melissa catherine moore

black, white, red, and yellow

2010-05-25T20:24:00.002-04:00

yikes it's been such a long time since my last post!! there's too much going on on the internet with facebook, twitter, tumblr, it's so hard to keep up. i just got back from my first visit to california last week. i was visiting my friends jay and alyse in long beach, and though i had a blast i was shocked at how chilly it was compared to up here. how backwards! there were so many cute little shops down there, mostly vintage resale, but all i could afford was buffalo exchange. i found some great long flowy tank tops perfect for this 90 degree weather we're having now! the pricey boutiques got me thinking about opening an etsy shop to re-sell vintage thrift, flea market, and yard sale finds. it seems like such a great idea, and fun! fingers crossed. justin has been re-teaching me the ropes of skateboarding the past few days. i used to know the basics years ago but i'm all rusty now and really want to get back into it. i'd like to get a brand new skateboard when i'm not so broke.. i spontaneously bought a black volkswagen bug yesterday and now i'm a little in the hole but hopefully not for long, especially if i can start turning dirt cheap goodies into big money! i made another polyvore set of what i'm currently digging...

black, white, red, yellow by melissacatherinemoore featuring Billabong

it'll be my inspiration for when i have a little extra chunk of money to treat myself to a little sumthin' sumthin'.

happy christmas, again!

2009-11-28T16:53:00.003-05:00

i thought i'd repost my christmas playlist that i've already started listening and adding to!

long time no see

2009-11-28T15:30:00.005-05:00

hello hello. i've been meaning to bring this blog back to life. much has happened. i've been with my boyfriend justin since june. in july my best friend and i had a huge pool party/show birthday extravaganza at my house. it was a wild time and the police made several appearances. i then decided it is more fun going to oversized parties than it is throwing them. in september i visited family in florida for a week. it was such a blast and i plan on visiting again next year. fall was too cold and rainy but i made the best of it by baking my favorite pumpkin cupcakes with torrie. we used this recipe, but we added chocolate chips and used pillsbury cream cheese frosting. we carved pumpkins with our boyfriends. i watched lots of scary movies and made caramel apples and apple crisp with justin. the night before halloween i went out dancing with another friend savannah. we went very creatively as a cats. halloween night i hung out backstage at a gwar show with torrie and we had a blast. i saw where the wild things are and LOVED IT! such an adorable movie!!! the soundtrack is great also. we got rid of cable and use netflix now. the first movie i received was the remake of helter skelter(not realizing it was the remake that i had queued up) i enjoyed it very much so! i've seen bits and pieces of the original and am about to add that one to the queue as well. also i'm reading the book. most recently i watched and returned "ciao manhattan" which i now wish to add to my personal dvd collection(along with the helter skelter remake and possibly the original).

my thanksgiving was nice which included my boyfriend and i, my mother, and my uncle and papa. i just started ripping down the panneling and wallpaper from my bedroom walls. what was underneath is a giant mess which is going to take a lot of work to beautify. we set up our fake tree last night and i already started my christmas shopping. i'm looking forward to christmas and plan on doing much baking and gift crafting. i recently started a pose doll making project. i figured out the head shaping part but i've been nervous about starting the face painting.

here is a photo of a few of the pose dolls in my collection which i have since added to.

and my ceramic deer collection which has sadly not been added to.

other than that i have been slacking on the picture uploading and picture taking as well.

ally

2009-05-06T23:53:00.008-04:00

my mom bought a horse named ally and last weekend we moved into a big house with a barn and a pool.

foodie

2009-03-31T23:12:00.001-04:00

"Sweet Dreams" from Kirsten Lepore on Vimeo.

papercuts

2009-03-04T21:12:00.002-05:00

elsa mora's papercuts are so so cute. check em out in her blog! some of them are 3d and INSAAANE.

invisible monsters

2009-02-26T21:06:00.003-05:00

just a quick update. i just got home about an hour ago from my first night of volunteer work(playing and having fun with homeless children) and it was such a blast. i was so nervous at first and was also having a very stressful day but the 2 hours i spent playing with the children(there were only 2 tonight) definitely brought my day to a nice end. we had a blast painting and reading a pop up book and playing with plastic food and hiding from invisible monsters. i ended up with paint all over my hands and my cheeks being mega sore from laughing the whole time. the kids were hilarious and had so much energy and imagination, i'm so exhausted! i'm looking forward to next weeks visit.

i signed up through horizons for homeless children

next week i'm also finishing my chest piece, finally.

biggest losah

2009-02-14T13:29:00.011-05:00

happy valentines day

i made another polyvore. i had to remove some things because i went out and bought them with my tax refund :) i'll post pics of some of these treasures including an electra beach cruiser i scored for $60 on craigslist.

spring spring - by melissacatherinemoore on Polyvore.com

i decided i need to go back to being vegan.(i stopped for a little while resulting from a sort of mariah carey breakdown) some of my favorite vegan goodies..

i like to shlopp 50 pounds of this stuff onto single pieces of wheat bread.

this i like to fry the ever living shit out of and put into stir fry or buffalo sauce

this, is just amazing. i had a mini one for lunch yesterday and realized i actually should have gotten 20 of them instead of 1.

i can eat a whole box of these at once.

some other favorites are very vanilla silk, vegan sloppy joes, falafels, hummus, tofutti cheesecake ice cream, tofutti cream cheese and sour cream, amys chili, raisins, SO MUCH MORE.

and while looking for my favorite "MARRY ME" ice cream bars by tofutti on the google i stumbled across this really really extremely adorable short film...

don't call me past eleven pm

2009-01-30T11:51:00.004-05:00

i saw yes man last week and absolutely loved it. i'm thinking about going to see it again. it's so cute and fun. i'd love to be a yes man but it's so hard.

i'm taking a long break from drinking btw.

i am not a plaid shirt...

2009-01-25T20:15:00.006-05:00

i had a great weekend. yesterday i drove down to the cape where i had training for horizons for homeless children. once my references and cori checks out i'll be volunteering in worcester at one of the homeless shelters playing with small children. i'm really excited for this. i'll get to read to the children, play with toys, sing, make crafts. this will be one day a week and i'm thinking it will be a blast and very rewarding as well. i'm also thinking home depot will give me shit about being less available. home depot disgusts me. then after training i picked up food and icecream cake for my brother because it was his 16th birthday. we had a pleasant evening in while my mom was on a hot date. today i went to my grandmothers house and she made me baked mac and cheese from scratch and we watched lots of tv and had great quality time. then i went shopping and when i got home my papa was at my house. we had a lovely dinner and now i'm watching tv with my mom. i love family. and buying stuff. here's what i bought..
online at amazon and i cannot wait to fill it with hot chocolate when it arrives

forever 21 at the mall

also forever 21 at the mall

let's hope these two last longer than everything else i've purchased there... considering everything else has lasted maybe... a week before getting torn.

i also got earrings at forever 21 that i can't find on the site right now but they are large dangly filigree-like, a new pair of black high heels from dsw, and face cream from walgreens.

these purchases were made possible by not going out to the bars and spendin' all my money on booze, holla!!

polyvore pomeranian

2009-01-04T15:40:00.004-05:00

i just started using this website called polyvore. you can mix and match all sorts of items from the net to create outfits or wishlists and whatnot. it's so addicting!! here is my first creation! this is all stuff i want. all i do is want haha..

pomeranian by melissacatherinemoore

i will be making a trillion more of these. i almost added opera binoculars till i remembered i have two pairs at home. i just need to find them so i can start spying on neighbors and well, EVERYONE.

d.o.m. shirts

2009-01-03T17:50:00.003-05:00

while e-shopping on the job i also just bought this shirt..

there are two other styles and they can all be found here and the proceeds go to doms family. i will probably buy the other two at a later date.

now it's time to start locking up and head to my grandmothers. good night loves.

last lights/first night

2009-01-03T16:37:00.004-05:00

christmas was good. my uncle and papa came over and i stuffed my face like a chipmunk. i got an electric blanket that i am in love with and money that will be going toward new tires.

