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Kristen

I'm tired of all this nonsense about beauty being only skin-deep. That's deep enough. What do you wa

About Me



My Interests

My interests include: reading. writing. sudoku. cross words. cryptograms. gardening. shopping. yarn crafts. baking. painting. doodling.games: cribbage. trivial pursuit. jenga- cause I'm so graceful. Uno. boggle. risk. munchkin. scrabble. stratego. board games. card games. bowling. going to movies,visiting nerderies aka museums, sporting events, parades, festivals - gotta love cotton candy. Playing with yarn, baking cookies for Dave, taking care of the babies Riley Roo and Maxwell.

I'd like to meet:

Somewhat normal, yet interesting people; who like to be stupid & smart at the same time. Nerds & geeks alike. kristen --
[noun]:

A person who laughs at anything (even this entry)

'How will you be defined in the dictionary?' at QuizGalaxy.com

'What will your obituary say?' at QuizGalaxy.com

Music:

rilo kiley, jenny lewis and the watson twins, pat bol, guster, the ditty bops, teagan & sara, plain white t's, james taylor, nat king cole,barry manilow - yes I have a fondness for barry. frank sinatra, louis armstrong, edith piaf, rod stewart, carly simon, daphne loves derby,regina spektor, james blunt, jewel, holly brooke, sonya kitchell, the spill canvas, something corporate, aqualung, courtney jaye, cake, kasey chambers, mason jennings, dashboard confessional, maroon 5, daniel powter, tori amos, elton john, michael buble, john mayer, hinder, saving jane, counting crows, jason mraz, katie melua, bowling for soup, imogen heap, the postal service, matt costa, keane, kt tunstall, gavin degraw, augustana, ben folds, tristan prettyman, coldplay, the shins, colin hay, frou frou, and on and on and on.

Movies:

In no particular order: Devil wears prada, superbad, knocked up, you me and dupree, An Unfinished Life. In Her Shoes. Magnolia. american gangster. good luck chuck, Steel Magnolias. Garden State. When Harry Met Sally. Sweet November. Trapped. Cellular. Bring it On. Elizabethtown. The Ice Princess. Murder by Numbers. The Notebook. The Final Destinations. Amelie. Hope Floats. The Silence of the Lambs Trilogy. In Good Company. Hitch. Love Song for Bobby Long. Nanny McPhee. If it has a plot and something of a conclusion - I'm game.

Television:

House MD, Grey's , Desperate Houswives, The L word, Meet the Press, The news, 48 hours, 20/20, Numb3rs, The Unit. Bones. CSI. Wheel of Fortune. TV on DVD. Six Feet Under, Bones, Scrubs, NCIS, Criminal Minds.

Books:

The ones with covers and pages - just about everything. They smell so good! But seriously these are my favorite authors: Kristin Hannah, Jodi Picoult, Thisbe Nissen, Sarah Mylnowski, Alice Hoffman, Dorothy Alison, Jane Green, Jennifer Weiner. Not to mention the classics minus W. Shakespeare. *shudders* eww to Billy*. (instead of ode)I just finished a mystery novel, by PJ Tracy upon Dave's reconmendation - and it was good. Also just finished You have to kiss a lot of frogs by Laurie Graff - I'm currently reading two Jodi Piccoult books, Salem Falls and Vanished - also reading the Georgia O'Keefe book I got for Christmas as well as a chic lit special by Rachel Gibson.

Heroes:



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My Blog

New Years Resolutions

So it's a little belated but here they are: Read more. The goal is a book a week, I forgotten how much I love reading. So far so good - 2 weeks into the new year - 2 books finished. Finish what I sta...
Posted by Kristen on Sat, 12 Jan 2008 08:24:00 PST

the big newsflash/warning

Yes, it's true - I'm going to attempt for the  millionth  time to actually grow my hair out. So I'm sorry if my headbands and eventually piggy buns will offend anyone -- or the possible perm...
Posted by Kristen on Sun, 26 Aug 2007 11:00:00 PST

new favorite mint

SO... I back in the day once upon a time I had these Violet mints from grandma.  They were kinda weird. I was a little kid - I thought everything was weird. A couple weeks ago - I was looking fo...
Posted by Kristen on Mon, 11 Jun 2007 05:15:00 PST

Why can't I own Canadians?

Laura Schlessinger is a US radio personality who dispenses advice to people who call in to her radio show. Recently, she said that homosexuality is an abomination according to Leviticus 18:22 and cann...
Posted by Kristen on Sun, 13 May 2007 09:32:00 PST

my myspace song - translated: sorta.

Bees I am of a rather fragile nature I cultivate psychosomatic May until April I am not discovered a tic Each time that a girl makes me crack And that I try of him to speak I lose the faith, I have t...
Posted by Kristen on Sun, 24 Sep 2006 06:32:00 PST

addicted to blogthings

Your Lucky Underwear Is Red..http://images.blogthings.com/whatcolorisyourluckyunderw earquiz/red.jpg" height="100" width="100">You're confident and bold, and your lucky red underwear will only make...
Posted by Kristen on Sun, 17 Sep 2006 11:29:00 PST

in a nutshell- i guess...

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Posted by Kristen on Sun, 23 Jul 2006 11:41:00 PST