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I hope the leaving is joyful; and I hope never to return.

About Me


Les temps sont durs pour les rêveurs. Times are hard for dreamers.
I am Melissa
and this is my heart
i want to do this quite badly:
[it's lifetime goal #6 out of 10.]
Fear not; I am the first and the last. -Rev 1:17
we stand out because we are not the mud of our surroundings
we are testaments of a brighter moment - S.S.W.I had a dream I stood beneath an orange sky with my brother[s] and my sister by my side.
I could drink a case of you, darling
And I'd still be on my feet.
The Real About Me
Name: Melissa Anne [Lucy] Pudvan
Age:21
DOB: Sept. 5, 1986
Hometown: Pasadena, CA
Ethnicity: French, Dutch, German, Irish, Welsh, Scottish
favorites:
color: green/brown
food: artichokes/tamales/granola
flower: white daisy
season: spring/fall
tv show: survivor/the office/heroes
song: no rain-blind melon
artist: bjork
movie: billy elliot/singing in the rain
car: vw golf/the scion boxes
scent: coconut/rain on pavement
weather: sunny and about 75 with white fluffly clouds
restaurant: King of Thai Noodle
country: switzerland/japan
holiday: christmas season. holiDAY would be halloween.
number: 13
author: jane austen/jk rowling.
book: pride and prejudice/the awakening
time of day: dusk/dawn
animal: bats!/cats!/bulldogs!
passtime: camping!
beverage: cranberry juice
actor: michael caine; hugh jackman
actress: dame judi dench; meryl streep
i purse my lips and kiss like a glock
♥Living like a lusty flower
running through the grass for hours
rolling through the hay like a puppy child♥
I'm shy and indecisive. Somewhat impulsive.
i make plans. i keep some of them. ha.
i like laughing and i love having someone to laugh with.
i like playing video games and boys who play them.
i have really bad posture.
Big lakers fan. Big fan of lakers games with brothers and cousin.
you really can't say i didn't warn you.
sister brother brother
simply put:
I want a brave love, one that makes me weak in the knees. I want a crazy, crazy love, one that makes me come undone at the seams.

My Interests

i bleed dodger blue

    GOD. new places. writing. reading. love. hope. trees. world travel. music. good conversation. knowledge. catholicsm/christianity. classic movies.
etc. etc. etc.

I'd like to meet:


my Maker
Bjork Gudmundsdottir
Saul Williams
Winona Ryder
Kobe
[the late great] John Paul II
JK Rowling
you who are my home
adopt your own virtual pet!

Music:

    bjork. red hot chili peppers. alexi murdoch rilo kiley. beirut. saul williams. radiohead. tv on the radio. cat power. outkast. cunninlynguists. fiona apple. moving units. enon. of montreal. the helio sequence. the knife. the killers. the decemberists. regina spektor. beck. the black heart procession. nancy sinatra. yo la tengo. wolf parade. muse. calexico. the pixies. simon&garfunkel. the velvet underground. the dandy warhols. carol king. finch. smog. nada surf. jefferson airplane. the flaming lips. architecture in helsinki. gorrilaz. the urge. weezer. iron&wine. the cure. the hippos. save ferris. gnarls barkley. modest mouse. neil young. tom petty. john mellencamp. pedro the lion. incubus. 311. the pixies. the beatles. coheed. cursive. the faint. deftones. david bowie. the velvet underground. far. inxs. air. portishead. nirvana. R.E.M. smog. smashing pumpkins. the cranberries. tori amos. matt costa. the diddybops. bob segar. finch. devendra banhart. aphex twin.

etc. etc. etc.
Currently listening to:

Movies:

    MIRRORMASK amelie. love me if you dare. love actually. the royal tennenbaums. almost famous. american beauty. billy elliot. emperor's new groove. roman holiday. snatch. an american in paris. little miss sunshine. star wars. the labyrinth. wizard of oz. the yellow submarine. samurai x. talk show. city of god. battle royale. eddie izzard standup.

Follow That Bird
etc. etc .etc.

Television:

    survivor. :| THE OFFIIICCCCEEE. scrubs. project runway are you afraid of the dark samurai champloo heroes dodgers and lakers games.

etc. etc. etc.

Books:

    PRIDE AND PREJUDICE. The Awakening. EXTREMELY LOUD & INCREDIBLY CLOSE catcher in the rye. zen & the art of motorcycle maintenance. house of leaves. white oleander. the bell jar.
    anything by gregory mcguire. all david sedaris. HARRY POTTERERERERRR. all the travelling pants books. all jane austen. wuthering heights. usagi yo jimbo. fruits basket. poetry: emily dickenson. ee cummings. saul williams.

etc. etc. etc.

Heroes:

    Yeshua. saul williams. my grandpa. bjork. my momma.

My Blog

melviva

we have fun....
Posted by trooper on Tue, 02 Oct 2007 04:35:00 PST

Catholicsm 101

As a Catholic, I've found myself asked again and again what is so significant about the Virgin Mary and why do we pray to her and other Saints when the Bible says that Jesus is the only mediator betwe...
Posted by trooper on Sat, 29 Sep 2007 06:04:00 PST

useless documentation

[my new favorite person in the whole world, AVIVA!!][also one of my new favorites, ERIN!][favorite number three...DIANA!!][i cut myself out accidently.]riley, aviva and ashleylui, lyna, david, manny.....
Posted by trooper on Fri, 28 Sep 2007 05:41:00 PST

My boots, my boots...

My boots are on fire. It's really annoying getting City Year chants stuck in my head. I woke up on Tuesday and sat in bed thinking "One Two Three-One! One twooo three-Two! One two three-three!" N...
Posted by trooper on Thu, 20 Sep 2007 04:29:00 PST

Smiley Faces

i smiled a lot on the walk home today. i smiled at street corners and going into and out of the subway. i smiled at a crazy bum and at a sleeping baby. i smiled at little children playing outside m...
Posted by trooper on Mon, 17 Sep 2007 08:00:00 PST

here’s my version of it [internal whirlwind]:

nothing beats taking a really long, hot shower and then turning the hot water off and standing in the cold water for the last minute or two. kudos, good friend, for introducing me to that. ; ] quite...
Posted by trooper on Sun, 16 Sep 2007 06:00:00 PST

tacos, conchas and bitches

Living here has unleashed an inner chef in me i didn't know existed. I don't even know where I come up with this stuff but I can make udon soup from scratch AND tonight i made some serious soft tacos...
Posted by trooper on Tue, 11 Sep 2007 05:23:00 PST

children of women.

it's funny how it's taking less and less to keep me happy. i really feel myself letting go of a lot of crap and grabbing hold of all the precious things in my life that really matter.there are so man...
Posted by trooper on Wed, 05 Sep 2007 06:29:00 PST

paint

we went to MoMa this weekend and I got to see the original Starry Night in person. Killer....
Posted by trooper on Mon, 03 Sep 2007 08:28:00 PST

void ish

i woke up this morning in an empty hotel room and felt this gaping black hole open in my chest. it was the saddest morning, but the weather's just fine.twenty-one in two days. cityyear tomorrow. th...
Posted by trooper on Mon, 03 Sep 2007 07:14:00 PST