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Catherine

Art is Magic!

About Me

I'm a soul living on the planet striving for excellence via positive manifestations as a decent, loving, compassionate human being.


All photos displayed under "pics" on myspace copyright 2007 by C.S. Badin, except for the animal head series for which I was the photographer's model. All photos in slide show above were taken in Buzios, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil. copyright 2006 by C.S. Badin. All photos in slide show below were taken in Los Angeles, California. copyright 2001 by C.S. Badin. View more punk pics at: http://www.catherinebadin.com. And listen to My MUSIC at: http://www.myspace.com/catherinebadin2

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My Interests

Music, theater, film, dance, art, travel, humor, yoga, philosophy, anthropology, spirituality, consciousness, philanthropy.

I'd like to meet:

Other conscious and creative souls... perhaps YOU!

Music:

Stevie Wonder, Little Richard, R&B, Bob Dylan, The Beatles, Jimi Hendrix, San Fran-60s music scene, Cream, Traffic, Donovan, Jeff Beck, T-Rex, Led Zeppelin, Bowie, Siouxsie, 80s New Wave, U2, The Cure, Peter Murphy, Nirvana, Beck, Kate Bush, Sheila Chandra, PJ Harvey, Ani DiFranco, Dead Can Dance, Folk, Pop, Jazz, Classical, Indian Bhajans, Zydeco, Brasilian Samba!, Show Tunes, and the beat goes on...

Movies:

Harold and Maude, The Others, The Children of Paradise, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Some Like It Hot, I Am Sam, Crime Spree, South Pacific, About a Boy, The Sound of Music, A Hard Day's Night, Lilies of The Field, Wuthering Heights, Elizabeth, La Belle et La Bete, Born Romantic, Rear Window, Simon Birch, The Flamingo Rising, Mousehunt, Fight Club, Empire of the Sun, The Lost Boys, Dracula (w/Bela Lugosi), Nosferatu, Don't Look Now, The Witches, Sweeney Todd.

Television:

My TV addictions lean towards shows about life and death, plus movies, movies, movies! My "fave" list: The Twilight Zone, Aaahh!!! Real Monsters, Buffy The Vampire Slayer, Angel, Six Feet Under, Dead Like Me, Pushing Daisies, and saving the very best for last- Homocide: Life On The Streets--in my opinion, the most brilliant tv show ever.

Books:

Charles Dickens' A TALE OF TWO CITIES, Voltaire's CANDIDE (pretty much says it all), Anything by Jean-Paul Sartre or J.D. Salinger, The TIBETAN BOOK OF THE DEAD, Ram Dass' BE HERE NOW, and of course.. MAD Magazine.

Heroes:

Jesus; Babaji; Mother Teresa; Gandhi; Martin Luther King; Bobby Kennedy; Einstein; Paramahansa Yogananda; Nelson Mandela; Jane Goodall; Rembrandt; Salvador Dali; Vincent Van Gogh; Brassai; Imogen Cunningham; Oprah; Lady Godiva; Shirley Temple.

My Blog

ON THE PERILS OF LIVING IN PORTLAND...

When I first moved to Portland in August of 1998, I lived in South East--an area housing lots of young families, younger white Rastas, and very old people. I'd rented a duplex, and the elderly lady w...
Posted by Catherine on Wed, 09 Jul 2008 11:20:00 PST

THE CREEPY CRAWLIES...

The men had it easier than the women Crawlies because they didn't have any boobs to contend with. So, as they slithered and crawled along the edges of the room they easily catapulted themselves 'roun...
Posted by Catherine on Sat, 14 Jun 2008 03:53:00 PST

BALLADS IN B-FLAT

I used to write for a livingChurning out astrological blurbsOn an almost weekly basis.But since my boss was aPracticing alcoholic, I couldNever quite figure out or understandWhat to do to please him -...
Posted by Catherine on Sun, 01 Jun 2008 11:19:00 PST

MYSPACE.. OR YOUR SPACE??

So, I've been trying to figure out this whole MySpace thing and its' inherent fascinating hold on, and control of, the general public...myself included. But, other than a blatant "promise of discover...
Posted by Catherine on Mon, 19 May 2008 09:46:00 PST

PORTLANDS OWN BELIEVE IT OR NOT...

Another, "I swear to God..this actually happened to me!" true episode (no one could make this stuff up!) in the life of one Catherine S. Badin. To Set The Scene: Late last year I was banned - via an ...
Posted by Catherine on Sun, 11 May 2008 07:29:00 PST

TELL IT LIKE IT IS

We all have a "dark side".. and hopefully, I've been purging mine permanently these past few weeks. I wrote the below piece back in 1990 when both my father and mother were still living. I've certai...
Posted by Catherine on Sun, 04 May 2008 05:09:00 PST

THE YIN & YANG OF POLITICS... (A Video Blog!)

Or, what I'd like to say to most politicians!Actually, this one's a VIDEO BLOG. Yep, you heard me! A Video Blog!! :)You'll actualy get to SEE me yacking away about something~ ;pAnd NO, there is no...
Posted by Catherine on Sun, 27 Apr 2008 05:01:00 PST

LETTERS FROM MISS THANG...

Ummm... that'd be me! I thought you might enjoy reading a few entries from my "sent" box.. See what kind of crazy crap I write to the other folks when I'm not writing a blog. All this.. in a mad, desp...
Posted by Catherine on Wed, 23 Apr 2008 11:21:00 PST

OH, ENGLAND .. MY LIONHEART!

Hi, folks!.. I’m BAA-ACK!! Just like I said I’d be... And so, on to my blog "Oh, England.. My Lionheart!" which, to borrow blatantly from a Kate Bush song, described my feelings exactly. ...
Posted by Catherine on Sun, 06 Apr 2008 11:55:00 PST

ON MY WAY TO THE UK!

Sorry I’ve been a bit lax in posting my weekly blogs recently... The thing is, I’ve been really busy rehearsing like mad because I’m leaving for England this Friday, March 7th, for a...
Posted by Catherine on Wed, 05 Mar 2008 09:30:00 PST