the 26th i attended a last lights benefit show for dom at london billiards in worcester. i baked peanut butter and heath chunk cookies that sold for a dollar a piece(proceeds going to doms family) which came out amazing and, i believe sold out.. but i drank too much and don't really remember. my friend neil had to drive me to tortilla sams after for some mexican food and sobering up. the show was so intense just look at some of these photos my friend mary took...

the show ended in lots of red faces, tears, and real real tight hugs. so many people showed up and it was so great to see all the love and support.

new years eve was a blast even though i didn't get to go out to boston like i had originally planned. i got chinese food with my mom and brother and stayed in till i thought my bald tires could actually handle getting me anywhere(yay for getting new tires in 2 days). went to a party in worcester around 11 and partied till 5 or 6am. there was a dance party going on in a real tiny bedroom and i don't even know how SO MANY PEOPLE fit! i also don't even know how i didn't have a severe hangover at work(9am) the next day.

in other less drunk related news, i just e-bought myself this movie that i am SO excited about...

2008-12-25T13:00:00.001-05:00

merry christmas. this is me as a tiny tot on christmas.

peace, love, and christmas spirit

2008-12-24T19:55:00.007-05:00

much has happened. i had not been able to attend doms wake two weeks ago but i'm really pleased that andrew w.k. did. it's what dom had wanted, so with emails from myself and his other friends we made it happen. i did however attend the funeral the next day. the weather was quite fitting. grey and depressing :( i'm glad to be back in touch with angela but not that it happened this way.

i made some christmas cards or rather... christmas doilies. it's christmas eve and i still haven't sent them out, i figure late christmas cards are a nice pleasant surprise after all the gifts and crap have been exchanged. here are a few..

this is the headband i wore to work today. being the life of the party and bringing peace, love, and christmas spirit.

time to go wrap a billion presents.

christmas tree in a box

2008-12-09T19:54:00.006-05:00

my laptop came yesterday! it was completely wiped out which is a semi-bummer but it's neat starting fresh. last night was my last evening at the nursing home and i'm glad for that. one of the residents has this christmas tree in a box on her window sill and i think it's just adorable!
my first beauty school class is tomorrow night! ok time to go back to christmas specials on the boob tube.

sweet dreams forever dominic

2008-12-07T11:34:00.010-05:00

today was our first snow and i made a little playlist of some of my favorite holiday songs. i'll be adding to it.

happy christmas

btw the background image is "the christmas king" by martin harris

on a darker note, while at charlies friday night i received news that a friend had just passed away from a brain aneurysm. dominic owen mallary, best known as dom. it came as a huge shock, out of nowhere! and although my evening was decent, it really hit me once i was alone and heading home. i hadn't seen or talked to him in a very long time but i have good memories of him and his amazing, kind, entertaining, caring presence and it hurt very much. mine and dom's friend johnny mac came up from richmond virginia. we celebrated doms life last night at johnny's moms house, only a stones throw from mine. it takes me about 2 or 3 minutes to walk there, 1 to run. saw a lot of old faces that had drifted away. it was depressing but really great to be able to all be together. my heart goes out to dominic's girlfriend angela "spoon". who is also unfortunately a friend i've lost touch with but still care greatly about. there are just far too many good people i've had great memories with that have drifted. drift back, i'm here.

yeah, ok cupid

2008-12-05T17:53:00.004-05:00

i joined some online dating website(okcupid.com) because my friend jessica told me there were hot babes on there... and i have yet to see any actual hot babes. it's kind of a funny site though. people can see when you look at them and then they message you right away, and some of them use such cheesy lines. one of my other friends torrie is on there and we exchange stories about it all day long because we've become addicted, and we love texting eachother all day long! i'm actually just surfing the net at the nursing home right now waiting to get out of here and get together with her to head to our favorite bar in cambridge.. CHARLIES! which is our usual every weekend hangout. after tonight though i think i'm going to cut back on going out. i start hair school next wednesday and will be working less. so excited/nervous! i can't wait to get my almost 700 dollar kit and go through it with all the different supplies i'll need and mannequin heads and whatnot. the whole unlucky streak sort of isn't over yet which is quite a bummer but i'm getting through it. my laptop should be arriving all fixed and good as new via fedex by december 10th. i'm very much looking forward to that as i havn't been able to use it in almost a month now. i've been collecting addresses and getting ready to make christmas cards out of vintage winter/xmas graphics and doilies and probably lots of glitter and other fancy whatnots! maybe i'll spend a quiet night in with a christmas special or movie tomorrow and start on that then. i'll post pics when i'm done! so yes browsing the net..
i just signed up for a free 10 issue subscription of nylon magazine at urban outfitters website. this is how i received my current subscription last year. i suggest jumping on that bandwagon before supplies run out!! also i love these items from the site..

