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kate

you're going to be okay. you're going to go home and eat a mexican pizza.

About Me

This summer I got married, went to Cambodia and Thailand, bought a house and went to Tanzania. I think the crowning achievement was touching full grown tigers..layout {myspace-layout-name: Lime_Green_Victorian; myspace-layout-site: url('http://myspace.nuclearcentury.com'); }
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My Interests

the museum of jurassic technology,the museum of visionary art, the gatos, africa, India, southeast asia, my job and public health in general, vintage furniture, end times, tarot, bookbinding, viewmaster slides, color, anthropology, ornithology, etymology, entomology, derelict tobacco architecture, hors d'oevres, knitting, crocheting

I'd like to meet:

I would love to spend some QT with Gary Busey.

Music:

iron and wine, sun kil moon, crooked fingers, etc. townes and gram. old folk. rilo kiley. feist. i also have a thing for musicians from mali.

Movies:

GRIZZLY MAN especially, but anything by Werner Herzog, Grey Gardens, Hideous Kinky, me and you and everyone we know and thumbsucker and lots of documentaries.

Television:

the adventures of pete and pete is hands down the best tv show ever. also, the pbs reality shows where modern people try to live in olden times are amazing. i like it when egg the arts show is on, but it's very elusive. i was obessed with Carnivale and now I love Big Love. Frontline is marked on my calendar and I watch it every Tuesday.

Books:

I pretty much exclusively read non-fiction. I am trying to read all of Paul Farmer's books and any books about health inequalities and solutions. I think my new favorite book is The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down. I read travel lit or memoirs about asia, africa and latin america. I love Harper's magazine.

Heroes:

the women of KIWAKKUKI and NACWOLA, people who change the world for the better, and Gary Busey...

My Blog

Binocular Gift

Hi Kate,Thank you, I arrived safely in Ethiopia all my family members are well.My daughter who get binocular gift ,she is very happy for that and now sheplanning to go to the nearest forest to see wil...
Posted by kate on Tue, 12 Dec 2006 12:31:00 PST

Biostats is over!

and i'm pretty sure I passed!  
Posted by kate on Thu, 27 Jul 2006 08:42:00 PST

Driving Lessons

Okay so I belong to this international house listserv where international students at duke sell stuff for cheap when they move, usually rice cookers and humidifiers for some reason,  and ask for ...
Posted by kate on Wed, 19 Jul 2006 06:16:00 PST

totally cheesy turning 25

so in about 3 hours i will be 25!  I figured a lot of shit out last year and I hope this upcoming one is just as revelatory.  I feel like I am really lucky, even if luck is largely just...
Posted by kate on Tue, 06 Jun 2006 07:01:00 PST

no more beeping

i am exactly halfway done with my last shift at the hospital. yay! and my new job rocks.
Posted by kate on Sat, 06 May 2006 04:17:00 PST

16 Baby Pandas!

For those that haven't seen the 16 pandas born in Oct 2005... J    ...
Posted by kate on Fri, 10 Mar 2006 08:13:00 PST

the wrong things you take away

i saw me and you and everyone we know and it made me want a hope chest.  what's wrong with me?
Posted by kate on Thu, 16 Feb 2006 11:37:00 PST

sudoku

i like it!
Posted by kate on Wed, 25 Jan 2006 05:31:00 PST

more animal friends

Snake 'befriends' snack hamster Aochan, the snake 'seems to enjoy' being with Gohan, the hamsterA rodent-eating snake and a hamster have developed an unusual bond at a zoo in the Japanes...
Posted by kate on Fri, 20 Jan 2006 12:46:00 PST

Oolong and Yuebing headperformance bunnies

Hello Everyone,    who lives in USA>>Thanks for visiting my Japanese website. This is a site devoted to me andmy rabbit, Oolong. I built this site mainly for Japanese rabbit lovers, butreali...
Posted by kate on Wed, 11 Jan 2006 03:24:00 PST