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Katie bo Batie

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About Me



"Life is either a daring adventure or nothing. To keep our faces toward change and behave like free spirits in the presence of fate is strength undefeatable" Helen Keller

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The Inn River...Innsbruck, Austria

My Interests



Traveling, Greece-Ireland-Italy-Austria-Spain-Switzerland-France, naked river swimming, cheese, WWII history, Gustav Klimt, live music, drinking with friends, avocados, Mexican food, 19th Century Venetian Art, Miller Lite, yellow roses, cala lilies and bells of Ireland, painted toenails, clove cigarettes, painting, sculpture, photography, watching the same movies over and over, nude beaches, writing, collecting jewelry from around the world.

I'd like to meet:



Mother Teresa, Gustav Klimt, Brunelleschi

Music:



Bob Dylan, Johnny Cash, Patty Griffin, System of a Down, Matthew Perryman Jones, Emily Grace, AC/DC, Allman Brothers, Frank Sinatra, Elvis, Itzhak Perlman, Paolo Conte, Outkast, Amadan, Audioslave, Leonard Cohen, The Buena Vista Social Club, Elliot Smith, Devin Townsend, Iron and Wine, Ray LaMontagne, Flogging Molly, Willie Nelson, Susan Tedeschi, L.O.A. and Collective Efforts, Lacuna Coil, Sam Cooke...ATLiens so back the hell up off...

Movies:



Almost Famous, Stage Door, Garden State, UHF, Chariots of Fire, Jane Eyre, True Romance, Bringing up Baby, About a Boy, The Thing Called Love, The Notebook, Angels With Dirty Faces, Wild at Heart, Lonesome Dove, The Godfather(s), Hysterical Blindness, Diary of a Mad Black Woman, The Philadelphia Story, Office Space, Notting Hill, Casablanca.

Television:



24, LOST, Will and Grace, Keeping up Appearances, AbFab, The BBC version of The Office--pretty much any British comedy--The Simpsons, Weeds, Nip/Tuck, PBS, Arrested Development, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Entourage, Seinfeld, and Sex and the City.

Books:



I read the same books over and over again. I have read Jane Eyre about twenty times, Pride and Prejudice, Mrs. Miniver, The Ragamuffin Gospel, She's Come Undone, The Chronicles of Narnia, The Feud That Sparked The Renaissance, My Sergei, Sex With Kings, Band of Brothers, Sacred Contracts, The Importance of Being Foolish.

Heroes:



Uncle Jim and Aunt Ruby, People who want to do the impossible, People who do what they say they will do, and anyone who has been through the darkness of night and held on long enough to see the sun rise.

My Blog

10 Best Things About Seeing Atlanta In My Rearview Mirror

1.  In the ATL, when I lay completely still, completely naked, with a window unit and four fans pointed directly at me--I still sweat like a man in a Carhart jumpsuit who has just carried a piano...
Posted by Katie bo Batie on Thu, 02 Aug 2007 04:42:00 PST

Meet Me Half Way

It could be said that my formative years began with six kids sharing McDonalds french fries on a Saturday afternoon, while dad worked away writing a paper, grading exams or reading.  He has an am...
Posted by Katie bo Batie on Mon, 23 Jul 2007 04:55:00 PST

Bakersfield

Once upon a time...a little fourteen year old girl with blonde hair and a cheeky smile heard a song called the "Mexicali Blues"...The words intrigued her, but the reference to Bakersfield would ellude...
Posted by Katie bo Batie on Sat, 07 Jul 2007 04:07:00 PST

Until We Meet Again

Here is a transcript of the last voicemail Chaz left me before heading off to Tanzania.  I feel it's appropriate to share this, because it's really about all of us.  It's how he felt, and wh...
Posted by Katie bo Batie on Sun, 24 Jun 2007 01:22:00 PST

Dead Arm

Sometimes there is a need to throw punches&at times, the need is directed towards the employer who never in a million years will appreciate how you've cleaned her kitchen, or cared and loved her child...
Posted by Katie bo Batie on Tue, 05 Jun 2007 02:42:00 PST

Tears

Right now, I feel so alone.  I am struggling with being away from all of my friends and family right now.  I've been thinking about ancient times and tribal rituals that have sustained peopl...
Posted by Katie bo Batie on Tue, 20 Mar 2007 10:32:00 PST

Things I Am Thankful For

I am thankful for: 1.  The smell of spring in Atlanta--rain, magnolias, new life. 2.  The Nashville skyline at night.  The batman building.  The Flying Saucer.  The Stage af...
Posted by Katie bo Batie on Tue, 06 Mar 2007 11:21:00 PST

Wanderlust is a bitch

I can't help it, the shit is in my genes.  Some people have the need for speed, I have the need for wandering, roaming, exploring . . .Somehow the mundain settles in my veins like rocks and makes...
Posted by Katie bo Batie on Tue, 20 Feb 2007 11:03:00 PST

Being Irish

This whole time-- twenty-seven years or so, I have been thinking I'm English through and through.  The Newcastle beer, the yule log, the dry sense of humor and the weird nose.  Then of cours...
Posted by Katie bo Batie on Tue, 07 Nov 2006 10:45:00 PST

Let Me Die In My Footsteps

Let me die, in my footsteps.  Before I go down under the ground.Or at least let me lie, or cry or . . .fry???So, this blog is about the untamed, unseen, unbeckoned interfearence from upstairs int...
Posted by Katie bo Batie on Fri, 21 Jul 2006 12:06:00 PST