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Melissa

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About Me


I'm all about good times with good people...because when you get down to it, that's really what life is all about.

I like things and stuff. There....that's it. Me, in a nutshell.

Juuuussst kidding. I'm a bit crazy, random, and weird...a bit of a goof....ok no, a huge goof. I'm open minded and free spirited. I have some of the best friends and family in the world and I love them more than they know. I like adventures and exploring.

My passion in life is travelling. I love it. I love seeing new places, experiencing different cultures, learning about the world. I highly recommend it to everyone.I study anthropology...no, i don't dig things up, that's archaeology. I am also a photographer or perhaps more apptly, combining anthropology and photography, a photo-ethnographer.

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My Interests

travelling, music, photography, people, high heels, snowboarding, travelling, rock'n'roll, muscle cars, pin-up girls, tattoos, sunglasses, the sky, zip up hoodies, funny people, different people, cooking, thai food, indian food, sushi, whiskey, summer BBQs, camping, camp fires with guitars, roadtrips, anything mango or coconut, warm weather, beaches, scuba diving, travelling, adventures, being a goof, people and such things.

I'd like to meet:

Anyone else who is fun, and a little crazy....you have to have a good sense of humor though.

Music:

Social Distortion, Killswitch Engage, Soilwork, Pantera, Down, Led Zeppelin, Soundgarden, Tool, Ben Harper, Bad Religion, Lamb of God, White Zombie, Incubus, Manu Chao, Tool, A Perfect Circle, Shpongle, Audioslave, AC/DC, Elton John, Eric Clapton, My Chemical Romance, Green Day, Pink Floyd, Thornley, The Who, The Guess Who, Queen, Chris Cornell, Bad Religion, The Bronx, The Haunted, Priestess, Alkaline Trio, Days of the New, Foo Fighters, Marilyn Manson, and much more.

Movies:

Shawshank Redemption, Forest Gump, Pirates of the Carribean, Napoleon Dynamite, Garden State, Old School, Salton Sea, SPINAL TAP!!, Strange Fruit, Almost Famous....

Television:

The Food Network, Without a Trace, House, Family Guy, CSI

Books:

The Damage Done (aka 4000 Days: My Life and Survival in a Bangkok Prison), Zen Guitar, anything by Chuck Palahniuk (Invisible Monster is my fav so far), Life of Pi, Adbusters, Memoirs of a Geisha, The Gringos Trail, Sex Lives of Cannibals, Getting Stoned With Savages.

Heroes:

Henry Rolling, Dave Grohl, Chris Cornell, Doug Stanhope, Joe Rogan, Bill Hicks

My Blog

The myth of human kindness

The myth of human kindness By Verne McDonald (From The Georgia Straight)A human being will feel sympathy pour through him at the sight of a whining puppy or a bird with a broken wing. We are even capa...
Posted by Melissa on Wed, 27 Jun 2007 11:07:00 PST

LifeStraw...awesome

Check this out, it's called LifeStraw....a straw that filters surface water so that by the time it gets to one's mouth, it is safe to drink.LifeStraw® kills disease causing micro organisms which sprea...
Posted by Melissa on Thu, 31 May 2007 02:28:00 PST

Use Reusable Bags

I have recently started volunteering with an organization called the Global Youth Fund as an editor for the Ideas Bank. My first idea has been submitted and posted on the site, but I thought I should ...
Posted by Melissa on Tue, 15 May 2007 10:59:00 PST

John Mayer on "light green"

I read this blog that John Mayer recently posted and I thought it was something worth repeating. I'm sure lots of people share his view, caring about global warming but hoping that others will make th...
Posted by Melissa on Fri, 27 Apr 2007 01:07:00 PST

Genocide, Ethnocide and Human Rights

So, I went to a conference at my school, put on by the anthropology deptartment, about Genocide, Ethnocide, and Human Rights. Actually I volunteered there and presented a research poster as well, on C...
Posted by Melissa on Wed, 04 Apr 2007 06:35:00 PST

Smithers, Stewart, and Hyder

So, I recently flew up to Smithers, BC to hang out with my best friend who moved there. From there we took a road trip to a tiny little town in Alaska called Hyder. Hyder has a population of 81 people...
Posted by Melissa on Thu, 08 Mar 2007 06:52:00 PST

Photo portfolio

Thanks to all my friends who have encouraged me so much, I'm making an effort to take my photography beyond just a hobby. For now here's my portfolio: Here's a link to the slideshow if you'd like to w...
Posted by Melissa on Sat, 30 Sep 2006 01:04:00 PST

SE Asia 2005 photos

Alright...here are all my photos from my 6 month trip to Asia. I've separated them into countries. My trip included India, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam, Malaysia and Malaysian Borneo, Singapore, and Thaila...
Posted by Melissa on Sun, 14 Aug 2005 07:06:00 PST

change

I've resolved to make an effort to reduce my ecological footprint and act upon things in this world that I disagree with. There's really a whole lot of terrible things that go on here on our planet, o...
Posted by Melissa on Thu, 17 Nov 2005 12:33:00 PST

The Year of Einstein

"A human being is a part of the whole, called by us, "Universe," a part limited in time and space. He experiences himself, his thoughts and feelings as something separated from the rest -- a kind of...
Posted by Melissa on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST