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ABOUT ME NAME: Melissa AGE: 25 BIRTHDAY: September 21, 1982 LOCATION: Buffalo, NY WORTH: $2,808,643 EDUCATION: B.A. in Sociology (2004) from the State University of New York at Buffalo A.As. in Criminal Justice (2006) from the State University of New York at Erie CONTACT: melissa@mel-icious.net, MySpace or 
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ABOUT RECKLESS ABANDON VERSION: 15.1 ft. JC Chasez (again) FORMERLY: MEL-icious.net HOST: Bravenet SINCE: June 2006 PREVIOUS HOST: Angelfire since August 1999 HITS:
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The Definition:
Your name of Melissa gives you a clever mind, good business judgment, a sense of responsibility, and an appreciation of the finer things of life. You are serious-minded and not inclined to make light of things even in little ways, and in your younger years you had more mature interests than others your age. Home and family mean a great deal to you and it is natural that you should desire the security of a peaceful, settled home environment where you can enjoy the companionship of family and friends. Whatever you set out to accomplish you do your very best to complete in accordance with what you consider to be right.
Although the name Melissa creates the urge to be reliable and responsible, we emphasize that it can cause a superior, interfering expression whose favorite expression is "I know" when not combined with a balanced last name. This name, when not combined with a balanced last name, can also frustrate happiness, contentment, and success, as well as cause health weaknesses through worry and mental tension.
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The Random Questions: as of 04.05.08
NSYNC...
BEEN A FAN SINCE: The first time I heard I Want You Back. I was truly hooked after the Disney concert
FAVORITE MEMBER: Oh, JC. Followed very closely by Chris. But for different reasons
FAVORITE SONG: Hmm... That's When I'll Stop Loving You, Selfish. And Pop. Maybe Bye Bye Bye.
CONCERTS ATTENDED: Four. And 1 JC.
FAVORITE CONCERT MOMENT: Just the energy. At PopOdyssey, I had floor seats, 17th row, and you can just feel the vibes coming off the guys. Celebrity, same thing. Especially because that one was more intimate, really. The first two shows did have the energy, but not as much, probably because it was with NSA that they really became this jaugernaut. However, I did become one of those girls that I made fun of on the *N the Mix video: I shed a few tears at my first Nsync concert. It was just this rush of energy and feeling...I didn't even know I was crying. I'm not saying I bawled like some of those girls on the tape, but yes, tears fell. And JC's show was so much fun. It was horribly publicized, I didn't even know about it until a week before, but it was a small club show - so much more personal than an arena show. I even managed to shout some choice phrases that he did hear and respond to. (Like, "Well, I'll see you after the show.")
FAVORITE JC SONG: Build My World (duh), Lose Myself, 100 Ways, You Ruined Me
FAVORITE JUSTIN SONG: What You Got, Let's Take a Ride, LoveStoned
FIRSTS...
FIRST SCREEN NAME: Duchess921. Shouldn't take a rocket scientist to figure that one out. All it changed to was DuchessAngel37 & Carmelita921
FIRST PIERCING/TATTOO: Piercing- 9 years old, my mom's birthday, 1st hole in my ears. Tattoo- "Today is where your book begins..." on the inside of my wrist, based on my own handwriting.
FIRST CREDIT CARD: Capital One. Who I left & came back to
FIRST TRUE LOVE: Jay. I was ready to marry him. And I think at the end I fell in love with Bill.
FIRST ENEMY: Katie Necci
FIRST CAR: Sami, my purple Cutlass Supreme
LASTS...
LAST KISS: Nick
LAST MOVIE SEEN: Bella Mafia. Love it.
IN THE THEATRE: HP & Order of the Phoenix.. I think. Yes, it's been that long since I've been to the movies, and the next time I go will be HP & the Half Blood Prince.
LAST FOOD CONSUMED: Cheez-its?
LAST PHONE CALL: Charlene?
LAST TEXT MESSAGE: "Where r u???" - Tricia
LAST CD PLAYED: Seether - Karma & Effect
LAST CONCERT ATTENDED: Uh, EchoShift?
CURIOUS...?
