Melissa M.
Founder/Stealfinder in Chief, Shoestring Magazine
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Location:
Somerville ,
MA
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Profile updated:
Feb 07, 2010
Last signed in: Dec 17, 2010
Member since: Dec 11, 2005
Melissa is saving you money while saving the planet at www.shoestringmag.com
Describe Yourself:
I'm a walking contradiction wrapped in a lot of fun. An idea woman with a severe procrastination problem. A thirtysomething with a child's heart, searching for her lost idealism. A joker, a toker, a midnight smoker. A disciple of the church of laughter and an indentured servant to the eucharist of wonderment.
On Gather, I'm Looking For ...:
Intellectual stimulation, inspiration, opportunities to share thoughts & ideas & frustrations, and meeting other writers/editors/makers/bargainistas to join my budget living cabal.
Favorite Music, Artists, Genres:
Camera Obscura ,
The Shins ,
The Dandy Warhols ,
Elliot Smith ,
Clap Your Hands Say Yeah ,
Group Sounds ,
Arcade Fire ,
Cat Power ,
The Bleedin Bleedins ,
Bad Jamie ,
Custom Deluxe ,
Belly ,
Mazzy Star ,
Veruca Salt ,
Garbage ,
Blind Melon ,
Bob Dylan ,
Neil Young ,
James Taylor ,
Ella Fitzgerald ,
Sam Cook ,
Billie Holiday ,
Frank Sinatra ,
Dean Martin ,
Rosemary Clooney ,
BB King ,
Stevie Wonder ,
The Commodores ,
Nina Simone ,
Madeleine Peyroux ,
oh man ,
where to go next?
Favorite Books, Writers, Genres:
How many characters do I have here? Still Life with Woodpecker ,
all things Sedaris ,
Interpreter of Maladies ,
The Return Journey ,
Dancing on My Grave ,
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (plays ,
but still ,
worthy) ,
A Doll's House ,
Catcher in the Rye ,
Great Gatsby ,
The Man Who Cooked For Himself ,
Drummer Hoff Fires It Off ,
... ,
Keats ,
Longfellow ,
Wordsworth ,
Coleridge ,
Blake ,
Edna St. Vincent Millay ,
Seamus Heaney ,
Nuala Ni Dhomhnaill ,
Yeats ,
Shakespeare ,
Marlowe ,
Jonson ,
Ibsen ,
Tennesee Williams ,
Edward Albee ,
Raymond Chandler ,
Jhumpa Lahiri ,
Dr. Seuss ,
Shel Silverstein ,
Truman Capote ,
Hunter S. Thompson ,
Maeve Binchy ,
Nick Bantock ,
and Tom Robbins off the top of my head
Favorite Movies, Actors, Genres:
La fille sur la pont ,
Mujeres al borde de un ataque de nervios ,
Donnie Darko ,
Born Into Brothels ,
Shakespeare in Love ,
Wonder Boys ,
Dead Poets Society ,
Frida ,
Cinema Paradiso ,
Grumpy Old Men (all of them) ,
too many to name for too many different reasons
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Interests and Activities:
Bargain hunting ,
good food ,
better wine ,
great conversation ,
art and shows and live music of any kind ,
cheap travel ,
dive bars ,
fast cars ,
stretching the brain ,
and a certain hot red-headed linguist ,
Mosaic artwork ,
thrifting & antiquing ,
strolling the city ,
hanging out with my dog ,
listlessly roaming the aisles at the grocery store ,
consummately in search of the best new coffeeshop or sushi bar
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