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melissa

some things you lose, some things you give away.

About Me

weirdo magnet to the extreme. former riot grrrl, current crate digger/dirt disher. don't like assholes, although i practice asshole-ism regularly. i get sick easily and pretty much everything makes me nervous. in a perfect world, i would be making a living by crocheting for 8 hours a day. punk rock saved my life. i'm returning to reckless abandon and the rock'n'roll lifestyle.

My Interests

music & records, chicago punk rock history, bowties and monacles, feminist theory, impromptu dance parties, dive bars, librarianship, fanzines, reproductive rights, crafting, young adult fiction, DIY culture, vegetarianism, cultural studies, non-art art, playing records for people, paint-by-numbers, agorophobia, kitties and puppies, chocolate, friends, gender benders, sarcasm.

I'd like to meet:

nice/progressive/creative folks, rock'n'rollers, chubby chasers, people who like to make things, quiet fun-havers, cuddlers, huggers, riot nrrrds. people who care.

Music:

weekly playlist danse society. leather nun. wrangler brutes. joy division. coathangers. reatards. plastic crimewave sound. angels of light. oxbow. graham bond. big business. last fm shite .

Movies:

urgh! (a music war), gigantic (a tale of two johns), antonia's line, royal tennenbaums, big lebowski, best in show, secretary, head, pride & prejudice (bbc version), revenge of the nerds, blue velvet, ghostbusters, american splendor, nomi song, me and you and everyone we know, how's your news

Television:

roseanne, antiques roadshow, curb your enthusiasm, twin peaks, unsolved mysteries, degrassi jr. high, the office

Books:

jeffrey eugenides, joan didion, marge piercy, jane austen, adrienne rich, margaret atwood, john bellairs, joyce carol oates, michelle tea, dorothy allison, sylvia plath, foucault, bell hooks, lester bangs, angela davis, kate bornstein, howard zinn, r. crumb.

Heroes:

"fuck yr heroes"

My Blog

picture perfect.

being in a state of constant sickness has allowed me the time to upload and organize more than a year-and-a-half's-worth of pictures....clicky here to see!these will be of particular interest to:Club ...
Posted by melissa on Fri, 21 Sep 2007 10:17:00 PST

hideout 4/14: i will play records. you will dance. and it's all for a good cause.

info:April 14, 2007 Third Annual Christopher Saathoff Foundation BenefitPlease join us on Saturday, April 14, 2007 for the third annual Christopher Saathoff Foundation benefit. This year we will celeb...
Posted by melissa on Wed, 11 Apr 2007 10:24:00 PST

come to our party. valentine's day. The Onion says so!

Hi people.Benetti and I are throwing a party at the Beat Kitchen on Valentine's Day (Wed). Benetti (aka "The Headliner") and I (aka "Tainted Love") will be DJing all night. I really, really, really ho...
Posted by melissa on Mon, 12 Feb 2007 11:53:00 PST

it's raining men (hallelujah!)

dear friends,i AM alive. just in hiding. perpetual exhaustion. too much heat. y'know.i will return all phone calls/messages/emails....soon. probably on my next day off. someone give me some energy! an...
Posted by melissa on Thu, 20 Jul 2006 08:47:00 PST

but i'm hungry!. . .

. . .and my joints ache. (i'm pretty sure that i have arthritis, but that's a whole other story).a few of my favorite friends are going to be gone as of tomorrow, leaving the best city in the world fo...
Posted by melissa on Thu, 08 Jun 2006 01:07:00 PST

i never asked to be a part of that dream/acute schizophrenia paranoia blues

incidentally, Sam introduced me to that incredibly underrated Kinks album (Muswell Hillbillies) the other day, and every day i find my intimate relationships with all things "underrated" growing stron...
Posted by melissa on Tue, 30 May 2006 05:07:00 PST

mi paraguas

remember Tripping Daisy?throughout my adolescent years, my dad would pay me $5 to sit in the basement for a couple of hours and fill his shotshells with pellets (he likes to shoot things every sunday ...
Posted by melissa on Tue, 09 May 2006 04:17:00 PST

tidbits: a monthly look at the things i love

(totally ripped off from VICE...whatevs).1. GNARLS BARKLEY. such an unfortunate name for such a fucking fantastic 'meeting of the minds' (Cee-Lo & Dangermouse, hello!), but we listened to our 5-song p...
Posted by melissa on Tue, 02 May 2006 11:16:00 PST

2nd rate living = 2nd rate music (aka: shitty conundrum 3)

about 4 or 5 years ago, i decided to sell off a pile of my crappy vinyl, but i first had to compile all of the "good songs" from all of the (mostly one-hit wonder) albums. the following mix tape ("the...
Posted by melissa on Fri, 28 Apr 2006 01:08:00 PST

asshole parade

sometimes i wonder if repeatedly listening to songs throughout my formative years with lyrics such as:fuck you, fuck all of you.fuck you, fuck all of you.i'll teach you, i'll teach you loudmouth, i'll...
Posted by melissa on Mon, 24 Apr 2006 07:33:00 PST