mel's puddle of thought ...
"... And I have to speculate that God himself
Did make us into corresponding shapes like
Puzzle pieces from the clay
:: from "such great heights", track two on the postal service's album "give up" ::

Tuesday, September 30, 2003

this is the manditory commemorative blog post for the first day of school:

well, the first day of school is over. I have so much homework, I'm going to have to finish tomorrow. went out to lunch with new italian exchange student. that's about it. did i mention that three english classes is excessive and insane? I'm going to rebell by disregarding punctuation and spelling in this blog entry...
there, i feel much better.

this written by Mel at 10:15 PM


Monday, September 29, 2003

Tom's old house in wa is now the Charles Nelson B & B . We're so excited. The reason I wasn't sure is the additon on the left hand side.... the one off of Tom's old room... that's new from the picture that I have. But that's it. Tom took the picture tour and it's definately thier house, right down to the false-bottom dresser in Ellie's old room. I'm taking him up the week before Christmas, we're going to stay in Ellie's old room since we don't like the way that they decorated Tom's.
So I guess this means that everything is all better with Tom. It better stay that way, too, since b&bs are a stinkin lot of money. I wonder if they'll let us stay for free if I tell them now (as oppose to later) that this is Tom's old house....

Gotta go, late for work...

this written by Mel at 6:55 AM


Sunday, September 28, 2003

I found Tom's old house! I mean, I found it a while ago, but I was never really sure that it was it...

this written by Mel at 10:20 PM



I start school on Tuesday. oh boy. I'm not very excited about having to work less, since it's so close to the start of the campaign. Even though I'm only taking 12 units... hopefully 16 if this guy will let me add his class.
Right now I'm taking one comp lit, one english, and one poly sci.
And I have to review the first eight chapters of the Odyssey.... as if I haven't already read them about thirty times....

this written by Mel at 5:11 PM



okay, so this is probably old news to everyone, but appariantly there's this thing called the X Prize which is basically this way to get the space race going again by enticing those in the private sector with an insane amount of money for putting people in space. I just found out about it at the Nasa exhibit yesterday at the LA County Fair.... yeah.... so in case anyone wants to check it out.
also, I got a cell phone at the fair... and dad bought a dish... finally... enven though he only got it for Fox News and I only wanted it for BBC America. And the dish guy wasn't even cute.....

this written by Mel at 2:08 PM


Thursday, September 25, 2003

update on tom's blog: appariantly he wasn't trying to be clever with his blog title. he just couldn't spell. I fixed it on the links, for anyone who cares.

this written by Mel at 7:29 PM



yay! found open tag so everything isn't a link! woo hoo!

this written by Mel at 7:21 PM



Oh, and Tom got his Blog up again, I posted the link with the others.

this written by Mel at 7:12 PM



New best break up song: "Stay or Leave" track eight on Some Devil, Dave's new CD (which arrived, by the way, woo hooo!):

...remember, we used to dance, and everyone wanted to be you and me... I want to too... what day is this, besides the day you left?....

this written by Mel at 7:11 PM


Wednesday, September 24, 2003

America gets her cue from a bigger source:
Milky Way Galaxy Cannibalizes Saggitarius

this written by Mel at 8:01 PM


Tuesday, September 23, 2003

finally changed gary's link over to his new website, also added a link to kunal's. i work too much... this stress is getting rediculous and i start school next week just in time to go to the east coast for the super conference.
i hear you beverly... i just got home from vacation and already i feel like i need another one.

this written by Mel at 10:18 PM



so it dawns on me today ... and this should have come to me sooner... no one I work with will ever date me because I never shut up about tom...

this written by Mel at 7:45 PM


Sunday, September 21, 2003

I'm back in So Cal. Finally got around to fixing the html on this new skin.... let me know what you think.

this written by Mel at 5:36 PM


Friday, September 19, 2003

So here I am in Greeley with basically nothing to do except think about how pathetic my whole situation is. I mean, I'm so stressed I can hardly maintain this relationship, and here I am wanting to do two at once. Tom sayes that he's being selfish for wanting to keep me to himself, but maybe it's me, maybe I've been selfish this whole time for stringing him along. I guess that would be pretty darned stupid of me since this is about as high maintainace as it gets -- and I don't care that I spelled that wrong.
I got my hair cut with mom... I bought her stamps in DC but I guess I figured that wasn't enough for her Birthday so I took her out to dinner a lot and we went to this beauty place that smelled just horrible, and we both got our hair cut. Of course, I'd just got mine done earlier this summer, longer and more sofisticated, I guess, but it's been probably thirty years for my mom so we told them to be tame and they were, and I don't think she likes it very much so I guess I should just send her back with a picture or something. Yeah. Anyway, Bev, remember last summer when we went to get our hair cut and it was really short? Yeah... mine is longer than that, a little, but not really because its really curly now since I don't have a ton of hair to weigh it down and so it's really short and really poofy and also layerd, so it's kind of funky, but good.... yeah..... maybe not so good for Lynchburg, but that's like... wow.... like three weeks away.... two? Wow.
So anyway, this vacation has been good for me and I'm a little less stressed and a little more comfortable about Tom and I and So Co is coming to LA in November so I'm totally excited for that.... Who wants to go? It's only nineteen bucks! I'll drive!!


