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| User: | rettstatt (935380)
It ain't no sin to take off your skin and dance around in your bones.
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| Name: | Chris Rettstatt |
| Website: | Chris Rettstatt |
| Birthdate: | 1972-04-05 |
| Bio: | This blog is friends-only.
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I am a children's book author who wishes he was a linguist. I am currently working on a five-book young adult fantasy series, the first of which will hit the shelves July 2008.
Religion: give more than you take
Star Sign: ram and mouse
Last great book I read:
Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell, by Susanna Clarke.
Most humbling moment:
The first time I stood in front of my first English class in China, realizing I didn't know a thing about teaching.
Best (or worst) lie I've ever told:
'I don't need you. I don't need anything except this (picks up the ashtray) and that's it and that's the only thing I need, is this. I don't need this or this. Just this ashtray. And this paddle game...'
If I could be anywhere at the moment:
The Himalayas, with a camera, a flute, a notebook and a pen. And my big black hat. Sunglasses. It's bright up there. And a bottle of water. I don't know how to play the flute, so throw in a flute teacher. And give the flute teacher a bottle of water, too.
The five items I can't live without:
Pen, paper, water, food and shelter.
I would exchange shelter for a nice ocean view, water for good wine, and food for good conversation. But I gotta have my pen and paper.
Why you should get to know me:
Because I can sing the Prologue to the Canterbury Tales, in Middle English, to the tune of the Brady Bunch. |
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| Interests: | 122: a clockwork orange, anime, arkansas, artificial intelligence, battlestar galactica, biking, biotechnology, bjork, board games, bookcrossing, books, boxing, chai, chekhov, chicago, children, children's authors, children's books, children's literature, china, coen brothers, coffee, conversation, cooking, creative writing, cui jian, cyberpunk, david bowie, doctor who, dostoyevsky, emotional intelligence, fantasy, fantasy books, farscape, fessenjan, fight club, flannery o'connor, folklore, freshly baked bread, gaming, geeky friends, grapefruit, harold and maude, hayao miyazaki, his dark materials, incense, istanbul, jim jarmusch, john cale, johnny cash, kate bush, kid lit, kids' books, languages, leonard cohen, lhasa, linguistics, literature, lord of the rings, lou reed, madagascar, mango pickle, masks, middle english, middle grade fiction, middle grade literature, miller's crossing, monkey king, monkeys, morrissey, mythology, nanotechnology, natural born killers, neal stephenson, neil gaiman, neil stephenson, old english, penny arcade, people watching, philosophy, pho, photographs, photography, puppets, raising arizona, raymond carver, reading, risk, roethke, rushmore, russian literature, sci-fi, science fiction, seamus heaney, short stories, south park, speculative fiction, sushi, swords, tampopo, the food channel, the graduate, the little prince, the smiths, theodore roethke, tibet, tolstoy, tom waits, travel, traveling, velvet underground, world music, writing, writing children's books, writing for children, writing for kids, ya, ya fiction, ya literature, young adult fiction, young adult literature, young adult novels |
| Schools: | None listed |
