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Melissa

snot rocket.

About Me

tough as nails. slick as snot.

My Interests

bicycles, building boats, rowing, anthropology, german, dancing, mischief, babies, tea, handstands, the isles of shoals, swimming, hiking, books, yoga, making out, cuddling, knitting, cooking, baking, eating, good friends and discovering new people.

I'd like to meet:

Oscar Laighton

Music:

something that makes me smile, something that makes me cry, something that makes me shake my butt

Movies:

the great escape, station agent, harold and maude, when harry met sally, girls just want to have fun, off the map, basquiat

Television:

I hate television, but sometimes I watch recorded espisodes. such as: the prisoner. quantum leap. the l word. right... and the oc.

Books:

the secret knowledge of water, miss rumphius, eva luna, lyman v. rutledge's six volume omnibus edition of isles of shoals in lore and legend. dharma bums. books by isaac wright-lichter, god bless you mr. rosewater, the story of jane the legendary underground abortion service, reading extremely loud and incredibly close aloud, i also love bukowski, i like to read the newspaper, browse through cookbooks and i love my dictionary.

Heroes:

my older brother

My Blog

o canada

I have completed my trip. I am about to disassemble my bicycle and place it in a bike box. I became obsessed with quantitatively tracking my trip, 1340 miles, six flats, numbers of days riding/numbe...
Posted by Melissa on Wed, 24 May 2006 09:41:00 PST

halfway there

I made it up to Portland from San Francisco in 11 days. I am now relaxing with the ladyfair Matson. The trip has been amazing so far. All is safe and well. My bike is a champ. It gets a blue ribb...
Posted by Melissa on Fri, 12 May 2006 12:52:00 PST