who is melissa ann!?

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i have no idea when or where this was taken, but this was the first time dumptruck molly made a public appearance.

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everyone she knew thought she was beautiful
only slightly mental
beautiful
a bit temperamental
beautiful
only slightly mental
beautiful

she thought it would be fun to try photography
she thought it would be fun to try pornography
she thought it would be fun to try most anything
she was tired of sleeping

she's looking like a queen
but if you knew what's going on in her life
there'd be a thousand barren mothers there to talk to her
if you knew what's going on in her life
there'd be two hundred troubled teenagers to sit with her
and talk to her
if you knew what's going on in her life
what's going on in her life
there would be a documentary on radio 4

-from "beautiful" by belle and sebastian

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the name "melissa" means "honeybee" or "bee" in greek. 
i've always wanted to be greek, i'm also terrified of bees.

hi there, my name is melissa ann, but some people call me dumptruck molly. i am a twenty-six year old gemini. i have a bachelor's degree in social work (BSW), with a minor in women's studies. i graduated in july of 2004 from ball state university. i currently live in bloomington, indiana. i have lived here since july 2005. i am a case manager at a community mental health center here in bloomington. i work with adults battling mental illness. i love my job. i lived in muncie, indiana until april 2005. i used to work third shift at a community mental health center in anderson, indiana as a residential coach in a group home, working with the same population i do now. i make a zine called "she's so very..." i sing in a band called JERK ALERT! i am obesessed with buffy the vampire slayer, angel, gilmore girls, and queer as folk - they are the greatest shows in television history. i am also newly obsessed with alias, veronica mars and bones. i love any television show that has strong female characters that can be considered as good role models. i oppose capital punishment. i am pro-choice. i consider myself to be a riot grrl feminist. i can't decide what i want to do with my future, but have toyed with the idea of going to graduate school to get my MSW, with a concentration in social work administration and community organizing, in either athens, georgia or pittsburgh, pennsylvania. i may also be interested in doing research, but i have no idea what kind. i don't think this will be happening anytime soon, i'm in no rush to continue my education at the moment. i just want to be young and have fun for a few more years. athens, georgia is my favorite place in the world. i fancy the idea of traveling to greece once a year. i am IN LOVE with belle and sebastian and stuart murdoch. IN LOVE. you have no idea. i'm also seriously obsessed with idlewild, and traveled to portland, oregon in october '05 just to see them play. i have a kitty cat named sweetpea and she's the cutest thing alive. i am madly in love with my boyfriend. i call him sassafrassy.

 i love to dance.
i love to dance like my life depends on it.
dancing isn't merely something to do, it's a way of life. 

"only when i'm dancing can i feel this free" -madonna

 mix tapes are also a way of life.

if you want to learn more go read my livejournal.
or you can find me on myspace.
email address: veryviolentflight@yahoo.com

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these are by no means comprehensive lists.

favorite movies:
the life of david gale * pump up the volume * boondock saints * girl, interrupted * shawshank redemption * lolita * fight club * natural born killers * rocky horror picture show * the breakfast club * i shot andy warhol * the people vs. larry flynt * basquiat * tank girl * seven * labyrinth * romeo and juliet (the 1968 version) * being john malkovich * making mr. right * if these walls could talk (one and two) * cabaret * the cider house rules * hedwig and the angry inch * x-men * star wars (all of them) * eddie izzard - dressed to kill * heathers * welcome to the dollhouse * absolutely anything and everything by john waters * willard * a league of their own * memento * pretty in pink * run, lola, run * sixteen candles * harold and maude * secretary * margaret cho * HUNK * who's that girl? * kill bill (vol 1 and 2) * young einstien * sex lies and videotape

favorite tv shows:
buffy the vampire slayer * angel * queer as folk * gilmore girls * the l word

favorite bands/musicians:
idlewild * belle and sebastian * sleater-kinney * camera obscura * cat power * placebo * kathleen hanna * bikini kill * le tigre * julie ruin * babes in toyland * french kicks * modest mouse * 7 year bitch * pj harvey * b-52's *  cadallaca * bratmobile * duran duran

favorite books:
the complete hothead paisan * the diary of anne frank * all of the harry potter books * lolita * anything by francesca lia block * catcher in the rye * memoirs of a geisha * the house of the spirits * the bell jar * rubyfruit jungle * the perks of being a wallflower * anything about ancient greece or greek mythology and legends * anything about radical feminism and women

go back home!!!