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Karen

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About Me

I was born in New Jersey and lived in the same house for 17 years. I left at 17 to go to Rosemont College on the Main Line of Pennsylvania. possibly one of the worst decisions of my life and the root of all other bad decisions I have made. After surviving four years and graduating, I moved to DC. The next place I plan to live is Charleston or Savannah. For some reason, I like moving south.Hopefully, I won't be moving too soon...especially on account of my craft store, Ipso Crafto on Barracks Row

My Interests

my obsessions include, but are not limited to:

visual art of all forms (creating it, looking at it, trying new kinds)

trying to understand the motives of my cat

light politics

child psychology and developmental theories (that's what you get from working in day care!)

travel, scrapbooking, poetry, the usual things people say here.

and of course, SUDOKU!!!

I'd like to meet:

Steve Merchant, Ricky Gervais, and Karl Pilkingtonor these three guinea pigs

Music:

nine inch nails, lee burridge, johnny cash and june carter, james zabiela, billie holliday, jimmy buffett, billy corgan, richie hawtin, fischerspooner, outkast, david bowie, queen, soulwax, steely dan, radiohead, eagles of death metal, and most things on sirius coffeehouse and vinyl rewind.

Movies:

witness, eternal sunshine of the spotless mind, lost in translation, rocky, anchorman, the rocky horror picture show, singing in the rain, gone with the wind, bent, zoolander, the never-ending story,

Television:

Extras and The Office (british and american)...Basically, i would like anything written by/directed by/approved by ricky gervais and/or steve merchant.

House, Lost, Best Week Ever, Aquateen Hunger Force, The Golden Girls, Reno 911, and My Name Is Earl.

Books:

Kate Chopin's "The Awakening"

Sylvia Plath's "The Bell Jar"

D.H. Lawrence's "Sons and Lovers"

Margaret Mitchell's "Gone with the Wind"

Jane Austen's "Emma"

Heroes:

kate spade

My Blog

football season is here...

and that can only mean one thing:  PEYTON!!! unfortch, i've missed all the colts games thus far...instead, catching the redskins (boooooo) and the pittsburgh "our coach has a massive chin" steel...
Posted by Karen on Tue, 19 Sep 2006 07:10:00 PST

the bahamas: part two

one more picture from ardastra gardens and the parrots.  this time, with a McCaw on my head... the Dreadnaught IV...our snorkelling excursion boat Rawson Square in the business district of Nas...
Posted by Karen on Wed, 16 Aug 2006 12:58:00 PST

the bahamas

so here are the pics from my and christian's little getaway to nassau.... first, the view from the hotel... a view of Atlantis, a resort with a ritzy casino (we did better at the wyndam's casino,...
Posted by Karen on Wed, 16 Aug 2006 06:39:00 PST

Braveheart

some ungodly urge caused me to turn on the braveheart dvd, as i have nothing else better to do.  now i have to weave a kilt and throw a sharpened spear at some english.  i'm also searching c...
Posted by Karen on Fri, 16 Jun 2006 07:29:00 PST

CuteOverload.com

omg omg omg...i can feel the estrogen flooding my system as i go through this site.  here are some of my favorites from Cute Overload but make sure to go and check it out yourself: My current pc...
Posted by Karen on Tue, 04 Apr 2006 10:32:00 PST

Nine Inch Nails in Richmond, March 14th

Nine inch nails in Richmond....awesomely rockin show.  of course, it helped to have free tickets three rows from the standing room/pit.  as far as i know, there was no opening act.  NIN...
Posted by Karen on Sat, 25 Mar 2006 05:30:00 PST

Cubik/Buzz/Nation events coming up!

Steve Porter on 3/3/06 (with deiselboy...should be a VERY interesting crowd).  I guess D-boy will have the main room and porter will have the front?  good, since i love the front room and th...
Posted by Karen on Tue, 28 Feb 2006 08:34:00 PST

NYC Trip, Feb 17-19

This past weekend was great, even though it was very laidback and not an "all out" new york weekend.  It started on the train from Union Station, which I almost missed because of the gate system ...
Posted by Karen on Tue, 21 Feb 2006 01:24:00 PST

the year in review

40 questions about 2005. 1) Was 2005 a good year for you?yep!  although it got off to a slow start (lyme disease, wisdom teeth complications, a bad winter music conference, bullshit at college) ...
Posted by Karen on Thu, 01 Dec 2005 01:13:00 PST

Thanksgiving Dinner menu!

Thought i'd share with y'all what i made for thanksgiving, as my parents visited my house and i cooked the holiest of holy food days' dinner (although christian helped pick up the appetizers, which we...
Posted by Karen on Mon, 28 Nov 2005 02:04:00 PST