brilliant miss melonella is the home of Erika, a 29 year old female-type person who currently lives in the incomparably gorgeous mountains of North Carolina. Her home is soon to move northward, to Massachusetts. Erika is skeptical.  Oh, and I’m Erika, by the way.

But perhaps you’d like to know more, no?

• I can drive a stick shift.
• I wiggle my toes when I’m happy or sick or worried.
• I crochet.
• I am a vegan.
• I love a good glass of wine.
• I doubt I will ever completely stop smoking.
• Better Than Ezra is my favorite band.
• I collect inordinately expensive pieces of polyurethane resin known as Asian Ball-Jointed Dolls.
• I am going grey fast.
• I read far less than I pretend to.
• I have rosacea.
• You can take the girl out of The South, but you can’t take The South out of the girl.
• I am scared of horses.
• I met Kate Nash.
• I love soft things.
• I am afraid that one day my fiance will realize I’m not as great as he thinks I am.
• I could eat Korean food every day of my life.
• I don’t like to cry in front of my friends and family.
• I am comfortable being a size 16.
• Washing dishes by hand makes me gag.
• Both my middle fingers are terribly curved outward.
• I support Hillary.
• I own an LG enV cell phone.
• I love it.
• Sometimes I want to sell most everything I own.
• I am disgusted with America.
• I wear corrective lenses.
• I love my parents.