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Mel

I am here for Friends and Networking

About Me

I BELIEVE LIFE IS TOO SHORT TO NOT TAKE CHANCES...I TAKE EACH DAY FOR WHAT IT IS - A NEW BEGINNING...I CAN'T IMAGINE A DAY WITHOUT LAUGHTER...I THINK CRYING IS GOOD FOR THE SOUL...I AM A COMBINATION OF MANY PEOPLE BUT THERE IS ONLY ONE ME..."We are drowning in information but starved for knowledge" ~John Naisbitt~

My Interests

PHOTOGRAPHY - THE ART, THE ACT, THE PASSION, THE LOVE OF CAPTURING A MOMENT IN TIME / TRAVELING - LEARNING A NEW LIFESTYLE, A NEW CULTURE, GOING SOMEWHERE OUTSIDE OF MY NORM, NEVER HAVING TO SAY "I WISH I WOULD HAVE," MEETING NEW AND INTERESTING PEOPLE / RUNNING - THE HIGH I GET FROM THE SENSATION OF MY FEET HITTING THE CONCRETE, MY HEART POUNDING, AND THE SWEAT DRIPPING DOWN MY FACE, MY BREATH DEEP AND NEEDING MORE / GETTING "REAL" WITH MY FRIENDS - LETTING SOMEONE SEE ME FOR WHO I TRULY AM, NO BULLSHIT, NO GAMES, JUST A LOT OF LOVE AND COMPASSION / DANCING - LETTING MY BODY GROOVE TO THE MUSIC AS I GET AROUSED FROM THE INTENSITY OF THE SOUNDS THAT SURROUND ME, THE BODIES OF PEOPLE THAT ENCOMPASS ME / HAVING DRINKS AT A DIVE BAR - NO ONE CARES WHAT I AM WEARING, WHO OR WHO I AM NOT WITH, THE INTIMACY OF KNOWING NOT ONLY THE PERSON NEXT TO YOU BUT THE ONE AT THE OTHER END OF THE BAR/ TAKING MY DOG,GAGE, TO THE PARK TO LET HIM RUN FREE WITH OTHER DOGS AND TO LET HIM LIVE LIFE WITH THE UPMOST ENJOYMENT AS I WATCH WITH THE PRIDE OF BEING A MOTHER... LIFE - LIVING, LOVING, LEARNING

I'd like to meet:

I AM AN EQUAL OPPORTUNIST EMPLOYER...ALL WALKS OF LIFE CAN APPLY...ASK FOR DETAILS...

Music:

"LET ME HEAR THE RHYTHMS OF THE NIGHT, DANCE UNTIL THE MORNING LIGHT" David Fountain -- I LOVE YOU!!!

Movies:

The Motorcycle Diaries, ?Y Tu Mama Tambien?, Kinsey, The Lion King, Like Water For Chocolate, Traffic, I Dreamed Of Africa, Girl Interrupted, All About My Mother, What Dreams May Come, City of God, Old School, The Journey, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Amelie, Big Fish, Behind The Sun, Almost Famous, Fight Club, Requiem For A Dream, Dancer In The Dark, Basketball Diaries, Frida, Monster, In The Time Of The Butterflies, Swimming Pool

Television:

SEX AND THE CITY, SIMPSONS, FRIENDS, SANFORD & SON, PASSSIONS (for those of you who know of this show, all i can say is, I don't know why but it's like crack), and thanks to FX, I AM A "90210" TYPE OF HO...

Books:

Shutterbabe, The Bell Jar, Go Ask Alice, No Touch Monkey, How to be Lost, Confessions of a Recovering Slut, Depression For Dummies...

