melissa

I learned how to speak to an octopus!

About Me

i make the third duchess of kent look like the ninth viscount of shropshire, na'mean?

My Interests

building ships in bottles

I'd like to meet:

nobody! go away! leave me alone!

Music:

bjork, the decemberists, the shins, andrew bird, john cage, spoon, sufjan stevens, arvo part, david bowie, and anything else YOU like

Movies:

The Secretary, MST3K, Eternal Sunshine, Beetlejuice, Johnny Depp in anything, L.A. Story, i heart huckabees (Fuckabees!), the life aquatic, Leslie Nielson in anything.

Television:

House, chappelle show, stella, venture brothers, ATHF, frisky dingo (hey, is that cat party? put it on my phone!)

Books:

Moon Palace by Paul Auster Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell The Palace Thief by Ethan Canin White Teeth by Zadie Smith America by Jon Stewart

Heroes:

anyone who teaches,t.j. clark, michael foucault, steve martin, christopher walken and jay exon honorable mentions: gambit, underdog & jack nicholson

Democrat Tim Ryan
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ePHJ5fWUgFQ

That's gotta sting!

My Blog

confessions from the growly files

So about a year and a half ago, as many of you know, a young delusional girl was traipsing through a Walmart parking lot and picked up an extremely adorable, flea-ridden hound. This dog would co...
Posted by melissa on Mon, 20 Oct 2008 01:22:00 PST

farewell!

Rauschenberg: Also, being a good artist is like committing the perfectcrime you don't get caught.Seitz: I'm talking about crimes you get caught for.RR: That's not art. from Brian O'Doherty: "...
Posted by melissa on Mon, 16 Jun 2008 10:17:00 PST

book on tape? with movie? that makes both.

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Posted by melissa on Mon, 30 Jul 2007 07:03:00 PST

my deleuzian solution

i hate the letter y. i hate words that begin with y, such as yogurt and yo-yo, non-sensical words that would be better off omitted, and kitchy ending-y words such as jiggy or summery, which alwa...
Posted by melissa on Wed, 12 Apr 2006 12:33:00 PST

this is Josh's only blog

tidal sheets pull back an empty arrow in an empty sky salt, breath, a line contoured with finger point &nb...
Posted by melissa on Fri, 09 Dec 2005 10:07:00 PST

intellsexual

There's just something so damned sexy about a man who knows his shit. i don't care what you're talking about (well, unless it's magic the gathering) as long as you talk about it con...
Posted by melissa on Fri, 26 Aug 2005 10:28:00 PST

lights, camera, headache

As I sat down to watch Oliver Stone's director's cut of Alexander this evening, my mind began to wander. Perhaps it was the fact that I had been staring at the televisio...
Posted by melissa on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST