Slog - Comments on Overheard in My Inbox http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/overheard_in_my_inbox From invaluable Stranger writer Cienna Madrid comes this earwitness report from an unnamed downtown Seattle cafe: There's a woman at a table next to me, and from what I've overheard, she's on her first date in five years, and she's explaining to her date why she's in the process of a divorce: "He's a giraffe, and I'm a leopard, and I'm never gonna be a giraffe. I've tried and tried, but my destiny is as a leopard, you see? I can fake being a giraffe for awhile, but eventually I'm gonna have to rip his throat out and feed... Copyright 2008 Mon, 19 Mar 2007 14:22:25 -0800 Tue, 20 Mar 2007 09:15:16 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by monkey Eva Longoria is in town?

]]> monkey http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/overheard_in_my_inbox#c674200 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/overheard_in_my_inbox#c674200 City Mon, 19 Mar 2007 14:23:10 -0800 Comment by elswinger Has this woman's date fled in terror yet?

BTW, It's good to know Cienna is still around. We almost never hear from her.

]]> elswinger http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/overheard_in_my_inbox#c674203 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/overheard_in_my_inbox#c674203 City Mon, 19 Mar 2007 14:25:03 -0800 Comment by Andrew I have had dates with guys like that before. They never turned into second dates. As a matter of fact, I did not even want to have quick meaningless sex with them either.

]]> Andrew http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/overheard_in_my_inbox#c674209 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/overheard_in_my_inbox#c674209 City Mon, 19 Mar 2007 14:28:52 -0800 Comment by catnextdoor Anyone here ever been to port townsend? This sounds like every other woman there.

Ouch. The horror!

]]> catnextdoor http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/overheard_in_my_inbox#c674257 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/overheard_in_my_inbox#c674257 City Mon, 19 Mar 2007 15:13:18 -0800 Comment by ellarosa this sounds more like something from a fay wheldon novel than a real-life utterance...i think i'll try to forward it to fay and maybe she could use it.

]]> ellarosa http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/overheard_in_my_inbox#c674262 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/overheard_in_my_inbox#c674262 City Mon, 19 Mar 2007 15:17:38 -0800 Comment by cienna I don't know who the hell Fay Wheldon is, but if she's ever said anything along the lines of: "If you're into cats, you'd really like my therapist--he's like a jaguar, all dark and fierce. Maybe next time [ON OUR SECOND DATE] I can introduce you."

Then I have two new heroes.

]]> cienna http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/overheard_in_my_inbox#c674276 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/overheard_in_my_inbox#c674276 City Mon, 19 Mar 2007 15:28:11 -0800 Comment by Max Solomon @3: the WOMAN was saying that shit.

guys don't say shit like that.

that jaguar needs a new therapist. he sounds like the Uptight Seattleite. my shrink doesn't sound like that.

WTF is a 'giraffe', metaphorically? giraffes regularly kick the asses of puny jaguars.

]]> Max Solomon http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/overheard_in_my_inbox#c674286 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/overheard_in_my_inbox#c674286 City Mon, 19 Mar 2007 15:43:17 -0800 Comment by ben this is why you had to stop IMing me?

]]> ben http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/overheard_in_my_inbox#c674292 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/overheard_in_my_inbox#c674292 City Mon, 19 Mar 2007 15:45:36 -0800 Comment by ellarosa it's "weldon" oops--typo. she wrote "confessions of a she devil," made into a movie with meryl streep and roseanne barr, shortened to "she devil." fyi.

]]> ellarosa http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/overheard_in_my_inbox#c674321 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/overheard_in_my_inbox#c674321 City Mon, 19 Mar 2007 16:00:50 -0800 Comment by Carollani I am so jealous of that woman. I LIVE for overhearing conversations like that.

]]> Carollani http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/overheard_in_my_inbox#c674337 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/overheard_in_my_inbox#c674337 City Mon, 19 Mar 2007 16:09:40 -0800 Comment by David K. Oh, wow, Rhonda Byrne is in town -- the gal who wrote The Secret...cool.

]]> David K. http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/overheard_in_my_inbox#c674343 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/overheard_in_my_inbox#c674343 City Mon, 19 Mar 2007 16:13:56 -0800 Comment by Will in Seattle Oooh. Animal analogies.

I lose their numbers quick.

]]> Will in Seattle http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/overheard_in_my_inbox#c674536 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/overheard_in_my_inbox#c674536 City Mon, 19 Mar 2007 17:19:38 -0800 Comment by Matt from Denver Jaguars and giraffes are native to different continents. Shouldn't she be calling herself a lion, or a cheetah, or some other African big cat?

]]> Matt from Denver http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/overheard_in_my_inbox#c674651 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/overheard_in_my_inbox#c674651 City Mon, 19 Mar 2007 19:20:46 -0800 Comment by Matt from Denver Oh shit, she called herself a leopard, not a jaguar. Please consider my last comment withdrawn.

]]> Matt from Denver http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/overheard_in_my_inbox#c674652 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/overheard_in_my_inbox#c674652 City Mon, 19 Mar 2007 19:21:52 -0800 Comment by treacle "rip his throat out and feed on his entrails" -- That's what I want to hear on a date!
Nicely vivid scenario though..

]]> treacle http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/overheard_in_my_inbox#c674656 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/overheard_in_my_inbox#c674656 City Mon, 19 Mar 2007 19:24:57 -0800 Comment by Andrew @#7

Uh, have you met any of the gay guys in Seattle??? I just wish some were as creative as the psyco lady. But yeah, plenty of gay guys say crap like that.

]]> Andrew http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/overheard_in_my_inbox#c675095 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/overheard_in_my_inbox#c675095 City Tue, 20 Mar 2007 07:41:35 -0800 Comment by spencer She must have been Otherkin.

]]> spencer http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/overheard_in_my_inbox#c675233 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/overheard_in_my_inbox#c675233 City Tue, 20 Mar 2007 09:15:16 -0800