Q and A with Melissa

Today we're going to take a post and do some get to know the author through an interview composed of fun questions, strange, and a few serious. Shall we begin?

What is a one of your favorite past times?

I must confess that I really enjoy doing laundry because for some reason it fascinates me to see the washer fill up.

What instrument do you wish you played?

Chanter

Languages you want to learn?

German, Spanish, Greek, Dutch, French, and Elvish

Do you prefer...

Heights or underground?

Heights

Chocolate or gummies?

Gummies!

Next name (s) for a cat?

Posey, Nala or Celia for a girl and Lorax or Simba for a boy

Favorite age?

9

Most worn shoes?

Flip flops

Worst sport?

Volleyball...or is it soccer?

Favorite degrees?

88

Favorite musical?

Wicked

Yummy foods?

Mainly desserts, but for real meals I enjoy smoothies or cheese on fresh bread.

Who are some people that have influenced you?
Mostly authors and youth group leaders.

Favorite show?

So You Think You Can Dance

Favorite place(s) to visit?

I love to go to bookstores like Barnes and Noble and Anderson's and browse the new books. Normally it's just the library though.

Ambitious ambitions?

Meet my favorite authors and collect signed copies of their books. So far I have Gail Carson Levine's signature and Jessica Day George's, although I did not get to meet the latter. I would still really like to see Jennifer A. Nielsen, R.J. Anderson,

Sports you've done/enjoy?

Swimming, running, climbing, dancing, archery

Best smell?

Fresh bread

Most satisfying job once finished?

Mown lawn

Claim to fame?

Memorized The Lorax

What are some things that frustrate you?

Losing things, mummblers

Worst noise?

Cleaning rosin off bridge or mosquitoes near my ear

Best time of day/night?

10  O'Clock p.m.

Worst season?

Winter

Fears?

Kudzu taking over the world
Forgetting to do assignments

Places you would like to travel to?

Sweden, Germany, Costa Rica, England, Brewster NY, Neverland...

Confessions?

I am scared of the ten monsters and one Umbra that live in the cubby hole in my house. I'm also not completely honest. Now what should you believe?

Recent revelations?

My hairbrush handle glows!

Random talents?

Spelling, pull ups, ride a unicycle, sort of juggle, not at the same time...

Bad habits?

Rip nails, answering questions before they are finished being asked

Far fetched wishes?

Learn braille

Secret obsessions?

I don't know if these count, but I am a solid believer in the existence of Nessie, nargles, dragons, and fairies. I might as well add that Peter Pan is supposed to be carrying me off to Never Never Land any day now, he has just forgotten.

Things you live without?

This might be long...microwave, dishwasher, TV, cell phone, internet, video games, for a long time we also went without a computer and a dryer, which is still used rarely, oh and no air conditioning, ever!

Feel free to ask questions below if there was anything you wish was asked and Melissa will answer to the best of her abilities, long as it's not creepy.

Interviewer: special correspondent Rita Skeeter

Owl Post

I am writing this because none of my other posts are ready. So this is about last week. Firstly I'd like to mention that you know it's cold outside when the air conditioned library is warmer than the outside. That's just sad. It was in the 70s all last week which was unfortunately the same week as all these water trips were planned. I first went with my friend and youth group to the dunes. It was cloudy, windy, and cold. I had a good time though.

Two days later my class decided to go to the water park. Hmm...not such a great idea. Everyone was cold to the point of blue lips. At least I didn't get burned, much.

This also seems to be hunting week because my dear, bad cats have been bringing home a lot of gifts. Thanks guys....I suspect most of what George brings is just found sacrifices from the other two. I think it has just been a bad week in general because I have this nasty story about spoiled milk.

So usually we get milk delivered every other Monday morning. So we had to cancel the order for the week that we were in Wisconsin because we wouldn't be there to bring it in. Well, turns out we didn't cancel or something because this past Monday when we expected the delivery to be back on, I went out to check if we had new milk. But upon opening the cooler, I saw the most horrific thing I've seen in my entire life.

Five broken glass milk bottles, milk filled to the half point of the chest, and maggots. Thousands and thousands of them. Crawling on the top and sides and then just swarming in the spoiled milk. I stared for about four seconds, then the stench hit me, I slammed the lid, and ran retching into the house. Nastiest. Sight. Ever. That includes all the little organs left around by the cats. Those are plain disgusting, but this, this was beyond words.

I hope you enjoyed that tidbit. On a better note, it was Harry's birthday yesterday. I went to his party at the bookstore where they were having a big celebration. Lots of muggles of course, but it was good to see that the fandom lives on. Unfortunately I had to leave before they did anything but the trivia. There was a good fifty people there. Happy 34th Harry Potter, you're still going strong.