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Melanie *Rita Beata Maid*

I am here for Friends

About Me



There's a place near Montesano that makes cheese the old fashioned way, and I've heard it's mighty fine. I might go there sometime.

My Interests

Skating fast. Hitting hard. Tidepools. Eating other people's food. Learning cool words when they are still on the cutting edge of cool. Festivus. Folk Art. Growing veggies. Cooking veggies. Trains. Cheap Travel. Raising one cute kid. Linear A. Tax incentives. Economic development. Trying new stuff. Speaking spanish. Minty lip gloss. River otters. Wrestling. Acrobats. Hiking. Being adventurous. Quakers. Nantucket whaling adventures. Hot dates. Impressionism. Bugs.

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I'd like to meet:

Nice girls who have good times.

Music:

Taken by Trees, Regina Spektor, Rodrigo y Gabriela, Beatles, Tegan & Sara, Blackeyed Peas, Haydn, Beethoven, Interpol, A-Ha, Blondie, The Killers, The Trucks, Jack Johnson, Fantasy Metal with nice vocals instead of growly ones, Tori Amos...

Movies:

The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly. Juno.

Television:

In the grand scheme of things, cable is just too expensive.

Books:

The Boy Detective Fails. In the Heart of the Sea. The Kitchen God's Wife. The Good Earth. Grapes of Wrath. Harry Potter.

Heroes:

Everybody has something worth admiring.

My Blog

Something I really like.

http://www.sleeptrip.com/300loveletters/2.html
Posted by Melanie *Rita Beata Maid* on Sat, 03 May 2008 11:35:00 PST

My work has been published!

I wrote and distributed my first press release, and it ended up on the front of Tacoma News Tribune's Soundlife: http://www.thenewstribune.com/soundlife/story/289906.html Woo hoo!...
Posted by Melanie *Rita Beata Maid* on Fri, 22 Feb 2008 01:00:00 PST

Blogging against my will... kind of.

I have been tagged by Amanda to list 15 random/odd things about me... 1. I would like to paint, but I never make time for it. If I did paint, I think it would be a bit like writing poetry in middle ...
Posted by Melanie *Rita Beata Maid* on Sun, 20 Jan 2008 03:51:00 PST

Princess Slay-ya

Try outs today were promising.  We'll find out by email later this week if we made the cut, but they were telling us all about what happens next.  Tomorrow night, we're invited to visit...
Posted by Melanie *Rita Beata Maid* on Mon, 22 Oct 2007 07:39:00 PST

Roller Girls

So, there was a plan to practice skating, buy some skates, think about how I felt about possibly getting a tooth knocked out, and then try out for the Dockyard Derby Dames.  Jenny even liked the ...
Posted by Melanie *Rita Beata Maid* on Sat, 13 Oct 2007 12:50:00 PST

Advice... yep, it's free

Everyone should have a creative endeavor. (knowing how to spell endeavor, however, is optional)
Posted by Melanie *Rita Beata Maid* on Thu, 08 Mar 2007 12:59:00 PST

...

Traditions are good.  I'm really looking forward to fall and snuggly, sweater-wearing weather.  Hot cocoa and holiday get togethers are following close behind. ...
Posted by Melanie *Rita Beata Maid* on Thu, 17 Aug 2006 09:55:00 PST

some thinking.

Instant gratification really isn't good.It's why I spent too much money on starbucks. Yeah, and other stuff too. Just not healthy, that instant gratification stuff.  It could almost be conside...
Posted by Melanie *Rita Beata Maid* on Fri, 07 Jul 2006 09:16:00 PST

Deal goes terribly wrong...

I've been going running now and again with Ed as he trains for upcoming 5K, 10K, and Marathon races.  After a recent run on the Orting Trail, we reset the odometer on the car and drove the route ...
Posted by Melanie *Rita Beata Maid* on Sun, 14 May 2006 11:50:00 PST