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leslie

Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, things are not going to get better. They're not. --

About Me

I have a weakness for animals. I never feel like I'm helping the world enough. I work with kids. I love my husband. I used to be a daddy's girl. I enjoy a cold beer on a hot day. I have a college degree. I wasted a year of my life in law school. I wasted a lot of time in general. I drive a small car. I write children's books. I read children's books. I read anything I can find. I laugh. I cry. I sleep in. I'm always running late. I try to eat right. I love to eat wrong.I am finally on the right path.
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My Interests

Knitting, helping homeless animals, reading, writing, cooking.

I'd like to meet:

My great-grandfathers, St. Francis, Bono, Steve Martin, Christopher Reeve, Emily Dickinson, John Lennon, myself as a child.

Music:

U2, Al Green, Marvin Gaye, Guns N Roses (I can't help it), INXS, Elvis, Patsy Cline, David Bowie, Jack Johnson.

Movies:

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Dead Poet's Society, Superman (all 4), Love Actually, Somewhere in Time, Ever After.

Television:

Six Feet Under, Arrested Development, The Office, My Name is Earl.

Books:

Laurie Notaro, Gregory Maguire, David Sedaris, Sweet Potato Queens, Harry Potter.

Heroes:

Christopher Reeve, anyone who helps run a no-kill animal shelter, my best friend, my husband.

My Blog

california dreamin'

The news came in this week, my wonderfully genius husband matched at the top site in the country for his internship. Translated, this means we're movin' to California! He'll be interning at a VA in a ...
Posted by leslie on Fri, 02 Mar 2007 07:24:00 PST

hangin' with earl

For reasons that are complicated, boring, and too painful to type, my beloved car is stuck in Nashville. While I *patiently* wait for the day I can bring her home, my insurance company has p...
Posted by leslie on Fri, 26 Jan 2007 08:13:00 PST

The end has come!

Yippee! Summer camp is over! Yesterday was the last day of camp and today was spent napping, knitting, and lunching with friends. I love kids....in theory...in reality, I hated my kids this summer. I'...
Posted by leslie on Sat, 12 Aug 2006 04:01:00 PST

I can't stand the heat

Am I the only one who is losing ten pounds a day in water weight lately? Could it be any hotter? Someone call Satan and tell him to come get me, because Hell has got to be cooler. I have tried every d...
Posted by leslie on Mon, 31 Jul 2006 02:59:00 PST

things change

I'm getting older and I've noticed some changes lately.... 1. I have more than one grey hair and they aren't giving me that "natural highlight" look I was hoping for. 2. Not only do I have married fr...
Posted by leslie on Tue, 11 Jul 2006 10:45:00 PST

sweet home alabama

So, I was foster caring for a sweet little calico, well, she got really sweet, at one point she was into biting me. We ended up really bonding the last couple of weeks I had her. She'd sit in my lap, ...
Posted by leslie on Mon, 10 Jul 2006 12:19:00 PST

bitin' the bud

My mother's parents, my Mimi and Gangan, tell a story I can never hear too many times. When my Gangan was a kid, he and his cousins would play outside all day during the summer months. Nearby, my grea...
Posted by leslie on Thu, 22 Jun 2006 04:16:00 PST

no good deed

No good deed goes unpunished. Thats what they always say. I guess I've found it to be true, misfortune and bad luck have plagued me more days than not. My latest good deed was saving a precious, long-...
Posted by leslie on Thu, 22 Jun 2006 04:10:00 PST

nonelopement

There is no such thing as an easy way to get married. Now, I in no way want to imply that I think a traditional wedding is a waste of time or the wrong thing to do. Love is grand, celebrate it however...
Posted by leslie on Thu, 22 Jun 2006 04:09:00 PST