Needlephile

Y!: slimissaw(at)yahoo(dot)com

Hi! My name is Melissa, I am 30 and live in San Diego, CA. I am going to school full time right now to get my masters degree in Traditional Chinese Medicine (Acupuncture), at the Pacific College of Oriental Medicine. My friend Lisa encouraged me to learn how to knit in August 04, so I am still very new to all of this. This is a pic of me with some of my knitter friends...me, Lisa, Ann and Louella.... we try to get together to knit as much as possible, and we have a stich n bitch once a month. Here is a list of 70 things about me: (100 is too much right now)
1. I was born on Sept 19th, 1975 in Leominster, MA
2. I grew up in Westminster, MA
3. I went to college at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst
4. After graduation I moved to Boston
5. On a whim, i decided to move to San Diego with a couple of friends
6. I haven't seen those friends in a couple of years
7. I was engaged for over two years... we broke up for a few months and then got back together, but then broke up again for good
8. When I lived in Boston I worked as a cocktail waitress in a comedy club
9. I have never been in a car accident (knock on wood)
10. I have only gotten two speeding tickets in my life
11. I have two tattoos
12. I got one tattoo of a butterfly in New Orleans
13. I love to knit
14. I am getting my masters degree at the Pacific College of Oriental Medicine to learn acupuncture
15. I am a good student
16. I have one brother
17. My parents are divorced, and both in new relationships
18. I am pro-choice
19. I hate George W. Bush
20. I was raised protestant, but I am now agnostic
21. My favorite color is purple
22. I drive a Saturn
23. I have a "Yankees suck" license plate frame
24. I love the Red Sox
25. I have a crush on Tom Brady
26. I have a huge crush on Colin Farrell
27. i don't wear contacts
28. I never had braces
29. I have my massage technician certificate
30. I live in a cottage a block from the beach
31. I have two cats
32. I used to play the flute
33. I never broke any bones (knock on wood)
34. I am slightly supertitious
35. I love red wine
36. I lost my virginity when I was 17
37. I don't like avocados (or guacamole)
38. I am a Virgo
39. I was born in the year of the Rabbit
40. I always wear toe nail polish
41. my ancestry is 75% Finnish and 25% English
42. the English part supposedly came over on the Mayflower
43. I should be studying right now
44. I have met Nomar Garciaparra, the Wayans Brothers, Anthony Clark, Pauly Shore, and Dane Cook
45. I used to collect shot glasses, but now I dont have anywhere to put them
46. I say the F word a lot
47. I use an electric toothbrush
48. I am 5' 8"
49. I was only in the hospital once... I thought I had spinal menengitis
50. My favorite authors are Stephen King and Anne Rice
51. Favorite band of all time= U2
52. I have been to England and Wales
53. I was in the band in high school
54. I had a horse when I was a teenager
55. I know how to water-ski
56. I learned how to down-hill ski and ice skate not long after i could walk
57. I have been to the Grand Canyon
58. I drove from San Diego to Rocky Mtn National Park in Colorado and back all by myself to visit my brother once
59. I speak some Spanish, and I took one year of French
60. My favorite scent is vanilla and lilac
61. My favorite movie is Casablanca
62. I named one of my cats Ilsa, after Ingrid Bergman's character in Casablanca
63. My favorite game to play in Vegas is Roulette
64. My favorite drink is the cosmopolitan
65. I get really competitive when playing Trivial Pursuit
66. I hate hate hate to clean the bathroom, especially the tub/shower
67. I have just started jogging again after a long hiatus
68. When i'm bored, i like to play online poker (for fake tokens)
69. I love to procrastinate
70. I'm not very good about returning phone calls
71. I like to listen to jazz and chill-out when I am studying
72. I don't want kids... ever
73. Almost everyone tells me that I will change my mind some day... this drives me nuts
74. I love Chai Lattes
75. I love Dunkin Donuts Coffee, and I miss it dearly (no DD in So. Cal)
76. my favorite purfume is Victoria's Secret Heavenly
77. I feel like a lot of people don't get my sarcastic sense of humor
78. I have really bad credit, but I am slowly fixing it
79. I don't have a Boston accent, but I like to use the word "wicked" a lot
80. I hate it when people write "there" when they should use "their" and vice versa
81. I'm kinda anal about some things
82. I like to do yoga and pilates
83. My favorite beer is Wachusett Summer Ale
84. I think some day I might move back to Massachusetts
85. All of my grandparents are dead... I really miss them
86. I wish I was a better writer
87. When I was younger, i used to be a pretty good artist, but now I'm not anymore
88. I really want to visit Paris, China, Thailand, Costa Rica, Italy, Finland, Spain... and so many other places!
89. If I ever get married I want my honeymoon to be in Costa Rica
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