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Slatts

why couldn't it be barry manilow?!

About Me

i'm working on it

My Interests

music, travel, history/philosophy, ballet (watching), reading, cooking, gardening.
house renovation :)

I'd like to meet:

a whole herd of baby ducks, accompanied by some baby lopeared bunnies and a few kittens.

Music:

fiona apple, jon brion, interpol, aaron copland, the stokes, the dubliners, the pogues, john mayer, my friends, ani difranco, and in general i tend to like what my friends like (NOT because i'm some kind of sheep... it's just that proximity to anything tends to bring appreciation...)

Movies:

Saved By The Smell. Glitter.

Television:

project runway, america's next top model. i can't help it.

Books:

the things they carried, the path of minor planets, the once and future king, the missing piece

Heroes:

santa claus

My Blog

THIS IS NOT COFFEE

sometimes things that look like coffee and smell like coffee and say that they are coffee are in fact not coffee. this phenomenon can be witnessed in the cup of "cappuccino" that I am holding, c/o th...
Posted by Slatts on Mon, 12 May 2008 10:30:00 PST

chrisTINE!!!

so i was walking (stomping really, because stomping is more fun) along the arno today (the most beautiful day in recorded history) when this guy stopped me to ask for directions. or something. i don...
Posted by Slatts on Fri, 25 Apr 2008 08:34:00 PST

kitty cats on mars

i've been having some crazy dreams in san diego.  my favorite one, which i had when i first got here, involved me winning a comic strip contest with my groundbreaking, fierce and witty strip: kit...
Posted by Slatts on Fri, 08 Jun 2007 08:57:00 PST

stammering lips and insufficient language

words are funny, and so inadequate.  i tend to enjoy reading people who express incredibly vague ideas - talking about something without ever ACTUALLY telling you what they're talking about. ...
Posted by Slatts on Fri, 13 Oct 2006 01:19:00 PST

southern girl returns to the south (sort of)

it's official; i just gave notice at work.  we're moving to san diego!
Posted by Slatts on Tue, 27 Jun 2006 09:38:00 PST

addedum

at the suggestion of my sister jenny, let me go ahead and extend the issue on shallowness of dress.  first, i'll say what i said to her; if i want to be superficial about what i wear that's fine,...
Posted by Slatts on Fri, 19 May 2006 08:58:00 PST

from the desk of christine slattery, receptionist

things i hate about the business world, in no particular order. (i'm probably repeating myself here, but i'm at work, so it's on my mind...)   1. golf.  hey - i enjoy watching it; it's sooth...
Posted by Slatts on Thu, 18 May 2006 02:50:00 PST

i came really close to rubbing elbows with an apprentice contestant. but not really.

today at lunch i was sitting on the steps at market and montogomery.  there were two girls being filmed and photographed doing yoga while wearing black hanes underwear (over a white bodysuit)... ...
Posted by Slatts on Thu, 27 Apr 2006 03:19:00 PST

I HATE THE RAIN!

stupidest fucking weather EVER.  even florida isn't this bad! my legwarmers are fucking SOAKED (along with everything else i'm wearing), my toes are freezing (stupid flip-flops! i mean, i l...
Posted by Slatts on Tue, 11 Apr 2006 03:42:00 PST

my friends all hate me for liking golf

the Masters is starting!  damn it, i don't even think i get NBC at the CACA House.  I need to get an antenna, because i have to watch the Masters!  I mean, already this y...
Posted by Slatts on Thu, 06 Apr 2006 12:18:00 PST