HAVE A CRUSH: Does it count if it's someone I shouldn't like? Cuz then I have to admit that yes, I still want Mike. Yes, a whole year later. This is bullshit.
WANT TO GET MARRIED: Not a major concern
ARE YOU A HEALTH FREAK: Yeah right
GET ALONG WITH YOUR PARENTS: Always
MEMBERS OF YOUR FAMILY: Mom & Dad (27th anniversary next), 2 older half-brothers, one younger brother, 2 sisters-in-law, 1 nephew, 2 nieces
LIKE THUNDERSTORMS: They make me... horny
CURRENT HAIR COLOR: Almost its natural brunette shade
EYE COLOR: Dark brown
BIRTHPLACE: In the hospital.
FAVORITES...
NUMBER: 37, 8, 44
COLOR: PURPLE
DAY: Any one that I'm off
MONTH: Not sure
SONG: At the moment, The Killers - Smile Like You Mean It, Indie Rock & Roll, Jenny Was a Friend of Mine, This River Is Wild. My Chemical Romance - Famous Last Words, I Don't Love You. Miley Cyrus - See You Again, Rihanna - Please Don't Stop the Music, Usher - Love in this Club, Lil Mama - Shorty Get Loose
SEASON: Paprika
DRINK: Kiwi Strawberry Propel. 7up Plus. Amaretto Sours. Watermelon Pucker. Jones Soda - Berry Lemonade, Cherry Vodka & Coke. Watermelon Vodka & 7Up
SPORT: To play - soccer. To watch - hockey, soccer, football
SPORTS TEAM: Buffalo Sabres, Calgary Flames.
RESTAURANT: Hmm... Applebees. The King & I (Thai), Buffalo Wild Wings. Damon's (before they closed)
FAST FOOD PLACE: That would be a tie between Tim Horton's & Burger King
BAR: Coyote's, Macaroon's. Quote, SubZero, Level, SkyBar...aw hell, The entire Chippewa district! To quote Big & Rich "And Chippewa's where we go, when we're up in Buffalo, don't you know those yankees drink enough to drown", even though I am starting to get a little annoyed with that whole crowd.
MOVIE: Hmm...I can't pick one right now.
BOOK: Again, I can't choose one. You're killing me. Jane Eyre. The Gossip Girl series. Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants series. Little Women. Dirty Girls Social Club. Anything by Joyce Carol Oates, Stephen King, Terri McMillan, Marian Keyes, Mary Higgins Clark
TV SHOW: Dancing w/the Stars, Cold Case, Supernatural, Psych, Law & Order: SVU, Desperate Housewives, Gilmore Girls, Lost, Notes from the Underbelly, Ugly Betty, Grey's Anatomy, World Series of Pop Culture, Gossip Girl, Lincoln Heights, My Boys, Degrassi, and Beyond the Break.
The History Lesson: Yes, there will be a test
Despite the fact that I keep getting nominated for Best New Author, I’ve been at this thing for awhile, as evidenced by the “since August 1999” above. Freshman year, I came across some Han-fic online. I don’t even remember how. Since I’ve been writing as long as I can remember, I decided to give it a try. I started a much different version of Love & Tears, and I shared it, chapter by chapter, with the Buffalo Scream Squad, our local Hanson Fan Club. I then started an Nsync story, which I believe I shared with five friendss.
Then in my senior year, in Computer Apps 4, I learned HTML. Forget that AOL Hometown drag-n-drop homepage, now I could actually DO stuff. I created a meager little page on Angelfire, which consisted of nothing but image links (that I created) to all my favorite sites, namely, the official sites of Hanson, Nsync, FuManSkeeto, the NY Mets, the Buffalo Sabres, UB, and links to the two sites I had also created with my stories: Together Again and the new version of Love & Tears.
Time passed. I started another story (it came to be called Dream Girl), which meant another Angelfire page. I added more pages to my main site, one being the story index page (“Mel-icious. On the web since August 1999”), which would link you to the three story pages. The index actually hasn’t changed since I first created it, with the exception of me adding a new story or changing the images.
