cranberry saw us

originally posted on Myspace July 10, 2007

for those of you that remember how much i geeked out to that little ol' band the cranberries ya might be interested to know that my 15 year dream in the making came true lastnight. i finally saw dolores o'riordan in concert. she just released a solo album that is great. you should check it out if you need some good alternative rock to get your head a bangin' and your heart a movin'. i got the tickets a few months ago when i was in the throws of production and didn't have the time to think about the show that much so when yesterday rolled around it was a nice little surprise for me. she flipping rocked and i mean---R.O.C.K.E.D! my gosh, she is simply beautiful. she sang a bunch of the cranberries' songs along with the new stuff and talked to the audience a lot about what she has been up to and how happy she was to be in boston. what's cool is she seemed humbly surprised at how excited the audience was to hear her perform. as for me, i rocked as hard as i could, jumping around with all the former flannel shirt-wearing bostonites and though my knees aren't thanking me this morning, i am wonderfully content and thoroughly rocked.

adrenaline fire

this picture is from the apartment mentioned below. aw, the lonely times of living on my own in boston...

originally posted on myspace May 10, 2007

FIRE!
that's what i woke up to this morning. about an hour and a half ago (4:30am), i was in deep sleep but the sound of crackling pulled me out of some dream. i got out of bed and looked out my window and saw what looked like the flicker of a campfire reflecting on the wall of the nextdoor building. in my dreamy, non-glasses-wearing stupor, i couldn't quite make sense of it all. it wasn't until the person across the way screamed "FIRE!" that i grabbed my glasses and went out into my little patio space and saw the top of the building next door completely engulfed in flames. adrenaline kicked in, somehow i managed to grab the footage from my master's project (which may seem trivial, but dang, that's my life right now) and ran out the door into 6 fire engines lining the street. luckily, the flames didn't jump buildings seeing as here in boston all the brownstones are built continuously, sharing walls. i sat on the street for about 45 minutes praying that everyone got out safely. we have all since been let back into our apartments. i am completely wired. my stomach hurts, i think from the chemicals that surged through my body in that moment of realization. crazy morning. i hope that each of your mornings are calm and enjoyable. love and lots of water...MM

Something from the Vault

It has been far too long since I posted so I am going to cheat a little and post some of my old blogs from Myspace as a means of filling out my blogspot and also to get my creativity flowing so I can write some current stuff.  

Also, I am currently listening to the cranberries first album entitled "everybody else is doing it so why can't we?" I think that is an applicable quote seeing as I have been reading everybody else's blogs but I haven't posted in months.  I am amazed because I recently loaded this CD to my ipod and I can't believe how clear the music sounds.  That's doesn't seem so significant except that this CD is almost 15 years old.  It was a birthday present from Crystal and Sara in the 8th grade.  It's clear how precious this album is to me - the sentimental feelings I have for that time in my life, the great music, and how I can still enjoy it all these years later - by how scratched and worn it is. Hopefully, my old blogs like this old CD will still have some value for you my readers and friends. 

So...here's some stuff from the melanie-vault.  Enjoy.