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melissa

je te veux.

About Me

hi. i'm melissa.
stuff you may already know:
i'm tall.
i ramble. a lot.
i am the master of awkward situations.
i'm addicted to caffeine.
i take too many pictures.
i dye my hair too often.
born on 11/06/1987.
from sacramento.
i work at nordstrom.
i used to work at jamba.
aimsn: missyd1106
i have a birthmark on my left elbow.
i'm trying to learn french.
although rarely updated, i have a site .
i believe obama can save our country from the mess it's currently in.
that's right.
current read[s] (discounting schoolwork):
in case you were wondering:
i'm a 3rd year ucsd student with a political science major (and international relations concentration) as well as an environmental studies minor. and i think roller skating is amazing. i receive my caffeine intake through diet coke. yum. hopefully i will go on to grad school for something in the environmental policy field. woo.
a few good friends:
tessa
jen
bex
ryry
leif
momo
vicky
anna
jose
parkhill
timi
meggers
jess
kim
lil' sis

"dag insists that all dogs
secretly speak the english
language & subscribe to the
morals and beliefs of the
Unitarian church, but Claire
objected to this because she
said she knew for a fact,
that when she was in France,
the dogs spoke French."
-Generation X


My Interests

photography. foreign relations. debating. journalism. decorating. liberalism. doodling.

I'd like to meet:



i have the coolestfriends.

tessa

becki

jennifer

maureen

ryan

matt

kim

becca

vicky

anna

timi

meggers

Music:

metric. cold war kids. blonde redhead. the decemberists. straylight run. bob dylan. the killers.

Movies:

eternal sunshine, science of sleep, little miss sunshine, 28 days later, a ton of 80's movies (thanks tess), foreign films.

Television:

the office, colbert, flight of the conchords, degrassi, grey's, demetri martin (standup).

Books:

burroughs, chbosky, fitzgerald, pahlahniuk, pullman, rowling, salinger, sedaris.

Heroes:

grandparents.

My Blog

remember the psycho customers always

so, because i liked the bulletin so much, i decided to repost it here so i could remember it always:"psychos at nordstrom"seriously people, don't go crazy during the holidays.these psychos are ridicul...
Posted by melissa on Mon, 10 Dec 2007 07:18:00 PST

photo blog: spring break part 4

monday:sooo, on becki's last day we went to the zoo.yay. lots of pics of animals.this was by the entrance to the zoo.hahaha. lookie:there was a peacock sitting on top of the building.peacock!lemurs!sl...
Posted by melissa on Wed, 28 Mar 2007 05:25:00 PST

photo blog: spring break part 3

sunday:although not as exciting as friday or saturday, sunday was lots of fun for us too.we slept in after having several nights with little sleep, and when we did get up we were disappointed to disco...
Posted by melissa on Wed, 28 Mar 2007 04:57:00 PST

photo blog: spring break part 2

sooo, saturday we did lots of fun stuff too.saturday:that morning we went to the getty, it was lots of fun.i love that place because it is gorgeous.and when i told becki that they had some monet paint...
Posted by melissa on Wed, 28 Mar 2007 04:38:00 PST

photo blog: spring break part 1

so, becki visited me for spring break and it was absolutely fantastic.she was here from thursday (3/22)- monday (3/26). we did lots of cool shit....so here goes nothing.thursday:not a very exciting da...
Posted by melissa on Tue, 27 Mar 2007 03:56:00 PST

photo blog: atypical night

so basically i stole these pics from ryan off of facebook and am now posting a photo blog in order to avoid studying for finals.go me.plus, this was a fun night - a few weeks ago. i love these people....
Posted by melissa on Tue, 20 Mar 2007 02:27:00 PST

bah! major decision.

major decision. about my major. i can't figure it out. i was originally poli sci and have a score of poli sci classes under my belt. i wanted to eventually be a lawyer.     then i took...
Posted by melissa on Wed, 27 Dec 2006 12:47:00 PST

photo blog: pictures of bex since i stalk her basically

so basically i stalk becki.and she knows it.and she likes it.and you will too.and here's the pics. i think i won't include commentary like i usually do since i want to go to sleep [and am only posting...
Posted by melissa on Thu, 14 Dec 2006 04:01:00 PST

photo blog: hot september photo shoot.

as always, bex and i wanted a photo shoot.but we didn't know where.so i had this brilliant idea! we went to a neighborhood in lincoln that is undeveloped. there were just empty streets with streetlamp...
Posted by melissa on Mon, 11 Sep 2006 12:08:00 PST

photo blog: great america goodness

so, a couple weeks back i went on a little trip.and yes, i'm posting this WAY late.it was friday, august 11th, and i left my house at 6am.i picked up my [former] roommate vicky in san fran, and she an...
Posted by melissa on Mon, 28 Aug 2006 02:46:00 PST