Melanie Oglesby

James Madison University, Richmond Community High School

James Madison University, Attended 2000 - 2004, Class of 2004, Bachelor's Degree, Art

Elementary School Art Teacher

playgrounds, robot costumes, waffle house, being artsy fartsy, chocolate milkshakes, college radio, NPR, dancing, freckles, porching it up, red hair, sweet tea, spirituality and Christianity, all things nerdrific and geektastic

Fight the Power, Dress You Up in My Love, Cry the Beloved Country, the Giver, About A Boy, Sidewalk, Lie Down in Darkness, The Red Tent, anything by Madeline L'Engle

Anchorman, The Princess Bride, Edward Scissorhands, Wet Hot American Summer, Zoolander, the Royal Tenenbaums, Notting Hill, Sabrina, the Evil Dead trilogy, Takashi Miike stuff

Dismemberment Plan, Songs: Ohia, Q and Not U, Tori Amos, Bjork, Led Zeppelin, PJ Harvey, Damien Jurado, Nirvana, Sufjan Stevens, Radiohead, Death Cab for Cutie, Damien Rice, The Shins, Rosie Thomas, anything on NPR

Fraggle Rock, Daria, Chappelle's Show, Gilmore Girls, hopelessly addicted to Law and Order

I just accepted a job in Hampton, VA... welcome to psuedo-adulthood.

Sometimes I think I'm an old soul, but then I realize I act like a five year old and that's much more fun than being old.

Besides that... I like friends (and Friendsters, and everyone in between). Friends rule. They keep me from having to talk to myself.

Penguins, zebras, pandas... animals with contradictory pigmentation. And other kind, sincere, and honest individuals.