i don't usually like hats and i'm not sure how i feel about this one either but for right now i'm kinda diggin' it. and i love bows.

not that i need a new purse.. and the one i have right now is so similar to this one if i got it my friends would just think i bought the same purse i have now in a different color. mine is a pearly color and when it opens it look like a clam shell opening, so they call it the clam purse haha.

this is a real cute speaker system for an ipod.. the ones i have right now are pretty cute but very small. eco-speakers. and these are them..

i really like this cardboard ipod boom box but the speakers are about the same size as the ones i have.. it's cute though.. and a cheaper way to do the whole old fashioned boom box thing haha.

alright time to go lock things up, shut down the workputer, and get ready for charlies. TTYL

human highway

2008-11-29T13:48:00.021-05:00

i've started listening to human highway which is nick thorburn(the unicorns/th' corn gangg/islands/reefer) and jim guthrie(islands). the first time i heard human highway i was like WOW THIS SOUNDS LIKE THE UNICORNS.. haha love it. i was a little torn up back when the unicorns broke up right after i had seen them live in connecticut back in ohhh 2004? and might i add my sexy date and i also got to dance on stage with them and get wild and it was just insane/electric/amazing. they put on an AWESOME and ADORABLE show. islands sort of made up for it but not quite, and now i think human highway mostly makes up for it!! i put "the sound" on my playlist. and i guess i might as well share my playlist..

http://www.playlist.com/melissacatherinemoore

wood

2008-11-28T16:45:00.016-05:00

so i had been having huge amounts of bad luck lately, such as the towing, having to pay hundreds of dollars for stupid things like cancelation fees and speeding tickets and the tow and whatever else i had to pay stupid money for, the whole status complication at work messing with my insurance and auto insurance as well. finding my passenger side mirror smashed and dangling about the other day was also a nice touch :( but things are finally working themselves out and looking up a bit, which i'm very thankful for. speaking of thanks, i had quite a pleasant thanksgiving yesterday. i spent some time with a few of my uncles and cousins at my grandmothers in ashland which i'm guilty of not spending more time going over, but that will change! then spent a few hours at my papas eating ham with my brother, papa, uncle, and mom. today i started selling the christmas trees outside at the depot. i love pine scent. also i love most things wood/woodgrain!

these wooden "carve your own" postcards are from the curiosity shoppe and are such a cool idea.

i also love these wooden bricks, even though i'd have no idea what to even do with them, also from the curiosity shoppe

wood grain soap!!! uncommon goods

love this stereo bird house also from uncommon goods.

i almost thought this was another one of those usb mix tapes(which i think are so cool) but it's not, its actually a... tape dispenser! also very cool. hah enough of that site though, there's so many good things!

wooden magnetic board from fred flare. i already have a green magnetic board from target but i'm very into the idea of switching that one out for this.

this travel mug from...well everywhere, including the curiosity shoppe and fred flare and numerous other places, has been out for a while now but i still don't have it. this might be going on my christmas wishlist i'll be sending to my mom i mean santa!

influence, mary-kate and ashley would make an awesome coffee-table book. i don't have a coffee-table, but it would fit in nicely on my shelf with the many other books i have well suited for coffee-tables!

ebay

2008-11-25T17:54:00.004-05:00

i've definitely calmed down a bit from my ebay addiction. besides the valentines i posted recently, here are some of the other items i've collected from there in the past 2 months or so. which is not very much at all compared to before when i was shopping till i dropped.

