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Melissa

I am here for Friends and Networking

About Me

I like to write. A lot. Except here.

My Interests

Writing, reading, singing, ballet, sleeping, television, computers, philosophy psychology, shoelaces, and anything else perceived as interesting.

I'd like to meet:

Diego Luna, Zoe Saldana, Zooey Deschanel, Zoe Kravitz. I have a thing for "Zoes".

Music:

Current: Paramore, Peaches, Amy Winehouse, Liz Phair (early stuff), Elliott Smith, Gwen Stefani, No Doubt, Save Ferris, The Ramones, Iggy and the Stooges, Kanye West, St. Vincent, Tegan and Sara, The Blow, Bright Eyes, Damone, The Dresden Dolls, et al.

Movies:

Snakes On a Plane, Trainspotting, Snakes on a Trainspotting, Spotting Snakes on a Plane.

Television:

The Simpsons, Scrubs, and other crap

Books:

Passion is a Fashion, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, the Portable Dorothy Parker, anything Kurt Vonnegut, anything William Burroughs, The Bell Jar, Hairstyles of the Damned, Girlbomb, The Bluest Eye, A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, Please Kill Me, and others.

Heroes:

TINA FEY.

My Blog

I’m going to MassArt.

Okay, not even randomly. I'm going to do a Creative Vacation there in July and then, like, enroll there. There are writing programs, too. This decision may or may not have to do with my nascent love o...
Posted by Melissa on Fri, 09 May 2008 03:03:00 PST

AIDS, Gays, Relationships, and Ballet

I am so disturbed that I cannot bring myself to cry. There is no emoticon for what I am feeling. Guess it's time to write. Also, if you have a car and want to do a really good deed, call me. Thanks, ...
Posted by Melissa on Sat, 12 Apr 2008 03:08:00 PST

Sometimes I wish you were the guys on the news that died.

But mostly I just wish you were laying by my side. And original lyric from my new project Super Pretty Party. Look out for music soon, once I, you know...start making it. SUPER PRETTY PARTY!...
Posted by Melissa on Thu, 10 Apr 2008 03:47:00 PST

A Room of One’s Own

New apartment.  Yes, I am in JP. Holla! Actually, don’t. It might disturb the neighbors.
Posted by Melissa on Fri, 28 Mar 2008 01:29:00 PST

I’ll Walk Around a While Until I’m Sure I Can Never Go Home Again

So Friday I’m headed to New York. Bluestockings Books, to be exact, to read some writing (still haven’t decided...poems or essay...leaning towards poems....eh, essay. Yeah). Also, I’...
Posted by Melissa on Tue, 18 Mar 2008 10:09:00 PST

Titled Not Needed

New Year's= drunk. School= scary. Life= ?
Posted by Melissa on Fri, 04 Jan 2008 06:23:00 PST

GO JOURNALISM CAREER!

I made some calls today to the Dig and the Phoenix and of course the Phoenix got back to me faster. I might be able to do a video blog for them or Man on the Street interviews. You don't know how exci...
Posted by Melissa on Fri, 28 Dec 2007 08:37:00 PST

Where You Wanna Be

Now I am at the library waiting for the arrival of the dreaded ex. Two more hours to go. Okay, so I dressed up for the ocassion (no really, I'm in that dress that I wore to the Pipettes show...
Posted by Melissa on Mon, 24 Dec 2007 09:15:00 PST

I Am A lot of Things

One of which is a Grub Street Intern. Yup, I got a "Winternship" and I start tomorrow. I found out yesterday and I was so excited. I just have to prepare a proposal about possible ideas for the Young ...
Posted by Melissa on Sat, 22 Dec 2007 09:32:00 PST