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Mel

When my doors open up, they open UP!

About Me

I indeed am one of the of the masses of Portland transplants.. (original I know). But I do love this fair city. I like the color green, eggplant and long walks on the beach. I dislike pretentious music snobs,homophobes, haters and George W.

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My Interests

drinking coffee, music, cooking, being around kids and people who act like kids, camping, local beer, playing pool, being introduced to new bands,exploring my new city, Air America radio, missing home, trying to pay back student loans while not making a living wage, being part of a community, meeting people and hearing new ideas.

I'd like to meet:

people who live in the same time zone as I do. .... Oh and David Sedaris.... and Ira Glass ... and Jenny Lewis!Sebastian is more emo than you will ever be.

Music:

Tegan and Sara,Catpower,All things Jenny Lewis, Belle and Sebastian, The Shins, Neutral Milk Hotel, Evan Dando, Modest Mouse, Ben Lee, Juliana Hatfield, Jonathan Richman, the lemonheads, Say Anything, The Starting Line, Matchbook Romance, Brand New,Devendra Banhart, Yves Montand, The Pipettes, Northern State, The Smiths,

Movies:

gus van sant, hal hartley, wes anderson, john hughes, woody allen, jim jarmusch, richard linklater, todd solondz, anything with martin donovan.

Television:

I don't watch very much.... but lately I've been enjoying reruns of different strokes on demand.
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Books:

Henry Miller, Jack Kerouac, Allen Ginsberg, Anais Nin, Joan Didion, Elizabeth Wurtzel, JD Salinger, Chuck Palahniuk, Hemingway, Susanna Kaysen, Sylvia Plath, Hunter s. Thompson, Diane Di Prima, John Irving

Heroes:

A time creates its own myths and heroes. If the heroes are less than admirable that is a clue to the times. -Arthur Penn

My Blog

I love.......

The only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are mad to live, mad to talk, mad to be saved, desirous of everything at the same time, the ones who never yawn or say a commonplace thing, but bu...
Posted by Mel on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

banter

In the end, I think the relationships that survive in this world are the ones where the two people can finish each other's sentences. Forget drama and torrid sex and the clash of the opposites. Give...
Posted by Mel on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST