Name: Melissa Lee Brown
Nicknames: Missa, Lissa
Blood type: A Negative
Height: 5'5"
Hair: Dark brown
Eyes: Greenish blueish
Ring size: 6.5
Shoe size: 8
Birthday: August 24
Born in: Emporia, KS
Home town: Federal Way, WA
Current location: Seattle, Washington
Transportation: Bus, '86 VW Golf ("Partly Cloudy")
Pets: Otis (Quaker Parrot)
Marital status: Single
Color: Navy & teal blue
Number: 5
Holiday: Halloween
Alcoholic drink: Kamakaze or Amaretto Sour
Non-alcoholic drink: Grape juice
Bread item: Icebox bran muffins
Vegetable: Squash
Meat: Osterich or Salmon
Fruit: Kiwi
Dessert: Ice cream
Candy: Belgian chocolate
Comfort food: Cesar salad in a bag
Toothpaste: As long as it comes in the upright tubes and isn't gel
Style: Comfortable, toned-down version of my sister
Movie genre: Romantic comedy
Movie: The Royal Tenanbaums
Actors: Kevin Spacey, George Clooney, Jason Lee, Hugh Grant
Actresses: Gwyneth Paltrow, Drew Barrymore, Charlize Theron
Stand-up comedian: Bill Cosby (don't let "the Cosby Show" fool ya)
Music genre: Good ol' Rock n' Roll in its every form (especially: 70's rock, 80's pop, 90's alternative, and 2000 punk)
Radio station: 89.9 KGRG (college station, local and punk), 95.7 KROCK (70-90's rock), 107.7 The End (new rock)
Band: Puzzle Gut , NIN, and Everclear
AIM: Puzzlegutt
MSN: Puzzlegut
Yahoo: freedoor
Meyers-Briggs: INSP (the N is debateable, though)
How I view the world: In spite of it all, I still believe that people are born good and learn to be evil.
Work: Currently admin stuff for Seattle's building department... with aspirations to get back into Urban Forestry when I stop being lazy.
Hobbies: Board and card games, movies, hiking and birdwatching, reading, karaoke
Goals: Travel to the UK, Australia, Japan, Brazil, road trip of North America, and visit Europe again before I'm old. All while working with plants, birds, insects, or some such thing.
Good habits: Punctual, thorough, organized piles, non-smoker, sensible with money
Bad habits: Procrastinator, chapstick addict, ice cream, last-minute plans changer
Motto or code: "Things work out the best for those who make the best of the way things work out" and "Do what makes you happy, as long as it doesn't affect someone else's ability to do the same"
Passions: Birds, family
Religion/Beliefs: see "motto or code", atheist
What makes me happy: Photos, friends and family, animals, momentos, food, chick flicks
Politics: Much more liberal than a Democrat, but resigned to the fact that the US is a two-party country. I try to make the Democratic party a little more like I think it should be when I have the oppritunity.
Hi-fives and weird secret handshakes
Meatloaf
Hard-core rap, elevator music and soft jazz, non-pop country music
Office politics and gossip
Creepy middle-aged men
Selfish people and SUV/Truck/Hummer drivers
Uncontrolled tickles
Worst fear: fire in my home
Heavy metal or hard rock music with intense background music
Petting (this means playing with my hair or light tickles)
Humor
Politics
*sunrise or sunset? -- Sunset. I'm always too tired to enjoy the sunrise, and sunsets are over the water...
*staying up late or getting up early? -- Staying up late! I'll sleep in until it's 15minutes before I have to leave the house.
*being hot or cold? -- Hot! I'm cold blooded! I loves the summer! (and hates the air-conditioning associated with it!)
*cat or dog? -- I'm allergic to cats :(... dogs are kinda smelly, but I do enjoy their company. I'll take a bird over either one of them any day.
*mustard or ketchup? -- mustard. Ketchup is too sweet.
*soft or hard cover books? -- Hard cover is too heavy, and you have to take care of them because they're "nice"... I'll take a paperback I can beat up a little.
*newspaper or magazine? -- Newspapers have too many sad or upsetting stories
*wonder or amazement? -- That's hard! I associate wonder with things I cannot understand, like the vastness of the universe or how my mom knows EVERYTHING. Amazement I associate with things I can't do, like being amazed at how much my sister ate or how my mom knows EVERYTHING. I guess I'd have to go with wonder, but they're both pretty darn cool.
*red or white car? -- I hate white cars. They scream institutional, old person. Red cars are kinda ugly, too, but I'm not really sure why. I'm a fan of the bright colors... Ideally mine will be lime green someday.
1. Never in my life have I: wanted to live alone
2. The one person who can drive me nuts, but then can always manage to make me smile: My mom! The lady will ask the same question three times in as many minutes, then ignore your answer because she didn't understand it... but her wit is still as sharp as a tack.
3. High School: wasn't as bad as everyone makes it out to be. It's where I met many of my closest friends. Life was still pretty care-free.
4. When I'm nervous: I always have to pee! And I get sweaty palms. And dizzy.
5. The last time I cried was:
6. If I were to get married right now my bridesmaids would be: Jessica, Pam, and Kelly
7. My hair: is always in flux
8. When I was 5: my brother was my best friend and my sister was already being mean to me... and I sat at the table with green chairs at school.
9. Last Christmas: I'd just gotten back from Australia and I backed into Audrey's car
10. The craziest recent event was: The huge storm and the subsequent formation of "Candycane Lane" in mom's front yard.
11. By this time next year: I'll have a grown-up job and savings enough to go traveling again
12. I have a hard time understanding: selfish people and the club scene
13. One time at a family gathering: Corrigan denied that he hates vegetables
14. You know I like you if: I hug you. And who don't I like? Not many, really.
15. If I won an award, the first person I'd tell: Jessica
16. Take my advice: don't try to convince people of what is best for them. It usually means it's not best for you.
17. My ideal breakfast is: lunch
18. If you visit the place I grew up: stop by the lilac bush at my mom's and spare a thought for all my lost parakeets.
19. If you spend the night at my house: I'll turn the heat on for you, and break out the fresh sheets for the futon
20. I'd stop my wedding if: my mom, sisiter, or brother couldn't attend
21. The world could do without: reality TV
22. I'd rather lick the belly of a cockroach than date: an ex again
23. Most recent thing I've bought myself: was an opal neaklace in Oz
24. I shouldn't have been: a 'Melissa' ... it was supposed to be Miranda. I think being "Melissa B." all through grade school scarred me.
25. There's this girl I know who: is married, lives with her boyfriend, and accepts expensive gifts from yet another man.
26: I don't know: much of anything anymore. I know when I USED to know something, but it's only ever on the tip of my tongue now.
27. If I ever go back to school I'll say: "there goes my trip to Antarctica"
28. What I really want for valentines day is: a date to see a good chick flick, and no expectations for a fancy romantic gift from me, either.
29. Tomorrow I am: taking my sister back to Bellingham and visiting my old office
30. I really want to learn: about farming. I think I'd like it, but maybe not if animals explode or something.