more valentines.. i think this will be IT for now!

beautiful deer salt and pepper shakers

"what are friends for?"

and just a few dvds: winter passing, quadrophenia, the gore gore girls, and i guess that's about it. i'm quite proud of myself for gaining a little more control over the spell ebay had on me.

a little hip

2008-11-23T17:05:00.004-05:00

i love hip hop

ron browz "pop champagne"
this song definitely makes me feel like i should be dancin' at da club!

kanye west "robocop"
WISH there was a music video for this song.

minna parikka

2008-11-23T12:05:00.006-05:00

minna parikka is too cute!

and so are her shoe and bag designs. i especially love the winged high heels. just sayin'

tiny dwellings

2008-11-22T16:42:00.014-05:00

i love tiny living/resting spaces/mobile homes/campers such as..

tumbleweed houses

and while googling photos of tumbleweed houses this came up.. it's labeled redneck mansion which i don't find to be such an appealing name but i really love this haha. i'd love to live here..

and it also brought me to another cool blog.. http://manolohome.com

tonke campers

love these too. i think i'd like to trade in my nissan sentra for a vw camper. they are so cute and fun and have everything you need to spend the whole summer on the beach!

tiny house design and tiny house blog have more real cute tiny living places, most of them are tumbleweed but there are a few other gems thrown in to the mix too. i'd love to own a small space like this to escape to.. but theyre way out of my league in the price department :(

cute therapy

2008-11-22T14:24:00.016-05:00

i bought these valentines on ebay for 5 dollars including shipping. i was feeling sad about the 200 dollar towing fee and the t-mobile cancelation fee i had to finally pay which was also 200, so these definitely cheered me up once they arrived. i can't wait to play with them. another sweet thing is that t-mobile will be leaving me alone for good.

all day i've been taking full advantage of my computer time at work and browsing design blogs. here are just a select few of the very many somethings i'd love to have in my posession..

fox clock from sesame letterpress found at shelteriffic

these cards from the sarah elizabeth shop found at design*sponge

leaf swing by Alberto Sánchez

vinyl wall decal from toifu.

cube shelving from egg designs found at design-milk along with the swing and decal.

n.y.c.

2008-11-17T18:43:00.003-05:00

i spent this weekend in new york city visiting my pal neil. i had a pretty swell time going to the clubs and hip little shoppes. met up with another friend jt at royal oak at one point. i like that place a lot. and hadn't seen that boy in 2 years or so. he's a babe. i got back last night to find my car had been towed away and costed me 200 dollars to get back, my laptop doesn't work for some oddball reason i'm not aware of, and today some kids broke into our house and stole a bunch of my brothers big ticket items, including his xbox360, wii, all his games for the two, and his ipod. also a huge bag of trash ripped open and covered me.

i currently have no health insurance because of a mistake someone else made at work. and i'm thinking it's going to take a few weeks to sort out and that freaks me out. anything could happen between now and then.

my new favorite television show is true blood even though i normally do not like any movie or show having to do with vampires. me and my mom watch it every week together. and paris hilton is my new bff is my new guilty pleasure.

update

2008-11-06T22:38:00.002-05:00

i need to get with the program and quit being a lazy bum around here. lots has changed. i decided to start hair school in december. i know i'm so flip floppy. but i may stick with this..

it was a pleasure to vote this past tuesday. it was my first time and it felt real real good, everything i was rooting for won/passed.

my mothers friend who was living in our basement moved out and we will be turning one of the rooms into a craft room!

when i work the weekends at the nursing home there's a resident there i drink coffee and chit chat with, she's very young and survived a brain tumor which has left her disabled. she wrote me a letter the other day just because, just to tell me i mean a lot to her and whatnot. it was the sweetest and on pretty paper and she covered the envelope in tons of stickers. i got a little teary-eyed reading it.

i'm glad we are getting ready for christmas trees at the depot and oldies is playing holiday music now.

