mmmmelt
35 years old
Chattanooga, TN
Female
About
admittedly geeky, nomadic, introverted, left-handed, right-brained, creative, day-dreaming, idealistic, broke, undergrad student/mother, careening into my mid-thirties.
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muziek
spoon, les savy fav, the mountain goats, built to spill, the get up kids, elf power, the extra glenns, old michael jackson, califone, beck, the ohio players, stephen malkmus, pavement, guided by voices, robert pollard, cibo matto, belle & sebastian, the decemberists, how i became the bomb, mclusky, !!!, ray charles, centro-matic, yo la tengo, prince, the flaming lips, the pernice brothers, billie holiday, tv on the radio, stevie wonder, the features, nina simone, sleater-kinney, the silver jews, danielson famile, death cab for cutie, pj harvey, dismemberment plan, van morrison, marvin gaye, songs: ohia, sigur ros, et cetera, et cetera, and really, et cetera.
boeken
where the sidewalk ends, the professor and the madman: a tale of murder insanity and the making of the oxford english dictionary, anna karenina (i will not finish this until i have time ie. after grad school), the cheese monkeys: a novel in two semesters, everyone poops, like water for chocolate, the desheveled dictionary, memoirs of a geisha, lady sings the blues, rosemary's baby, hipmama (mag), brain child: the magazine for thinking mothers (mag), print (mag), id (mag), the unfolding of language, and so many more that i want to read. open to suggestions.
activiteiten
harboring criminals, abiding the law, ruffling feathers, keeping the peace, staying quiet, talking non-stop, being contradictory, welding (Oh Yes), scrabble, sleeping (when i can), painting, keeping secrets, thrifting for fabulous mid-century finds, knitting...
reasons to be cheerful.
finding new words via babelfish, typography, etymology, mid-century decor, making pretty things, looking at pretty things, graph paper, eight hours of sleep, karma, untangling something, centrifugal force, found money, homemade sugar scrubs, fresh-baked banana nut bread, tetherball, pbs, cavallini map notebooks
i move. often.
in order: louisiana (bossier city), georgia (atlanta / marietta), michigan (troy / bloomfield hills / birmingham / madison heights / auburn hills / pontiac / farmington hills), florida (boca raton / delray beach / fort lauderdale / coral springs), colorado (boulder), tennessee (chattanooga), delaware (newark), california (corona), georgia again (duluth / doraville), tennessee again (ooltewah / chattanooga).
mmmmelt, Jul 5, 2007:
Josiah Roe, Jun 25, 2007:
lol, I stood out there, staring at my 3 options. An existential moment, as it were, and I lacked the fortitude to chose.
Jeff, Jun 24, 2007:
Like your photo.
Josiah Roe, Jun 21, 2007:
just may be able to rock movie night tomorrow. Crossing my fingers.
Kyle Jones, Jun 21, 2007:
would if I could! someday I'll make it back down there :) I want to meet all these tricycle and tubatomic peoples
Josiah Roe, Jun 20, 2007:
a gang of kids out front want to sell you a boom-trike
gBeast, May 9, 2007:
Baaaabyyyyy! Careen into your mid-thirties all you want... I'll be your buffer well before you smash into your forties. Trust me, I wouldn't pick a younger age if it means not having met you yet. I'll take where I am in life with my current passel of friends any day thankyouverymuch.