mississippi sassafras profile picture

mississippi sassafras

tonight we're settin the woods on fire!

About Me

I edited my profile with Thomas' Myspace Editor V4.4

My Interests

drunken bicycle rides.cooking really elaborate shit.back dives.pool parties.pbr tallboys.girls' night.shootin.old music, nothing new.lately i've been dreaming about fishing.and I love to drive cool antique trucks!

I'd like to meet:

Bessie Smith. She's my Fairy Godmother.

Music:

Tom Waits. Captain Beefheart. Roy Orbison. Bessie Smith. June Carter/The Carter Family. Loretta Lynn. Monsieur Jeffrey Evans/68 Comeback. Big Star. Built to Spill. 764-HERO. Jeff Buckley. The Decemberists. Iron and Wine.The Woggles (best live show you'll ever see). The Dexateens. Baak Gwai.

Movies:

Killer Weed/Killer Weed 2 (Doppelganger Productions!), Amelie, Dr. Strangelove, Coal Miner's Daughter, The Jerk, Best in Show, Jesus Christ Vampire Hunter, Any Jean-Pierre Jeunet or P.T. Anderson, True Romance, Welcome to the Dollhouse, The Muppet Movie, Down by Law, old burlesque teaser flicks, The Meaning of Life, Harold and Maude, Gypsy, A&E's Pride & Prejudice series (haha, I know it's cheesy), Lock Stock and 2 Smoking Barrels, PeeWee's Big Adventure

Books:

I tend to read either really funny or totally dramatic stuff. Anything at all by Tom Robbins, esp Still Life w Woodpecker and Jitterbug Perfume. Of Human Bondage. Jude the Obscure. Books by Truman Capote. Books about Truman Capote. I'm really into Faulkner right now... Never read him until I left Mississippi. Books on Americana/rural history/roots music. Hm. I don't know, lately I've read (or reread) Catch 22, Nine Parts of Desire, Stargirl, Cash, One Hundred Years of Solitude. Recommend me sumthin.

Heroes:

Loretta Lynn, June Carter, my mom.

My Blog

back to school

this tuesday i start back to school.  wish me luck.
Posted by Melody on Sun, 14 Jan 2007 08:27:00 PST

i can't sleep

without tossing and turning or having really wierd, vivid dreams. someone's trying to trick me or kidnap me, i'm a samurai or a vampire hunter, digging stuff up, sunbathing with peacocks and panthers...
Posted by Melody on Thu, 17 Aug 2006 12:08:00 PST

yuck.

yuck. yucky. ug. grrrr.... i have pms. i'm sitting at work, crampy and irritable. my insides feel like they're in a vice. and this douchebag with a shell necklace and abercrombie hat *ahem* a little a...
Posted by Melody on Tue, 01 Aug 2006 05:25:00 PST

repost... i love you austin stickney!

this is an excerpt from my friend austin's blog... it made me laugh so hard i peed a little. i have always HATED that fuckin kid rock, so thank you austin, i appreciate your rant.::::::::::::::::::::...
Posted by Melody on Thu, 27 Jul 2006 06:52:00 PST

mmmmm

You get the carI'll get the night offYou'll get the chance to take the world apart and figure out how it worksDon't let me know what you find outI need a carYou need a guideWho needs a mapIf I don't d...
Posted by Melody on Mon, 03 Jul 2006 07:01:00 PST

hungover and happy

the play wrapped up last night, and amazingly (shockingly) it went really well.  the theatre had filled up by 8 o'clock and we had to bring in extra chairs.  when we ran out of chairs, peopl...
Posted by Melody on Sun, 02 Jul 2006 11:00:00 PST

bill withers

had dance party part two at work tonight.  sam cooke, al green, stevie, otis redding.  it was nothing compared to last weekend, but whatabitchgonnado.  highlight was slow dancin with br...
Posted by Melody on Thu, 29 Jun 2006 10:11:00 PST

bright eyes

i feel kinda wierd lately, like maybe i'm growing up really fast.  ha, i say that like i'm 19 years old and i finally started voting.  but no, i'm 27.  and i am only now starting to fee...
Posted by Melody on Wed, 21 Jun 2006 09:13:00 PST

i'm all sick and shit.

i woke up today and lay in awe of a huge snotwad poking out of my nose.  jumped up and stumbled to the bathroom for tissue and began blowing what was ultimately the biggest, neon-yellowest, most ...
Posted by Melody on Wed, 07 Jun 2006 06:51:00 PST

I TURN 27 TOMORROW!!! TIME TO FREAK OUT!

So......tomorrow is my birthday, and i am excited/freaked out.  not because i think i'm gettin old or some such shit, but this year has just been a freakin crazy roller coaster and i sort of exp...
Posted by Melody on Wed, 31 May 2006 11:57:00 PST