Heroes:

FIRST AND FOREMOST, MY MOTHER. ANY WOMAN THAT CAN DEAL AND SURVIVE A HELL CHILD, I ADMIRE. A WOMAN THAT WILL PUT HER CHILDREN FIRST AND GO WITHOUT SO THEY DON'T, IS A REMARKABLE PERSON. MY MOTHER IS MY SUPER HERO AND I AM FOREVER GRATEFUL TO HER AND LOVE HER WITH ALL MY HEART. My brother is to follow. Anyone who can hold his head up and look life straight in the eye every day as he does, is truly a strong, remarkable person. He is an example of what does not kill us, makes us stronger. From him, I have learned so many of lifes lessons and he has no idea how much I admire him and how through all the ups and down he will forever be my heart, my strength, my big brother, my boo. NEXT WOULD BE MY SUPER FRIENDS - ANYONE WHO CAN SIT THROUGH A SESSION OF ME "GETTING REAL" IS MOST DEFINETLY AN AMAZING PERSON. SOMEONE WHO WILL HOLD ME UP WHEN I AM NOT SO STRONG...THAT CAN SIT WITH ME AND SAY NOTHING OR LAUGH FOR HOURS BUT JUST THE FACT OF SPENDING TIME TOGETHER IS IMPORTANT TO US, IS TRULY A BEAUTIFUL PERSON. SOMEONE WHO PUTS UP WITH ME ALWAYS HAVING TO TAKE A PICTURE(S), WELL THAT JUST SAYS IT ALL...I AM BLESSED WITH MANY PEOPLE LIKE THIS AND I WILL NEVER BE ABLE TO SHOW ENOUGH LOVE. LASTLY, DEBORAH KOPAGEN COGAN - AN AMAZING PHOTOJOURNALIST - A WOMAN THAT LIVED HER LIFE WITH NO REGRETS, NO WORRIES - A WOMAN THAT WAS WILLING TO DO ANYTHING TO GET THE "PERFECT" SHOT, AND LIVED TO TELL ABOUT IT...

My Blog

I am Allergic to Atlanta....

So I have been back in Georgia for less than 2 weeks and I am already laid up in bed sick...Hence I have decided without a doubt - I am Allergic to Atlanta...
Posted by Mel on Sat, 27 Jan 2007 10:52:00 PST

Home Sweet Home...

Well despite my sadness of leaving Rob, it is nice to be back home...I am enjoying the comfort of my bed, clothes fresh out of the dryer and using a bathroom where my pee doesn't freeze...It's the lit...
Posted by Mel on Thu, 18 Jan 2007 08:04:00 PST

Bad Haired Sleep Deprived Drama Queen

I am back to where my adventures all began...That's right, Tokyo's lovely airport. For some reason I can not seem to get enough of this place so before I head back to the States, I am hanging out for...
Posted by Mel on Thu, 18 Jan 2007 08:02:00 PST

Things I have learned about S. Korea:

1.) People are nice regardless of what city you are in...However most do point and stare when you have piercing...Oh and tattoos are generally a sign of being in a gang.2.) Everyone walks in Korea....
Posted by Mel on Mon, 15 Jan 2007 02:24:00 PST

All my bags are packed, I'm ready to go...

But if that isn't a lie, I don't know what is!!! I am not even close to being packed! Well except for the suitcase that I brought to put all the stuff I bought in. It is completely stuffed and way ...
Posted by Mel on Mon, 15 Jan 2007 02:09:00 PST

Ain't No Mountain High Enough...

Especially one you never made it to...So be it as it may, the mountain did not win because it never had the chance.... I headed to the bus stop where the first bus I needed to get on would be...Minute...
Posted by Mel on Fri, 12 Jan 2007 01:27:00 PST

Heaven and Hell...

That is exactly what S.Korea is to me!  It is my Heaven because there are so many places to go shopping and it is my Hell because there are so many places to go shopping!  The other day I li...
Posted by Mel on Thu, 11 Jan 2007 07:44:00 PST

Nothing says adventure like...

hiking up a mountain in a foreign country with no map, no knowledge/understanding of the language and no water.... So I decided yesterday to really explore Korean land.  I hopped on a bus and hop...
Posted by Mel on Fri, 05 Jan 2007 01:31:00 PST

Fireworks and a Forty

Happy New Year!!!  Well at least I hope you had one!  I thought of you all as I was ringing in the new year 14 hours earlier and on a beach in a city called Busan in S. Korea.  But the ...
Posted by Mel on Wed, 03 Jan 2007 10:48:00 PST

Kim Chi Kim Chi...Love you long time...

You know, I have never been one to not have a crazy story about how I got to the foreign country I was going to so why start now?  It all began Christmas morning.....After being dropped off at th...
Posted by Mel on Fri, 29 Dec 2006 11:40:00 PST