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mel-ody

i hate the phone, but i wish you'd call..

About Me

one of those weird, sweet-natured girls with stringy hair who is quite lovely and charismatic under a surface of shy awkwardness.

I shall live badly if I do not write, and I shall write badly if I do not live.
Solitaire champion, complete in under 60 seconds.
Vanilla milkshakes.
Vintage everything.
Vinyl. Records, not couches.
Ice cream waffle sandwiches.
Rain and Rainn. .
Good tunes, good times.
"I'm a loner, Dottie, a rebel."
Reading is good. You should do it.
Watching DVDs with the subtitles ON.
Feet are gross. Yours, mine, it doesn't matter. No bueno.
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My Interests

air high-fives. mcsweeney's. whammy bars. chocolate chip eggo waffles. purple. wikipedia. stripes. puddles. red shoes.

I'd like to meet:

.."All our young lives we search for someone to love, someone who makes us complete. We choose partners and change partners. We dance to the song of heartbreak and hope all the while wondering if somewhere, somehow, there's someone perfect... who might be searching for us.”" --Kevin Arnold, The Wonder Years
the money beets.

Music:

The Beatles. Led Zeppelin. Elliott Smith. Wilco. Feist. Rilo Kiley. Cat Power. Bob Dylan. Jeff Buckley. The Mountain Goats. Pink Floyd. The Who. The Doors. Velvet Underground. Bowie. Joni Mitchell. The Smiths. The Clash. Smashing Pumpkins. Spoon. Atmosphere. Aesop Rock. Rachael Yamagata. Peter, Bjorn and John. Belle & Sebastian. Elefant. The Postal Service. Death Cab For Cutie. Interpol. Grizzly Bear. The Shins. Deerhoof. Jem. Bloc Party. TV on the Radio. At the Drive-In. Mars Volta. Nsync. Incubus. Weezer. The Blow. Radiohead. Coldplay. Beck. !!!(chk chk chk). menomena. ratatat. RJD2. The Roots. Common. Mos Def. Pharcyde. Jimi Hendrix. Jamie Cullum. Ryan Adams. Justin Timberlake. John Mayer. Northern. Elton John. Miles Davis. John Coltrane. Dave Brubeck. Billie Holiday. Dinah Washington. Sinatra. The Cure. Depeche Mode. Duran Duran.. [indie, classic rock, jazz, oldies, 80s, showtunes]

Movies:

Almost Famous. Dazed and Confused. Princess Bride. Empire Records. The Virgin Suicides. Reality Bites. Raiders of the Lost Ark. The Little Mermaid. The Squid and the Whale. The Good Girl. Grindhouse. Rushmore. Donnie Darko. Before Sunrise. Before Sunset. Good Will Hunting. Nightmare Before Christmas. Edward Scissorhands. Moulin Rouge. Newsies. Pulp Fiction. Kill Bill 1-2. Reservoir Dogs. The Usual Suspects. Sixteen Candles. Say Anything. Lost in Translation. Office Space. The Big Lebowski. Super Troopers. Zoolander. Dodgeball. Anchorman. Little Miss Sunshine. The Science of Sleep. Star Wars IV-VI. Lord of the Rings Trilogy. Harry Potter and the ___. that good Apatow-fueled awesomeness: Knocked Up, 40 year old Virgin, Superbad, Forgetting Sarah Marshall.

Television:


The Office. Arrested Development. Freaks and Geeks. Flight of the Conchords. That 70s Show. It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia. The Simpsons. Cash Cab. The Wonder Years. My So-Called Life. Entourage.

Books:


the mysteries of pittsburg [michael chabon]. the house on mango street[sandra cisneros]. a heartbreaking work of staggering genius[dave eggers]. slouching towards bethlehem[joan didion]. the electric kool-aid acid test[tom wolfe]. on the road[jack kerouac]. the perks of being a wallflower[stephen chbosky]. this side of paradise[f. scott fitzgerald]. the melancholy death of oyster boy[tim burton]. stargirl[jerry spinelli]. me talk pretty one day[david sedaris]. blankets[craig thompson]. all harry potters[j.k. rowling].

Heroes:

jenny lewis. pam beesly. joan didion. dave eggers. ben fong-torres. peter parker. tim burton. shel silverstein. j.k. rowling. e.e. cummings

My Blog

new year’s resolution

My friend described me as "being a cocoon" but I'm thinking he meant that I was in one.  He explained by saying that I was innocent and unspoiled and pure, and that I would end up being a butterf...
Posted by mel-ody on Mon, 10 Dec 2007 01:46:00 PST

dumb luck.

When you're a little kid you're a bit of everything; Scientist, Philosopher, Artist. Sometimes it seems like growing up is giving these things up one at a time.I think I'm not quite sure I gave up the...
Posted by mel-ody on Thu, 19 Apr 2007 09:05:00 PST

clinical history

She said she suffered from tachycardia every time she saw him, even from a distance. She claimed that her salivary glands would go dry when he would look at her, even just a glance. She admitted to a ...
Posted by mel-ody on Mon, 08 Jan 2007 10:45:00 PST

maybe

Maybe things will be different.  Or maybe I won't want them to be.  We'll see. Goodbye 2006.
Posted by mel-ody on Wed, 03 Jan 2007 09:26:00 PST

the last 20 people who commented me

1. Brian Breeden 2. Justin 3. Chance Dominguez 4. Nolan [not DeRamos. i dont know his last name] 5. Baby Jeff-Jeff 6. Nick Myer 7. Marc 8. Jen Moon 9. Danny DeMaio 10. Abby de la Rosa 11.Geo Primaver...
Posted by mel-ody on Sun, 31 Dec 2006 06:39:00 PST