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Dame of the Diggins'

Lead me not into temptation. I can find the way myself.

About Me

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WHAT'S MY GIRLFRIEND DOING IN YOUR FIVE?
Yeah, yeah, yeah... you've probably met me. You probably know me... Seen everywhere from Cleveland Magazine to your local bar to probably drunk at the grocery store around midnight on a mission for kielbasa and eyeliner. Formerly known as "Cleveland Best Bar Fly" (2006, incase you missed that issue of Scene magazine).
I'm an extremely busy person and I bore easily. I have a full-time job (who doesn't, right) and a few part-time design, promotion and PR positions/internships in which I spend the rest of my remaining non-sleeping hours involved with. I injest copious amounts of caffeine courtesy of my neighborhood Caribou (which may or may not have to do with my frequent bouts of insomnia), yet still have time left over to read a book or two a week. I also cook my own dinner and despise fast food. I will put mustard, cumin and hot sauce on any meal to make it more interesting. I love to bake, but I seem to always be out of eggs. I'm freaked out by the "eyes" that grow out of potatoes. I'm terrified of ladders, but not heights. I like my meat rare and my sausage hot. I'm addicted to shoes and I know you're jealous. I can truly say that this past year has been one of the best of my life and look positively toward being in my 30s. All this and I still manage to look pretty.
When necessary, I have a thriving social circle and enjoy a smooth gin (NO OLIVES!) surrounded by some sort of electronica genre of music (first glance, trip-hop) or a glass of red with a game of Scattegories on a monthly Ladies' Game Night. I enjoy turning any holiday into an opportunity for a costume party. My friendships mean everything to me and my sisters are my rocks (in between my hard places, of course). The game of baseball is a close third finisher. If I had a fourth, it would be Jack Daniels. OK, I have a fourth.
I used to think I was surrounded by idiots, but then I realized that I, too, was an idiot and these were the best people I've ever had the pleasure of knowing. I am the epitome of narcissism. I am also a huge pain-in-the-ass. I make your life a living hell, and then I run away with your heart still beating in my hand. Mmmm, tasty. And I'm also full of shit.
A few final words :
My dear, sex is not sleeping, and I prefer to sleep alone...
In three words, I can sum up everything I've learned about life: it goes on. -- Robert Frost
What else should you know about me? I don't have any regrets. I have mistakes... and mistakes are too much fun to make only once.
You, my dear, were a mistake. Wanna try again just to make sure?

Create your own Friend Quiz here
You Are A Blueberry Martini
You are a eclectic drink - liking to change drinks and venues often.
You are usually the first of your friends to find a cool new dive bar or cocktail.
You should never: Drink mystery drinks strangers hand you. Unless you want to wind up in foreign country.
Your ideal party: Is mobile, hopping from party to party.
Your drinking soulmates: Those with an Orange Martini personality.
Your drinking rivals: Those with a Chocolate Martini personality. What Flavor Martini Are You?

My Interests


I TRY TO DO PEOPLE THE WAY I WANT TO BE DONE...
Writing, blogging, driving over the speed limit, any body of water except Lake Erie, photos, losing half my shit to assholes that won't give my stuff back, spending Sundays in bed with coffee, a paper and sex... and maybe a bagel, holidays that require more drinking than family, We ♥ Cops, minor league baseball, Guggisberg Baby Swiss -- sliced thin & no paper, Short Skirts/Long Jackets, boxing, goatees, flipping the bird... while wearing mittens, Boston accents, once-a-month sob fest "The Notebook" marathons, boy-leg underwear, finding a man (not a boy) that loves me so much it takes his breath away, glazed doughnuts early-morning-fresh in Little Italy, snow angels, nip/tuck DVDs of season one, classical music remixed into a kick-ass techno song, horoscopes with meaning -- and significant other's that mean more, statues and inanimate tourist objects, Tango, brown eyes, moving out of Cleveland, "I dare you to...", Jack Daniels, maple syrup in the cupboard *not* the fridge, drunk text messaging, "missed connections" on craigslist, Ryan Gosling -- definitely with facial hair!, last minute vacations, egg sammiches at 3am, Americanos, road trips, me, myself, I, sex on dressers, Flip-flops, I'm Irish all year long!, Office Space

I'd like to meet:

Nobody. I'm fine, thank you.

SERIOUSLY! STOP THAT!
The message drill: I already have enough REAL friends and I've already found what I'm looking for in my perfect partner... I love to be challenged and there's nothing better than relationships that bring intensity and passion (and not just by sexual relations). I want someone that cares enough to argue and gracious enough to be humble.
I have this urge to go roughing it. Camp, much? Do you like to horseback ride? Do you like to eat marshmallows with a stick? Did you still think I was going to break into a song made by Bob Denver? Do you enjoy the sensation of a burr sticking to the underside of your shirt as you walk through the woods? Not many people in Cleveland do... I enjoy the thrill of traveling to new and exciting places. (I have my passport and apparently I don't know how to use it!!). Oh, the places I've been: white water rafting in West Virginia (Level V, bitches!), went to Vegas during Halloween with my sisters (Best trip of my LIFE!), Phoenix (my ol' part-time stomping grounds),Chicago, Columbus, and Pittsburgh (frequent exotic vacations), Philly, Indianapolis, San Fran, Atlanta, Nashville, Charlotte, and about every city in Florida. Shit, I even have awesome memories from a certain Floatilla party on the Jersey shore. I've driven across country (from Cleve-to-Phoenix and back again), so I've got a lot of states visited under my belt. I'm working my ass off so I get the opportunity to spend next New Year's in Amsterdam. Bitch, you betta work!
My New Year's resolution for 2006 was to travel more and suck less. I'm still working on that whole sucking thing. Eh, there's always '07, but I'm working on becoming a lesbian this year. Now somebody rent a car and let's go road-tripping. Yes, you will be forced to listen to my music... and pay for gas. Now, shut up and go to sleep.

