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Kristen

i'm a master! almost.

About Me

about me? see comics below, i think that pretty much sums up my life right now:
so, anyway, i'm just a sweet, caring girl who likes to go out and have fun and meet new people. i'm about to finish up graduate school at NC State, where i also received my bachelor's degree in '05. needless to say, i'm a huge wolfpack fan!
GO PACK!
“I don’t know that I have ever seen a team shoot 76 percent against us before. I have no answers. They had more passion for the game than we did, and I don’t understand that. They dominated us."--UNC coach Roy Williams (2/3/07)
we were hungry, and like julius says, "when we hungry, we eat!"
i am working on a master's in industrial engineering with a concentration in ergonomics and conducting research in biomechanics... the research has been pretty cool thus far, but i need to come up with a thesis topic. if anyone has an ergonomic concern or some problem in your workplace/profession that is causing you or others pain and discomfort, let me know! i'd love to try to develop a solution for my thesis. ok, enough solicitation.
UPDATE: i have a thesis topic now, but i have definitely appreciated any and all suggestions i have received. basically, in a nutshell, i am working on an intervention for ultrasound technicians to hopefully reduce muscle activity in the forearm and shoulder while scanning to help prevent upper extremity musculoskeletal disorders.
anyway, you should send me a message... it would make me smile:)...and comments on my pics or profile would be nice too, apparently, i suck at getting those (see below)...
yay, kelly clarkson is my friend! how cool is that? ok, she has no idea who i am, but she is on my friend list...yes, to answer your question, i am a dork.

"tom" is no longer my friend, i deleted him:P
if you know me, you know i love LOST, so this quiz had to be posted:). according to this highly accurate quiz, i am just like Kate...unfortunately, brown hair aside, i don't look like her at all. you gotta admit, she's freakin hot! (yup, i kinda got a girl crush on her and kelly clarkson, of course, haha). and most importantly, we both
If you were on the TV show LOST, which character would you be?
You are Kate. The typical girl next store; beautiful and for the most part nice. You can have a bit of an edge to your personality, which allows you to be brave when danger calls. You're able to put on a good show and make it look like your doing great, when in reality there are things that still trouble you. Things will get better for you just keep smiling and being the good person you truly are.
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you'll watch this sweet video if you know what's good for ya.
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nothing beats breaking out into a spontaneous dance party! seriously. sadly, none of my random dance party moments are choreographed, i need to work on that. best dance party moment ever: college sophomore year, cranking up the volume on the car stereo, everyone jumping out of the car and dancing at a red stop light late one night...memories...
here's another awesome OK Go video. yay for fun with treadmills!
one more fun OK Go song/video:

My Interests

my family, hanging out with friends, talking (i do a lot of it), humor, sarcasm, art, painting, van gogh, Wolfpack football and bball, tailgating, playing sports (e.g. wiffleball and kickball rock), movies, parties--especially theme parties, drinking jenga, camping, traveling, meeting new people, trying new things, attempting to dance, the beach, greek islands, italian food or just food in general, wine, long hot showers, singing in the shower, big hugs, driving with the windows down and music blasting and singing and just not caring who sees me, getting dressed up (it's rare, so it's fun), road trips, randomness, any break from the ordinary...

I'd like to meet:

anyone and everyone...except for mean people, mean people suck.

genuine people with things to say

intelligent, educated individuals

anyone who can make me laugh and smile

i like when people use punctuation and check their spelling before sending messages rather than sending some long, incoherent run-on sentence. obviously, a lack of capitalization does not bother me.

unless i already know you, you should message me before asking to be my friend. how can i be your friend if i have never spoken to you?

Music:


alkaline trio, incubus, jimmy eat world, modest mouse, sublime, kelly clarkson, hot hot heat, rilo kiley, guster, the killers, barenaked ladies, dave matthews, pearl jam, 80's music, 90's rock/alternative, and any group/song featured on this profile

Movies:

Forrest Gump, Aladdin, Napoleon Dynamite, Zoolander, Lord of the Rings, Gladiator, The Patriot, Snakes on a Plane, and a bunch of others, can't come up with them right now

Television:

LOST!!!! (i have a serious obsession with this show), Grey's Anatomy, The Sopranos, Desperate Housewives, Law & Order SVU

Books:

A Time to Kill, The Partner, The Street Lawyer, Angels and Demons, The Guardian

Heroes:

my mommy and daddy

My Blog

no guts, no glory

so, i'm going public with it. i accepted the job with Caterpillar last week and i'm moving to peoria, illinois. am i crazy? perhaps. i have never made such a drastic decision in all my life, and i'm ...
Posted by Kristen on Tue, 06 Mar 2007 05:59:00 PST

my thoughts in rhyme

Beginning a new phase,One that so many would embrace,But I'm not one for total uncertainty.Before now, all had been laid out for me.I knew what I was to do,Life was made of stages,The chapters had ou...
Posted by Kristen on Sun, 21 Jan 2007 09:21:00 PST

unsolicited myspace profile advice

i really can't stand myspace profiles that are hardly readable, e.g. the profiles with busy backgrounds with text directly over it, and you have to scroll the screen down just right so the text is ov...
Posted by Kristen on Thu, 11 Jan 2007 09:25:00 PST

it all makes sense now

apparently the demographic breakdown for raleigh is 49.1% male and 50.9% female. that 1.8% difference explains everything. now i just need to move to a city where the ratio is more like 60% male and ...
Posted by Kristen on Wed, 18 Oct 2006 09:43:00 PST

Drs. Shepherd

ok, wow, i can't believe i just now realized this. actually i probably realized it a while back, but then i had the realization again, and i just have to announce it. my two most favorite shows in th...
Posted by Kristen on Tue, 17 Oct 2006 09:43:00 PST

one of those survey things, finally filled one out

ok, i'm going to fill out the same silly survey that i have seen on so many profiles. perhaps it will you will give you a little more insight into Kristen...TELL ME ABOUT YOURSELF - The SurveyName: Kr...
Posted by Kristen on Thu, 15 Jun 2006 11:31:00 PST