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Leslie

the art of wizdumb

About Me

I'm a little bit of everything, sometimes a reflection of how I'm treated by others. I am content with life's simple pleasures: A slightly overcast day, a double breasted peacoat, cup of hot chocolate, and a long walk on a pier would suit me fine.

Extremely sentimental, hopeful romantic, and eternal optimist are a few words to describe me. Ill-tempered, slightly ungrateful, and highly irritable are a few others.

I don't like it when people expect certain things of me because they assume they know me. I aim to surprise, not to please.

I'm not your average anything. Labels don't suit me.

My Interests

|| I DIG || paper airplane contestants, midnight readers, rollercoaster conquerers, fist raisers, obscure movie quoters, board game champions, nature walkers, musical theater goers, motown listeners, subtitle enthusiasts, goonie adventurers, free thinkers, A&F haters, wine tasters, back road drivers, inquisitive minds, beach dwellers, and carpe diem subscribers.

I'd like to meet:

I'm looking for Lloyd Dobler.

I like hanging out with people who have an insatiable appetite for life and sushi.

People who aren't satisfied with the superficial.

People that are daring enough to step out of their comfort zone.

People that demonstrate random acts of kindness.

Witty people who can make me laugh so hard that I almost suffocate.

And lastly, people that bring out the best in me.

I tried out for American Idol!! Click below to view my audition tape.

Music:

I like Sam Cooke, Jackson 5, RATM, Mos Def, YYY, Blue Scholars, The Mars Volta, Otis Redding, Phoenix and The Beatles to name a few.

Movies:

The Goonies, Say Anything, Reality Bites, Anne of Green Gables series, Stand By Me, Back to the Future.

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Amelie, City of God, Cinema Paradiso, Pride and Prejudice, -I'm a sucker for romance.

Television:

My So-Called Life, Party of Five, Smallville, Felicity, Project Runway, LOST, 24, RW/RR challenges. Oh and American Idol *blush*

Current addiction: Kdramas.

How much longer till you come out on DVD!?!?!

Books:

I'm a bookworm reborn. Now that I no longer have assigned reading -I'm all about it. Would love to hear any recommendations!! Some books I like: To Kill A Mockingbird and am a Harry Potter fanatic.

Just finished: No One Belongs Here More Than You by Miranda July

Currently reading:

Best book ever recs are always welcome.

Heroes:

everyday unsung heroes like teachers and nurses.

My Blog

Number 12 Looks Just Like You

I used to have this belief that I had 2 doppelgangers in every city. This was in result of being mistaken for a Rachael and a Melissa numerous times. Not only that, but I've been told that I remind pe...
Posted by Leslie on Sat, 24 Jun 2006 12:40:00 PST

just press play.

"Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate.Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure.It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us.We ask ourselves, Who am I to be brilli...
Posted by Leslie on Sun, 07 May 2006 01:22:00 PST

Confessions of An Insomniac V.3

It's 1 hour 2 minutes and 3 seconds into the 4th month on the 5th day in the 6th year of the 21st Century. And as Mitchell so eloquently put it, I am making history. Unfortunately this part of 'histo...
Posted by Leslie on Wed, 05 Apr 2006 02:29:00 PST

Beauty in the breakdown.

Things are starting to look up. On health: I'm starting to be more conscious of my eating habits and being more active. No, I'm not going to turn into one of those pathetic girls that constantly compl...
Posted by Leslie on Wed, 25 Jan 2006 05:55:00 PST

))<>((

We all long for some sort of connection. And there are times in your life when you feel disconnected from everyone, no matter how many people reach out to you.I feel like I've been sleepwalking for we...
Posted by Leslie on Thu, 05 Jan 2006 08:07:00 PST

reflex_ion

There's a war inside of me. Ever feel like you are at a constant battle in certain ways you think or feel? Gliding from one extreme to the other, I feel like I've lost my sense of balance. Hopeful...
Posted by Leslie on Thu, 29 Dec 2005 11:11:00 PST

Gobble, gobble!

So I went to see the premiere of Rent wiith my sisters and the Robert and I LOVED IT!! Even though Tera and I already knew the outcome we were bawling like babies. I didn't really like Cristobal Colo...
Posted by Leslie on Thu, 24 Nov 2005 12:10:00 PST

DAY O' FUN

Foster Farms Cornmaze & Pumpkin PatchArlington, WA STARRING... Aubrey in his Johnny Cupcake t-shirt Child of the corn in my festive orange shirt. Looks like a sign for pleasant things to come. Two...
Posted by Leslie on Sat, 29 Oct 2005 02:24:00 PST

16 years in the making...

To my huckleberry friend,It's been awhile since we've seen each other, over a year to be exact. But every time we get together, it's like no time has elapsed. And that is a friendship that can st...
Posted by Leslie on Wed, 07 Sep 2005 04:16:00 PST

Confessions of an Insomniac V. 2

I'd like to write about something but I don't know what and it's usually at these times when my best writing emerges. However I don't feel like tonight will be one of those times. Tonight, out of shee...
Posted by Leslie on Sat, 27 Aug 2005 03:51:00 PST