About
- My name is: Melanie
- But you can call me: Mel or Meli
- Birthday: Feb 11, 1987, making me currently 23 and an Aquarian
- I live: in Oklahoma with my family
- I am: single and not in a huge hurry to be otherwise
Quick Biography
I was born in Pennsylvania, and I’m the oldest of four. In the course of my childhood I’ve lived in four different states, gone to ten schools, been homeschooled twice, and have moved at least fourteen times that I can remember. I wasn’t in a military family or anything; I think they had a slight touch of wanderlust. My siblings are six, eleven, and thirteen years younger than me, respectively. I was a troublemaker in elementary school, a “freaky smart girl” in junior high, and relatively normal in high school. I got good grades, hung out with three or four different crowds, and “followed a religion” that nobody had ever heard of.
In My Spare Time
Give me a day off and you’ll probably find me in front of my computer for a significant amount of time, which is not always something to be proud of. I love designing and coding, and I’m not the best at regular blogging. I’m addicted to web 2.0 and love trying out all the new services and beta websites. You will always find me on Facebook, always. Offline, I love movies and music, and have an unhealthy fascination with all of the mysteries of the show Lost. I know how to crochet and how to sew, but it’s not something I usually have time for. I go to the library every Monday, rain or shine, and I love to read just about anything.
I also love to write, which is not something I’ve had much time for since I started working at Braum’s in 2006. I have several works I’m in the middle of, with ideas floating through my head waiting for me to have the time of day to write them down. I journal but have an unhealthy fear of what will happen with these works after I pass on… I don’t want them read, ever!
Religion (If We Want To Call It That)
I’ll start off right away saying that I hate labels when it comes to what you believe. For most of my life I was a believer, what you might label your run-of-the-mill Christian. I went to church, I believed in Jesus, I celebrated His birth every year in December. In 2002 my family had a huge run-in with our church and left it, only to discover that every other church we visited was exactly the same: populated with unfeeling people, hands raised in the air, glorifying a God they never bothered to talk to.
We ended up becoming what you might call Messianic, or even Messianic Jewish. I believe in the Old Testament. I believe in keeping all of those commandments. I keep kosher. I celebrate holidays such as Passover and Yom Kippur. I also still believe in Jesus. I believe in God. It’s a healthy mixture of them both.
Ironically, if I’m explaining to someone that I can’t eat that bacon or I need off on a Saturday, I just explain that I’m Jewish. So much for no labels!
Oh Gosh, More?
Here’s a few more dot-points, if you’re interested.
- I play guitar. Well, sort of. I started October 2007, and I probably should have made more progress by now, but I do really like it. I can play a few songs… that’s all.
- I love accents. Just about any kind. My favorites are pretty much any variation coming out of the UK… I love listening for the subtle differences inside the umbrella of a “British accent.”
- I’m not a great cook. I blame it on lack of experience. I don’t actually mind cooking, either, and I tend to be the type that, when asked for a recipe, describes ingredients using words like “pinch” or “a good amount of.” I don’t like to bake, though. Not at all.
- I’m not a girly-girl, but I do love to shop. I love malls. I love big stores. My secret is that I’m not always shopping for girly stuff (makeup, shoes, clothes). More often, you’ll find me in the Apple store or drooling over office supplies.
- I’m an obsessive googler. For real, anything I don’t know how to do, I’m googling. I’ve found people tend to ask questions all around the internet, so if you phrase your search exactly how you want to ask it (“I just dropped my phone in water, HELP, now what do I do?!”), you’ll immediately find other desperate people in the same predicament.