Jessie Slavich

barista

Meher Baba, train travel, lying in a haphazard sprawl on the floor listening to records real loud, Bollywood, acupuncture, saunas at Loyley, turning my tiny bedroom into a forest of sorts (ok that is weird to list as a hobby, but it came to mind and it's better than listing "therapy" as a hobby, I suppose)

On Beauty, A Secret History, Wind Up Bird Chronicles, The God of Small Things, The Beauty Myth, Appetites, anything by Meher Baba, A Passage to India, The Remains of the Day, A Fine Balance, Love In The Time of Cholera, Bastard Out of Carolina, A Handful of Dust, To the Lighthouse, The Heart is a Lonely Hunter, The Chronicles of Narnia, Oz books, Ramona books, Pride and Prejudice, Anna Karenina

Me, You, and Everyone We Know, Science of Sleep, anything with Meher Baba in it, Far Away, So Close, Lagaan, Water, Amalie, Harold and Maude, Borat, Lost In Translation, Marie Antoinette, Impromptu

El Perro Del Mar, Arvo Part (the instrumental stuff), Slowdive, The Clientele, Moshie-Moshie! I Am the Decider!, Azure Ray, Vic Chesnutt, Elizabeth Cotton, Brian Eno, Hood, Cole Miller, Cannibal Ox, Madvillian, The Cure, New Order, Electrelane, Rachel's, The Knife, Robbie Basho, Eric Satie, My Bloody Valentine, Lali Puna, Aphex Twin, Vashti Bunyan, Mary Timony, Spiritualized, The Thermals, Galaxie 500, Raphael Rudd, Beat Happening, James Blackshaw, Cat Power, The Smiths, Nina Simone, Sigur Ros, The Verve, Asha Bhosle, Low, Boards of Canada, Isan, Chopin, Pulp, Fourtet, Mogwai, GYBE!, Sleater Kinney, Notwist, Mountain Goats, The Album Leaf, Throwing Muses, Lady Sovereign

West Wing, The Office (the original)

Virgo

I'm a left handed Virgo. My left front tooth is not real, but you can't tell, really. I make music and it is called Glacier Park. If you send me your address, I will send you a cd. Promise. I love spools of ribbon, office supplies, winter squash, dark chocolate, lemon curd, new dresses, dictionaries, the smell of clary sage and orange blossom (although not in the same whiff), Trader Joe's, my bike, galoshas, typewriters, the sound of electric fans and ebows, England, cats, little plates and cute things from Scandanavia and traveling, especially to India. Oh, I also love my job, especially on Sunday mornings. I like to draw whales and trees. I believe in fairies and unicorns. Like Arthur Lee, I too think that people are the greatest fun. I wrote a song for a couple as a wedding present, felt shy and never sent it to them. It's called Alice and Rupert. If you know them, perhaps you could inquire as to whether they would still like said gift, or if it is too late and I should forget about it and get them a giftcard from Pottery Barn.

Champion nappers, Shah Rukh Khan, Asha Bhosle, fans of Fearless Nadia, my family in Russia, Dr. Edward Bach, George Sand, Chopin, cute kids