Melon Jelly - ProfilesArchive

About Me

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I enjoy photography .... even though I'm not really good at it.
I enjoy writing .... even though I'm not really good at it.
I like to make scarfs for people .... want one?
I make Boognish patches .... want one ?
I like to draw pictures of faces .... SEE
View/support my ART .... and leave me nice comments.
I am nomadic .... I move around A LOT.
I was born in Arizona .... even though I concider Washington my home.
I actually LOVE where I work .... I feel like I get paid to goof off.
I LOVE Music .... it drives me. It's a daily essentail.
I have retarded LOVE for Ween .... I will drive you nuts with it!
I'm a walking contradiction .... I am both hyper and shy.
I'm attracted too .... goofy looking guys.
I get distracted .... VERY easily.
I love to travel .... I'm up for any (safe) place.
I smoke .... please don't discount me for it.
I curse like a sailor .... but I am still really lady like.
I am Italian .... I am also part German, tho I hardly admit that.
I am a tad bit flighty .... even though I am pretty smart.
I am nearly devoid of confidence .... untill I get an outside boost.
OTHER uninteresting things .... about me.
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My newest piece - Amber
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My old piece - Gene Ween pt 1
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So I took the quick sketch all the way
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My Interests

a really good chocolate chip cookie.. like the ones from Paradise Cafe, house plants, cooking , kissing and making out, randomness, being awkward, not putting milk in my cereal, my kids, being nosey, divorce, anorexia, OCD, prozac, self help, therapy, books..but not always reading them, sleeping, crochet, hemp, cannabis, hacky sack, Portland Oregon, Washington (state), (good) music, (good) movies, the weather, tube socks, explodingdog , Seamus M. Murphy , green tea, chamomile, earl grey, photography, taking pictures of stupid things, not paying attention, silliness, revenge, fuji apples, maps, the dictionary, flirting, guys with beards, dancing when no one is looking, feeling new emotions, singing horribly at the top of my lungs, listening to people, giving unwanted advice, oh and WEEN but I thought you already knew.

I'd like to meet:

A real life Mobster (preferably an Italian one) and befriend him.

Marty Feldman - God rest his soul.

Bill Murray
Master Shake
Anyone who can genuinely make me laugh and smile
..and Ween, again.

NO random friend request .. talk to me first! (especially if I have no idea who you are!) UNLESS you are a Ween fan. They are always accepted.

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Music:

Music is a HUGE part of my life. I don't know where I would be with out it.

Here is some, but not limited to:
(these are the bands/artist that I listen to on a regular basis)
(in ABC order)

¤ Belle and Sebastian
¤ Ben Folds Five
¤ Billy Joel
¤ Bob Marley
¤ Braid
¤ Built to Spill
¤ Cake
¤ Death Cab for Cutie
¤ Deftones
¤ Dinosaur jr.
¤ Elliott Smith
¤ Goldfinger
¤ Grateful Dead
¤ HUM
¤ James
¤ Jeremy Enigk
¤ Modest Mouse
¤ Nirvana
¤ Of Montreal
¤ Pavement
¤ Radiohead
¤ Reel Big Fish
¤ Rush
¤ Simon and Garfunkle
¤ Sunny Day Real Estate
¤ Superchunk
¤ The Beatles
¤ The Boy Least Likely To
¤ The Doors
¤ The Flaming Lips
¤ The Killers
¤ The Postal Service
¤ The Shins
¤ The Strokes
¤ The Who
¤ Tripping Daisy
¤ Violent Femmes
...last but certainly not least,
¤ Ween

(I like alot of music. I really don't listen to much new... lots of 60s and 70s rock and 90s alternative... whatever's good, I'll listen to it)

.. you can NEVER EVER have too much Ween !!

Movies:

Bottle Rocket, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Garden State, Ghost World, Lost in Translation, Rushmore, Sliding Doors, Lord of the Rings I II III, Saved, A Clockwork Orange, Cable Guy, Joe Dirt, Young Frankenstein, Harold and Maude, Rosemary's Baby, Animal Crackers, Night at the Opera, Blazing Saddles, The Jerk, Office Space, Groundhog Day, and ANY movie with Zombies .. or cannibals

Television:

I seriously don't watch much TV other than AQUA TEEN HUNGER FORCE and movies (or DVDs). But I love the Discovery Channel and AandE real crime shit.

Books:

I love to read. My favorite book of all time is The Catcher in the Rye. I read it every year.

I also love work from:
Douglas Coupland
Franz Kafka
Charles Bukowski
Mitch Albom
Herman Hesse
Guy de Maupassant
George Orwell
Paulo Coelho
Anthony Burgess

Heroes:

my little Italian grandma - she's so awesome!

My Blog

Why, yes, it's another blog today . . .

I feel like shit. I have the worst illness! Now my ears are being all sheistery; cracking and popping... so damn annoying! I have a stupid kanker sore in my mouth that I keep biting and some stup...
Posted by Melon Jelly on Thu, 01 Feb 2007 07:48:00 PST

Iron this on when you get home . . .

I swear it feels like I have been freaking sick forEVER! I was sick earlier this month and now - SICK, AGAIN! It's lingering too. I feel fine except for this cough and kind of congestion. I am coughin...
Posted by Melon Jelly on Wed, 31 Jan 2007 11:36:00 PST

Even though . . .

. . . everything in my life is a shambles right now, I feel so good! I don't know why . . ? Maybe it is because I am really good in organized messes. Nothing in my life is stable right now. Oh y...
Posted by Melon Jelly on Wed, 24 Jan 2007 12:00:00 PST

It's all nice on ice alright . . .

I'm at Braelyn's house... WOOOOOOOOOO!
Posted by Melon Jelly on Sat, 13 Jan 2007 08:45:00 PST

For auld lang syne . . .

Last night was fun. Tammy and I painted the laundry room section of the bathroom. Josh took pictures and I wanted to post one but she will not let me. I thought they were pretty cute and silly. That's...
Posted by Melon Jelly on Mon, 01 Jan 2007 10:11:00 PST

Remember when . . .

Remember when..... this being the new year... tell me a "remember when" story of you and i. tell me something that we did that deserves a "remember when" it could be from last year or 10 years ago. s...
Posted by Melon Jelly on Mon, 01 Jan 2007 11:39:00 PST

We'll take a cup of kindness yet . . .

What a strange year it has been. Really. . About 27 years ago my life started in Tempe, AZ Desert Samaritain Hospital. Almost 13 years ago, I continued living my life, tho now in the Northwest; going ...
Posted by Melon Jelly on Mon, 01 Jan 2007 09:53:00 PST

Come disconnect the dots with me . . .

I have sometime for a blog. I miss doing them. Who doesn't like to talk about themselves? Here I can blab and blab with out interruptions. LOTS I guess has been going on.. not anything that is am...
Posted by Melon Jelly on Sun, 24 Dec 2006 07:01:00 PST

Listen not to what I said . . .

I am so ...not feeling well - at all. at all at all at all at all at all at all at all at all at all at all at all.
Posted by Melon Jelly on Sun, 03 Dec 2006 10:37:00 PST

"Blow up in the face of my rivals" . . .

I'm taking a little break. I've been painting for what feels like all day. I do have to say that this is my best batch of Boognish patches yet. Dusty, you are getting some really nice ones, I'm jealou...
Posted by Melon Jelly on Sat, 02 Dec 2006 08:19:00 PST