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Kate

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About Me

My perfect day would be waking up in my comfy bed knowing that I have nothing special to do and brimming with possibilities. I'd brew some coffee and while it would brew I'd mess around on my guitar and maybe write a song. My cats would be curled up on my bed. I'd stretch and do some yoga postures while Fila would curl up on my yoga mat innocently getting in the way. I'd open the curtains.. it's a beautiful day in Tokyo. Somehow I'd be able to flit back and forth between my favorite places in the world.. home, Sangenjaya, Galway, Assisi.. visiting my favorite people in the world.

My Interests

Travelling, whiskey, camping, playing the guitar, yoga, photography, teaching little kids, knitting, arts n crafts, boys with curly hair, Sunday afternoons, yellow bicycles, heat lightning, telling stories that don't have a point, outside showers on sunny days, home made mad libs, silly jokes, flirting, wine bars, improv, going to shows and being floored by amazing new music, kissing & hugging, anything orange, belly laughs, trampolining, finding cool crap at garage sales, keyboards, doodads, my kitties,goofy people, shaking my ass...

I'd like to meet:

Boys who make passes at girls who wear glasses. Girls who like to drink whiskey.

Music:

The Loyal We, Neutral Milk Hotel, the Dead Milkmen, Animal Collective, the Books, Metric, the Shins, Jolie Holland, Liz Phair, Stars, Laura Viers, Of Montreal, the Boggs, Jeff Buckley, Madness, Blur, Elliot Smith, Cat Power, Mates of State, Iron and Wine, Veruca Salt, Beck, Le Tigre, Kaki King, Jonathan Richman, Velvet Underground, American Altitude, Skyline Rodeo, Crayon Rosary, Mason Dixon, Save Your Eyes, Suzanne Vega, Flaming Lips, Nick Drake, Kostars, Violent Femmes, Billie Holiday, Sasheela Raman, T Rex, Cantana Velosa, Stereolab, Mirah, Loving Spoonful, Pulp, Gabby Young, Kimya Dawson, The Rentals, Hasil Atkins, Emiliana Torrini, The Bracelets, The Pixies, Animal Collective, Jesus and Mary Chain, Morrissey, Camera Obscura, Flaming Lips, the Kinks, David Bowie, Magnetic Fields, John Fahey, Tokumaru Shugo, Mamimi Fouksong, Muffin, Apartment, Baby Mongoose, Cyndi Lauper, Bob Dylan, the Bad Spellers, Mumsy, Antibalas, Mum, Sigur Ros, Bjork, the Rolling Stones, Rose Polenzani, Julie Doiron....I like music.

Movies:

The Big Labowski, Big Fish, Harold and Maude, Legend, Dead Man, High Fidelity, Dancer in the Dark, Wet Hot American Summer, Napolean Dynamite, Clerks (a Jersey Classic), Better Off Dead, Princess Mononoke, High Art, You and Me and Everyone We Know, Spirited Away (although it was really long and I drank too much soda and had to pee but I was in the center aisle and couldn't get out)

Television:

Flight of the Conchords, The State, Sifl and Olly, Kids in the Hall, Arrested Development, and the Office (British one)

Books:

Dance, Dance, Dance and A Wild Sheep Chase by Haruki Murakami, Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood, Summer in the Land of Skin, Dirt Music, Tracks, Paul Auster, Robert Jordan (Sci-Fi...I'm a geek), David Sedaris, Memoirs of a Geisha, Hope for the Flowers, The Giver...I have a hard time remembering titles and I read ALOT

Heroes:

the really strong kind.

My Blog

grumbles

grrr..The bike men came and took my beautiful red bicycle away because it was "parked" illegally.. I was so tired after a full day of teaching with my arms full of groceries and Harry Potter.. I just ...
Posted by Kate on Mon, 23 Jul 2007 05:17:00 PST

Japanikate back in action

I've been in a bloggy state of mind recently.  The blogs won't be found on myspace though..no no.. they are at www.japanikate.blogspot.com  See you there!
Posted by Kate on Thu, 31 May 2007 02:39:00 PST

Visions of Tokyo

It's about time that I updated my Japanikate blog.  I've also uploaded some pictures of my recent activities.  Since my camera was stolen at the peak of Sakura season, I've had to make due w...
Posted by Kate on Mon, 28 May 2007 08:04:00 PST

Peace be with you

Recently I've had death on the brain.  It's everywhere... in the Japan Times on the train, in the emails from home, in songs, on the internet, and on tv..  I guess, though it sounds cliche, ...
Posted by Kate on Thu, 17 May 2007 07:53:00 PST

escalator

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Posted by Kate on Mon, 12 Feb 2007 09:07:00 PST

thbbbbvvvtht!!

I am such a proud aunt! ...
Posted by Kate on Tue, 06 Feb 2007 07:56:00 PST

something happy

I guess my blogs have been kind of on the depressing side lately..note to self, don't always post blogs when you're having a bad day or getting "hole-punched."  I believe I've coined a new phrase...
Posted by Kate on Thu, 04 Jan 2007 04:38:00 PST

ooo

Today I was both emotionally and physically hole-punched.  I bet they don't have a smiley icon for that.
Posted by Kate on Sat, 02 Dec 2006 07:07:00 PST

Grandma says....

that "The Departed" is the "fuckingest" movie she's ever seen.
Posted by Kate on Wed, 22 Nov 2006 08:21:00 PST

I don't know

Last night I couldn't sleep.  I drank 2 glasses of red wine, read a boring novel, tried to sleep, turned the light back on to read more of the boring novel...it didn't work.  My mind was too...
Posted by Kate on Wed, 08 Nov 2006 10:37:00 PST