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melissa

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About Me

“What makes the desert beautiful,” said the little prince, “is that somewhere it hides a well…” ~Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
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about me...i grew up in port huron, michigan in a family of four (me, my older sis, my dad, and my mom). with each day i'm learning to love and appreciate my family more. over the past 6 years since i came out to them, we've developed a wonderful relationship. i'm lucky, i know. many of my gay friends haven't been as fortunate to have a family as supportive but they have been right there beside me all the way!i've played sports all my life. in high school i was all about basketball, volleyball, and softball. but i also like to play tennis and i do a lot of running.i LOVE LOVE LOVE traveling! i was a summer foreign exchange student in finland back in the day, and i've been to sweden, ghana, bahamas, hong kong, taught in shenzhen china,oh and i'm a canadian at heart aye ;) i've also been to a lot of amazing places around the u.s.my main goal in life is to create a positive lasting impact in the lives of others, specifically those in need. i earned my b.a. in economic development but was accepted into an amazing organization called teach for america which works in low income communities in hopes of closing the achievement gap. i now teach 2nd grade on the northeast side of vegas and am currently working towards a master's degree in curriculum and instruction. during my summers i'm planning on doing relief work abroad.things that i like:really good slam POETRY. SHAKING WHAT MY MAMMA GAVE ME! CREATIVE people w/a good sense of HUMOR. hot women belly DANCING. laying on a warm BEACH on a sunny day. singing in my car! good MOVIES. rElaXiNg. candle lit baths. GOOD MUSIC. TRAVELING to new places. experiencing NEW CULTURES and ideas. coldstone ICE CREAM. waking up in the morning and feeling mysteriously thinner. sleeping. time to do NOTHING. checking things off of my to do lists. ORGANIC foods & hemp cereal. coming home to a clean place

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Cool Slideshows"when i dare to be powerful, to use my strength in the service of my vision, it becomes less and less important whether i am afraid." ~audre lorde
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Music:

angie stone, digable planets, shakira (hopefully someday will be my wife ;) jay-z, out hud, ciara, M.I.A., William Fitzsimmons, Hem, gap band, global djs john legend, kt tunstall, mirah, nikka costa, annie, basement jaxx, death cab for cutie, louis xiv, jamie cullum, damian marley, floetry, camille, shimmer, jill scott, postal service, echoes, irone and wine, sarah mclachlan, john west, jane arden, badu, al green, donnie hathaway, barry white, uffie, regina spektor, smokey robinson, the blow, over the rhine, ben harper, marvin gaye, cat power, ray lamontagne, mazzy star, keane, white stripes, natalie merchant, chantel kriviazuk, dido, be good tonyas, u2, u235, kate earl, tori amos, patti smith, ani, garden state soundtrack, en vogue, salt and peppa or pepper or whatever, prince, tina turner (yeah i said it), tracy chapman, melissa ferrick, indigo girls, bitch and animal, tegan and sara, benni bennassi, feist, eva cassidy, mazzy star, veruca sault, dave matthews, david gray, damien rice, etta james, red hot chili peppers, india arie, deftones, meshell n'dgeocello (sp?), outcast, notorious b.i.g., mary j blige, modest mouse, the beatles, john lennon, janis joplin, tristan prettyman

Movies:

half nelson, children of men, the color purple, catch a fire, blood diamond, sometimes in april, hotel rwanda, amelie, crash, elizabeth town, garden state, a time to kill, mississippi burning, a lot like love, butterfly effect, polterguist, kissing jessica stein, wedding crashers, something about mary, contact...the list goes on
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Books:

the stinky cheese man and other fairly stupid tales, voices in the park, the little prince, the three pigs (not to be mistaken with "the three little pigs" this one is the modernistic version-completely different, autobiography of dr. martin luther king, jr., autobiography of malcolm x, sister outsider

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My Blog

why are you so SILLY

why am i dating the silliest girl EVER!! tell me why, we were laying around and decided to go to blockbuster, but katrina said "let's play dress-up". she was like, i'll dress you up in something ridic...
Posted by melissa on Mon, 11 Jun 2007 08:02:00 PST

loving you comes so naturally (part 2)

Sweetie, i read your profile heading about the toothpaste...cute.  when i read it i couldn't help but to laugh a little, you have a way of making that happen a lot.  i love our long la...
Posted by melissa on Sat, 09 Jun 2007 12:17:00 PST

my small contribution to society...

just in case you've ever wondered but were too lazy or didn't care enough to look it up, i now present to you the infamous lyrics to snow's song, informer... funny thing is, i read it and i still...
Posted by melissa on Thu, 12 Apr 2007 05:07:00 PST

on capitalism and the neverending pursuit of riches

  in a capitalist society politicians must ensure the existance and separation of classes.. it is it's nature.  be not mistaken, it is capitalism that drives our country, not freedom an...
Posted by melissa on Sat, 31 Mar 2007 03:16:00 PST

sun over portland

sun spills like water across letters on a pageand half of my facebreaking through the giant window of the airportit's presence is like a wall to a placeso beautiful that I have to stop and wonder if a...
Posted by melissa on Sat, 31 Mar 2007 06:01:00 PST

new years eve

i had so much fun last night!  my friends and i met up for the night at kara's place.  we played games til about 4 when justin decided it was time to turn kara's dining room into our own ...
Posted by melissa on Mon, 01 Jan 2007 07:33:00 PST

humph.....

wednesday is my first day back to work.  this will be my second year as a teach for america corps member and teacher.  i'm just not ready to go back to school yet....to be busy and stress an...
Posted by melissa on Fri, 18 Aug 2006 01:54:00 PST

beijing and back

beijing kicked my ass!  it was so unspeakably amazing that for me to even attempt to describe to you the beauty and the awe and the peace that i felt i'm sure that words alone would not suffice.&...
Posted by melissa on Mon, 07 Aug 2006 10:36:00 PST

so i feel like dorothy in the wizard of oz 'cept instead of a tornado shenzhen's typhoon prone

it's typhoon season.  and it's storming out really bad.  we are suppose to have a typhoon tomorrow....hmmm, i wonder if it gets really bad out, does that mean i don't have to teach in the mo...
Posted by melissa on Wed, 26 Jul 2006 07:37:00 PST

If you're wondering why i didn't get back to you read this

i'm in china dude!  that's probably why i haven't gotten back to you.  so chill...still love my peeps.  if you think i might not have your number and you are expecting or would like a p...
Posted by melissa on Thu, 06 Jul 2006 04:43:00 PST