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Katiecomelately

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About Me

Do you think that song that goes, "You'd better get ready/ To rock-steady..." is anyone's favorite song ever?

My Interests

Reading, crossword puzzles, board games, drawing, crafts, making t-shirts, drinking tasty beverages in in hotel bars, watching dryers dry, cleaning--particularly de-cat-hairing, multiple therapists, cooking, anything with Ben.

Music:

Ben & Billy's Medleys of Crap, Liz Phair, the Clash, Loretta Lynn, Johnny Cash, Willie Nelson, David Bowie, Iggy Pop, The Ramones, Scissor Sisters, Arcade Fire, Boogie Nights Soundtrack, Joan Jett, Waylon Jennings, David Allan Coe, Beck, The White Stripes, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, The Go! Team, The Clientele, Heart, Lucinda Williams, Eazy-E. Theme Songs: Billy C's remixes of Chaz in Charge & Thank You For Being a Friend, Family Ties and Night Court--amazing.

Movies:

Walk the Line, Coal Miner''s Daughter, Nine Souls, The Royal Tennebaums, Rushmore, Bottle Rocket, Boogie Nights, A Christmas Story, the Big Lebowski, Billy Elliot, Monty Python and the Holy Grail, Spirited Away, Top Secret (the scene where they're crawling & come upon those black boots? Oh my god--I'm even laughing right now!)

Television:

Peep Show, Big Train, Brass Eye, CSI, Law & Order SVU, The Office, Arrested Development, Home Movies, Reno 911, Roseanne, Cold Case (for the opening song of course), Dexter, Curb Your Enthusiasm, The Daily Show, Stella, Extras, The Biggest Loser, Wife Swap, Lost, Survivor Exile Island, Beauty and the Geek, and that show about rich kids of minor celebrities who go to a ranch.

Books:

(fyi: Scott Baio is shopping around an autobiography about being alone despite the many, many beautiful women he's made sweet sweet love to. It's called BaioWatch. I'll wait til it's published to put it on here). Everything is Illuminated, Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close, A Confederacy of Dunces, The Many Aspects of Mobile Home Living, Stranger Things Happen & Magic for Beginners , Handling Sin, Pentimento, White Teeth, The Corrections, Lamb, Best American Non-required Reading, Never Let Me Go, Bodies Under Siege, Jenny and the Jaws of Life, Scottish Girls About Town, Donor Boy, Masters of Atlantis, Drinking Coffee Elsewhere, A Bright Red Scream, Widow for One Year, After I was thrown into the River and Before I Drowned (ss), A Clean Well-Lighted Place (ss), Barrel Fever (ss), Barbara Park

Heroes:

My little sister (hey check out Emily's page! No pictures of me! Our nephew beat me for the coveted spot! Jerkface.), Bentos Linkteropolis, my late father, Gloria Steinem, Johnny Cash, Willie Nelson, Barbara Park, Noam Chomsky, Sheila Walker, Irene Addlestone, Norman Lear, Rachie VanDu, anyone who can make me laugh really, really hard.