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Kourtney

What is all this crap about no maids?

About Me

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My Interests

Reading, writing, boxing, Muay Thai kickboxing, sushi..
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I'd like to meet:

Freddie Roach, Tom Wolfe, Susan Orlean

Music:

Bob Dylan, do you need anyone else?

Movies:

Oscar, Real Genius, The Hours, Cold Mountain, Out of Africa, Adaptation, White Chicks, The Power of One, Chocolat (the Claire Denis movie)

Television:

I have this twisted addiction to 7th Heaven, Law and Order, and I really miss Buffy the Vampire Slayer.

Books:

Man In Full, The Historian, Dead Man Walking, A Separate Peace, The Bell Jar, anything by Wally Lamb, I am Charlotte Simmons, Blindness, Random Family, Bird by Bird, Bonfire of the Vanities, Snow, King of the World

Heroes:

Moe my cat, Tom Wolfe, Andy Gallant, Freddie Roach, Susan Orlean

My Blog

A Hard Lesson to Learn...

Well, as most of you know, the better side of Kourtney was not shown in the ring last Saturday night in Vegas. Both my head and my heart, most importantly, my heart, were absent as soon as I stepped i...
Posted by Kourtney on Tue, 20 Mar 2007 05:53:00 PST

Fight in January

Kourtney McCarty, 4-1, Family Kickboxing, Miami, FL vs Ashly Altman, 3-5, Alliance Martial Arts, Atlanta, GA Round 1The first women's match up of the night featured two experienced fighters who trav...
Posted by Kourtney on Mon, 01 Jan 2007 02:22:00 PST

Small Town Shenanigans, part I

I grew up in a smallish town (approx. 20,000) in the middle of Wisconsin. In fact, it was almost literally the "middle of Wisconsin," as the town's nickname was "The City in the Center." Nothing too e...
Posted by Kourtney on Sun, 10 Dec 2006 07:58:00 PST

Fight Girls

Everyone needs to tune in on August 7th at 9 pm to the Oxygen Channel for the reality movie/documentary-drama Fight Girls. This movie chronicles 7 girls as they train and fight under the tutelage of M...
Posted by Kourtney on Wed, 02 Aug 2006 10:56:00 PST

Gatti v. Balodmir and the Welterweight Division

I said it after the Mayweather fight, and I'll say it again. For the love of God Arturo, can you please retire? Here's the thing. I understand why people love him. He's a puncher who has also develope...
Posted by Kourtney on Sun, 23 Jul 2006 12:24:00 PST

Cancer with a capital C

About one month ago, my mom was diagnosed with ovarian cancer. Now, the doctors believe that they removed it all. They took out everything plus the appendix (I think they figured that while they were ...
Posted by Kourtney on Sun, 02 Jul 2006 01:53:00 PST

Some thoughts on the book "Wasted"

Recently, I read a book called Wasted. Its a memoir of living with an eating disorder. From the age of 9, I believe, the author suffered from at first bulimia, then later anorexia in conjunction with ...
Posted by Kourtney on Sat, 03 Jun 2006 02:09:00 PST

Road Rage in Miami

I will admit it. I'm an asshole on the road. I honk, I yell, I guesture, I swerve in front of people, I cut them off, then I glare at them for honking back at me. Recently I moved to Miami and lo and ...
Posted by Kourtney on Wed, 24 May 2006 06:06:00 PST

Some Lessons in Thai

Recently, I spent a month in Thailand. And while I suspect there will be much more on this experience to come (like the cab driver who insisted I sleep in his cab), I would like to share wit...
Posted by Kourtney on Wed, 12 Apr 2006 05:46:00 PST

Farewell to the Alamo

I was working on the bag the other day at the gym, and I realized that I was really going to miss it. Today will be my final day at the Alamo, and I believe I'll be really sad. I may even cry. The gy...
Posted by Kourtney on Fri, 27 Jan 2006 05:15:00 PST