pala-nuke

2008-09-27T16:36:00.003-04:00

a simple apology

i have an addiction

2008-09-25T08:46:00.003-04:00

lykke li - little bit

i love this song, i heard it on wers(88.9) yesterday on my way to work. and when i got to work i found it on the web and listened to it a hundred times more. and then continued on with my ebay addiction.. so far this week alone i've bought...

the get up kids "on a wire" on 12" vinyl

chuck palahniuk "snuff"

childrens book from '68. it was about 13 dollars but too adorable to not buy

DOLLS. but i only got this lot for the one on the left. i'm going to sell the other two at my yard sale this weekend.

mates of state "two of us" dvd because i gave my copy to alec to take down to florida as a token of my sweetness

lee print on cork type board, so far i have three of these, and would eventually love to have a bazillion

the beach boys "pet sounds" on 12" vinyl. this one is the re-release that just came out september 2nd.

and i'm currently "watching" another 22 random knick knacks, vinyl, art, books, etc. but now it's time to gather my things and head down to mcinnis tattoo in providence to get some more work done on my chest piece.

OH AND.. get some double cheeseburgers off the dollar menu on the way because i eat meat now and love double cheeseburgers.

walk it out

2008-09-20T23:02:00.008-04:00

my ex bf alec who is currently living in south florida tattooing out of ink link... supposedly and hopefully moving back here sometime in the near future, flew up for a little visit last sunday. i'm thankful he spent a huge chunk of quality time with me even though he had a lot going on. yesterday was his last day here and i called out of work so i could drive him to the airport. we got in to boston with some time to kill so we shopped for records in harvard square and on newbury street. he claims there are no records in florida. i was not a happy camper when it came time to start heading toward logan. i was hoping we'd lose track of time or get back to my car to find it had been towed away or end up getting stuck in some major traffic on the way or anything to make him miss his plane. i've never dropped anyone off at an airport and man is it difficult. i hate crying in public. he didn't miss the plane. i may be planning a little plane ride myself to visit him soon. maybe when the weather gets a little cooler than 685 degrees down there.

i was supposed to host a yard sale today with my mom but she changed her mind to next weekend, so instead i went to yard sales. and bought everything i saw. i will post those treasures at a later date, for now enjoy this lovely vid.

omodern

2008-09-14T17:07:00.003-04:00

http://www.omodern.com/ ...boy would i like for this website to upload some more pictures, even if i can't read some of the text.

i died

2008-09-14T07:45:00.003-04:00

back to my natural color. it's about time!

the brunettes - her hairagami set

gingerbread dream home

2008-09-13T14:37:00.009-04:00

i think one of oak bluffs gingerbread cottages would suit me quite nicely. the september page of the marthas vineyard calendar on my desk (it's a shared desk) at the nursing home features a beautiful rainbow of these little gems. sadly it's only that one page, so i've been googling them for the past hour or so.

i absolutely love everything about them, the fancy scrollwork, bright colors, hearts, shrubery awnings, the amount of detail.

they remind me of the big lot of precious places doll houses i had as a kid that came with matching giant pastel colored magnetic keys that open the houses up and turn the lights on and off, and move the people and pets around from beneath the floor boards/sidewalks/wherever.

before i pass out

2008-09-11T22:49:00.012-04:00

i meant to update sooner but i've been slaving away over the telephone at the nursing home i work at and in my ugly orange apron at the depot that tells customers they can do it and i can help. today i managed to change my shirt on the drive from one job to the other. i attempted my pants but that seemed a little too risky. i imagined how embarrassing it'd be to crash into someone or something mid-pants changing and then have to explain why i'm not wearing any pants. anyway at the end of the day as i'm slouching under my warm laptop in my comfy bed and cozy little bedroom, thinking about updating... i usually just pass out. so here's a little sumthin' sumthin' before the sand man creeps up on me...

i had purchased a magnetic board from target that came with two boring/ugly little magnets that i was not satisfied with. so i glued some round craft magnets to some random plastic pieces i thrifted, a cat, a deer, and an ice cream. i also realized the craft magnets are the same size as the backs of those hip little band pins i used to show off on my pants and bags in high school. a good chunk of those pins had been collecting dust in a bowl so i took out all the pin inserts and stuck in the magnets. they fit perfectly without glue or anything else. and for bigger pins they stay without glue as well.
here you can see how perfectly they fit

and here are a few on the board along with the plastic pieces.

