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I am trying to restart a new account as my old one has been hacked. bear w/ me please.

you can check out the old one at
http://www.myspace.com/melissaupfold
or

check out my zine @
http://www.myspace.com/variationszine

VARIATIONS VOL V/ INSTITUTIONALIZATION AVAILABLE NOW @ STARDUST BOOK LOUNGE/ENERGY EXCHANGE, GRACE BROTHERS GALLERY & BYWORDS.CA OR EMAIL US AT [email protected]

& ALSO CHECK OUT THE ISSUE ONLINE @ HTTP://WWW.VARIATIONSZINE.COM

NEXT ISSUE AVAILABLE JUNE 2, 07: UNITE/UNTIE:

& make sure to come out to Trinity Lounge @ 9:30 pm

My Interests

photography, writing, film, painting [watercolours, oil, tempra from the $1 store], my zine, Variations, philosophy, bad horror film, old cameras, clouds, spray paint, diet coca-cola, books, poetry, fabric, vv, long arguments about grammar with my friend sean, music, sparklers, and sweet sweet love. listed in no particular order.

I'd like to meet:

diane arbus, e.e. cummings, john newlove, kurt vonnegut, jesus christ.

Music:

the decemberists, neutral milk hotel, the unicorns, the weakerthans, wilco, the beatles, martha wainwright, radiohead, modest mouse, calexico, sarah harmer, frank[ie] sinatra, bright eyes, the arcade fire, azure ray, british sea power, coco rosie, danny michel, hawksley workman, the elected, elliott smith, Iron and wine, matt good, sufjan stevens, yo la tengolocal: dead seed recordings, Amok recordings, Jen Brace, The Faids, Court Lajoie, The chocolate Robots, Dave Puzak, Gorf, SRB, Kev Howley, etc.

Heroes:

margaret atwood, diane arbus, e.e. cummings, jesus, my brother.

My Blog

prima facie

spear with your tongue the word that undoes me. quantify your prediction with calculations from the sun & make sure to use stiff, old instruments callously past ...
Posted by melissa upfold on Tue, 29 May 2007 10:23:00 PST

RCL COMMISSION TOMORROW NIGHT @ TRINITY, 930 PM

Posted by melissa upfold on Sat, 26 May 2007 06:36:00 PST

photos: fireworks! in my backyard.

fireworks in my parents backyard. may 2-4. [this is a new thing.] my dog was not pleased by the noise. but bright flashing things amuse the humans. i'm particularily fond of sparklers myself. &nb...
Posted by melissa upfold on Tue, 22 May 2007 10:03:00 PST

Photos: RCL COMMISSION [justin gray & phil baljeu] @ blackwater, saturday may 12, 07.

RCL COMMISSIONJustin Gray & Phil Baljeu Blackwater may 12, 07. ..visit their site @ amok recordings...
Posted by melissa upfold on Tue, 15 May 2007 05:29:00 PST

photos: gas masks & dirty panties/ phil baljeu & justin gray

justin chased phil with dirty panties found on the street. phil was grossed out. together they burnt the painties. make sure, in case of burning dirty painties, that you wear the proper protection. ju...
Posted by melissa upfold on Mon, 14 May 2007 02:46:00 PST

VARIATIONS VOL VI: UNITE/UNTIE [now accepting submissions.]

Posted by melissa upfold on Tue, 01 May 2007 07:50:00 PST

variationszine.com

it was my birthday yesterday and I got the SWEETEST present from justin for it. My very own website for the zine!!!! here it is folks. [a temp site is up right now with this issue in it.] http:/...
Posted by melissa upfold on Sat, 28 Apr 2007 04:08:00 PST

it's my birthday. / poetry.

I hate it. it rains, always on this day. usually it pours. the sky is grey. the day is grey. people are mad at me and i do not know what for. i made my own birthday cake. organized my own family dinne...
Posted by melissa upfold on Thu, 26 Apr 2007 01:26:00 PST

Poetry: Ottawa Arts Review. Red Jacket, a Sad Green.

Recently at Ottawa U, a new literary journal was created, Ottawa Arts Review. My copy arrived in the mail just this week as they published my poem red jacket, a sad green, in their inaugural issue. I ...
Posted by melissa upfold on Wed, 25 Apr 2007 09:23:00 PST

Photos: Brights Grove. April 17, 07 & portraits of Ryan

Ryan and I ventured on another photo journey. This one took place last week, i just haven't had time to put the pictures up, but here they are. Here's a link to ryans [just check in his blog.]at...
Posted by melissa upfold on Wed, 25 Apr 2007 01:08:00 PST