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melatov cocktail

i am jet black, i am stone cold, jet black to the center

About Me

trying not to melt.

if i could, i would eat only fruit and desserts.
i'm not pessimistic, i'm realistic.

My Interests

vegan desserts especially cupcakes, feminism, bike rides, the inter-connectedness of race class and gender, women's studies, consent, power and vulnerability, mental health, comic books, being vegan, euphemisms, giving and receiving affection, going to the airport, orangeade, d.i.y., atheism, anarchism, pro-choice, queer communities, dancing, desire, performativity, heartache, italia, the panelle conspiracy, unicorns, family, north jersey, fig trees, cactus pears, watermelons, chocolate

I'd like to meet:



BABY ANIMALS
queer dance nights that don't involve mostly corporate mainstream music!!!!
the ronettes, the shirelles, mary wells, and otis redding circa the 1960's, and dolly parton.
people who want to come to feminist discussions/potlucks!

Music:

sleater-kinney, talking heads, the gossip, the ronettes, otis redding, the blow, coliseum, black flag, jellyroll rockheads, neutral milk hotel, the shins, slant 6, left for dead, cock sparrer, ani di franco, huggy bear, hiretsukan, the descendants, ymg, dolly parton, heavenly, bikini kill, jawbreaker, belle and sebastian, pinhead gunpowder, the weakerthans

Movies:

rocky horror picture show, the lord of the rings, stepford wives, wet hot american summer, stella!, kill bill, but i'm a cheerleader, she's the man, goodfellas, dirty dancing, 9 to 5

Television:

buffy, angel, the l word, queer as folk, reno 911, arrested development, the state, pete and pete, xena, the office, law and order, rome.... on DVD, please

Books:

stone butch blues, woman on the edge of time, valencia, the awakening, the lord of the rings, i am legend, feminist theory, queer theory, political theory in general, and comics: watchmen, sandman, the ultimates, v for vendetta, bone, walking dead, hellboy; also- bitch magazine

Heroes:

people who fight for progressive social change

My Blog

sweetness

things that are awesome: - l'amore - getting closer to finishing school - warmer weather - new friends - feminist discussions and potlucks - pigtails - feeling amazing things i thought i'd never feel ...
Posted by melatov cocktail on Fri, 11 Apr 2008 11:32:00 PST

songs - 2.0

"i don't want to be in love (dance floor anthem)" - good charlotte "nothing left inside" - black flag "who knew" - pink "possibly maybe" - bjork "dehumanize" - coliseum "we're coming back" - cock spar...
Posted by melatov cocktail on Mon, 21 Jan 2008 06:40:00 PST

yearly mottos

Edit: February 08. It's official, 2008 totally rules so far, in a million unexpected ways! For the first time in 2+ years, I feel like myself, not broken but whole. I feel community for the first time...
Posted by melatov cocktail on Sun, 02 Dec 2007 09:23:00 PST

songs

songs that save my fucking life: "after all" - dar williams "musical fanzine" - team dresch "healing factor" - yo man go "never again" - kelly clarkson "another day" and "finale b" - rent soundtrack ...
Posted by melatov cocktail on Fri, 20 Jul 2007 11:55:00 PST

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it's scary to write anything too real on here, so if you want more check out my livejournal. i've only written one entry in the past year, but hey, it's a start. username: melaniejade.
Posted by melatov cocktail on Thu, 14 Jun 2007 11:10:00 PST

un matrimonio italiano

So this past weekend I went to my cousin Chaz's wedding. My cousin Chaz is from my super super super Italian side of the family, my mom's side. There hasn't been a wedding on this side of the family f...
Posted by melatov cocktail on Tue, 27 Mar 2007 10:39:00 PST

questa settimana

this week was pretty nuts, which is actually good because last week - spring break- was the most uneventful thing ever and it totally sucked. this week included: -boxing matches (real live boxing mat...
Posted by melatov cocktail on Thu, 15 Mar 2007 03:53:00 PST

peace without understanding

this poem, entitled "peace without understanding," is by my sister, april saphire frazza. i wanted to share it with you all because i think it is really really beautiful and it expresses not only what...
Posted by melatov cocktail on Tue, 27 Feb 2007 06:08:00 PST

heartbeats

i always write blog thingies when i have homework and need to find reasons to procrastinate... lots of excitement and crazy times have been going on despite the cold cold weather and snow! -2 weekend...
Posted by melatov cocktail on Mon, 19 Feb 2007 05:30:00 PST

2007: Way Better Than 2006

So it's finally a new year!! Thank goodness. 2006 is gone and I'm not looking back. So it's time to come up for some new mottos. 2006 was SUPPOSED to be the Year of Debauchery but that didn't happen. ...
Posted by melatov cocktail on Wed, 03 Jan 2007 12:03:00 PST