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lesley

feelings are boring. kissing is awesome.

About Me

music, radio, school, popcorn, trivial pursuit, friday morning jazz, cjsw, cinema, sea horses, hummus, coffee, newspapers

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My Interests

music, books, bollywood, puddle jumping, cinnamon rolls, scrabble, dinosaur comics, badminton, chess, lamps, broccoli, feminism, fruit-on-the-bottom yogurt

Music:

bel canto, break beats, aleatory, isorhythm, dancehall, recicative, lulu, turntables, lutyens, scratching, viola d'amore, the many covers of joy divisions 'love will tear us apart'.....................................................d izzy gillespie, benny goodman, cecil taylor, thelonius monk, charlie mingus, charlie parker, ornette coleman, alice coltrane, betty carter, pearl baily, judy garland, william parker, cannonball adderly, sam rivers, count basie, joe harriot, albert ayler, freddy hubbard, john coltrane, peter brotzmann, anita o'day, blossom dearie, art tatum, ken vandermark, fats waller, jj johnson, coleman hawkins, billie holiday, django reinhardt, sarah vaughn, miles davis, nina simone .......................................................kanye west, common, j dilla, saul williams, mos def, gil scott heron, talib kweli, the roots, plantlife, quasimoto, madlib, otis redding, al green, marvin gaye, n.e.r.d, lupe fiasco, k'naan, jay z, anthony hamilton, jamie lidell, bill withers, bilal, dead prez, d'angelo, erykah badu, dudley perkins, jean grey, heiroglyphics, blackalicious, breakestra, m.i.a, peanut butter wolf, roots manuva, antibalas, zap mama, dilated peoples, j5, de la soul, mf doom, last poets .......................................................joni mitchell, fiona apple, neko case, tom waits, ani difranco, diana & the supremes, gladys & the pips, nick drake, freda payne, martha wainwright, emmylou harris, dolly parton, rae spoon, be good tanyas, oh susanna, blondie, elvis, johhny cash, junior boys, ryan adams, seu jorge, finley quaye, bjork, beck, the walkmen, spoon, thom yorke, jon rae & the river, mighty sparrow .....................................................kaija saariaho, sofia gubaidulina, alban berg, luciano berio, gyrogy ligeti, toru takemitsu, claude vivier, tristan murail, j.s. bach, gustav mahler, dmitri shostakovich, luigi nono, karlheinz stockhausen, helmut lachenmann, thomas ades, r murray schafer, bela bartok, violet archer, elizabeth lutyens, gerard grisey, arvo part, george crumb, charles ives ......................................................anythi ng broadway, anything bollywood, justin timberlake

Television:

turner classic movies and cosby show reruns

Books:

siddhartha, the prophet, one hundred years of solitude, slaughterhouse five, tropic of cancer, pride and prejudice, le petite prince, a fine balance, the energy of slaves, an equal music, the master and margarita

Heroes:

family, roomates, friends, profs, cat

My Blog

oh man!

tv is so wicked sometimes. this made my day."i dont know what's better, gettin' laid or gettin' paidi just know when i'm gettin' one, the other's gettin' away"amen....
Posted by lesley on Fri, 12 Jan 2007 10:54:00 PST

laurna's best quote yet

"if there's any guys i wouldn't trust, it's the little guys."
Posted by lesley on Tue, 05 Dec 2006 11:01:00 PST

snow day!

it's only -5 out, and UBC has cancelled all classes for a SNOW DAY!i revoke my previous blog. vancity is AWESOME! it's as if the Fates knew i was totally unprepared for my analysis presentation, and...
Posted by lesley on Mon, 27 Nov 2006 08:58:00 PST

i blame vancouver

from now on everything that goes wrong in the next 2 years of my life will be solely the fault of this stupid city.the gusty wind snapped my umbrella in half. the rain soaks my shoes and pants all th...
Posted by lesley on Fri, 24 Nov 2006 05:03:00 PST

awesome.

k. brace yourselves. ramin and i saw benicio del toro in zulu records on the weekend.oh man!i feel as if his ultracool aura has stayed w/ me, and from here on i vow to only wear dirty trucker hats an...
Posted by lesley on Wed, 11 Oct 2006 04:01:00 PST

blinkity blank

in the mood for some classic abstract scratch animation, with pointilistic modernist music from canadian Maurice Blackburn (who, interestingly: studied at Laval, NEC in Boston, and w/ Stravinsky at Ha...
Posted by lesley on Sat, 23 Sep 2006 08:47:00 PST

lesslyn.

"Lesley is a Scottish surname that originates from the place Lesslyn in Aberdeenshire. Lesslyn is derived from the Gaelic leas cuilinn, meaning "garden of holly"It also means "the gray castle" or "sma...
Posted by lesley on Sun, 21 May 2006 12:15:00 PST