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Melissa, Duchess of Pie, Beer Goddess

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joined on 02/27/04
last updated 02/24/07
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My Testimonials

August 9, 2005
Do NOT come unarmed to a Battle of Wits with this woman.

You've been warned.
July 14, 2004
Melissa has been my lifeline for the last year. She is an amazing person with an amazing heart. Too bad she is an alien from the red planet ( the hair gives her away) :)
Unsu...
 
June 25, 2004
Bitch! Just kidding. I love ya, bitch. I'm not worthy!!!!

I'd jump the fence for ya you vixen.
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My Photo

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The Atelier of Excessive History

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about me
I'm a graduate student at the University of California, Irvine. I'm working on a PhD in history, with an emphasis in Medieval history. I am a serious beer snob, like everything "food" with the exception of mushrooms, and spend way too much time here when I should be writing my dissertation.
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The latest brainstew

So, I get a call from a very nice young woman who informs me that someone has filed an insurance claim against me...or more rightly, against my auto insurance policy.

Okay, for what? Well, an accident on March 27th this year.

Okay...I haven't had an accident since the 1st of January 2005. In a blue Ford Bronco. I don't own one, nor is there one on my policy...I drive a Saturn.

In LA, at Slaussen and La Brea. The last time I was in LA was in November, and I was off Laurel Ca... read more
Tue, May 22, 2007 - 12:37 PM permalink - 6 comments
 
So, I'm debating what I should do about something. Doing the wrong thing means allowing two people, both of whom I care about, to be happy. Doing the right thing means making them unhappy. As it is, I'm acting pissy because I feel they've put me in an awkward position. So, the question of what to do is really making me crazy.

They are both lovely people. He is the president of an organization, and she is a vp, like myself. They are now dating, and because they are spending a lot of t... read more
Tue, April 3, 2007 - 8:25 PM permalink - 4 comments
 
New Proposed Changes to Title 5, The California Code of Regulations on Subsidized Child Care

WILL END SUBSIDIZED CARE FOR STUDENTS AFTER 6 YEARS
OR 24 UNITS AFTER THE COMPLETION OF A BA!

Write, Fax, Email, Call and Come to Sacramento March 16th!

Written comments can be sent to:
Debra Strain, Regulations Coordinator
Legal Division
California Department of Education
1430 N Street, Room 5319
Sacramento, CA 95814

FAX: 916.319.0155
PHONE: Cecelia Fisher-Dahms, Content Consultant... read more
Wed, March 14, 2007 - 9:10 PM permalink - 0 comments
 
The endorphin rush on this one is fantastically strong. Rather...who hoo.

Tattoos...drugs. Hmm.
Thu, February 22, 2007 - 4:27 PM permalink - 6 comments
 
Don't know if it was the threat that my rent is increasing next year to over a grand a month, the planets and stars aligning, or what, but today I managed to finally stop reading all the damned articles and books and crap and write, and lo and behold, I managed to get 6.5 pages of my dissertation written. I'm not talking tweaking things, just writing. I've got notes to myself all through it, and it's probably a mess of flow problems, but I DID IT. I got past the "oh my fucking god I'm sta... read more
Tue, January 16, 2007 - 11:48 PM permalink - 9 comments
 
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What the Hell Did I Just Say?!

WTF? (blog entry) So, I get a call from a very nice young woman who informs me that someone has filed an insurance claim against me...or more rightly, against my auto insurance policy.

Okay, for what? Well, an accident on March 27th this year.

Okay...I h... read more
blog entry posted Tue, May 22, 2007 - 12:37 PM permalink - 6 comments
The Rock and the Hard Place (blog entry) So, I'm debating what I should do about something. Doing the wrong thing means allowing two people, both of whom I care about, to be happy. Doing the right thing means making them unhappy. As it is, I'm acting pissy because I feel they've put m... read more
blog entry posted Tue, April 3, 2007 - 8:25 PM permalink - 4 comments
Calling all Cali Student Parent types! (blog entry) New Proposed Changes to Title 5, The California Code of Regulations on Subsidized Child Care

WILL END SUBSIDIZED CARE FOR STUDENTS AFTER 6 YEARS
OR 24 UNITS AFTER THE COMPLETION OF A BA!

Write, Fax, Email, Call and Come to Sacramento March ... read more
blog entry posted Wed, March 14, 2007 - 9:10 PM permalink - 0 comments
New Ink! (blog entry) The endorphin rush on this one is fantastically strong. Rather...who hoo.

Tattoos...drugs. Hmm.
blog entry posted Thu, February 22, 2007 - 4:27 PM permalink - 6 comments
photo posted 01/29
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