i had a few friends over for a super bowl party style get together for the vmas. so an mtv cake seemed very appropriate. funfetti of course!

my mom obsesses over all the puppies on craigslist every day. so when she asked me if she should get one i said yes, she might as well.. she obviously wants one so incredibly badly. so now we have the cats cupcake and nico, our pit bull/pointer wanda, and now tami..she's a 6 month old rat terrier and a professional heart melter! i will most likely take better pictures at a later date but for now she's way too rambunctious. she has a personality very similar to our mini dashund bob that had passed away

i just got my first issue of GOOD magazine in the mail last week after agreeing to recieve a free trial one issue and i must say it's definitely my new favorite magazine i will be subscribing for sure. most publications that deal with real, world issues and important stuff make it too boring for me to want to sit and read. also GOOD magazine gives 100% of your subscription fee to whichever nonprofit partner of theirs that you chose! and that's pretty rad. check it out

i do have more to post but i'll save it for another night. right now it's time to pass out.

the girls of au revoir simone...

2008-09-01T00:36:00.004-04:00

- sad song

- fallen snow

oh marge

2008-08-29T23:46:00.009-04:00

margaret cho's show "the cho show" premiered last thursday the 21st on vh1. i missed that episode but caught this weeks and i must say margaret cho is so hilarious and beautiful. i'm definitely a big fan so far and would suggest setting aside an upcomming thursday night to tune in. check out her website.. margaret cho

in other television related news, i'll be having a small mtv themed get-together sunday, september 7th for the vma's. i guess i just didn't want to feel silly watching it all alone. so i'll be trying my hand at an mtv logo shaped cake. we'll see how that PANS out. get it? cake.. pan.. goodnight and sweet dreams.

greetings

2008-08-29T23:14:00.005-04:00

for my first post i'd like to show off a small selection of recent thrift and yard sale treasury cuteness.

here we have a bradley doll from the 1970's. i had been looking at them on ebay just before stumbling upon this little beauty at the hudson salvation army. she has an adorable little maltese and her chair spins and plays music. it's almost erie. the juice container seemed like it could come in handy at some point in the future when i might want to make some juice!

my mother had one of these printer drawers full of cute little figurines for a long while, then sold it at a yardsale. years later i decided i'd like one too. this was not thrifted or yard sale-ed... it was 30 dollars on ebay. i think it was well worth it. the cuckoo clock was a dollar at a yard sale and i can't remember where i aquired the lee cork print or for how much, but i did drunkenly step on it a few years back and split it across the back of her knees, poor little lady. i suppose it adds character though!

you can only faintly see the crack in her limbs in this photo... but here's a view from my bed anyhow.

here is another item i had been drooling over on ebay and then shortly after, found at the hudson salvation army. fawn and his mommy.

cookie jar from a yard sale. the owner recognized me from home depot. oh boy.

the world of cats! this book is full of ultimate cat worldliness cute.

ive had this 3d owl piece from savers for a long time now but it deserved a spot in this post.

just what i need... another addition to my now 14, 15, 16 or so huge sunglasses collection. this pair was probably about 25 cents. i purchased it at a yard sale alone with a white strawberry shaped dish, a small flying bird magnet, and a valentine pin all for 1 dollar.

my mothers photo was not thrifted, but it's one of my favorite photos of her, so i feel it's relevant.

a favorite photo of my late nana, geraldine.

and here i am in pink overalls. my name is melissa catherine moore and i've just recently turned 22, on july 18th. i currently live in an adorable and cozy little nest of a room across the hall from my mothers in her home in marlborough, mass. both sadly and hapily i will soon be packing up and migrating myself and my cat, nico to portland, maine.

here's nico.

and the most recent picture taken of me, last thursday at hearthrob @ the middlesex lounge. credit due to david day. the rest of the photos from that night can be found at nicky digital.