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Music:

My Top Ten Albums (from my time-space and era) and subsequent favorite song on that album, in no particular order:
1. Toadies - Rubberneck - "Tyler"
2. Garbage - Version 2.0 - "You Look So Fine"
3. Olive - Extra Virgin - "You Are Nothing"
4. The Cure - Disintegration - "Pictures of You"
5. No Doubt - Tragic Kingdom - "End on This"
6. Tom Petty - Wildflowers - "Wake Up Time"
7. Moloko - Statues - "Over and Over"
8. The Prodigy - The Fat of the Land - "Breathe"
9. Fugees - The Score - "Ready or Not"
10. Stone Temple Pilots - Core - "Creep"

One of my favorite movies set to the soundtrack of my FAVORITE song by The Wallflowers "Closer to You." The lyrics touch my heart. .. ..

Movies:

Pee-Wee's Big Adventure, Wayne's World, Casino, Thelma & Louise, Goodfellas, Wizard of Oz, To Kill a Mockingbird, Office Space, crazy/beautiful, Pulp Fiction, Kalifornia, xx/xy, Kissing Jessica Stein, Heathers, Riding in Cars With Boys, Heathers, Less Than Zero, Life Aquatic, Gone With the Wind, But I'm a Cheerleader, Miss Congeniality, Imagine Me & You, The Recruit (Colin Ferrell, he gets a "Grrrr" strictly for gratuitous sexual thoughts), Groundhog Day, Crash, Closer, The Notebook.

Television:

It's 7:05, there's a baseball game on SOMEWHERE!, Desperate Housewives, Cold Case, nip/tuck, Soprano's, Without a Trace (Anthony LaPaglia - yum)
, How I Met Your Mother, CSI: Miami, The Hills
Baseball!!
, The Office, CSI, Grey's Anatomy. All these options and I usually miss them all because of classes... I need TiVo.

You Are Most Like Carrie!
You're quirky, flirty, and every guy's perfect first date.
But can the guy in question live up to your romantic ideal?
It's tough for you to find the right match - you're more than a little picky.
Never fear... You've got a great group of friends and a
great closet of clothes, no matter what!

Romantic prediction: You'll fall for someone this year...

Totally different from any guy you've dated. Which Sex and the City Vixen Are You?

Books:

Total Freedom, DaVinci Code, To Kill a Mockingbird, Five People You Meet in Heaven, Tuesdays With Morrie, 3 Books by Galway Kinnell, The Moon and Sixpence, Men Who Can't Love, and of course, everything my professors make me read for school... right.

Heroes:

Duh! Spiderman.

My Blog

Inspiration a'la Buddhism

There's no fire like passion,no seizure like anger,no snare like delusion,no river like craving.-Dhammapada, 18, translated by Thanissaro Bhikkhu
Posted by mel-apropism on Sun, 03 Jun 2007 03:16:00 PST

30 more things...

30 MORE THINGS THAN YOU MIGHT WANT TO KNOW...1. What smell (or odor) takes you back to your childhood?Halloween and/or fall2. How long do you do dishes with the same sponge?Well... does it matter ...
Posted by mel-apropism on Sat, 02 Jun 2007 07:24:00 PST

Because I love Stalkers with Napoleon complexes...

This is Chapter 4,215 in Mel's book entitled: I Have ANOTHER Story for You! I seriously should just sit around, charge admission and tell you all the crazy shit that happens on a daily basis. Near the...
Posted by mel-apropism on Sat, 02 Jun 2007 05:55:00 PST

New-ness and Stuff...

Continuing on my "I-don't-need-a-man" single woman shopping spree, I bought my first car last night with NO co-signor, Daddy-Down-Payment or ex-boyfriend on title. Yeah, me! (Pics to come soon). So, w...
Posted by mel-apropism on Thu, 31 May 2007 02:59:00 PST

"Never is a Promise" lyrics

You'll never see the courage I knowIts colors richness won't appear within your viewI'll never glow - the way that you glowYour presence dominates the judgements made on youBut as the scenery grows, I...
Posted by mel-apropism on Wed, 30 May 2007 04:20:00 PST

It *IS* a beautiful life!

You can do what you want just seize the dayWhat you're doing tomorrow's gonnaCome your wayDon't you ever consider giving up,You will find...Its a beautiful life!I just wanna be here beside youAnd stay...
Posted by mel-apropism on Wed, 09 May 2007 08:51:00 PST

Gwen: My lesbot companion rocks my world again.

Wakin up to find another dayThe moon got lost again last nightBut now the sun has finally had it's sayI guess I feel alrightBut it hurts when I think, when I let it sink inIt's all over meI'...
Posted by mel-apropism on Sat, 21 Apr 2007 07:15:00 PST

Continuing on my massive bitchy streak!

I got to send this text today: Guess where I won't be Friday -- Philly! I will officially take this as a blow off and NOT a miscommunication. *sigh* My assertiveness seminars hard at work....
Posted by mel-apropism on Thu, 19 Apr 2007 03:56:00 PST

I hate love...

"Have you ever been in love? Horrible isn't it? It makes you so vulnerable. It opens your chest and it opens up your heart and it means that someone can get inside you and mess you up. You build up al...
Posted by mel-apropism on Thu, 19 Apr 2007 12:18:00 PST

A survey because I'm bored...

80 Things You Might Not Know About Me Whats your middle name?ChristineHow big is your bed?Big enough to flip around a few times... What are you listening to right now?.."Why.." by Annie LennoxWhat are...
Posted by mel-apropism on Wed, 18 Apr 2007 08:02:00 PST