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melanie

I am here for Friends

About Me

BEST NIGHT OF MY LIFE! :D
QUOTABLE QUOTES
"I want to meet him. And write a song with him. Or just watch him from a distance in a non-stalker way." - Ash
"Musical taste is not his forte when his sperm are trying to escape." - Me
"Thank you. Your kindness is exceeded only by my beauty." - Sandy
"It looks like you would feel it in weird and awesome places" - jd
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So, Jd was telling me the other day that I needed to update my profile since I'm not a teacher anymore, and I was saying that I wasn't ready yet. I love my life now...the freedom, the money (HELLO!), the travel...but the one thing that's hard is abandoning that identity, that "I'm a teacher" thing. I loved that, it was a huge part of me for a long time. (I actually even got all teary-eyed when I told Jd 'I'm not ready yet!' haha...I'm getting so sentimental in my old age!)
But I DO realize that it's time to move into the future, so I'm updating. Still, I also want to continue to honor that part of me, so I'm leaving the other part like an archive. :P
Anyway, Shari says that I'll always be a teacher - that teachers are like alcoholics in that way. So it's not that I'm *NOT* a teacher anymore...I'm just "in recovery." :D
So, here's my job now: I promote things. Events, products, people. And I get a cut of the profits. Maybe it's not as selfless and "change the world"-y as teaching was. But it pays better. :P
Here's my job before: I teach 6th, 7th, and 8th grade Reading and Writing at a school for social justice called Los Angeles Leadership Academy - and I adore it! :-)
Here's the stuff that hasn't changed: My sister is my best friend. I blow most of my disposable income on live music. My favorite color is blue. To find out more about my fascinating life, visit me on the web at www.auntiemel.com .
My live music schedule is at acousticvids.com/concertschedule .
THIS IS MY WEBSITE, WHICH I AM SO EXCITED ABOUT!
Get this myspace layouts

My Interests

Live Music, Reading, Writing, Movies, Sign Language, Teaching, Yoga

I'd like to meet:

"Who I'd Like to Meet" is boring. Therefore, I'm using this space to post my friendster testimonials, which I love. :-)

CHRIS - Slap an infectious smile on the front of one of the most level heads in the world, and that's Melanie. She's one of the rare people who's managed to accumulate wisdom without losing her joie de vivre. Loyal through it all and still fully aware of who she is - yeah, tough to go wrong with this..)

EVELYN - Melanie is the one girl in the world who can put up with me 24/7, and therefore not only the best roommate I have ever had, but also one of the best friends I could have ever hoped to wish for. She is caring, sweet, and wise, but all of that in addition to a wicked sense of humor. Melanie also has the most amazing, sparkling blue eyes and most infectious smile to be found in the state of California, if not the entire planet. She is someone who will never stop astounding you with some incredible facet of her personality.

MICHELLE - Melanie is one sweet, intelligent, funny, school-teaching chica! She's become a good friend to me via an internet message board. I know she'd be a great person for you to meet.

Only three, but I think you'll agree they're quality statements. :-)

Also, here's an IQ test I took. So, basically...suck it, MarK! :-D
Your IQ Is 165
Your Logical Intelligence is Exceptional

Your Verbal Intelligence is Genius

Your Mathematical Intelligence is Genius

Your General Knowledge is Genius A Quick and Dirty IQ Test

TOP FRIENDS GAME - My top friends will be connected by some mystery thread. It's your job to figure out what it is. GUESS AWAY!

PAST THEMES -

1) Pepperdine Peeps WINNERS - Brandy and Patrice!
2) Family WINNERS - Letitia, Brandy, Shawna, Traci :D
3) Teachers

MELANIE'S TOP PEOPLE = At the top, Randomly Cool People. At the bottom, Randomly Cool Musicians

Music:

Matt Nathanson, Ray LaMontagne, Barenaked Ladies, Ben Folds (Five), David Ryan Harris, Tristan Prettyman, Rebekah Jordan, Justin Hopkins, John Mayer, Deb Talan, Lucy Kaplansky, David Garza, Juliet Lloyd, Marc Broussard, The Bobs, Guster, Megan Slankard, DaVinci's Notebook, Meg Allison, Paige Aufhammer, Jd :D, Keaton SimonsBEN FOLDS, I LOVE YOU EVEN MORE FOR INSPIRING THIS MADNESS -

