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Ratt Scallion

Dorks en fuego!

About Me

turned my skin inside out scraped it clean cut it and put it back together shed my skins shed my skins back to me.nix the bullshit. give me the truth.

My Interests

plants, water, the ocean and it's inhabitants, sea potatoes, gardening, tea, drawing, ceramics, painting, sculpture, music, sweden, geometry, healing, patterns, nature, bikes, kittens and cats, puppetry. love. getting better at driving stick-shift. being real. wheels, rollerskates.

I'd like to meet:

lets go swimming in the ocean and bike riding and exploring. lets talk art, but let us not be pretentious. lets go poke dead things with sticks. listen.people that like to give and receive good hugs.lets make stuff.

Music:

patti smith, siouxsie and the banshees, the red aunts, ventures, blondie, dinosaur jr, janis joplin, esg, lee perry, culture, kraftwerk, fela kuti, love, vaselines, beat happening, rah brahs

Movies:

rushmore, b-movies sci-fi, horror, puppetry, joe versus the volcano. night of the creeps, critters, children of the corn, sleep away camp, unico in the land of magic, dark crystal, godzilla vs. mothra, cocteau's beaty and the beast, devil bat

Television:

hooray for smashing time.

Books:

are great!! The Book of Tea. The Power of Now.

Heroes:

hero |'hi(?)ro| noun ( pl. -roes) My Pops. a person, typically a man, who is admired or idealized for courage, outstanding achievements, or noble qualities : a war hero.Just as importantly, my Heroines: My mom, my grandmother, my sisters, my cousins, my aunts, my roommate, my girlfriends, all those wild women out there that don't let life and their encounters kill their spirit but allow it to push them further and deeper into the jewel and dagger-lined womb that is life--always around you, with lessons to teach and lessons to learn.

My Blog

yoink!

found on someone else's myspace page. brought to you to share the joy. ...
Posted by Ratt Scallion on Sat, 21 Jun 2008 10:12:00 PST

lauryn hill: old rumor rehashed and reburied

remember that rumor that tainted lauryn hill's success for a minute back in the 90's? well, blast the rumor and look at this link to read her actual statement. old news...
Posted by Ratt Scallion on Wed, 18 Jun 2008 11:35:00 PST

Bed Bugs Part Deux

I asked my friend if my bed bugs bit him when he slept over. They didn't. Whew. His answer was a splinter of hope for me. I haven't been bitten in a week, but then I haven't been sleeping in my room ...
Posted by Ratt Scallion on Mon, 16 Jun 2008 08:06:00 PST

Grief rears its ugly head at unexpected times

Yesterday while in my friends' garden, I noticed I had missed a phone call. The voice on the message was my good friend Kate, a teacher-artist-activist who has spent the past 6 months in Guatemala wor...
Posted by Ratt Scallion on Mon, 16 Jun 2008 07:47:00 PST

Dont let the bed bugs bite.

I don't know where they came from, but I wish they'd go away! I'm SO grossed out. It's disgusting knowing bed bugs are lurking somewhere...it's worse because I can't find them! I woke up a week and a ...
Posted by Ratt Scallion on Wed, 11 Jun 2008 08:40:00 PST

Big Dog

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W1czBcnX1Ww yikes. i'm a fly head. no i'm two ninjas in a blind balancing act. i'm a dog. i'm something weird. i'll make you poop your pants if you cross path...
Posted by Ratt Scallion on Fri, 06 Jun 2008 01:29:00 PST

art

In order to fully appreciate another artists work, you must welcome their passion and love for what they make. Appreciate the works for what they are. Appreciate the work for what it is. Appreciate&n...
Posted by Ratt Scallion on Wed, 09 Apr 2008 02:34:00 PST

wed night in lafayette, co

Last night, I dreamt a few dreams, more than I’ve been able to remember for the past month. I dreamt I lost control and I slammed into a pole. I dreamt I moved some of Amanda’s things out ...
Posted by Ratt Scallion on Wed, 09 Apr 2008 02:45:00 PST

My Favorite Musician

it will make your ears bleed, send you into a drug induced nightmarish hell. love it. Spunkspurter: Lurking Between Rotten Walls...
Posted by Ratt Scallion on Thu, 19 Apr 2007 11:33:00 PST

Forget about the f'ing lotion.

this song brings me much joy. It Rubs the Lotion on It's Skin
Posted by Ratt Scallion on Thu, 19 Apr 2007 11:17:00 PST