, preppy fashion, boys, running, anything outdoorsy, The Enlightenment, my sisters, photography

Music:

David Gray, Ben Lee, Jack Johnson, Kelly Clarkson, JoJo (duh), I like everything from pretentious indie rock to pop music....and yes...you can like both and not be a poser

Movies:

Goodwill Hunting, Top Gun, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, I heart Huckabees, Garden State, Saved, Crash

Television:

Law and Order, Law and Order SVU, Project Runway, Full House, Colbert Report, all MTV dating shows, and Jeopardy!

Books:

The Brothers Karamazov, Political Ideologies and Public Choice, Gatsby, Anarchy State and Utopia by Robert Nozick...anything by Locke, Montaigne, Voltaire, other thinkers of the Enlightenment, Ayn Rand.....oh, and the Gossip Girl series :) (guilty pleasure)......also US Weekly and Cosmopolitan

My Blog

Stream of Consciousness

I'm in VirginiaI'm hopelessly bored....This city is kinda cute though...it's very historical...Thomas Jefferson lived here you knowI love Christmas...and breaks from school...you get to think about al...
Posted by Melanie on Wed, 20 Dec 2006 12:44:00 PST

Starting off with a bang

It's officially the first full week of school...and I already need 36 hours in my day. I have a HUGE project due Thursday, I have to finalize my plan of study, sorority recruitment practice every nigh...
Posted by Melanie on Wed, 30 Aug 2006 09:12:00 PST

Open your eyes

I start my second year of college in a week. Time sure does fly. It was a year just a year ago when I was green, naive, and wide-eyed as I stepped onto Belmont University for the first day. So, I'm st...
Posted by Melanie on Tue, 15 Aug 2006 12:35:00 PST