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Mindy in the City

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About Me


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Hi! It's me, Melinda!! I am a Junior at ULL majoring in Dance. Two of my favorite things in the world consist of dance and music. After graduating I will pursue my masters in dance (MFA) and then my PhD. I have maaaany years of school left!! I love being able to dance for a living!! I am currently pursuing my career as a professional dancer with teaching at dance studios, at the University, participating in any conventions I can and intensives, and auditioning like crazy!
Check on my updates with my career in my blog!
I live with Justin, my fiancee. He is my heart and soul. We've been together for three years. He is the reason I live and can pursue my career and supports me in every way possible. Just when I think I can't go on, he reminds me "no one ever said it would be easy!" Very true for this life indeed!
I hate people who gossip. I can be very random. I have one dog and four cats..and i love all of them very much. I have a major soft spot for animals. They're like my furry children. I have a bad left knee, but that doesn't stop me from doing what I Love! I am a proud member of Alpha Omicron Pi at ULL! I love my sisters!! I also love all of my fellow dance majors. We are one of a kind, yet incredibly similar! I love you guys!!
I hate ignorant people. I do forgive but never forget. Don't lie to me or I will NEVER trust you again, EVER. Dancing runs deep in my blood, and the only way to explain my passion is to say that I'm miserable without it. I collect frogs and dancing stuff. I love working out. i love tanning. I love my Jeep. I'm very afraid of germs. And clowns. Really. I love horror movies. I love chocolate. And spaghetti. And crawfish. I L♥ve Sushi, or really any japanese food. I love getting up on sunday mornings and cooking us breakfast and doing nothing but reading the sunday paper and staying in our pajamas allll day long! I'm a very busy person with a very busy schedule but still try to hang with my friends and spend time with my hunni! I'm obsessed with music!
My band "Symbolic" now has a new name..we are "IRIS" and we ROCK!!! Our myspace will be up soon!
in the meantime check out the old one www.myspace.com/symbolicmusic
We're starting fresh with a new name and new work. Same members, just a brand new project. I hope to have one of our songs posted soon! The guys are very supportive of my dance career too. We're like a mix of Lacuna Coil rhythm with the female vocals (male backup), As I Lay Dying guitar riffs, yet much harder than Evanescence. Many influences surround us.
This myspace thing is absolutely addicting. The squirrels on campus chase me. I have crazy hair, which is my trademark. I love shopping for clothes! I also love purses. I love cooking and baking! I guess that's about all of the random facts about me for now. If you wanna know more, just ask!!
More about me: Suave and compromising. Careful, cautious and organized. Likes to point out people's mistakes. Likes to criticize. Stubborn. Quiet but able to talk well. Calm and cool. Kind and sympathetic. Concerned and detailed. Loyal and always honest. Does work well. Very confident. Sensitive. Positive Attitude. Thinking generous. Good memory. Clever and knowledgeable. Loves to look for information. Must control oneself when criticizing. Able to motivate oneself. Understanding. Fun to be around. Secretive. Loves sports, leisure and traveling. Hardly shows emotions. Tends to bottle up feelings. Very choosy, especially in relationships. Systematic. sexy but has brains. ..

My Interests

Melinda - Dancing of course, playing with my babies, hanging with the love of my life Justin, watching him play the guitar, playing my "cattivo" guitar (that's what i named her, she's HOTTT!), teaching my dancers, thunderstorms, cooking, making love, watching movies in the dark, laying down while he rubs my feet, taking a road trip, DANCING!, exercising, being loved, tanning, THE JEEP!, the kisses i get when he wakes me up, the hugs i get when he leaves or comes home, respect, understanding, talking, crying, loving him, pudding, making people laugh, DANCING!, going to UL, shopping, did i mention i love DANCING?!..I am a Mermaid: Mermaids are also known as Sirens. These creatures were beautiful women who tricked sailors into becoming completely entranced by their haunting voices and found death soon after. Not all stories of Mermaids are about gentle loving sea people. They are mystical, magical, and extremely dangerous. They have a way about them that brings anyone they are around to seem enchanted. They are very mysterious creatures and to meet one... Would mean certain Death. Let the song of the Sea fill your soul, for you are a Mermaid!!

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I'd like to meet:

YOU! Martha Graham, Twyla Tharp, Mikhail Baryshkinov, my old high school friends from MS, Cristina Scabbia, the lead singer of Elis that passed away recently, any Broadway dancer, any contemporary dancer, Mia Michaels, the list can go on and on...
Anatomy of a DancerAnatomy of a Dancer
A dancer's heart beats in eight~count
A dancer's eyes always shine
A dancer's soul is filled with music
So their feet always fall in time
A dancer feels like no other
The vibrant rhythm fo life
And it all goes into the performance
All the joy and all the strife
So remember that with dancers
A little patience is what you need
Because in their minds are otherwised engaged
Dancers are truly a different breed

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Music:


I'm the lead vocalist in a metal band, IRIS (formerly Symbolic)!!
We love all music, but especially hard rock, rap core, alt metal, anything heavy!! We also love Justin and Da Bert's music b/c THEY ROCK!!!! Slip knot, Aerosmith, Breaking Benjamins, Lords of Acid, all dance music, Perfect Circle, Korn, Phil Collins, Sting, Ace of Base, Cameo, Red Beans & Rice (opening up for Korn), Meatloaf (guest appearance with Korn and Red Beans & Rice), Scorpion, The Mars Volta, Sevendust, Lacuna Coil, Skindred, Drowning Pool, The Gorillaz, Kings X, Dream Theatre, As I Lay Dying, Flyleaf, In Flames, Avenged Sevenfold, Elis and many many many many more....

