I'm Melissa. This is where I write things down and share new things. Sometimes I even post cute pictures of cats...
if you're looking for my portfolio,
it can be found here, or by clicking any of the links across the top of this page.
I just moved back to Ohio after living in the central valley of California for almost three years. People still mention that I'm all grown up and keep asking how being an adult is going, but I really don't know what they're referring to.
I'm officially a (self-proclaimed) curator -- OF GIFS. GIF CONNOISSEUR. Check it out. My GIF blog even made it to buzzfeed once.
ONE MORE CHECK OFF MY LIFELONG INTERNET TO-DO LIST.
Albums of note UPCOMING/2011/2010/2009
A list of albums from the year that had staying power. Not a top album list, because I haven't heard every album, so that just seems a bit silly to me -- the whole "of the year" thing... although I suppose in my own mind that's what they are...
THE ARCHIVES
Nostalgia
a place where I keep things that are already memories and store things that are currently in my life that will inevitably become memories. Vague enough?
Vestiges of a Life Soon Forgotten
A photographic series devoted to images taken in and around my apartment where I lived for 3 years in college. I moved out for good in December 2009.
Photobooth Sketches
photobooth documentation of sketches i have done and/or found.
Monthly Self Portrait Series
This was a short-lived project that sometimes shows up without warning again on my feed, but definately cannot be considered an "on-going" thing.
My New California Life
What started as an essay series about my experiences living on the left coast turned into a general account of my life here -- through words, photos and other ephemera.
jef etters tips of the day
Jef Etters was a colleague of mine who gave me life tips on a daily basis via a telephone call from a rotary phone. I would then transcribe the tips and post them here for the benefit of all mankind. He didn't know what tumblr was (nor does he now), but he did want to share all his wisdom with the world. enjoy.
PLEASE NOTE: Jef did finally get free long-distance after 7pm EST and will occasionally call to give me tips to transcribe. Be on the look out, it'll change your life.
ScreenCaptureSeries
Funny and or poignant things I feel the need to share with the world via screen capture. This project carries on with the luck that the internet will continue to bring the lulz. I think the odds are in our favor.
Alex on Flickr by icatchfoxes (melissa olson).
I was lucky enough to meet Alex last week, play frisbee with him in an overgrown field and climb a black diamond hill with him to watch a million fireflies light up all the trees. Alex also wears sunglasses like a boss and is really great at sharing.
Caleb on Flickr by icatchfoxes (melissa olson).
This guy. I met Caleb a few months before I moved to California at The Vineyard. We drank wine on a train and I ended up taking portraits of several of the patrons when we made a stop at the train station in downtown Akron.
Photoshoot location today with Cherry Cola Champions cc: @terrycola @jerryycola (Taken with Instagram at Goodyear Airdock)
(Source: icatchfoxes)
Kelly & Brad on Flickr by icatchfoxes (melissa olson).
Met these two on a wine tour on a train last week. They’re so kind and furthermore: adorable together. Glad to have met them.
ross on Flickr by icatchfoxes (melissa olson) — from the Men series I completed for my senior thesis.
I miss this one. I am overwhelmingly happy that he’s still my friend. I don’t know what I would do without friends like him… I’m seriously a lucky girl to have the handful of close friends that I do… It makes me remember what’s important in life. Thanks for being you, Ross.
En Garde on Flickr by icatchfoxes (melissa olson)
Thomas on Flickr by icatchfoxes (melissa olson)
i miss my friends in ohio
so much more when they’re so so close.
tonight was the best night i’ve had in so so so so so so long. i needed to sing all those songs and duet with all my best friends more than anything else in the entire world. the. entire. world.
edit: my BEST renditions were singing “Maps” by Yeah, Yeah, Yeahs & “Love Shack” by B52s. I got all the high fives. ALL. THE. HIGH. FIVES.
(Source: icatchfoxes)
I presented on my “hometown” of Akron, Ohio at the last Pecha Kucha Fresno for International Cities week. If you ever wanted to know more about the town I came from (or what my voice sounds like) then this is the video for you. I really kill it with a joke about ice falling from the sky. Twice.
(Source: icatchfoxes)
Well done, The Black Keys… well done. It’s good to have you back.
Always love for the Black Keys. Hometown pride for the rubber city. I’m looking forward to the release of their record, but I gotta say I’ll pretty much always be a sucker for their lo-fi sounds…
New Talons’ album! Yes!
always reblog talons. always. i just listened to songs for babes yesterday and wondered when/if new stuff was on the way… what luck!
Changes since last year…
Things that are different about my life in Fresno (as compared to my previous life in Akron, Ohio)
- I no longer have to dial area codes from landlines for local calls (there is only one area code in the local area, it’s nickle-nickle-nine)
- I live in a city that has an area of 104.8 sq mi (as opposed to Akron’s 62.4 sq mi)
- There are 505,479 people who live in this city with me (as opposed to 217,074 in Akron)
- I live in a valley at elevation 296 ft (as opposed to Akron’s 1,004 ft elevation)
- I live just down the road from the raisin capital of the world… and I used to live in the rubber capital of the world.
- U-turns are not only (almost) always legal, but mostly always necessary. (Akron doesn’t really have medians, so U-turns are legal, but rarely necessary…)
- I am now a Fresnan and no longer an Akronite… though I’ll always cherish my days spent as an Akronite…
This is just a small sampling and is mostly based on wikipedia facts — I will post a retrospect on the last 6 months of observations of differences I have made… so be on the lookout.
