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| User: | melaniesage (3129602)
I took the road less traveled- now where the hell am I?
about art, life, self-care and random stuff
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| Name: | melaniesage |
| Website: | Juxtaposed |
| Location: | Portland, Oregon, United States |
| Birthdate: | 1975-02-16 |
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LJ Talk:
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| melaniesage | @ | livejournal.com (Jabber) |
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| AOL IM: |  Melaniekrs (Add Buddy, Send Message) |
| Bio: | I am a new Portland-ite and really love this town. It's so crafty and creative. And I am getting my PhD here at PSU, which is just damn wonderful. It's green and rainy here, and people walk and ride bikes and sell art in the streets, and it all makes me happy.
But my family is far away in that state that I can't admit I come from because Portland people curse people from that place.
I love LJ, altho' I love art journaling most of all.
I don't know what I want to be when I grow up. Maybe a therapist or a program administrator or a writer or an artist or an instructor, and I might do any of those things right here in Portland or maybe overseas, or maybe I'll retire to Mexico and become a pop star. (just kidding about the pop star part... folk is more my style. I am really considering the Mexico gig!)
I like new friends. I like locals, esp. of the creative variety. My journal is private 'cause it dawned on my one day that I wouldn't want some people to be reading it. Not strangers, that doesn't bother me... and not friends, that's why it's friends-only. It's the in-betweeners that I am keeping out. So if you wanna read it, become a friend. :)
| Dislikes: | 23: , affairs, being fat, being poor, bills, boredom, chronic pain, cleaning, cooking, dentist appointments, fear, feeling desperate, george w., green beans, hangovers, liars, lonliness, manual labor, mean people, sci-fi, slimy mushrooms, spam, traffic |
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| Memories:: | 16 entries |
| Interests: | 145: adobe elements, adventure, altered books, altered images, altered surfaces, ani difranco, antiques, art, art books, art dolls, art journaling, art journals, art quilting, art quilts, art therapy, artist books, artistamps, artists, artzines, assemblage, assemblage art, bad girls, black and white, book arts, bookbinding, books, child protection, child welfare, chocolate, collaboration, collage, counseling, cps, crafts, crayons, creativity, decoupage, diet coke, digital photography, doll artists, dreams, ebay, email, ephemera, exploring, fabric art, fibromyalgia, finding myself, flea markets, flying, folk art, folk music, foster care, found objects, free school, frida, friends, funky decorating, funky interiors, girl power, goddesses, handmade books, handmade paper, jewelry, jewelry-making, jill sobule, joseph cornell, journal, journaling, journals, junk, mail, mail art, making connections, making dolls, making jewelry, making things, mexican art, milagros, mixed media, mixed media art, msw, music, nichos, no doubt, old pictures, old things, oregon, outsider art, painting, paper, paper arts, patty griffin, pdx, philosophy, photocopying, photography, photoshop, podcasts, portland, portland state university, purple, reading, recovery, renewal, respect, rubber stamps, sabrina ward harrison, saints, san miguel de allende, santos, sarah mclachlan, sarcasm, saturday market, scrapbooks, self discovery, self representing artists, self taught artists, self-employed, sharing, shrines, sketchbooks, social justice, social services, social work, spirituality, therapy, tivo, tori amos, travel, travel journals, trees, truth, trying new things, vintage photos, visual journaling, visual journals, web design, weird art, wild art, wings, women, words, writing, zines |
| Schools: | Redwood Elementary School - Fontana, CA (1980 - 1987)
Sequoia Middle School - Fontana, CA (1987 - 1990)
Fontana High School - Fontana, CA (1990)
University of North Carolina - Pembroke - Pembroke, NC (1999 - 2001)
East Carolina University - Greenville, NC (2000 - 2001)
Portland State University - Portland, OR (2005 - present)
