Who Am I?

My name is Melissa Lauren Casbar and I was born in Royal Oak, MI. Since 7th grade I have been called Missy therefore I prefer to be called Missy since I often forget that my name is Melissa unless some sort of roll call is performed. I went to Walled Lake Central H.S. and graduated in 2004. I am a Secondary Education English major with a minor in Communication. My life goals are to travel around the world, skydive, and to understand the ways peoples connect and why.
Later on I will continue about why I am interested in African Literature...

Upon review of this intro, I realized I had portrayed myself to be one boring individual. Here are some quotes that I really enjoy that may help you get a better idea of how spicy I really am... 

"I am a firm believer in SERENDIPITY----all the random pieces coming together in one wonderful moment, when suddenly you see what their purpose was all along." 
-David Levithan

Love me or hate me..... thats how its always been, thats how it will always be.... hate my swagger, hate my charisma, hate my style, hate my good looks......hate me for all of these things.... but most importantly..... hate that im loved for the exact same reasons

This is the beginning of a new day. I have been given this day to use as I will. I can waste it. . . or use it for good, but what I do today is important, because I am exchanging a day of my life for it! When tomorrow comes, this day will be gone forever, leaving in its place something that I have traded for it. I want it to be gain and not loss; good and not evil; success, and not failure; in order that I shall not regret the price that I have paid for it. I will try just for today, for you never fail until you stop trying.

Be the change you wish to see in the world
-Ghandi

But Merlin would say "Look at your rational doubts more closely. Behind the doubt stands a doubter, behind the doubter a thinker, behind the thinker a speck of pure awareness that must be conscious before any thought can arise. I am that speck of consciousness. I am immortal and immune to time. Do not just speculate about me, judging whether to accept or reject. Dive inside, peel away your layers of doubt. When we finally meet, you will know who I am. And then my immortality will be not simply a notion but a living reality." 
- DEEPAK CHOPRA

Finally, I am interested in the study of African Literature in order to gain insight into what life is and has been like for Africa and her inhabitants during recent history.