writing on this live journal has often a game of coquetterie, where the writer flashes a little leg and lets the reader play the seductive game of reading between the lines. i do it just as well as the next blogger, i fully admit.

the thing is, none of that today. i'm in love. i'm in love with the most beautiful man i've ever met, and i have no ( Read more... )

When I was a little girl, my life was music that was always getting louder. Everything moved me. A dog followed a stranger. That made me feel so much. A calendar that showed the wrong month. I could cry. I did. Where the smoke from a chimney ended. How an overturned bottle rested at the edge of a table. I spent my life learning to feel less ( Read more... )

I'm sitting in England, typing ( Read more... )

I heard this song while driving through Topanga Canyon today and it brightened my soul. Enjoy ( Read more... )

Hello. My name is Melanie and I'm on anti-depressants ( Read more... )

My candle burns at both ends
 It will not last the night;
But ah, my foes, and oh, my friends -
It gives a lovely light.

The tide of summer has pulled me into the bay of a strange, yet wonderful island.  I stand here now watching from the water. The breath of wind stirs up golden sand; it twist its gentle fingers around the branches of sleepy trees and ( Read more... )

Once upon a time, in a land faaaaar, faaaaaar away, there lived a little bratty princess named Melanie. One day, the bratty Princess Melanie went skipping through the woods, when a wolf jumped out.

The band-aids won't stick. The novocain is temporary.

When will I learn that covering up gaping wounds will just cause them to fester? It will not be easy to air out something so deeply painful, but I must be brave and let myself heal naturally.

My school schedule for the Spring 2009 quarter ( Read more... )

OKAY! So, about 2 years ago I went into the Borders at the Northridge Mall with nothing on my mind except Kurt Vonnegut. I walked into the store and asked one of the employees about their selection, and ended up having an hour or two-long conversation about books, philosophy, and general shit. He was very interesting, and not to mention, quite ( Read more... )