this written by Mel at 7:29 AM


Thursday, September 18, 2003

oh yeah, check out the new soco banner..... new album North in stores just i.. oh, after my Birthday..... bummer....
Maybe someone will forget my birthday... and get it for me then.... so, from now on, my birthday is on 22 October! Yeah!!

this written by Mel at 2:54 PM



and version two: Yay!!!!


Take the test, by Emily.



oh yeah, they're touring with g.c. but not anywhere near me... don't they know how much I love them? And I cut my hair just like them too..... how sad

this written by Mel at 2:37 PM



According to the Which Something Corporate Song Are You? Test...



On a side note, I'm in Greeley. It makes me apreciate my college..... yeah..... still not totally de-stressed, but close. Gosh, I make it sound like I'm in detox or something....

kl

this written by Mel at 2:28 PM


Thursday, September 11, 2003

So my life is pretty much chaos.
I went to DC last week. It was great Got me thinking about everything I wanted to do before I met Tom and how all that changed. I guess that just made it make more sence when Renee told me that there was no spark and how I shouldn't settle and how there's more chemistry between me and Kevin than there is between Thomas and I. I guess. I don't think I'm getting married anymore. I don't know. I guess I should talk to Tom instead of avoiding him all he time.
I worked last night until almost 9:30, which is insane. We're less than a month away from 40 DOP kick off and our infostructure is falling down all around me, I have no control over the fullfillment house, and I can no longer guarantee product and it drives me crazy becuase I hate not being able to follow through... yeah... so I'm done ranting.
My great grandma's only getting worse... I'm driving out there next week... my last week before school starts, my last chance, as it were. I guess I'd better figure this thing with Tom out before I get there because I think we have a lot of talking to do in person, and we don't really get that chance very much anymore.
So how is everyone's first days of school going? I don't want to go back. I don't have time. I started this job so that I could go to school, but it's fastly becoming "i'm going to school so they'll let me keep my job."
Crazy.

this written by Mel at 7:15 PM


Monday, September 01, 2003

So when the guys who write Penny Archade went on and on and on and on about The Da Vinci Code (Dan Brown) I was like, yeah, okay, that's interesting. But OH MY GOSH this is the best book I've read in a really long time... okay, maybe not the best ... yeah, it was the best book. I read it in about ten hours, that's ten consecutive hours, interupted only for some food, and only then because we had company. I mean, this book is a real thinking book, I mean, it makes you wonder, but at the same time it's really fast paced.....

You know those people you don't like it the movie theater who are always yelling at the people on the screan... things like "don't go in there!" and "oh my gosh!" and "can't you see the secret message is written backwards?!?!" ... yeah... I was doing that in my living room...

****

As a far less interesting note, after meaningful- blue-chair-type dialogue with my dad, I have decided to wait after college until I get married... if only to save my dad from a heart attack... I mean, it'd be nice to have him there and all... and I'm also sort of hoping he'll pay for some of it....

this written by Mel at 5:00 PM






links to people:
:: beverly's homepage ::
:: beverly's journal ::
:: tom's blog ::
:: my blog's name is jennifer ... mackenzie's journal ::
:: insanity is contagious...kunal's journal ::
:: gary's kustace ::

links to music:
:: something corporate's official Site ::
:: david crowder band ::
:: dave matthews band ::
:: dave matthews in brazil ::
:: the get up kids ::
:: further seems forever ::
:: relient k ::

links to neat stuff:
:: it's walky! WIIGII! ::
:: pvp ::
:: the visual thesaurus ::
:: maystar ::
:: arr.... how to talk like a pirate ::
:: the X Prize ::


current book:
lolita by Vladimir Nabokov.

newest cd:
"give up" by the postal service
"destination beautiful" by mae
"treats" from barsuk records
"we have the facts and we're voting yes" by death cab for cutie
"you can play these songs with chords" by death cab for cutie
"something about areoplanes" by death cab for cutie
"this is a pinback cd" by pinback
"tell all your friends" by taking back sunday
"a mark, a mission, a brand, a scar" by dashboard confessional
"ok go" by ok go
"how to start a fire" by further seems forever
"two wrongs don't make a right... but three do" by relient k
"transatlanticism" by death cab for cutie
"the moon and antarctica" by modest mouse
"on a wire" by the get up kids


in the mail:


big news:
I'm gettin married....


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