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Mel vida Loca

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About Me

I edited my profile with Thomas' Myspace Editor V4.4

Nectar of the sleep deprived.

My Interests

My life is pretty full. I do alot. If you know me than you know what I do. Which is alot. That is all.

I'd like to meet:

Nice people. Dorks. People who don't take themselves too seriously.

Television:

Tivo. Nuff said.

Books:

East of Eden- John Steinbeck
One Hundred Years of Solitude- Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Lolita- Vladimir Nabokov
The House of Spirits- Isabelle Allende
Ahab’s Wife or The Star-Gazer- Sena Jeter Naslund
The Human Condition: An Ecological and Historical View- William H. McNeill (Ever wondered how disease changes history? How human behavior impacts the spread and transmission of disease? This book is amazing and will change your perspective on the relationship between disease, life and death forever.)
The Moors Last Sigh- Salman Rushdie
Wicked- Gregory Maguire (and pretty much any of his other books)
The Virginian- Owen Wister
The Nun- Denis Diderot
Middle Passage- Charles Johnson
Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norell- Susanna Clarke
To Kill a Mockingbird- Harper Lee
Anything David Sedaris.

Heroes:

There are certain people who make me want to be a better human bean. You know who you are.

My Blog

She was a tough broad.

My grandmother. She was a tough lady. When she was sixteen years old she was forced to flee Germany, leaving everything behind. Her relatives were not so lucky. They were rounded up and died ...
Posted by Mel vida Loca on Mon, 10 Apr 2006 07:58:00 PST

Squishalator and Burpenstein

Elliot was playing with play dough today. He named one pile of mush with uneven arms burp-n-stein. Another play dough creation was refered to as squish-a-lator. He squishes things. He wanted me to mak...
Posted by Mel vida Loca on Mon, 03 Apr 2006 04:40:00 PST

Though your conscious may be tingling, your brain is slumbering on.

So, I was just looking at my email when I noticed an article regarding Pres. Bush's low approval ratings. Apparently, his ratings are around 37 ive or take a point or two. The article then goes on to ...
Posted by Mel vida Loca on Fri, 10 Mar 2006 08:39:00 PST

See into my black, black heart.

I don't normally waste my time with these, but what the heck. It was a tiny bit fun AND I got to share some dark, dark secrets j/k. Not that anyone is actually gonna read this or anything. Who the fuc...
Posted by Mel vida Loca on Sun, 05 Mar 2006 06:05:00 PST

So long, it's been good to know ya.

So I just arrived home from my lovely vacation visiting my dear sister and her sweet man. I have never been more filled with dread then on my way back here to the good ol' Midwest. I know it's only a ...
Posted by Mel vida Loca on Sat, 04 Mar 2006 10:35:00 PST

Happy B-Day to me (sang in worst day ever key)

Today I turned 30. It was the worst day ever. That is all. 
Posted by Mel vida Loca on Sun, 29 Jan 2006 06:11:00 PST

Spike and Andrew from way back when.

Most of you won't get the following...but for those who do, GOC bless you. (Thank you Wendy for the idea :) ANDREWYou sure you don't wanna stop and pick up some burgers or something, you know, road t...
Posted by Mel vida Loca on Wed, 25 Jan 2006 01:06:00 PST

Getting old, but mature? Not quite.

How you know you are no longer "young" (or cool) You use words like "potty" and "inappropriate." People start calling you "ma'am" or "sir" or "mister". You go shopping for clothes and you have no idea...
Posted by Mel vida Loca on Wed, 07 Dec 2005 04:15:00 PST