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Melissa

Resist.Unlearn.Defy.

About Me

First rule in roadside beet sales: Put the most attractive beets on top. The ones that make me pull over the car and say "Wow, I need this beet right now." Those are the money beets. - Dwight K. Shrute of The Office :)
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My Interests

Belly Dance. Funny things. Music. Books. Coffee w/ a bit of cream and sugar. Non-Fat Vanilla Lattes. Movies. Films. My green granny sweater (yeah, that's an interest of mine). Being a radio vixen/nerd. Singing. Singing. More Singing. More music. Sarcasm. Ethel-my bike, she needs a new tire. I like the Peach White tea at Paradigm quite a bit. I like hanging out with the ducks down by the lake quite a bit as well. There's so much more...

I'd like to meet:

Brandon and the boys of Incubus, Amy Lee of Evanescence, Tori Amos, and Ani DiFranco :) I've met various other musicians through my job. But the musicians mentioned above inspire me so much and I've loved them for a long time, so I would LOVE to meet them someday.

Music:

AFI, Alice In Chains, Alkaline Trio, Tori Amos, Belle and Sebastian, Ben Lee,Bjork, Bloc Party,Bright Eyes, Tracy Chapman, Depeche Mode, Dido, Ani DiFranco, Bob Dylan, Elvis Costello, Dilana, Dire Straits, Evanescence, Fall Out Boy, Franz Ferdinand, Fuel, Peter Gabriel, Garbage, Head Automatica, Billie Holiday, Incubus, Interpol, Janes Addiction, Jenny Lewis, Jimmy Eat World, Martina McBride, Marty Kasey, Keane, Alicia Keys, Lacuna Coil, Living Colour, Bob Marley, Sarah McLachlan, Suzie McNeill, Modest Mouse, My Chemical Romance, Nada Surf, Neko Case, The New Pornographers, Pavement, Pink Floyd, Primus, Radiohead, Rage Against the Machine, Rascall Flatts, Red Hot Chilli Peps, Sarge, Sevendust, Scissor Sisters, Sleater Kinney, Snow Patrol, Soundgarden, Spoon, Ryan Star, Sterolab, System of a Down, Taking Back Sunday, Talking Heads, Tears for Fears, Tegan and Sara, The Arcade Fire, The Clash, The Distillers, The Flaming Lips, The Killers, The Pretenders, The Smashing Pumpkins, The Smiths, The Violent Femmes, The Wreckers, Suzanne Vega, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Martha Wainwright
You Are Amy Lee!
Gothy, expressive, woman-in-pain Who looks damn good in a corset "When you cried I'd wipe away all of your tears When you'd scream I'd fight away all of your fears" Who's Your Inner Rock Chick?

Movies:

Amelie, Annie Hall, Beauty and the Beast, Better off Dead, Blackmail (early Hitchcock/first talkie in Britain), Borat, Boys on the Side, Caffiene, Da Vinci Code, Donnie Darko, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Garden State, Ghost World, Grosse Point Blank, High Fidelity, House of 1,000 Corpses, Kill Bill Vol.1, Little Children, Lost in Translation, North By Northwest, Office Space, Party Monster, Personal Velocity, The Pianist, Pretty in Pink, Psycho, Requiem for a Dream, Russian Dolls, Singles, Sleeping Beauty, Strangers With Candy, Taxi Driver, Trees Lounge, The Secretary, Say Anything, Sixteen Candles, Spiderman (1,2, and 3!), 10 Items or Less, Vertigo
Your Life is Like
High Fidelity What John Cusack movie are you?

Television:

American Dad, Arrested Development, Curb your Enthusiasm, E.R., Family Guy, Grey's Anatomy, Heroes, How I Met Your Mother, It's Always Sunny in Philedelphia, L-Word, Law and Order SVU, MAD TV, Medium, The O.C.(RIP), The Office, Queer as Folk, Reno 911!, Sex and the City, SNL

Books:

The Bell Jar, To Kill a Mockingbird, Musician Biographies, short stories by Alice Munro, DaVinci Code, ANYTHING written by David Sedaris, The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood. I absolutely love to read anything written by Chuck Klosterman. That guy rules.

Heroes:

"I just thought of something...I'm manager of the Gap, now I'm in charge of all those T-shirts; french cut, v-neck and what-have-you!" - Vicky (Janeane Garofalo's character) from Reality Bites. Janeane is my hero for being so fucking awesome. Plus I've been told on multiple occasions that I resemble her. (I think it's mainly the glasses and hair).

My Blog

Weeeeee!

I'm freakin' pumped. I guess they don't need me at work tonight. Although, I did tell them that if they get really busy and need me they should give me a call. What was I thinking?! haha I was product...
Posted by Melissa on Sat, 01 Sep 2007 03:59:00 PST

Some life changes on the way!

I'm so excited! Dan and I found an apartment and can already start moving our things in. We technically begin renting on the 1st of September. :) I'm thrilled. I've never taken this step with anyone e...
Posted by Melissa on Fri, 24 Aug 2007 01:57:00 PST

Hell to the yeah!

I'm excited. Dan and I are leaving at about 5PM to go to Green Bay. We're going to go hang out with my lovely friend Beth :) I guess Rachel will be in town as well; very cool! I can't wait! Yayyyyyy! ...
Posted by Melissa on Fri, 15 Jun 2007 02:14:00 PST

Narb?

haha You will only know what my subject line is from if you've seen the awesome movie called Hot Fuzz. If you haven't seen it yet, you MUST! It was super duper fabulous. Dan and I went to see it on Fr...
Posted by Melissa on Sun, 03 Jun 2007 10:10:00 PST

"Turn the other cheek (ow!), Turn the other cheek..."

haha If you've never seen the show Moral Orel, you need to check that shit out. It is hee-larious :) It's fabulous clay-mation madness! I had a Paradigm smoothie today...strawberry/banana. 'Twas deli...
Posted by Melissa on Wed, 30 May 2007 12:55:00 PST

sickly.

I feel a nasty spring cold coming on. Boo! I say. Boo! It's mostly a sinus headache and throat hurting type of thing right now. I'm addicted to the shows Blowout on the Bravo network. It's frickin' a...
Posted by Melissa on Thu, 19 Apr 2007 12:25:00 PST

venting is needed today...

I'm frustrated with work lately. Feel so detached from a lot of things there. I'm pretty much no longer a part of a lot of things and it's pissing me off bigtime. I feel like anything I did to help ou...
Posted by Melissa on Mon, 09 Apr 2007 12:35:00 PST

Chillin' on a Saturday :)

Not too much going on today. Went to work to track a show...brought some clothes to the Salvation Army...picked up some books and cd's at the library. Pumped to read the Lewis Black book "Nothing's Sa...
Posted by Melissa on Sat, 07 Apr 2007 02:43:00 PST

It was a KH weekend :)

Kill Hannah was awesome, as usual. JH and I went to the Rave to see them on Saturday night. Met up with the lovely Jen and her friend Michelle. I'm getting my pic's developed today, ladies, so let's h...
Posted by Melissa on Tue, 03 Apr 2007 01:52:00 PST

Fabulous!

Yay for Staind. I'm going to be rekindling a relationship with thier music ASAP. Aaron Lewis was wonderful last Friday night @ the Pabst in Milwaukee. It was JH's birthday month show! Good times! Not ...
Posted by Melissa on Tue, 13 Mar 2007 01:07:00 PST