Mixed Moss

I work for the Diabilities Services Office on campus. We provide various accommodations to students with disabilities, and act as advocates for them. I am a Reader; basically I read various books that students need to have for class onto audio tapes, for students with visual impairments or dyslexia. It’s a great office and all […]

This goes out to my favorite girl from Miami.
You Might be a Floridian If…
You exhibit a slight twitch when introduced to anyone with the first names of Charley, Frances, Jeanne or Ivan.
If an airboat is parked in your drive instead of a car.
Your freezer never has more than $20 worth of food in […]

Death of the Fairy Tale
There it lay in jagged shards about my feet:
My shattered vision of what wasn’t.
Rosy-hued like glasses, a stained-glass image of my life
Conceptions of myself, my God, my Love in bitter fragments, too.
Woe to she who sleeps too long, too deep, wakes too late
Wakes to find her world has slipped through her […]

Today I was having the most awful morning, and feeling very lonely and very much as if I were every-ones’ errand girl and no-one’s priority when John Wentz stopped me and said, “You know, Luke prayed for you last night.” Funny how that not-quite-three-year-old little boy can brighten my day.
I’ve gushed quite a bit […]

Here is a blog that my friend Shannon put up on her site about her almost-three-year-old son, Luke– the cutest little boy ever…except maybe his little brother Logan. I can’t figure out which is the cutest and funniest or which I love best. But then again, I don’t have to.
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1 red sock
I […]

This article is somehow cool in a humanitarian kind of a way and hysterical at the same time. Actually, it makes me think of Chip ‘n Dale’s Rescue Rangers. Therefore, it must be blogged. Enjoy!
Rescue rats spell hope for earthquake victims
Wed Sep 22, 3:53 PM ET
PARIS (AFP) - Rats fitted with radio backpacks reportedly […]

Guess what? Today I met a real-life Queen! Queen Noor of Jordan. I suppose you would say she is the Dowager Queen, because her husband, King Hussein of Jordan, passed on of cancer (which is a better end to come to than his father, who was assassinated by his own people when he attempted to […]

Well I’m home. It’s been a while since I’ve posted but then again it’s been a while since I’ve had internet access and time. I miss Chicago already but I am so glad to be back. I’ve missed it here.
It’s kind of hard coming back, because things have changed. So many people I’m used […]

Not that I committed any felonies, and not that my name is Melanie, but there you have it none-the-less.
Tonight after getting ice cream I and a few of the other cafe employees– including one of the assistant managers who is all grown up and ought to know better– couldn’t waste such a gorgeous evening […]

Today was my last day of work. It was so nice! They gave me two cards and a dozen roses, and I brought in a giant cookie decorated like a cake that said “thank you highpoint” (the name of the community center where the cafe is), and tonight I am taking Alex and Rachel out […]