| Friends: |  | 181: | 28weekslater, _nishka, _pluginbaby, abandonedcouch, agiel, alchea, anabug, anaxiforminges, appledollz, aranluc, arguements, asianhermione, asylumprincess, atheenah, atillathehan, atypically_me, aynatonal, babyguns, bibliofile, bullhead, caesarcole, candywarhol, capitu, carpemondo, christiana, cielito, cinnajess, corsakti, cristalia, cupcakeofdoom, cynthea, dapohead, dartsdelight, daughterlucifer, dawndesiree, dawninheaven, dearvoid, deepheartscore, deletermonkey, deviantmuse, donia, echoesbleeding, ela_bird, elabeth, emgolian, eugie, flyingjerk, foxeylady, franticjoy, fujerica, glass_orthodoxy, goaslag, gracelizard, gynomitesunshin, hadjare, halemarry, heathergalaxy, hellfaerie, helloalena, holevesta, ichbineinbaum, idyllios, ifiwereafish, imighthaveknown, immortaleve, inlaterdays, intercat, isobel80, itsfirefight, jennafish, jewelrain, jilleen_dennis, josienutter, karenb2, katherine8504, kittybaby96, kittylavender, kristamas, lady_door, le_trombone, limyaael, liquidwhite, lorilori, lucky_life, ludellablack, lwu81, m00g, mai_ling, mare_speaks, matociquala, maybe_maybe_bby, mechaniquemary, medicicourtesan, megsari, melanie, mightyafrodite, minjo, minn, mistressdeath, mockingbirddd, mokk, mountainmist, ms_tek, mschaos, mylemon, nadja, nadya_lev, nanoublissgliss, nocturnalninja, ohmyamy, ombriel, pheret1, phototheque, pr_hilton, prema, prosewitch, psasidhar, psychovenus, psyfi, queen_of_ena, queenoftheskies, rawrxbitch, razornails, red_woman_red, rettstatt, revbenet, robling_t, robont3, rollick, samblackmire, sanx, saribeth, sca_tte_rbr_ain, scarletgeryon, scatterbeetle, scyleia, seannemarie, sheis, shoreless, silentstares, silvergirl, simurgh, slumberingblue, smart_idiot, so_over_that, spillshercoffee, sprawl, sripali, stelladieve, stillsostrange, stolentiara, suku, surrealkitten, sweetevil_, sweetsinz, sylvia101, sylvie, syreene, takita, tavella, theuglyvolvo, tinaya, twi_lite, twistedbunny, ultimateairn, verbminx, we_belong_here, wed_mourning, wilczyca, willowing, wokeuptiedup, yaramaz, yaruar, yidneth, yourmoonmadmuse, yume_ninja, zenandjuice, zepp0, zeppo, zerbie, zhai |  | 43: | added, awesomechicago, biopunk, chicago_cheap, chicago_club, chicago_comedy, chicago_dining, chicago_el, chicago_gothic, chicago_party, chicagomeetup, chitown_nutz, conlangs, cooking, cyberpunk, cyberpunkstyle, dumb_road_signs, found_objects, futuretech, genepool, graffitiisart, graffitilegal, graffitiwriters, jonowrimo, linguists, literaryquotes, lj_nifty, philosophy, real_philosophy, schism_matrix, selfportraits, sfwriters, singularity_now, speakingpeace, tessier_ashpool, think_galactic, urban_decay, wongkarwai, ya_fsf_con, ya_novelists, yaandmgwriters, yalitlovers, zhongwen |  | 1: | chrisrettstatt |
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| Mutual Friends: | 171: _nishka, _pluginbaby, abandonedcouch, alchea, anabug, anaxiforminges, appledollz, aranluc, arguements, asianhermione, asylumprincess, atheenah, atillathehan, atypically_me, aynatonal, babyguns, bibliofile, bullhead, caesarcole, candywarhol, capitu, carpemondo, christiana, cielito, cinnajess, corsakti, cristalia, cupcakeofdoom, cynthea, dapohead, dartsdelight, daughterlucifer, dawndesiree, dawninheaven, dearvoid, deepheartscore, deletermonkey, deviantmuse, donia, echoesbleeding, ela_bird, elabeth, eugie, foxeylady, franticjoy, fujerica, glass_orthodoxy, goaslag, gynomitesunshin, hadjare, halemarry, heathergalaxy, hellfaerie, holevesta, ichbineinbaum, idyllios, ifiwereafish, immortaleve, inlaterdays, intercat, isobel80, itsfirefight, jennafish, jewelrain, jilleen_dennis, josienutter, karenb2, katherine8504, kittybaby96, kittylavender, kristamas, lady_door, le_trombone, limyaael, liquidwhite, lorilori, lucky_life, ludellablack, lwu81, m00g, mai_ling, mare_speaks, matociquala, maybe_maybe_bby, mechaniquemary, medicicourtesan, megsari, melanie, mightyafrodite, minjo, minn, mistressdeath, mockingbirddd, mokk, mountainmist, ms_tek, mschaos, mylemon, nadja, nadya_lev, nanoublissgliss, nocturnalninja, ohmyamy, ombriel, pheret1, pr_hilton, prema, prosewitch, psasidhar, psychovenus, psyfi, queenoftheskies, rawrxbitch, razornails, red_woman_red, rettstatt, revbenet, robling_t, robont3, rollick, samblackmire, sanx, saribeth, sca_tte_rbr_ain, scarletgeryon, scatterbeetle, scyleia, seannemarie, sheis, shoreless, silentstares, silvergirl, simurgh, slumberingblue, smart_idiot, so_over_that, spillshercoffee, sripali, stelladieve, stillsostrange, stolentiara, suku, surrealkitten, sweetevil_, sweetsinz, sylvia101, sylvie, syreene, takita, tavella, ... |
| Account type: | Basic Account |
