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My name is Melanie, but nearly everyone shortens that to Mel. Someone years ago told me my name was hard to remember because it had more than two syllables. Though I think maybe he was just making excuses for being forgetful, there might be something to that. Mel seems to stick more.

Into music the most, movies a lot, and reading in what little time I have left. Some days I want to be a writer. Other days, not so much.

I'd be a pop-culture snob if I didn't like so much cheesy shit.

Computers fascinate me.

Conversationalist from hell.

Libra, Taurus rising. (Sometimes it makes sense, sometimes it doesn't.)

Pretty much an Atheist at this point. Logic and Occam, baby.

Half couch potato, half social butterfly. (Ok, maybe it's more like 60/40.)

A fruit fly. (Sort of like a fag hag, but different.)

Sense of humor that ranges from dry to sarcastic to warped and wrong to all out wacky, all within about 5 minutes of each other. (And despite the photographic evidence to the contrary, I laugh constantly. I just don't let pictures of me smiling escape my grasp very often, as when I smile my eyes disappear and you can see my fangs. Yes, I have natural fangs. It ain't pretty people.)

Smoker. Sometimes drinker.

The polar opposite of a neat freak.

Completely political - proudly liberal - and completely apathetic.

Total nerd in the best sense of the word.

Had my nose pierced for my 30th birthday present to myself.

Not shy. At all. By any stretch.

Not 'girly', but still a girl.

A big kid at heart but gainfully employed. I had to go get a grownup job, though we will not say who that is for here. I'm still doing a little bit of work for my best friend (www.diverseuniverse.net and www.citydweller.net) and working for myself, though I don't really have much time left for that anymore, and I'm not taking on any new projects at the moment (theprojectgeek.com).

Shallow and deep, sometimes in the same moment.

Contradictory.

Poor most of the time. I gave up the corporate money in LA for the happier life in Cleveland, and though I'm poorer than ever, I'm also quite happy. (Even with the grownup job, this is still sadly true.)

Is in possession of a boyfriend who's a video game freak and likes sci-fi, but he also likes a lot of the things I like. I love him very much though many days I'm plotting his demise as I clean up the coffee grounds he spilled on the counter for the millionth time.

Also has 2 great big shedding psychotic freaky cats, who I adore. If you happen to be around me when I see a cat or even a picture of a cat, you will finally be convinced that I am, in fact, a girl.

Spends far too much time in front of the computer. FAR TOO MUCH.

If I could go to a concert every night, I probably would. Time, energy, and finance restraints make even the occasional show a hard press these days though.

Parentheses are my favorite literary device. (In case you couldn't tell already.)

Sometimes mixes perspectives when writing descriptions of myself, despite status as a grammar nerd.

There's so much more to tell you, but I'm even bored with me by now.