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melissa

Always be modest...And be proud of it!

About Me

Well, possibly against my better judgment, I'm here. And I've discovered how nice this place might be for those trying to make connections, or just friends, involved in the music business. And I love music. So, *sigh* here I am. Guess I'll see what becomes of it. I feel so cheap. :)If you watch this, it might just change your life...or maybe not, but it's still some powerful stuff. http://www.cmt.com/loaded/player.jhtml?vid=90449&paid=12 35835&channelID=21&gateway=artists&s0=artists&am p;s1=az&s2=bates_jeff&refURL=/artists/az/bates_jeff/ artist.jhtml&adPth=/sitewide/ads/adsetup/artists/&ad PN=artist

My Interests

Music, writing, TV, sleeping, coffee, thoughtfulness, and general silliness.

I'd like to meet:

In the eyes of a ranger, The unsuspected stranger Had better know the truth of wrong from right, 'cause the eyes of the ranger are upon you, Any wrong you do he's gonna see, When you're in Texas look behind you, 'cause that's where the ranger's gonna be.

Music:

I love music but I hate the music business most of the time. That's why I'm trying to put myself pretty much right in the thick of it...Lord help me. I like: Alan Jackson, Gary Allan, Chris Cagle, Chris LeDoux, Diamond Rio, Matchbox Twenty, Eric Heatherly, Barenaked Ladies, Chely Wright, Bret Michaels, Clint Black, Phil Vassar, Eric Church, Craig Morgan, Blackhawk, McBride and the Ride, Jeffrey Steele, Jack Ingram, Bruce Robison, Kelly Willis, Kylie Harris, Karen Keeley, Miranda Lambert, Randy Travis, Dolly Parton, Kenny Rogers, George Jones, Mark Chesnutt, Rhett Akins, Little Texas, Uncle Kracker, the Mavericks, Marty Stuart, Charlie Robison, Collin Raye, Alanis Morisette, Sons of the Desert, Jeff Bates, Montgomery Gentry, Sawyer Brown, Michelle Branch, Hank Williams Jr. on occassion (PLEASE listen to the album "I'm One of You" - it's a simply great surprise, I promise), Jewel, the Dixie Chicks, Johnny Cash, Terri Clark, Jason Mraz, Billy Ray Cyrus, Ben Folds, Van Zant, Bon Jovi, Garth Brooks, Alabama, Julie Roberts, Sugarland, Trisha Yearwood, Shelly Fairchild, Blake Shelton, Brad Paisley, Rebecca Lynn Howard, Bob DiPiero, Anthony Smith, Marcel, Carolyn Dawn Johnson, Sherrie' Austin, Shannon Lawson, Kevin Sharp, Kevin Fowler, Clay Walker, John Michael Montgomery, John Anderson, Tracy Lawrence, Tracy Byrd, Tim Rushlow, Andy Griggs, Travis Tritt...etc. Not necessarily in this order. And likely any artists on my friends list, too.What I DON'T like: Anything with "badonkadonk" in the lyrics/title. This is something that makes me very, very sad indeed.

Movies:

It takes way too much thought to list all of the movies I love. And I'm kinda slow, soo...use your imagination. Or, just ask me. (My all-time favorite(s) is/are the Back to the Future trilogy.)

Television:

I don't have time for TV. :P (isn't that what I'm supposed to say?) I watch: Boy Meets World. Gilmore Girls, Friends, SCRUBS, Dawson's Creek, Monk, Nashville Star, Barely Famous, Joey, Conan O'Brien, Carson Daly, Yes, Dear, Reba, the Pretender, Felicity, Profiler, Becker, the Tonight Show w/ Jay Leno, Edge of Country, The Late Late Show w/ Craig Ferguson, Country Music Across America...and several cancelled shows (sadly I've already listed some) that no one's probably ever heard of. Including the TWO EPISODE "Head Cases."

My Blog

Pure BS.

Yes, I did change the subject.Guess what? DID I MENTION THAT I GOT TO INTERVIEW BLAKE SHELTON?!?  And as if that weren't enough...GAC is now running a contest on their site to ask Blake Shelton q...
Posted by melissa on Wed, 14 Mar 2007 04:41:00 PST

Strawberry wine and other such stories.

(That's right. I shamelessly changed my blog subject in order to make you look). Okay, I just had a brilliant blog written up and when I went to preview it, my words decided to disappear. So this one ...
Posted by melissa on Sun, 28 Jan 2007 10:05:00 PST

I'm baaaack!

I know you all can hardly contain yourselves now that I'm back in MySpace land with a vengeance. In case you didn't know I am the reigning queen of procrastination and so I thought it would ...
Posted by melissa on Tue, 02 Jan 2007 01:14:00 PST

Having a bitter day, so here's a music-related Billy Bob Thornton quote.

I'll probably delete this later, but for now, it makes me feel better. :P I never thought I'd experience so much frustration when I'm not even looking to be an actual music artist. Just a carrier of t...
Posted by melissa on Fri, 13 Oct 2006 04:13:00 PST

Cats!

I'm tired of seeing the word "astrology" being in the subject of my most recent update, but I don't feel the need to delete it, so this new entry is what becomes of that. Since it's probably not in my...
Posted by melissa on Thu, 06 Jul 2006 11:43:00 PST

I'm not typically one for astrology, but...

I was a Public Relations major who substituted journalism courses for several of the PR ones. And I'm heavily into making plays on words. (Even though I can't seem to get paid for it especially o...
Posted by melissa on Tue, 23 May 2006 04:40:00 PST

With Friends Like These...

BERLIN - A German woman left her friend as a deposit at a gas station because she did not have enough cash to pay for her gasoline, police said Wednesday."She didn't have enough money to pay the bill,...
Posted by melissa on Thu, 18 May 2006 11:52:00 PST

No subject

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Posted by melissa on Wed, 08 Mar 2006 02:09:00 PST

Bad Taste

This is the ad above me at the moment: Ain't that lovely? (Consider any response carefully before answering that)....
Posted by melissa on Tue, 07 Mar 2006 08:36:00 PST

New site(s) to seek out

While watching TV late the other evening with the man (why doesn't that have nearly the same connotation as its counterpart, say "an exchange with the woman", for example?) there was recommendati...
Posted by melissa on Fri, 03 Mar 2006 03:07:00 PST