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Marissa

Remember to always be yourself. Unless you suck.

About Me



Marissa --
[noun]:

A master of storytelling

'How will you be defined in the dictionary?' at QuizGalaxy.com

My Interests

music, quotes, movies, unexpected compliments, hanging with my friends, spending time with my godchildren and nephew, getting mail, making other people smile... ;)

I'd like to meet:


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Music:

emo/punk rock/alternative... LOVE Dashboard Confessional, The Starting Line, Plain White T's, Fall Out Boy, All American Rejects, The Used, Relient K, and so on and so on. Of course, one of my guilty pleasures: Alanis Morissette. ;) I'm the type of girl, if I know the song on the radio, I have to sing along. Deal with it. ::evil laugh::

Movies:

LOVE 80's comedies, anything of the Brat Pack or Kevin Smith, RENT, Real Genius, Better Off Dead, The Princess Bride, Space Balls, Empire Records, The Worst Witch, Rock and Roll High School Forever, Wedding Crashers, Super Bad, Anchorman, 40 Year Old Virgin. Also big fan of cheesy romantic comedies... The Wedding Planner, 10 Things I Hate About You, How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days, Love Actually... my roommate wants me to leave her my DVD collection in my will... ;)

Television:

Grey's Anatomy!, The Office, Deal or No Deal, Friends, Sex and the City, Ugly Betty, Adult Swim (Family Guy, Futurama, Aqua Teen Hunger Force, Robot Chicken...), Saturday Night Live, Days of Our Lives, Scrubs, One Tree Hill, Whose Line Is It Anyway?, Law and Order, Monk, Psych, Desperate Housewives, Reno 911, My So-Called Life...

Books:

PostSecret!, God Shaped Hole, Can You Keep A Secret?, Asking for Trouble... my (former) roommate likes to read her romance novels to me... she uses different voices... it's funny. Come on over, she'll read to you too!

My Blog

It’s almost vacation time!

if I make a lot of tinsel then people will want toif I am hardened no fear of further abandonmentif I am famous then maybe i'll feel good in this skinif I am cultured my words will somehow garner resp...
Posted by Marissa on Tue, 29 Jul 2008 07:05:00 PST

Just saying...

When you don't drink, people always need to know why. They are like, "You don't drink? Why?" It never happens with anything else. "You don't use mayonnaise? Why? Are you addicted to mayonnaise? Is it...
Posted by Marissa on Tue, 01 Jul 2008 06:24:00 PST

Sometimes dreams do come true!

UPATE 6/18/08: THE BITCH IS HOME...  =( I noticed it's been quieter around my house lately and I learned why.  My psycho neighbor is in jail!  Hooray!  My mom looked it up on the ...
Posted by Marissa on Mon, 16 Jun 2008 07:24:00 PST

When it rains, it pours...

Wow, I haven’t blogged in almost a year... what’s the world coming to? Ever get the feeling that when something good happens in your life that the universe has to come along, knock you dow...
Posted by Marissa on Sat, 05 Apr 2008 04:37:00 PST

"Some days it's not worth chewing through the leather straps..."

Had a bad day, don't talk to me,gonna ride this out,My little black heart, breaks apart,with your big mouth.And I'm sick of my sicknessDon't touch me, you'll get this.I'm useless, lazy, perverted,and ...
Posted by Marissa on Sat, 24 Feb 2007 05:10:00 PST

Lemon Parade...

I wish I'd seen you as a little girlWithout your armor to fend off the worldI would have kept you underneath my wingI would protect you from everythingMake way for the lemon paradeMake way for my girl...
Posted by Marissa on Sat, 06 Jan 2007 05:13:00 PST

Postsecret

A new collection of postsecrets is being released Tuesday the 24th, in anticipation of this new book, I thought I would post some of my favorites from the website (and maybe one of my own, but ::shh::...
Posted by Marissa on Wed, 18 Oct 2006 07:29:00 PST

My poor Gracie...

Well, you all knew Grace was in the hospital.  She had a tube put in almost 2 months ago... now she needs to go back and have the tube changed out b/c she has grown so much this tube is too small...
Posted by Marissa on Sun, 01 Oct 2006 11:28:00 PST

Just when I thought my self-esteem couldn't get any lower...

I walk by a cell phone kiosk at the mall and feel just a little bit worse.  Granted, I was not at my best, I had had like 4 hours of sleep the night before, my hair was looking kinda greasy so I ...
Posted by Marissa on Sat, 05 Aug 2006 06:26:00 PST

"why put a new address on the same old loneliness..."

I so I signed a contract today and gave $1000 binder for my very own condo... I don't know whether to happy dance or cry.  It's exciting to have a place that is truly my own (picking out paint c...
Posted by Marissa on Thu, 09 Mar 2006 07:51:00 PST