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Katie

Don't wait too long, or I'll be gone

About Me

Dramaturg, singer, bodhran player, amateur photographer, occasional songwriter, incredibly geeky nerd. I take classes and volunteer at the Old Town School of Folk Music, and am involved in the local Irish Trad Music scene. I also sing with the OTS Women's Choir, which is a LOT of fun. I'm trying to learn the tin whistle, and I want to learn Gaelic and Welsh and hopefully get back into doing theatre. So, um, if anyone knows where we go to petition for a couple extra hours in each day, please let me know!

I also own Oak Tree Music, which represents the Welsh folk/rock band Here Be Dragons in the US. So please check out their myspace page (in my Top Friends),their website (www.herebedragons.info), or their Electronic Press Kit (www.sonicbids.com/HereBeDragons), and if you're in the US or Canada and want them to play in your town, please let me know! MyGen Profile Generator

My Interests

Music, theatre, reading, hanging out with my friends and family, meeting new people, travelling to both "old" and new places, and figuring out just what it is I want to be when I grow up!

I'd like to meet:

Whoever did this really cool (and educational!) animation:

Christopher Eccleston. He's an amazingly talented and versatile actor, and he's absolutely gorgeous! This is the video for I Am Kloot's song, "Proof," and it's fascinating watching the subtle play of emotions on Christopher's face throughout the video. Fantastic!

Music:

Lunasa, Barenaked Ladies, Karan Casey, Danu, Dervish, Thea Gilmore, Here Be Dragons, The Waco Brothers, Garbage, Jack Callahan, Flook, The Sprigs, The Wilders, Ralph Covert and The Bad Examples, Liz Carroll, John Doyle, John Williams, Solas, Gaelic Storm, The Wailin' Jennys, Rani Arbo and Daisy Mayhem, The Pogues, ABBA, The Beatles, Pink, and lots more I'm forgetting right now!

Personally, I think this should be the official version of this song (although I'd love to see a punk version, too!):

Movies:

Once, The Matchmaker, Persuasion, Monty Python and the Holy Grail, Pride & Prejudice, Sense & Sensibility, Emma, Army of Darkness, Labyrinth, Mirrormask, Serenity, Miller's Crossing, Fargo, The Indiana Jones Series, Star Wars (the original trilogy), The Usual Suspects, Casablanca, Breakfast at Tiffany's, Beauty and the Beast, The Little Mermaid, Lunatics: A Love Story, My Big Fat Greek Wedding, Return to Me, the Harry Potter movies...the list just keeps growing!

Television:

Firefly, Numbers, Mystery!, Doctor Who, Masterpiece Theatre, Stargate (SG1 & Atlantis), Looney Toons, Animaniacs, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Angel, The Muppet Show, The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson, Nova, Nature, and all sorts of cooking shows. Which Firefly Line Are You?
"Yessir, Captain Tightpants." (Kaylee, Shindig)
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Books:

Terry Pratchett, Neil Gaiman, Anne McCaffrey, Jane Austin, and William Shakespeare are some of my fave authors.

I am addicted to cook books, and am not allowed to buy any more until I actually start using the ones I already own. My current favorites are my Nigella Lawson books - easy-to-follow directions written in a chatty style, plenty of pictures for reference, and most of the recipes work well as-written.

My "To Read" pile includes Seamus Heany's translation of "Beowulf," Stephen Mitchell's translation of "Gilgamesh," and Bruce Campbell's "autobiographical" novel "Make Love* (*The Bruce Campbell Way)."

Eclectic? Geeky?? Me? Nooooo..... ;)

Heroes:

Not a hero, per se, but some damn good advice, courtesy of the Chicago Tribune's Mary Schmich (pub. 6/1/97):

Don't be reckless with other people's hearts. Don't put up with people who are reckless with yours.

My Blog

Galway and Mayo and Clare, Oh MY!

    WOO HOO!  I'm going back to Ireland this Spring! Yes, I was just there in November, but that was for the Ennis Trad Festival, so it was almost like being on a business trip.&nb...
Posted by Katie on Sat, 26 Jan 2008 11:22:00 PST

Ernie

As much as I wish I was starting off the new year with good news, the universe had other plans for me.   As many  of you are aware, this past November my cat Ernie suffered a blood clot to h...
Posted by Katie on Wed, 02 Jan 2008 12:49:00 PST

Happy New Year!

So here we are again, at the start of a brand new year.  That time of year when so many of us make resolutions that we have every intention of keeping - loose weight, find love, find that perfect...
Posted by Katie on Wed, 02 Jan 2008 05:08:00 PST

Live, from Martyrs...

ME!!!    Yeah, surprised the heck outta me, too!    As usual, I went over to Martyrs' last night for the regular Irish Music Monday series, and this week it was Aidan O'Toole ...
Posted by Katie on Tue, 04 Dec 2007 12:05:00 PST

It would be nice if life could be fair, just once in awhile...

Had a fabulous time on vacation the past two weeks.  Beautiful weather everywhere; wonderful wanders around Brighton, London, East Sussex and Edinburgh; and I seemed to have made a fairly favorab...
Posted by Katie on Thu, 15 Nov 2007 07:57:00 PST

No longer an evacuee! Hurrah!

Right, so the Powers That Be decided that it was safe for everyone to return to the B&B, so that's one stressor taken care of!  Now I can actually relax and begin to enjoy being here.  T...
Posted by Katie on Fri, 09 Nov 2007 04:04:00 PST

So I’m an evacuee...

Arrived in Ennis yesterday evening, and headed for my B&B to get settled, only to find that the building behind my B&B had gone up in flames that morning, and everyone was being evacuated! &nb...
Posted by Katie on Thu, 08 Nov 2007 08:21:00 PST

Can someone lend me about 24 hours, please??

GAH!  Too much to do, not nearly enough time to do it in!!!  Trying to tie up loose ends at work so the admins covering for me won't be in the dark.  Trying to get my apartment in ...
Posted by Katie on Tue, 30 Oct 2007 10:14:00 PST

A week and a half to go!

I can't believe that in just about a week and a half I'll be flying off to the UK to start my long-anticipated whirlwind tour of England, Scotland and Ireland!  Woo hoo!  Happy happy, joy jo...
Posted by Katie on Tue, 23 Oct 2007 12:03:00 PST

Time sure flies when you’re trying to unpack!

Holy flurking schnitt!  How can it be October 20th already???  It feels like I just moved, and it's already almost the end of the month!  And before I know it, it'll be November 1st, an...
Posted by Katie on Sun, 21 Oct 2007 08:40:00 PST