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In a bin.
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"Fit to bursting. Like unto death. Utter twaddle."
More about Melissa
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Schools:
Oswego Hs, Attended 1993 - 1997, Class of 1997
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Schools (Other):
Minetto Elementary, Oswego High School, Westminster Choir College, Syracuse University
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College/University:
Syracuse University, Attended 2004 - 2005, Class of 2005, Master's Degree, Library and Information Science, School Media
New York University, Attended 1998 - 2001, Class of 2001, Bachelor's Degree, Free to be you and me.
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Occupation:
School librarian, adult literacy tutor, bard
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Affiliations:
American Library Association, New York Library Association, New York City School Library Assocation, ex-Minettan, Post-Hip Revolution
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Hobbies and Interests:
poetry (gack), books, songs, places, Depression-era huswifery
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Favorite Books:
Jane Eyre, The Last Unicorn, Light in August, Lolita, HellBoy, The Lifetime Reading Plan, Sandman, Midnight's Children, Emily Dickinson, Yusef Komunyakaa, Marie Ponsot, Gwendolyn Brooks, Elizabeth Bishop, Kevin Young
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Favorite Movies:
Shawshank Redemption, Tolkien (Bakshi, Rankin-Bass, and Jackson), Wet Hot American Summer, The Professional, GoodBurger, the ones with the Muppets, Roxanne, the ones with Bill Murray, The Music Man, 80s sci-fi/fantasy movies
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Favorite Music:
Aimee Mann, Lyle Lovett, The Band, Joni Mitchell, Sondheim, opera & art song in English
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Favorite TV Shows:
Buffy the Vampire Slayer, The State, Mr. Show, Firefly, The West Wing, Sherlock Holmes with Jeremy Brett, Everwood (night), Highway to Heaven, M*A*S*H
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About Me:
Fit to bursting. Like unto death. Utter twaddle.
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Who I Want to Meet:
Folks is folks, y'all.
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She be cool.
and funny and hospitable, and she
makes you feel special when you talk
to her, even if she doesn't know you
that well. All in all, she is good
people. I hear from reliable sources,
that should you get drunk at her New
Years party, she will give you a
blankie and pillow and let you sleep
in her hallway, which is very nice
indeed, as hallways go. Also she
writes poems. That is all.
"supercalifragilisticexpialidocious." Which is good, as
that has been sorely missing for some time.
too mad about me sleeping with her
boyfriend.
master of words, for real. she also
sleeps through the wall from me, so I
gotta be nice.
no!" into my vocabulary. What more
needs to be said? Also, I took that
picture.
for that one Joanie Loves Trotsky song,
and sometimes she doesn't. She claims
that she can only do it if there are
other girls around, because "it's a
vagina thing." But I do it all the
time... so what does that say about
me? I don't know. I wrote a song
called "Melissa" once... but it was
about a different Melissa. But that
doesn't make this Melissa any less cool!
miracle of modern genetics. Usually I
hate reading people's poetry because
it isn't any good, but not hers. Hers
is good, damn good, & I mean Good with
a capital G the way God has a capital
G but one less o. I do not find it
embarrasing, but rather captivating. I
mean I would pay good money for a
volume of that shit; cold cash
dollars. Fortunately, when Melissa
does one day publish her masterpiece
I'll probably get comped a copy
because I wrote this.
simply call her guest.
unbelievable person in my book. Then
she said the magic words, 'Sure. I read
comic books, too.' If she ran shotgun
with every terrorist in the world,
ain't no WAY I'm ever saying a bad word
about her. EVER!!