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Melisa

I am here for Friends and Networking

About Me

mesmerizing. eloquent. lovable. intriguing. sentimental. appreciative.

My Interests

traveling around the world, listening to live music, roadtrips, cool summer nights and crisp autumn days, taking long walks to nowhere, impulse shopping, using vacation days, crossing state lines, following my decade rule, understated hearts, writing stories

I'd like to meet:

old and new friends...

Music:

elbow, starsailor, south, the rakes, editors, embrace, athlete, doves, libertines, dirty pretty things, yeti, morning runner, bloc party, turin brakes, razorlight, harrisons, goldrush, maximo park, blur, supergrass, the charlatans, oasis, radiohead, kaiser chiefs, electric soft parade, keane, adem, badly drawn boy, hard-fi, thirteen senses, the cribs, the enemy, mojave 3, the sunshine underground, meeky rosie, pulp, mika, maps, jamc, shed seven, ride, new order, 22-20s, kasabian, ordinary boys, field music, the kooks, arctic monkeys, the twang, idlewild, travis, the view, the fratellis, teenage fanclub, the twilight sad, franz ferdinand, reindeer section, snow patrol, ash, stereophonics, the thrills, bell x1, la rocca, air, mew, magnet, jose gonzalez, kent, peter bjorn and john, the radio dept, ensimi, leaves, singapore sling, mugison, youth group, the veils, augie march, the dears, broken social scene, arcade fire, sam roberts, wolf parade, hot hot heat, the stills, longwave, interpol, soft, stellastarr*, the strokes, robbers on high street, tv on the radio, bishop allen, nada surf, clap your hands say yeah, we are scientists, jets to brazil, the national, mobius band, the mercies, aberdeen city, bon savants, shade, world leader pretend, spoon, okkervil river, secret machines, the black angels, midlake, kings of leon, my morning jacket, of montreal, andrew bird, bright eyes, brmc, silversun pickups, army navy, irving, sea wolf, bishop allen, earlimart, cold war kids, lemon sun, mellowdrone, patrick park, elliott smith, john vanderslice, the shins, the fire theft, the thermals, the hugs, menomena, dat'r, band of horses, the wrens, brendan benson, the white stripes, and SO many, many more! http://www.last.fm/user/meli17/

Movies:

sense and sensibility, finding forrester, eternal sunshine, field of dreams, high fidelity, before sunrise/sunset, broken english, becoming jane, amelie, lost in translation, l'auberge espagnole, mutual appreciation, last days of disco, donnie darko, empire records, garden state, point break, singles, stranger than fiction, big fish, love actually, the girl in the cafe, notting hill, miss potter, serendipity, once, almost famous, police academy

Television:

himym, the office, heroes, friday night lights, house, one tree hill, lost, brothers and sisters, pushing daisies, flight of the conchords, weeds, my boys, damages, mad men, project runway, top chef, passport to europe, subterranean, the dive, london live, march madness, royals games, real world/road rules challenges, alias, the oc, veronica mars, six feet under, sex and the city, sports night, studio 60, coupling, old wb shows: gilmore girls, everwood, roswell, felicity

Books:

mainly fiction and short stories, my own novel (if I ever finish it), tons of magazines

My Blog

my commute circa 1994

so... I was spoiled in LA because I never had to deal with the commute so many dreaded. for the past two days I've been trapped on I-5 for over an hour and 15 minutes to drive 18 miles. today wasn't s...
Posted by Melisa on Thu, 25 Oct 2007 11:22:00 PST

beauty of oregon

yesterday I went on my first oregon hike to multonamah falls (hopefully I spelled that right). even on an overcast, misty day it was absolutely beautiful. I can't wait to go back and explore more of t...
Posted by Melisa on Sun, 07 Oct 2007 11:17:00 PST

enchanting editors

though not my first portland show, it was the first not connected to a music festival or in a concert hall. it also gave me a sense of what other shows here will be like. got to berbatis as biffy clyr...
Posted by Melisa on Fri, 21 Sep 2007 05:07:00 PST

why portland is americas indie rock mecca

this article definitely reinforces some of the reasons why I decided to move here (and none of them include possible Britt Daniel sightings)The Indie City By Taylor Clarkwww.slate.com/id/2173729/fr/fl...
Posted by Melisa on Tue, 18 Sep 2007 01:32:00 PST

music fest NW recap

so... my MFNW weekend officially started on Friday because the venue where Spoon was playing hit capacity at 9:30 (they weren't scheduled to go on until 11:00). since Britt lives in Portland now, I fi...
Posted by Melisa on Wed, 12 Sep 2007 06:37:00 PST

i heart kc (and here you can see why)

of course there is one song that comes to mind when you think of kansas city, but my new favorite is by okkervil river, which has been on my mind a lot this past week. this is the longest amount of ti...
Posted by Melisa on Tue, 14 Aug 2007 11:23:00 PST

giant panda gives birth to fourth cub at San Diego Zoo

I went to the zoo in Portland last week. Can't even tell you how long it's been since I was at a zoo, but between watching a polar bear throw around a red ball and strolling through the butterfly gard...
Posted by Melisa on Sat, 04 Aug 2007 08:25:00 PST

seven-legged lamb in New Zealand

this just fascinated me. sadly though, the story discusses how they are preparing to put the lamb down because of its deformities (and no, it's not because of the extra legs)A seven-legged lamb is pic...
Posted by Melisa on Thu, 02 Aug 2007 10:17:00 PST

videos I love

kevin had this in a blog so I had to copy. these are a few that immediately popped into my head.snow patrol - open your eyes longwave - wake me when it's over blur - the universal ...
Posted by Melisa on Wed, 01 Aug 2007 07:57:00 PST

return to Vegas

yes, I have been to Vegas several times since I moved away but I never really felt like I was THERE because I spent little time off the strip or away from the LVCC (aside from when I was there in Apri...
Posted by Melisa on Wed, 01 Aug 2007 05:53:00 PST