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A Quiet Symphony
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Many silent years are spent searching for the right notes--the right conductor to illustrate the song inside our hearts... A quiet symphony is of't overheard; overpowered by the loudness of life and the busyness of stillborn ears.
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Birthday Extravaganza
Twenty-seven years down... who knows how many more to go. This year I took evidence that I didn't spend the entire time sulking. If you're ever in Napa, CA, go check out Don Giovanni's. Their gri...
TELL ME ABOUT YOURSELF - The Survey
Name:MellyBirthday:July 14Birthplace:TexasCurrent Location:CallyEye Color:HazelHair Color:Who knows?Height:5'4Right Handed or Left Handed:Left-handed people rock!Your Heritage:All of the aboveThe Shoe...
Tahoe '08
Hello all. I'm back from the sublime nothingness of Spring Break, gearing up for the Spring Quarter (3 A's & a B last Q), hanging out with Greg, Shantel, and Isaiah in Japantown, and celebrating m...
Dos Anos
Well, today marks our 2-year wedding anniversary. What we thought was going to be a relaxing, chilled out day of 1-1 time turned out to be a day full of panic and despair. The morning started wonderfu...
Orange Thankfulness
I thank God for our orange tree... gotta love free food in times of penny-pinching. Mighty tasty... probably the best oranges I've ever had. We had to take this one down through the aid of a step-stoo...
Sunshine Days
Today was a beautiful day, among the rarest I have seen in awhile, and certainly the most magnificent since I moved here. The air was still, full of fond fragrances--cedar wood, daffodils, the sweet ...
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Your Quirk Factor: 68%You're so quirky, it's hard for you to tell the difference between quirky and normal.No doubt about it, there's little about you that's "normal" or "average."How Quirky Are You?...
Day Off
Well, for me having a day off isn't wholly unlike any other day during the week because I'm only at school for a few hours a day--it's not quite so dramatic as when I was working full-time. But the gr...
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You Are ImpressionismYou think the world is quite beautiful, especially if you look at it in new and interesting ways.You tend to focus on color and movement in art.For you, seeing the big picture is ...
Bebop
It's been awhile but when we first moved into our new pad, we were welcomed by a severe storm which caused our Eucalyptus tree to fall, missing our house by no more than two inches (our neighbors were...
My Simpson Self
(now, if only I had a real picture of me posing with glasses in a barrel...) ...
Back From The Abyss
What's up, my homies. Just a simple shout-out to say that Drew and I are officially settling into the new pad. We just got the internet up tonight--thank God--it's been a rough past week without the w...
Oh My Gosh!
I am, as of 40 minutes ago, officially unemployed. For the first time in seven years I am without a job... it's a little terrifying to say the least, and as hard as my job was at times, it was still a...
I'm Having My Cake--and Eating it Too!
Here's what my lovely friend Janet surprised me with today at work--a homemade book-shaped cake of my book cover and carefully chosen poem from Echoes of a Distant Muse. Isn't that great? Janet is als...
Finals Time
Me after my poetry final presentation,doing my best Sylvia Plath impersonation...(something tells me she wasn't as smiley)...
Back from AR!
Hey all you faithful readers (and some not-so-faithful, but meandering all the same); Drew and I just got back this morning from our crazy whirlwind road-trip to Arkansas and back. We must have been g...
It's About Dang Time!
She is officially up and ready! Here's a screen shot from my publisher's home page for ordering information for my book, Echoes of a Distant Muse: A Collection of Poetry.If you are interested in chec...
My Make-shift Halloween Attire
Kitty Cuddle
I know I look like I'm on drugs--but aren't the kitties cute?They actually compete to see who can lay closer to my face.Thomas still thinks he's a baby.Weird....
Exercise in Existentialism
To blog or not to blog--that is a very weird and wiry question with more answers than the freshly-budding white hairs on my head. To be honest, I've never really thought of it before in detailed terms...
Desktop Analysis Meme
I've been tagged by miss Marjie for a new meme: What's the look of your computer personality? I have no idea what this means about me... but it's probably a lot of embarrassing, nerdy things. Oh, well...
Me: Oct 12 07
The Story:What it felt like:The Audience:The Outcome:The moral:...
Goin' Back to School...
They want me after all--UCD here I come.Granted, I've taken thelong way 'round in life...but, I'd be a fool to sayit wasn't worth thechallenges....
Oh, I'm in Love, I'm in Love!
Valkyrie Profile: Melanie
11 Hurt During Filming of Cruise Movie Eleven extras were injured when they fell out of a truck during filming of a movie starring Tom Cruis...
The New 'Do
T'was 9 years ago to this day when I gave birth to my not-so baby-boy.Happy Birthday, Gregory Westley-James: we love you!!!...
What's In A Name?
Continuing on with the name-craze, sparked by Rebecca, here is this little fun poll thing which wasted five minutes of my life:HowManyOfMe.comThere are3people with my namein the U.S.A.How many have yo...
Meme... A History (sorta)
So, with the world around me returning back to normal (both good and bad), I say it's time for a new meme. I still have another one from Wit's End that I haven't gotten to--but I plan on it!My ever-...
Reunion Re-cap
Okay, it's high time that I write something of some merit here--other people's articles and cap-sized photos just aren't what I'm about the majority of the time (in other words, my laziness compels me...