My name is Melanie. I’m a twenty-three year old college graduate living in Philadelphia, PA. I’m shy. I like cute puppies, cool designs, and city lights. My hobbies include playing music (clarinet and piano), songwriting, designing, and social media. I’m pretty indecisive, especially when shopping. More...

07Aug10

music and cameras

I keep revisiting this blog, noticing I haven’t written anything in a month, making a mental note to update, and then not doing it. haha. Well at least I took it one step further this time, although I don’t have much of interest to say.

Its hard to believe its August already. This time last year I was in my last month of working at Temple, followed by those four months of stress-filled job hunting/sitting on my ass all day. It feels like so much longer ago though, and those four months are kind of a ramen-noodle-induced blur. What was I even doing? haha

I’ve been slacking on some things I should be working on. Mainly music-related things. I have all these songs that I need to finish and record but just haven’t felt like it. And of course I accidentally deleted all the little snippets of songs I had recorded on my keyboard (this is the second time I’ve done this) so who knows if I even remember most of what I had written. I’ve learned that if something is writing to the keyboard’s memory, do NOT try and press the power button…because for some reason it will delete the entire memory. I will try and get at least one song finished though. Theres no reason why I can’t do that! lol

I’ve really been loving the band The Pretty Reckless lately. Its with that chick from Gossip Girl…which I’ve never watched before so I have no idea of her acting abilities (or lack thereof), but she sure is talented as far as vocal ability and songwriting go. I was pretty surprised. Its been awhile since I’ve found a current band that I really like and would actually purchase a full album from. I was holding out hope for We Are The Fallen since they’re basically composed of ex-Evanescence members, but they weren’t as good as I was expecting. Not bad, but there really weren’t any songs on their album that I’d play on repeat or anything haha

A couple weeks ago, my digital camera (Canon Powershot SD1000) kicked the bucket. It was a sad. But after looking around, I’ve set my eyes on this one as a replacement. Its not the most recent Canon Powershot I don’t think, but I like it…and its pink of course! I will definitely get a case to go with it to protect it from the mass of junk in my bag, which was probably what contributed to the damage done to my current camera.

Ugh I’ve been getting headaches for like 3 weeks. Do not like.

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11Jul10

thank heaven for 711

…though I like Wawa much better.

Kind of belated, but hope everyone had a good 4th of July holiday! (if you celebrate it). I spent it in Brigantine Beach with Shawn and his family…was a fun time. I miss him though =(

Theres been some crazy heatwaves going on the past week. I think it went up to 103 one day. Ridiculous! I can’t wait for Fall to come. I feel like I did absolutely nothing this weekend, which I guess is true. All I really did yesterday was my laundry. haha. And today I don’t really have anything planned except for working out at some point. Very boring. I should really work on those 10 or so songs that I’ve been writing for like 5 months and haven’t finished. Someday.

I’ve been starting to read a bit more lately since I’m taking the train back from work everyday. I just finished Sellevision by Augusten Burroughs, and I’m planning to start The Girl Who Played With Fire on Monday. The first one was pretty good (The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo) and I saw the movie on Netflix this week. The movie kept pretty close to the book (minus a couple things), so I’d recommend it if you like the book. They’re already remaking a Hollywood-ised version of it. Why do they always have to do that? Its like we’re incapable of watching foreign films or something. They’re doing/did the same thing with “Let The Right One In”, which didn’t have to be remade. Neither did “Death at a Funeral”. *lesigh*

I have a dentist appointment tomorrow afternoon. You’d think at my age I wouldn’t have any fear of the dentist anymore…but no, still not looking forward to it at all. haha

I still need to figure out how to get LJ crosspost working. grr.

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25Jun10

movin on up

…or, rather, down?

I can’t believe I literally only have 2 days left in my apartment! There’s some things I’ll miss about it…other things, not so much (mainly the guy next door who likes to blast heavy metal at odd times during the day ). I’ll miss not having my own space. I’m already thinking about how I want to decorate my new apartment when I move out (who knows where and when that will be haha). Hopefully I don’t lose my mind at home. I need to look into saving up for a car so I can hang out with friends more and get out more often. I don’t know what kind of car I want, but definitely something very small. This weekend I’m moving out so I’ve been trying to pack little by little all week. All I have left to box up is the kitchen stuff, my clothes, and whatever is in the bathroom. I have a feeling this weekend is going to involve lots of physical labor.

I have to start taking pubic transit next week to get to work. Ughh. I’ll miss walking, even though it was uncomfortable when it was hot/cold, at least I was able to control the time I got in and not have to depend on someone else lol. I’m going to have to take the train with my mom Mon-Wed because my Septa pass doesn’t start till July and its easier for my mom to just buy train tickets. Unfortunately, she leaves for work really early and I’ll probably be at work wayy earlier than I have to be. I can’t leave later cause the train station is too far away to walk haha. After Wednesday, I’m going to try taking the bus to 69th street and then taking the subway to city hall (which is basically where my office building is). I’ll be able to leave later, so hopefully that will work out. I really hate buses though. From my experience, they’re pretty unreliable. Though maybe suburb buses are better than city buses…I don’t know. haha. Then I’ll just take the train back with my mom since she leaves around the same time I do.

Shawn is coming up to Philly next Thursday! Very excited! I took next Friday off. We’re going to his family’s beach house for the weekend and he’s heading back to Charlotte on Mon, so its not very long but at least I’ll get to see him.

Still having issues with LJ crosspost! (anyone else having problems?) It keeps telling me “invalid password” when I try to post. grrr. Also, still looking for a few more hostees! Email me if you’re interested!

EDIT: Apparently WordTwit (the plugin I use to post new blog post links to Twitter) isn’t working either. What the eff? I feel like this new version of WordPress messed everything up haha

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music and cameras

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thank heaven for 711

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movin on up

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