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| Friends: |  | 175: | 2littlewings, adellahale, aisling, alanson, alienari, allycatophile, ambersan, anam2cara, anartperson, angiereedgarner, apathyangel, apeacock, aquafraternal, argent93, arianadii, art_queen, arteyes, artindulgence, artluva, artyfartychicky, athenagrey, aubkabob, bellaumbra, bestill, birdandflower, botanicalterror, bri11, browse, catgirrrl, chaosposte, cheves, chibiqueen, chuckallied, cinasage, cobaltika, courtney1981, coyoteblu, deb_m, dejablu503, dianawolf, dragonflysong, drocera, e29design, emmagoldman, enchylatta, esmecat, falsefiction, feychilde, fiveorsixgirls, foundelements, freeschool, gei223, ghostmyst24, girl_villain, golden_nights, gretchin, grlinabox, gypsysouls8, gyrafon, hartsong1972, hit_the_snow, horse_chic, idealmuse, identity7, idolatrieartist, itsabigrock, jengonemad, judywatt, junque_art, junquegrrl, karenleigh, katy_kate, kerrykate, kurki15, lala2, lanicat, laurajkhalil, lazulijuniper, lilacdeaddoll, lisaofnm, lisavollrath, lrstech, lunachele, lunesse, machinarex, mantofev, marstokyo, mayzie, meadowood, melissamh, melted_rachel, metamorphmuse, misfitmonkey, mitdasein, mitzimaybe, mizcarla, mizkatie, moderngypsy, moonshinelane, moonwalkmazza, moxiegirl, museinspiredart, myerscho, mymorningsun, mypapercrane, mysticscribe, nakedyouth, ncsonggirl, nicci, nua_rua, oh_flounder, one_winged_cat, onesmallflicker, paintgyrl, papertart, paperyarngirl, parisnowandthen, parrish_relics, pdxnik, princessdisdain, pthalostars, rain24, raindog, raisin, randomartdesign, rehuxley, rescue, retrorose, roamingblotch, rubbericon, rumi, rustedrhubarb, rutemple, scarlet_lemon, shannongreen, shebaduhkitty, shykitten81, sisonsojourn, sketchmaiden, somanyroses, somavenus, sotoalboroto, spilling_words, spirit_dragon, starlitfemme, starrzinhereyez, subtly_strange, sugarbushfarm, sulapalooza, sunnysparkle, super_crafty, sweetmadnes, tamyranev, tarasartcamp, tatteredphoto, tattooedartgirl, that50sgrrl, the_artista, thecre8tivei, thinkbettersick, thriftpunkloser, timetostamp, tofarawayplaces, tomkyn, translucentruse, treasach, tricia_joy, turquoise_moon, view_from_here, visualartgirl, wanderingmole, watery, winggleam, wishuponakate, zzbeadz |  | 44: | _dilbert_strip, _stencilry, ajideas, an_tir, artjournal, artjournals, artsomofo_2005, cartepostale, craftgrrl, creative_spaces, damnportlanders, deadlysinsbook, diyers, drawnbyhand, grantwriting, james222studios, narrativetheory, nwletterboxing, oregon_outdoors, paidmembers, paintgyrlstudio, pdx_artists, pdx_edu, pdx_for_free, pdx_lifedrawing, pdx_mommies, pdxover30, portland_parent, portlandartists, portlandcraft, portlanders, powellsbooks, radicallearning, rak_wishlist, raptamakeout, shoe_whores, silkscreen, spiralbound_lj, stencil_it_up, stencilxcore, suziblutube, thesantaclause, vintagecolor, visualdiary |  | 3: | gretchensyndica, melaniesageblog, sistersojourn |
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| Mutual Friends: | 128: 2littlewings, adellahale, aisling, alanson, alienari, allycatophile, ambersan, anam2cara, angiereedgarner, apathyangel, apeacock, argent93, arianadii, art_queen, arteyes, artluva, athenagrey, aubkabob, bellaumbra, bestill, birdandflower, botanicalterror, bri11, catgirrrl, chaosposte, chuckallied, cinasage, courtney1981, coyoteblu, dejablu503, drocera, e29design, emmagoldman, enchylatta, feychilde, fiveorsixgirls, gei223, girl_villain, golden_nights, gretchin, grlinabox, gypsysouls8, gyrafon, hartsong1972, hit_the_snow, horse_chic, idealmuse, identity7, idolatrieartist, itsabigrock, jengonemad, junquegrrl, katy_kate, kerrykate, kurki15, lala2, laurajkhalil, lazulijuniper, lisavollrath, lrstech, lunachele, mantofev, mayzie, meadowood, melissamh, melted_rachel, metamorphmuse, mitdasein, mitzimaybe, mizcarla, moderngypsy, moonwalkmazza, moxiegirl, museinspiredart, myerscho, mymorningsun, mysticscribe, nakedyouth, ncsonggirl, nicci, nua_rua, one_winged_cat, paintgyrl, papertart, parisnowandthen, parrish_relics, pthalostars, rain24, raindog, raisin, randomartdesign, retrorose, rumi, rustedrhubarb, rutemple, scarlet_lemon, shebaduhkitty, shykitten81, sisonsojourn, sketchmaiden, somanyroses, sotoalboroto, spirit_dragon, starlitfemme, starrzinhereyez, subtly_strange, sugarbushfarm, sulapalooza, super_crafty, tamyranev, tarasartcamp, tatteredphoto, tattooedartgirl, that50sgrrl, the_artista, thecre8tivei, thinkbettersick, thriftpunkloser, timetostamp, tofarawayplaces, tomkyn, translucentruse, tricia_joy, turquoise_moon, view_from_here, visualartgirl, watery, winggleam |
| Also Friend of: | 1: deretla_skoob |
| Member of: | 16: _stencilry, ajideas, artjournal, artsomofo_2005, craftgrrl, damnportlanders, grantwriting, paidmembers, pdx_for_free, pdx_mommies, portland_parent, portlandcraft, portlanders, shoe_whores, stencil_it_up, suziblutube |
| Account type: | Basic Account |
