Farewell For Now

It’s been a while since I’ve been able to post on here. Over the summer and this past semester at school, I have realized that I’ve become to busy with too many projects to give this blog as much attention as I would like. I now work two jobs, write for multiple blogs and one student run newspaper, and I have joined another student organization that will help me build a stronger connections with those who are already working in my future field. Add onto that my school work, my family, and my relationship. 

I hope that sometime in the future (preferably the near future) I will be able to come back to this blog and give it the attention it deserves. I thank all who have been following me. If I have not responded to one of your more recent comments, I will as soon as I can. 

In the meantime, if you would like to see some of my work there are a few places you can look such as A Metal State of Mind, Lowell VPAC, my portfolio (will be improving), and Metal Army America.

Hope to keep in touch with you all, 

-Melissa

A Little Shameless Self-Promotion

Alright so I don’t know if it counts as “self-promotion” per se considering I’m referring to a blog I write for alongside others. I’m talking about A Metal State of Mind.

For any readers of mine who’ve taken a look at the other sites I’ve linked to you know about this awesome site. For those of you who don’t, I highly recommend you check it out now. About two weeks ago, two of my fellow metal bloggers asked if I’d like to join as a writer. Of course I said yes.

When it comes to my blog posts for A Metal State of Mind I will be focusing on the local New England metal scene and probably reviews of shows I attend (I haven’t completely decided yet). As for Metalosophy, I am most likely going to return to my original plan and talk about  metal in connection to other subjects (sort of like what I posted for Blogfest). Besides bringing you into another great site I figured I should give you readers a heads up about some of the changes that are happening with my blogging.

If local level metal isn’t your interest, don’t worry. The other guys on the site write a lot of great posts on a variety of topics and you should definitely look into them.

Hope to see you on both blogs!

-Melissa

Blogfest Day 4: Gender in Metal

This post is part of Blogfest 2012 sponsored by my school. Everyday this week there will be a new post with a different theme.

When I saw that today’s theme was “Race and Gender: Day of Dialogue”, I instantly knew what I was going to write about. I’ve touched on the theme before but I have plenty to say about it.

Blogfest Day 3: Lesson Learned

This post is part of Blogfest 2012 sponsored by my school. Everyday this week there will be a new post with a different theme.

To start off, I thought I’d post a video from one of my favorite bands that has a lot to do with today’s theme.

One of my most important learning moments this past year was actually the result of a school assignment. (Learning at college? Who knew?!) All kidding aside, by taking a journalism last semester I confirmed what it is I would like to do for the rest of my life: be a music journalist. For anyone who read my New Year’s Edition blog post, you know what I’m talking about.

Blogfest Day 2: My Communities

This post is part of Blogfest 2012 sponsored by my school. Everyday this week there will be a new post with a different theme. I did a similar post to this in conjunction with Blogfest last year that can be found here.

To me, community has a lot to do with working cooperatively with others. A good community consists of people who come from different backgrounds. These people work together to improve lives whether it be through sharing knowledge or introducing new experiences. There are two different communities I belong to that I find examples in: