Melissa

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Gender Female
Industry Student
Occupation Student and Writer
Location Graduate School
Introduction I'm a graduate student, future librarian, geek, writer, and mom. As Helen Keller said, "Life is either a great adventure, or nothing." I choose adventure.... Come along for the ride!
Interests disabilities, travel, relocation, lifelong learning, job hunting, accessibility, wheelchairs, prosthetics, writing, publishing, driving, creativity, california, washington, michigan, pennsylvania, career, resume, urban, poetry, folk music, rock music, feminism, universe, the secret, what the bleep, libraries, research, librarianship, literacy, Mills College, Middlebury College
Favorite Movies Bladerunner, Mad Max, Antitrust, Hackers, What Dreams May Come, First Knight, Pretty Woman, Tron, Mr. Holland's Opus, Knotting Hill, Matilda, True Lies, Wag the Dog, RENT, Flawless, Better than Chocolate, 10 Things I Hate About You, Almost Famous, Saved!, The Last Unicorn, The Princess Bride, The Matrix, X-men, Murderball, Zefferelli's Romeo and Juliet, Serenity
Favorite Music Ani Difranco, John Mayer, Jason Mraz, Mae, Massive Attack, Crystal Method, Zero 7, Sia, Rush, Led Zeppelin, Steve Halpern, Aimee Mann, Melissa Ferrick, Boston, Stevie Ray Vaughn, Regina Spektor, Plain White T's, The Rocket Summer, Yo yo Ma, Izhak Perlman.
Favorite Books The Turing Engine, The Ship Who Sang, The Color Purple, Gingerbread, Speak, Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom, Bella Tuscany, One for the Money, Whiskey and Water, Persuasion, Little Women, Little House on the Prairie, A Little Princess, Ender's Game, The Lord of the Rings, A Wrinkle in Time, Harry Potter, Writing Down The Bones, What If, Fear of Flying