Movies:

American Beauty, Lovely and Amazing, Garden State, Empire Records, Office Space, Saved!, The Anniversary Party, Good Will Hunting, Outside Providence, Saving Grace, Camp

Television:


Arrested Development, The West Wing, Out of Order, Six Feet Under, Dead Like Me, Family Business, American Chopper, Food 911!, Trading Spaces, Judging Amy, House, Veronica Mars, Eyes, Blow Out, Dinner for Five, Project Runway, House, Boston Legal, Nip/Tuck, Grey's Anatomy, The L Word, Huff

UM...HOW FLIPPING OFF THE CHARTS AWESOME IS HALEY?????

Books:

Virgins by Caryl Rivers, Talk Before Sleep by Elizabeth Berg, How I Paid for College: A Novel of Sex, Theft, Friendship, and Musical Theater! by Marc Acito

Heroes:

Amy Semple McPherson, Simone de Beauvoir, Anais Nin, Dorothy Parker..

My Blog

Music Lessons: Things You Can Learn From the Music Industry (as it falls apart)

by Seth Godin(This article appeared a few days ago on the marketing blog of Seth Godin, creator of Squidoo. It's very interesting!) The first rule is so important, it's rule 0: 0. The new thing...
Posted by melanie on Mon, 14 Jan 2008 08:57:00 PST

COMMENT HALL OF FAME

I decided to create a "comment hall of fame" - i tried to upload them to myspace, but the uploader's not working for me right now.here's some of the highlights, though. :Di thought long and hard about...
Posted by melanie on Fri, 30 Nov 2007 02:15:00 PST

Why Lily Allen is My New Favorite

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Posted by melanie on Tue, 13 Nov 2007 11:42:00 PST

ATTN: Acousticvids Artists - or Any Other Artists Actually!

I wanted to let you know about an opportunity that was presented to me today that I think could be a great one for a lot of you.The owner of a publishing company contacted me today. His company licen...
Posted by melanie on Fri, 02 Nov 2007 03:36:00 PST

Posse Up!

I posted this at acousticvids, but it was so much fun that i'm posting it here, too. :D-----------------acousticvids blog entry----------------------------------------Today's playlist is dedicated to ...
Posted by melanie on Tue, 30 Oct 2007 11:32:00 PST

My favorite author has a myspace page!!!!

So, some of you know that I have three favorite books. One of them is Talk Before Sleep by Elizabeth Berg. One of them is Virgins by Caryl Rivers. But my very favorite book....my ABSOLUTE favorite ...
Posted by melanie on Thu, 11 Oct 2007 11:50:00 PST

go acousticvids, its your birthday, were gonna party like its your birthday...

yes, ladies and gents, acousticvids.com...aka, my baby...is one year old this month. we're not actually gonna party, although that's a decent idea for next year. hmmmm *wheels start turning*but, l...
Posted by melanie on Tue, 25 Sep 2007 07:52:00 PST

acousticvids comes full circle - marla sokoloff shoutout :D

As acousticvids.com (AKA - my baby, lol) nears its first birthday, I think it's very fitting that i was able to get a shoutout from the gorgeous and talented artist who actually gave me the seed of t...
Posted by melanie on Sat, 11 Aug 2007 02:22:00 PST

i am held together by clothespins and tension

song lyrics + blog titles = all the cool kids are doing itthis survey stolen from my darling kanoe. :D1. Last beverage you consumed? these awesome apple/lemon/mint martinis that jd made2. Are you a ...
Posted by melanie on Wed, 20 Jun 2007 02:10:00 PST

James Morrison is a Sexy Little....

I was going to wittily title this blog (and amuse Brandy and myself in the process) by quoting myself from the LA thread on MSM, but then I remembered that there are children present on my myspace. :P...
Posted by melanie on Fri, 15 Jun 2007 02:17:00 PST