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About Me

Proud Autism Advocate
Carpe Diem! I try on a daily basis to seize the day but unfortunately, I'm usually pretty stressed out.
People have asked me to try Yoga for the stress. However, I'm not flexible and can't stand to sweat. So I took up drums instead. My doc asked me to try the Yoga for the stress, as well as a healthy diet. I told him that I'm totally committed to an unhealthy lifestyle and one thing about me - I don't break commitments! ;-)
I'm always hungry.
I love to eat.
I have a slow metabolism.
Skinny jeans don't fit.
Frankly, I'm quite complicated. Even though I may come across social, I really am not. I'm picky, eccentric and have a low tolerance for ignorant statements. Actually, I don't tolerate ignorance at all.
Life: I look at it this way...plain and simple. The absolute of -5 is 5. End of story.
Latest Outlook on Life: "Embrace the Dysfunction"!
Honestly, how much therapy can a person get? You come to a point in your life that issues become comical. What better way to deal with and accept the challenging moments in your life? I do believe laughter is the best medicine.
I may not be overly social but I'm always helping others. It is in my nature to do so and this is why I majored in Psychology. I still feel that was a good career choice.
I love people who make me laugh. I can't get enough of them.
And last but not least, I support local artists!
See more here: http://mathines.com/stamps.html
Dream Theater

Jordan Rudess and Blackfield
March 13th, 2007
World Cafe Live, Philadelphia
The following pictures of Iain Archer and Duke Special were taken by Melanie in Arlington, Virginia on March 25th, 2007.

My Interests

Hello....

I'm Captain Tree Head...

Welcome to my world!



I fall in love with amazing moments.

I constantly wish these special moments would last forever.

I'm a hopeless romantic!

I'd like to meet:



Rush

Larry David

Albert Brooks

Steve Martin

Martin Short

In no particular order...
Steven Wilson
(again)!
Porcupine Tree
Blackfield
John Wesley
(again)!

Tarja Turunen

Tuomas Holopainen
Marco Tapani Hietala
Nightwish

Transatlantic

Spock's Beard
Dream Theater
Jordan Rudess
(again)!

Aviv Geffen
(again!)

TOMER.Z.

Duke Special

Iain Archer

Opeth
Little Atlas
VAST

Paradise Lost

Mike Bennion

Deadwing
Lori Earley

Ray Caesar

It would be my dream to learn from one (or all) of the following...

Neil Peart

Gavin Harrison

Mike Portnoy

Jukka "Julius" Nevalainen

Music:

The following pictures of Steven Wilson and John Wesley were taken by Melanie at Newbury Comics in Boston. Please be so kind to send Melanie an e-mail at [email protected] to request permission to use them. Thanks!

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You can also view these pictures at http://www.porcupinetree.it/index.php?section=102

I've been to the following shows...

Porcupine Tree in Tampa
2005

Porcupine Tree in Boston
2006

Blackfield in Philadelphia
2007

Porcupine Tree in Chicago
2007

Porcupine Tree in NYC
2007

My Fellow Tree Heads!

Georgia

Evaristo

Doug

Yifat

Guadalupe

Karin

Kit

Maritza

Magdalena

Michael

Lynn

Crista

Agnieszka

Amber

Gabi

Andrea

Przemek

Eric

John

Scott

Robin

Len

Are you a Porcupine Tree Fan?

Take the Tree Head Test at the following link...

http://www.testriffic.com/friendtest/1487877

~or~

Click on the quiz below!

Kit, Steven and Karin

Television:


Books:



Psychology related books, DSM-IV, any information on Autism Spectrum Disorders

Magazines: The Autism perspective, Autism Advocate, Neurology Now, Psychology Today, Autism-Asperger's Digest Magazine.

Favorite Journal: Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders.

Heroes:

My Sons!

My G-d Daughters!

Spectrum Families and Advocates!

My Blog

Tagged

The rules are: Once you've been tagged, write a blog with 10 weird or random things, facts or habits about yourself. At the end, choose 10 people to be tagged and list their names. Don't forget to lea...
Posted by * Melanie * behind on email and comments on Fri, 02 Mar 2007 03:06:00 PST

Sami RIP

My dog Sami passed away today. I lost one of my best friends in the world.
Posted by * Melanie * behind on email and comments on Fri, 16 Feb 2007 07:51:00 PST

Pregnancy weight and loss

So, I'm hanging out at the preschool and am listening to moms talk about how much weight they gained while pregnant. Then I had to listen to them brag about them loosing all their pregnancy weight and...
Posted by * Melanie * behind on email and comments on Wed, 13 Dec 2006 07:03:00 PST

Therapy or Chocolate....

Well, I gotta tell ya....my degree is in Psychology and I'll be the first one to recommend therapy. However, I'm under a bit of stress right now and you know what? Chocolate, peanut butter and gram cr...
Posted by * Melanie * behind on email and comments on Wed, 13 Dec 2006 06:45:00 PST

My dog Sami

Just found out today that my dog, who's absolutely the love of my life in addition to my husband and kids, has cancer. I'm devastated. It's just a matter of time before she gets worse. It's alrea...
Posted by * Melanie * behind on email and comments on Sat, 09 Dec 2006 05:06:00 PST

Thongs off the sidewalk!

I was in traffic today due to an accident. An older man crashed his car as he starred at a woman walking in nothing but a thong. For G-d's sake ladies, thongs off the sidewalks!  ...
Posted by * Melanie * behind on email and comments on Tue, 31 Oct 2006 08:15:00 PST

On Tour with Porcupine Tree

Well, it has indeed been a marvelous time. I'm absolutely exhausted and quite frankly, ready to go home. However, we do not leave NYC until tomorrow evening.The show in Chicago was fantastic. The Tree...
Posted by * Melanie * behind on email and comments on Sun, 20 May 2007 07:12:00 PST