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katie

katiestanley

About Me


i exist free of any expectation; you can find me happily in the moment.

"ASK QUESTIONS, DEMAND ANSWERS."
"few will have the greatness to bend history; but each of us can work to change a small portion of events, and in the total of all those acts will be written the history of this generation...it is from numberless, diverse acts of courage and belief that human history is thus shaped. each time a man stands up for an ideal, or acts to improve the lot of others, or strikes out against injustice, he sends forth a tiny ripple of hope, and crossing each other from a million different centers of energy and daring, those ripples build a current which can sweep down the mightiest walls of oppression and resistance. "
-RFK
"the greater part of human pain is unnecessary. it is self-created as long as the unobserved mind runs your life...the present moment is sometimes unacceptable, unpleasant, or awful. it is as it is. observe how the mind labels it and how this labelling process, this continuous sitting in judgment, creates pain and unhappiness. by watching the mechanics of the mind, you step out of its resistance patterns, and you can then allow the present moment to be. this will give you a taste of the state of inner freedom from external conditions, the state of true inner peace. then see what happens, and take action if necessary or possible. accept – then act. whatever the present moment contains, accept it as if you had chosen it. always work with it, not against it. make it your friend and ally, not your enemy. this will miraculously transform your whole life."
-eckhart tolle
"the best thing is to follow your instincts without too much reflection."
-albert einstein
"when real music comes to me - the music of the spheres, the music that surpasses understanding - that has nothing to do with me, cause i'm just the channel. the only joy for me is for it to be given to me, and to transcribe it like a medium...those moments are what i live for."
-john lennon
"the most important kind of freedom is to be what you really are."
-jim morrison
"all i'm gonna do is just go on and do what i feel."
-jimi hendrix
"i want to stay as close to the edge as i can without going over. out on the edge you see all kinds of things you can't see from the center."
-kurt vonnegut, jr.

My Interests

music (listening/writing/performing/all instruments with which one can make it) , the ocean, cooking, longboarding, rock climbing, idealism, using all five of my senses, yoga, good health, kickboxing!, sunshine, making change, tennis, outdoor activities, swimming, watching thunderstorms from my garage, travel, emitting visable vapors to achieve a desired effect, barefoot badminton, nature hikes, being free.

life and living it to the fullest.

I'd like to meet:


someone to light me up.

Music:

your parent's record collection.

the strokes, minus the bear, broken social scene, emily haines, portugal the man, thom yorke, the shins, coldplay, modest mouse, ratatat, the killers, the hives, cat power, fiona apple, jenny lewis, iron & wine, dandy warhols, timbre ar, the mars volta, saves the day, the vines, death cab for cutie, red hot chili peppers, atmosphere, aesop rock, youth group, the black keys, arcade fire, sublime, eagles of death metal, the doors, joanna newsom, the 88, hot hot heat, incubus, of montreal, conor oberst, the police, hendrix, pink floyd, the beatles, built to spill...and many, many more.

Movies:

wes anderson and michel gondry flicks. black and white romance. snatch. the doors. almost famous.

Television:

turner classic movies, the history channel, the discovery channel, national geographic channel, AMC.

Books:

catcher in the rye, the culture of fear, what's your dangerous idea?, the bell jar. anthony bourdain. chuck palahniuk. augusten burroughs. pretty much anything interesting i can get my hands on.

Heroes:

pops, john lennon, robert kennedy, my gramma.