Everything you ever wanted to know about Yzerbear!

Name: Melissa
Location: Michigan
Birth Month: April
Sign: Taurus
Family: Mom, Dad, 2 older brothers and 1 younger sister.
Pets: 4 cats: Cassiopeia, Draco, Isis, and Morgana

Hobbies/Interests: Scrapbooking (paper and digital), Graphic design, Reading, Writing, Traveling, Photography, and American History especially the Civil War.

Favorite Color(s): Green and Red

Favorite Music Genre: Adult Alternative, 90s alternative music

Favorite Band(s): Counting Crows, Live, Gin Blossoms, Snow Patrol, and Augustana

Favorite Song(s): "Mr. Jones" (Counting Crows), "Lakini's Juice" (Live), "Run" (Snow Patrol), "Boston" (Augustana), "Allison Road" (Gin Blossoms)

Favorite Concert: Counting Crows with Live at Pine Knob in Clarkston, MI in 2000 or 2001 (I can't remember which year it was). It POURED rain right before the show, but the show must go on. There were people sliding down the hill in the mud. We called them the mud people. The bands were just awesome. The Crows played a super cool version of "Rain King," which was appropriate.

First Concert: Billy Joel at the Palace of Auburn Hills on January 14, 1994.

Favorite Soundtrack(s): Legends of the Fall, Titanic, The Pianist, Lord of the Rings: Return of the King, and Memoirs of a Geisha.

Favorite Book(s): And One Wore Gray by Heather Graham, Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell

Favorite Author(s): Laura Ingalls Wilder, Karen Hawkins, Lorraine Heath, Julia London, Kasey Michaels, Ralph Waldo Emerson

Favorite Food(s): Lasagna (no meat!), Turkey, Deep Dish Cheese Pizza from Gino's East in Chicago, and of course Chocolate.

Favorite Restaurant(s): Bubba Gump Shrimp Company, Gino's East Pizza (Chicago)

Favorite Pizza Topping(s): Just Cheese and lots of it!

Favorite Movie(s): In alphabetical order: Gone with the Wind, Legends of the Fall, Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, Pirates of the Caribbean: Curse of the Black Pearl, Titanic

Favorite Movie genre: Historical drama

Favorite TV Show(s): The Amazing Race, Ghost Whisperer, Monk, Psych, Star Trek Enterprise

Favorite TV Show(s) growing up: Little House on the Prairie, Due South, Quantum Leap

Favorite Actor(s): Christian Bale, Orlando Bloom, Johnny Depp, Brad Pitt

Favorite Actress(es): Shirley Temple, Kate Winslet, Keira Knightly

Favorite Animated Movie(s): Disney's Mulan

Favorite Animated Character(s): Mulan and Mushu from Disney's Mulan

Favorite Athlete(s): Steve Yzerman (Retired - Detroit Red Wings), Michelle Kwan, Henrik Zetterberg (Detroit Red Wings), and Pavel Datsyuk (Detroit Red Wings)

Favorite Sport(s): Hockey and Figure Skating. I also really love the Olympics, winter and summer it doesn't matter.

Favorite Sports Team(s): Detroit Red Wings, Detroit Tigers, Saginaw Spirit (Ontario Hockey League)

Favorite Season: Spring

Favorite Holiday: Christmas

Favorite City: Chicago, IL

Favorite Vacation Destination(s): Walt Disney World, Gettysburg, PA, and Antietam, MD

Favorite way to spend a rainy afternoon: Curled up with a good book listening to music. Or scrapbooking.

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