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Melanie Rose

When all else fails...adopt another dog ;)

About Me

I am me. I'm not always perfect but I believe that imperfection is what makes life interesting.
“There comes a time when you have to stand up and shout: This is me damn it! I look the way I look, think the way I think, feel the way I feel, love the way I love! I am a whole complex package. Take me... or leave me. Accept me - or walk away! Do not try to make me feel like less of a person, just because I don't fit your idea of who I should be and don't try to change me to fit your mold. If I need to change, I alone will make that decision. When you are strong enough to love yourself 100%, good and bad - you will be amazed at the opportunities that life presents you.”
I'm a complex girl who wears my heart on my sleeve. Some days I'm feisty and others I'm mellow but I'm always myself. San Diego has been my home for 6 years now, but my heart (and family) will always be back in Mass.
I LOVE the RED SOX, my adopted dog Maya and my studio apartment by the beach. I like fish in aquariums but not birds in cages. One MUST DO item on my life list is to "Pay it Forward" someday since someone did so unto me. If you haven't seen the movie, rent it - it's the best social movement out there!


Create your own family sticker graphic at pYzam.com


The best adopted dogs ever - Maya Rae and Brody Jay :)

My Interests

Maya Rae, Brody Jay, Red Sox, dogs, bubbles, beaches, riding bikes, no-rub sunscreen, lavender, incense, candles, organic hair products, recycled paper plates, "Innocent" perfume, Yankee Candles, Dunks, iced coffee, orchids, daisies, board games, skee ball, arcade basketball, trivia, butterflies, aquariums, flip-flops, chocolate, road trips, travel, my TSX, laughing with Donna, my Crockpot, herbs, cheese, seafood, soft towels & fresh sheets, naps, volunteering, grape Propel, Blue Moons & Magic Hat Number 9 beers, color-coding with Highlighters, making lists, reading, writing, creating, thinking, wondering, hoping, dreaming, sifting through all of the b.s. and LIVING...

I'd like to meet:

The one. Also Drew Barrymore, Vince Vaughn, Eddie Vedder, Zach Braff and Natalie Portman.

Music:

All over the place. Live and acoustic are best. Rogue Wave, Modest Mouse, Bedouin Soundclash, Jack White, Greg Laswell, Her Space Holiday, Pinback, Death Cab, Janis Joplin, Snow Patrol, Guster, Wilco, Jason Mraz, Blue October, Tom Petty, Beatles, DMB, Bob Marley, the Shins, Avril, Ghostface, 311, Pearl Jam, Nirvana, Dixie Chicks, Tim McGraw, Cold War Kids, Jack Johnson, Regina Spektor, Decemberists, Augustana, the Kooks, Silversun Pickups, Kings of Leon, Slightly Stoopid...pretty much down for whatever.

Movies:



Garden State, Martian Child, Life Aquatic, Office Space, Goonies, Wristcutters, the Darwin Awards, Donnie Darko, Napoleon Dynamite, Me You and Everyone We Know, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, About a Boy, old Adam Sandler flicks (Billy Madison & Happy Gilmore), Love Actually, Sweet Home Alabama, Superbad and Knocked Up, Grandmas Boy, Requiem for a Dream, Candy, Shut Up and Sing...

Television:

Girls Next Door, America's Next Top Model, Amazing Race, Jeopardy, Days of our Lives, Law and Order(s), Without a Trace, CSI Vegas, Cold Case, Forensic Files, Dog Whisperer, Project Runway...

Books:

Memoirs of a Geisha, the Secret, Lovely Bones, Prozac Nation, Unbecoming Behavior, The Wonder Spot, With or Without You and Choke.

Heroes:

my Grampy, Drew Barrymore, Cancer survivors, volunteers, people who adopt kids and pets, my brother Andy and those who fought for what they believed in throughout history.

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My Blog

Luca

In Loving Memory of Luca Christopher Vine 5/20/2008-9/2/2008  ...
Posted by Melanie Rose on Sun, 07 Sep 2008 01:02:00 PST

Sox Laughs

On the first day of school a first grade teacher explains to her class thatshe is a Yankees fan.She asks her students to raise their hands if they, too, are Yankees fans.Wanting to impress their teach...
Posted by Melanie Rose on Tue, 06 Nov 2007 01:37:00 PST

Life Lessons

(Thanks Laura!) It hurts to love someone and not be loved in return. But what is more painful, is to love someone and never find the courage to let that person know how you feel. A sad thing in life i...
Posted by Melanie Rose on Thu, 09 Aug 2007 09:36:00 PST

20's

They call it the "Quarter-life Crisis." It is when you stop going along with the crowd and start realizing that there are many things about yourself that you didn't know and may not like. You start fe...
Posted by Melanie Rose on Thu, 17 May 2007 10:21:00 PST

Poor Fish

I was cleaning out my Betta Fish's water today at work.  The poor little bugger hopped right out of his cup and down the garbage disposal. After a few long minutes with no air, I managed to rescu...
Posted by Melanie Rose on Fri, 19 Jan 2007 01:46:00 PST

Go Maya!

MAYA ANGELOU'S BEST...          A WOMAN SHOULD HAVE ....         enough money within her control to move out  ...
Posted by Melanie Rose on Tue, 12 Dec 2006 03:52:00 PST

Obstacles

"For a long time it had seemed to me that life was about to begin  real life. But there was always some obstacle in the way. Something to be got through first, some unfinished business, time still to...
Posted by Melanie Rose on Tue, 26 Sep 2006 08:46:00 PST

Phrase for the Day

SAND & STONE TWO FRIENDS WERE WALKING THROUGH THE DESERT. DURING SOME POINT OF THE JOURNEY, THEY HAD AN ARGUMENT; AND ONE FRIEND SLAPPED THE OTHER ONE IN THE FACE.   THE ONE WHO GOT S...
Posted by Melanie Rose on Mon, 28 Aug 2006 10:43:00 PST