mosaic

the questions below go with each of the pictures in the mosaic.

1. What is your first name?: Melissa
2. What is your favorite food?: Fajitas
3. What school did you go to?: University of North Texas
4. What is your favorite color?: Red
5. Who is your celebrity crush?: Leonardo DiCaprio

6. Favorite drink?: Patron Tequila
7. Dream vacation?: London
8. Favorite dessert?: Apple Pie and Vanilla Ice Cream

9. What you want to be when you grow up?: Happy
10. What do you love most in life?: My Friends

11. One word to describe you?: GoodTimes
12. Your nickname?: Monkey Face

i... totally jacked this from another blog...

I am: Melissa, Mel, Melis, Monkey Face, Boss-Lady, HCG-ette, Patrona, Herbie's Mom, Nanci's Daughter.

I have: the day off and am enjoying it as much as possible!

I had no idea: how much people can change.


I Know: that i'm very lucky to be who i am and where i am in life.

I Am: taller than most people.

I Think: about work all the time... and it's not rocket science either... it's jeans and t-shirts...

I Want: a new economy, a better president, and world peace.

I Have: gray hair. too much for a girl my age.

I Dislike: bad people, or good people who do very bad things.

I Miss: being a kid.

I Fear: being old and alone.

I Feel: content.

I Smell: soap.

I Crave: laughter.

I Cry: only when i can't avoid it... when i'm sad, when i'm stressed, when i don't see any options in difficult situations.

I Usually: charge my cell phone every single night because i can't function with a dead battery.

I Search: for my keys in the bottom of my purse.

I Wonder: about people i don't talk to any more... erik, jeff, lee, melissa, rachel, kim, george, matt, tyson, jacqui...

I Regret: some of the trust i so willingly gave away.

I Love: my family more than i can explain.

I Care: about what is right and fair.

I Always: return text messages.

I Worry: about what will happen by the end of the year.

I Am Not: able to stand quietly by and watch.

I Remember: everything... except people's names.

I Believe: in myself.

I Dance: for old navy cards at work... it motivates my associates to see me act a fool in public.

I Sing: because deep down i think i can... but i really can't.

I Don't Always: make good decisions.

I Argue: when i'm right... which is usually the case.

I Write: emails, blogs, texts, comments and strongly worded letters.

I Win: ! i'm the winner!

I Lose: my mind when i'm stressed.

I Wish: i had a real house. with a yard.

I Listen: to my mom and frank.

I Don't Understand: people.

I Can Usually Be Found: at old navy #5913... or at station 4... or at home.

I Am Scared: of bugs that crunch.

I Need: more shoes.

I Forget: the little things.

I am: me.

perfect gifts

editors note: can you tell i'm glad to have my internet back? several posts in one day... i've been saving them up until i could post them!! :)

i HAD to share the fabulous gift ideas i found when i was walking through burlington the other day on my lunch hour (in search of items for my halloween costume)....

if anybody would like me to pick these up, just let me know--i'm all over it--and i have a feeling they're going to be selling fast!!

catching up

well it's official... we've got internet and television! i feel connected to the world again!! yay!! no more checking email and whatnot via cell phone, which--although convenient when one is on the go--gets old rather quickly.

things have been going well, for the most part. drama going on can't be discussed online as of yet, but will be soon... stay tuned for that!

some fun events of the last month or so... the pride parade! frank and chris and i went and watched a bit of the festivities from woody's bar. it was good times, as usual.

we've gotten totally unpacked, no small task... of course chloe wasn't much help... but she sure is cute.

i had lunch with my all-time best friend becca and her son logan. i can't believe how big and grown up he is!! at any rate, it was a fun lunch. i'm so glad that we're the kind of friends who can just pick up after not seeing each other for awhile and be totally cool together. (thanks becca, i've missed you!)

now we're planning the halloween festivities... the block party is oct. 25 and is THE party in dallas. part of the club is going to be decked out like "alice in wonderland" complete with the mad-hatter's party, decks of cards, all that. and guess who is going to be alice? you guessed it. of course, more updated, with a cute blue dress and hot shoes. i'm totally excited.

but before that is what i'm really looking forward to... LAS VEGAS and the ELTON JOHN CONCERT. there aren't many musicians that i totally love, with so many songs that i know all the words to.... but elton john is one of them. top of my list, i dare say. judge all you want, or choose to be jealous, i'll be in vegas next week with my favorite person in the whole world (mom!) just to see his show. yay!!!!!

moving... oy!

well we're 95% moved into our new apartment!

i'm still going to be in dallas, just moving down the street a bit to a new place with frank and jake. it's a cute townhouse with hardwood floors downstairs, a living room to die for and we can paint any of the walls and not have to worry about painting them back! i know it sounds silly, but in the world of the perpetual renter... that's a fun amenity. it's very HOUSE feeling inside and we've already met half out neighbors--they're super friendly. one guy is throwing a brunch in the courtyard right outside our front door sunday morning before the dallas pride parade.

i'll have pics up at some point. now i just have to finish getting the last random things moved that the movers didn't take... like my computer... we don't have the internet set up yet at the new place, so i'm stuck to checking email and whatnot from my cell phone for awhile, which is tricky.

i'm officially on "vacation" until next tuesday, so i've got time to get all this junk finished. AND i've got time to enjoy pride weekend. the 2008 alan ross texas freedom parade is sunday at 2pm on cedar springs. i'll be there with some of my favorite peeps.

just wanted to give everybody an update. have a great weekend!

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don't understand

i don't understand people.

people in restaurants.

people in stores.

they're rude. they're selfish. they seem to forget that the person interracting with them is, in fact, another human being.

that human being might be having a bad day. they could have just gotten really bad news. they could be sick. they could be stressed about a loved one. and they're just trying to get through the day.... and then these rude, selfish people show up.

and these rude, selfish people ignore the person in front of them. they speak down to them. they yell, they swear, they argue. and for what?

to get that appetizer comped because they waiter didn't fill the water glass fast enough...

to save the $1.03 on a tee shirt because they didn't read the sign correctly...

what happened to treating people with just a bit of decency?

i don't understand.

i guess it could be worse.

it could be someone you know treating you badly.

a friend, a family member... taking you for granted, using you, hurting you emotionally or even physically, and really just being rude and selfish.

i REALLY don't understand that.

i guess we have to hope that what goes around really does come back around... so they'll get what they deserve in the end...

but in the meantime i still don't understand.