By now, I’ve stumbled upon who would become my biggest influence, and my favorite fanfic author of all time, to this day. She was known as FictionLyn. All life as I knew it ceased to exist when I found her. I spent about two weeks trying to read the 3 epic novels she’d already finished, and then I hung on every week while she updated the next one. And the one after that. Considering she gave us a new chapter every 10 days, and each story was over 50 chapters, I lost over 2 years during her reign. She wrote these long, involved chapters, and you may notice that I do the same, which is why my updates aren’t as frequent as others.
I started another story, Then Came You. Along with it came another Angelfire site. In the meantime, my personal site was rapidly expanding. After JC’s debut solo album came out, I listened to “Build My World” over and over, eventually convincing myself that it would be a much better title than Then Came You. Yet another Angelfire page.
Then I hit the proverbial wall. I was working 45+ hours a week, going to school full-time, in my higher-level sociology and law courses, and I had no time for myself, let alone my writing and my site, and every time I tried to sit down and write something, I’d get one sentence and be frustrated because I didn’t know where to go with it. I’d lost the flow, I’d forgotten where a particular scene was headed, I hated what I was doing. The next blow: FictionLyn quit. She was tired. She felt like this was no longer fun; it was work. And while I cried for like an hour about it, I understood her completely. I’d been bombarded with requests for an update, to know what the hell was going on, and you can only repeat that life is too hectic so many times. I almost followed in her footsteps.
Twice.
By mid 2005, after having had all these different pages, some for 6 years, I decided I needed to get more organized, hoping maybe that would motivate me to get back in the game. I moved all my stories to my main account, jazzed up a nice (basic) layout to the fiction area, and I combined a lot of chapters, making 3-5 short ones into one long one. This made me feel productive, even if I wasn’t really doing anything.
Enter the Inspiration Awards and the Absolute Understatement Awards. One night I got bored, went through my favorites, found a story I’d bookmarked years ago, and saw nominations at some now defunct awards. From there I got to another defunct awards site, and then I eventually got to AU. I nominated myself, not expecting to win anything, just trying to get my name out there, maybe attract more readers. By now, I was sure even my oldest & most loyal ones had abandoned ship, and I couldn’t blame them. As it turned out, I either succeeded in earning new fans, or the old readers were still there. I swept Season 6 at Inspiration. I only got 3-11 at AU, but hey, it was my first time. I was elated, and now I was further motivated, especially after seeing what I was up against.
I bailed on Angelfire, set up shop at the Host Department (then moved to Bravent due to technical difficulties with Host Department), and started playing around with some cuter layouts. Now that I’m all settled in with my little fanfic community (yeah, that’s you ladies on that affiliates page), I’m inspired to write more, to update more often. I’ve never had a little colony of support like this, and it has made a huge difference in the way I view what I do. It’s not work; it’s fun again.
Why I love feedback:
I want to keep this site up and running because it’s something I love to do. However, there are times when I get frustrated because it seems like no one cares. Or I’ll post a poll looking for your input on something, and it will get six votes. It’s not until I get so frustrated that I almost quit that I get multiple responses and people begging me to come back. I don’t know how many people realize how much feedback and input means to me. If I don’t feel like you’re out there, feeling what I’m writing, there is no point in me doing so. I know how the story ends; I don’t have to write it down. I’m doing it for you.
Sometimes you can say something that will give me the drive I need to keep going with a story I’ve practically lost interest in. For example, Love & Tears became a lost cause on almost four separate occasions. I wasn’t going to take it down; I was just going to post a summary of the rest of the story. For each of those incidents, I’d make an announcement, whether on the site or via my update list, and someone would ask me not to. Or I’d be discussing it with one of my friends (who was a reader that I first developed an IM friendship with, then a real one) and she’d give me her ideas.
Your opinions and your ideas can also help me get out of ruts, where I’ve written myself into the proverbial corner and don’t know how to get out. Even when I know where I want the story to go, getting there is tricky, and enough encouragement in a certain direction (ie: “I think Renee should hook up with Justin!” or something like that) can be a extremely influential to me. (And no, that wasn't a spoiler)
I urge all of you to ask questions, make comments, give your input and opinions on any and everything you read. You can email me or just drop something in the comment box on each story’s main page. I’d appreciate it more than you could know.