Melissa profile picture

Melissa

I am here for Friends and Networking

About Me

A smart, smart ass, asking why all the time, and passionate about my interests.

My Interests

Psychology, traveling, reading books, the news, any kind of further education, good music, good drinks, good times and good friends.

I'd like to meet:

~I like ideas about the breaking away or overthrowing of established order. I am interested in anything about revolt, disorder, chaos, especially activity that seems to have no meaning. It seems to me to be the road towards freedom - external freedom is a way to bring about internal freedom.~I like people who shake other people up and make them feel uncomfortable.----Jim Morrison---------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------" Don't aim at success - the more you aim at it and make it a target, the more you are going to miss it. For success, like happiness, cannot be pursued; it must ensue... as the unintended side-effect of one's personal dedication to a course greater than oneself. " Viktor Frankl, Man's Search For Meaning ----------------------------------------------------------- "I grasped the meaning of the greatest secret that human poetry and human thought and belief have to impart: The salvation of man is through love and in love. " Viktor Frankl, Man's Search for Meaning

Music:

Where do I begin? I like almost everything except country music. The following is a short list: ..1 The Doors, I have to say they are the most influential group, I loved their music when I was 13 and I love it to this day. I can't say that about many other groups I listened to at that age. ..2 All kinds of house/general electronic/ whatever. I love Felix Da Housecat, Armand Van Helden, Ian Pooley, Mark Farina, Miguel Migs,etc etc etc too many to name. I like downtempo music like Zero 7, Bebel Gilberto, Bloc Party, Coldcut, Everything But the Girl...

Movies:

Magnolia, Casablanca, Breakfast at Tiffanys,Mystic River, The lord of the rings trilogy, the godfather 1 &2 , La Dolce Vita, Kill Bill 1&2, The Good, the bad and the ugly, and too many more to remember.

Television:

Don't have the time

Books:

I read a lot...fun things like Dostoyevski and Calvin and Hobbes. I'm trying to read more humorous books but I keep being drawn to epics like Anna Karenina and Les Miserables. My recent literary picks include , Roots, School Girls, The Coming Anarchy. I love Stephen King. The Worldly Philosophers, and Sophies World. Lately I've been reading a lot of books on current affairs and history: Ghost Wars, Guests of the Ayatollah, The Main Enemy. Some phenomenal books that will guide you through life: 1776 by David McCollough, and Man's Search for Meaning by Victor Frankl

Heroes:

True Life Heros: Arthur Rimbaud & Jim Morrison. Fictional Hero's:The Count of Monte Cristo and The Godfather