Movies:

Oh gosh we love movies..We love to go buy the previously viewed DVD's. Our collection consists of mainly comedies and some scary movies, 24 season 1 where we want to get the other seasons b/c they're AWESOME, I want to watch Sex & The City with my best friend Michelle and get through all of the seasons, and I'd love to start collecting Friends and The Sopranos! Too many movies to list that we own! If you know of any good ones, let us know!

Television:

We love NCIS, CSI (all time favorite), Home Improvement Shows, Friends, all the Crime dramas, The Sunday Morning News, The Early Show, Soaps (when I have time to watch them), Nip/Tuck (the shizznit!), House, The Late Show!Take the quiz: "What kind of eyes do you have? (with pictures)"

Brown
You have brown eyes. Brown is the color of the earth. Your eyes symbolize your comforting and fostering nature. You are stable, grounding, sophisticated, considerate, conventional and orderly. People may consider you to be cozy or warm. People feel safe when they are with you. Some words to describe you: reliability, elegance, security, healing, homely, grounding, foundation, and earthly.

Books:

I love dancing magazines, romantic books (Where the Heart Is is my fave so far) and mysteries! I am reading "Freakonomics" and will finish "The Da Vinci Code" one of these days. Reading is few and far between when I'm training hard.

Heroes:

Justin is my hero..really..he saves me from the roaches!!

My Blog

Evening of Dance 2007

3-22-07OPENING NIGHT:So tonight was AMAZING!! A few minor late light cues, but other than that it was wonderful! AND we had a full house! I hope you were able to come, but if not you have THREE more o...
Posted by Melinda ♥ on Fri, 23 Mar 2007 08:25:00 PST

More good things...

I've been so blessed the past few years, and yet I still continue to be blessed. Here's an update of some great things recently that I'm quite humbled by and excited about!! 1. I am currently the SGA ...
Posted by Melinda ♥ on Fri, 16 Mar 2007 06:08:00 PST

Evening of Dance 2007

So I found "OFFICIALLY" today that my original piece "Crux Quidam" will be in the Evening of Dance concert, 2007!!!! I am THRILLED beyond words! SO my work will be featured, as well as many other tale...
Posted by Melinda ♥ on Wed, 07 Mar 2007 08:06:00 PST

TWU, TCU, ACDFA

So I had been in Dallas and Ft. Worth, Texas for a week, and just got back yesterday. Such an amazing time!! I arrived late on the Sunday, after mapquest gave me the wrong exit number and took me fore...
Posted by Melinda ♥ on Tue, 27 Feb 2007 07:06:00 PST

American College Dance Festival

A quick update on things: I finished re-working my Spring piece which is now titled "Crux Quidam". If you want to know what that means, look up those two words separately and you can imagine what the ...
Posted by Melinda ♥ on Wed, 14 Feb 2007 09:20:00 PST

School = stress

I think we're in our fourth week of school, almost a full month now. This is my second semester taking 20 hours of classes (actually last Fall i took 22 hours). It's exhausting, though one of my class...
Posted by Melinda ♥ on Mon, 05 Feb 2007 07:59:00 PST

I've been tagged by Gina...

I have been tagged....by Gina  I have been tagged. Being tagged mean I have to tell seven weird/odd/random facts about myself. Brace yourself lol 1. I have a purse obsession. It's like a sho...
Posted by Melinda ♥ on Sun, 28 Jan 2007 02:51:00 PST

Ohio Dance Theatre and choreography

Hi again! Soooo...I decided not to go to the audition. I'm super busy with my spring concert piece and got a lot done today. Rehearsal this afternoon went really well, so I'm even MORE motivated and e...
Posted by Melinda ♥ on Wed, 24 Jan 2007 06:35:00 PST

ABT Collegiate audition and Austin, TX

So Austin, TX is such an amazing city! Coined as one of the "Strangest cities" in the US, it is also the most unique!! Very cultured, with an amazing performing arts scene! I was here almost a year ag...
Posted by Melinda ♥ on Sun, 07 Jan 2007 08:35:00 PST

Christmas and Auditions

So I hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas! We had an amazing one! We received all sorts of nice gadgets and things, which I won't go into great detail about. It was wonderful gift wise. It was beyo...
Posted by Melinda ♥ on Thu, 28 Dec 2006 01:24:00 PST