Introducing myself: Melanie

[wrxracer24]

Hi there. For those of you reading, my name is Melanie. Thank you for reading also. I'm new to this forum, but am a member of several forums online so I'm aware of how they work. I am a 25 year old female and reside in Plattsburgh,NY. Drive about 20-30 minutes north of Plattsburgh and you will find yourself in Canada. Not much to do in this area. Most people call us hicks as there is alot of undereducated individuals and lots of land, cows, & farming. I was not raised on farm. I graduated high school in 2001, continued on to college, and now co-own a beautiful quaint flower shop with my mother where we are devoted to our customers 100%. We are open and delivering 7 days a week. Most shops have very limited hours and are closed on Sunday. Just like the Sick Puppies, we realize that we wouldn't be here if it wasn't for our customers (fans). I greatly admire Shim and the Sick Puppies gang for all their hard work and dedication to something that they truly love and believe in. Music is a great way to express yourself and it IS a therapy for many emotions, just as flowers and floral art of all kinds are. I feel truly blessed that I am able to express myself and help others express emotions through art whether it be for happy occasions such as love and weddings or great sadness and sympathy for funerals. My art just happens to be flowers, where Sick Puppies expression is through music. I had the pleasure of seeing the Sick Puppies at Higher Ground, VT in 2008 I believe it was. They announced that they wanted to meet us right after the show and my sister and I were stoked. I wasn't too familiar with the band having just bought the cd only months before the concert. I can't remember how I was introducted to Sick Puppies and their music, but am damn glad I was. I want to say it probably had something to do with the free hugs video. I had never experienced meeting a band before. I had been to a couple of concerts, seen Simple Plan, Hinder, Papa Roach, Buckcherry, & Rev Theory (formerly Revelation Theory) but never met any of them. So here we are waiting in line after the show to buy merchandise and get them to sign stuff...we were freaking out. I didn't know what to say besides being polite and doing the usual thank you, you're awesome type talk. Paul asked me what I would like, so I purchased a poster and free hugs t-shirt and had them sign both. I overheard someone say something about pictures and was like you're taking pictures too??!!! They said yeah just wait over there so we did and they proceeded to help the next fan. We got in another line and when it was our turn, gave Paul their manager our camera and took a picture with them...I didn't want to leave!!!! My sister and I hate how we looked in the picture...we weren't ready, he just took the pic!!! He captured a moment for I will be greatly fond of for the rest of my life. I made a custom black tank top with iron on decals with hearts and SP on it. I found a cool pin that says I'm with the band that I wore and custom made a skirt out of a cheap pair of jeans to look like the one Emma wears. When my sister and I went up to take the picture Shim asked if I made the shirt for them and I smirked and said of course and Mark came back and said no its probably made for Smashing Pumpkins...we all had a good laugh at that one. It was the best concert and I blared the cd the whole way home. I will never forget that experience. They are the nicest, most humble, down to earth people "rockstars" I've ever met. FUNNY TOO!!! So when I get cranky from working long ass days when customers tend to start aggitating me, I relive that moment in my head or sing a little of one of their songs and it immediately calms me down and brings a smile to my face and I say its all ok. Thank you for that..so now I am a fan for life. Constantly checking the myspace, twitter, and youtube pages for news and videos. Isn't technology great???!! Thanks for reading! I look forward to talking to you if you'll have me here.

[Becky]

Welcome to the board! Great story about meeting the band.

[Serge]

Heya Melanie, welcome aboard!

[Cassandra]

Welcome to the boards, Melanie!

That's a really cool story about meeting the band.

[Donna]

Hey Melanie - great to have you here ! Loved the story about meeting the band as well

[Mike]

Welcome Melanie

I know what you mean, I've been to so many concerts and seen so many bands that I've lost count, but the Puppies care about their fans and are more down to Earth than any band I have ever seen. That is what makes them so awesome.

[Crystal]

Welcome, Melanie! That was a great story of how you got to meet them. They really truly are the most humble rock stars you will ever find and we are all so grateful of how much they give to us.

[Katy]

Welcome Melanie! It's great to have you and thanks for sharing your story with us.

[ToniB]

Hey Melanie! We are glad you found us! Hope to see you around!

[wrxracer24]

Thanks all. I feel the love. I get to see the pups Aug 6th so that made my whole summer. I recently bought some fish as pets. Pretty Betta Fish. I bought a male and a female. I named them Shim & Emma. Wish I could get a 3rd for a Mark but don't have any room for a third small aquarium. Thanks all for responding, I'll try to visit and post often.

[Missy]

Welcome! I believe I recognize your user name from the Ustreams, right? I am glad you found this place and I loved your story! Just make sure you sign up for the World Crew and message a member of Admin to get your status changed. That way you can look at and ask questions in the "Ask The Band" area and interact even more with the band we all love so much! I also think you should post some pics of your flower arrangements. Expressing yourself in art in any way should be spread EVERYWHERE! And sharing with us is a great way to do that Hope you make yourself at home here, and please ask away if you have any questions!

[wrxracer24]

Aww Thank you BlueEyedCutie...I definitely feel welcomed. Yes that is me on ustream. My car is a subaru wrx and at the time I made an account i was 24. I'll be 26 in Oct. The wrx is known for speed and horsepower so thats how i came up with the racer part. SO that's how i am WRXRACER24. I will definitely do as you have advised me about signing up so I can ask the band. As Shim would say that is "RETARDED".haha i love his accent. In terms of posting flower arrangements I can send you guys to view my website at I have alot more pictures than that just haven't had the time to load all of the pictures off of my digital camera. Thanks again guys..YOU ROCK!

[Lisa]

Hi Melanie, Welcome to the forum!

[Missy]

Those are some VERY beautiful arrangements! You're definitely gifted

And I'm a sucker for Shim's accent too

[patrickdron]

welcome.

[wrxracer24]

Aww Thank you....you guys are all so very sweet. Welcoming people in like that. ...Anyone going to Higher Ground,VT on the 6th of Aug I salute you Anyone meeting each other after the show?? And to the SP haters I salute you also lol

[Joseppi]

Hey Melanie, Welcome to SPWC. Okay, I'm a week late but I don't normally check this part of the forum. I really need to. I'll try to keep on it more often. Anyway you will love it here. I'm on a lot of forums as well and I'll tell you this is one of the friendliest forums you'll ever go to. That was pretty cool how you compared music and flowers. I've never thought of that way. Nice little analogy you did there. Anyway, welcome to the Crew!

[wrxracer24]

Thanks so much for all the love...if you want to get in contact with me I can be found in many ways

Sick Puppies World Crew: Wrxracer24
Twitter: I'm Wrxracer24 on twitter
Myspace: http://www.myspace.com/welcometomelanieslife (I have the pics from the SP concert)
E-mail: wrxracer24@gmail.com
Check out my business website http://www.plattsburghflowermarket.com if you want to see more flowers

I'm a slave to my job- I kinda gotta be because I own it!!! Hopefully I can interact with some of you because other than work work work and the occasional concert like 1 or 2 a year I don't have a life...lol Sick Puppies are my anti drug. Listening to their music comes in vary handy while on long trip flower deliveries (rock out the whole way there and the whole way back!! )