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katrina

katrinakayee

About Me





My Interests

impressing myself with my newly discovered talents for cooking.

I'd like to meet:

you, silly.

Music:

driving and dancing to sonic youth, the kinks, man man, the stones, the velvet underground, pavement, galaxie 500, the replacements, built to spill, yo la tengo, elvis costello, johnny cash,tom waits, wilco, the carter family, sleater-kinney, leif mulch,leonard cohen, big star, otis redding,the geraldine fibbers, neutral milk hotel, bruce springsteen and the amazing miss pj harvey.

Movies:

that cast paul newman. and, in the mood for love, the third man, fat girl, rushmore, a woman is a woman, bonnie and clyde, bottle rocket, la dolce vita, loud quiet loud, vertigo, niagra, masculin feminin, l'avventura, bbc pride and prejudice, chungking express and indiana joneses.

Television:

strangers with candy, duh. again and again and again. too much law and order is affecting my dreams.

Books:

the end of the road. burn collector. cat's cradle. disgrace. anais nin's diaries. bad behavior. pride and prejudice. what we talk about when we talk about love. middlesex. the robber bride. lady chatterly's lover. slackjaw. birthday letters. joan didion essays. paris review anthologies.

Heroes:

My Blog

Please come to MCV/NYC Exhibition Opening/Benefit Saturday 10/13

INNUENDO An Exhibition to Benefit the S.L.E Lupus Foundation October 14-November 22, by appointment Opening Benefit: Saturday October 13th, 7:30 pm - 11:30 pm Performance by Brooklyn Double Dutch a...
Posted by katrina on Wed, 10 Oct 2007 02:06:00 PST

more proof that animals, even rats, are smarter than most people.

From Wednesday's New York Times: Organic, and Tastier: The Rat's Nose Knows By HAROLD McGEE IN any controversy it can be helpful to consider the views of disinterested parties. So, on the subject of ...
Posted by katrina on Fri, 05 Oct 2007 11:42:00 PST

rock rock rockaway beach

i discovered today that if you stand in the surf at rockaway beach with your mouth slightly open, you can taste the salt (from the air, from the ocean) in your saliva when you swallow.  i thought...
Posted by katrina on Tue, 14 Aug 2007 10:24:00 PST

considered, in flight

for lunch friday before last, my mother and i tried a chinese restaurant we'd never been to before, in utica.  at the end of our meal, we were given the cutomary fortune cookies.  i broke mine open, a...
Posted by katrina on Sat, 30 Jun 2007 06:49:00 PST

and time collapses in on itself

the greyhound gets into northampton tonight at 10:55.  but it first makes two layover stops, in hartford and in springfield.  backwards, reverse, six years, starting in albany rather than th...
Posted by katrina on Fri, 08 Dec 2006 10:13:00 PST

pie.

i've been listening to this american life and reading a memoir-type-zine-collection by al burian.  i think the combination of the two has inspired me to think about my life in a more ep...
Posted by katrina on Mon, 04 Dec 2006 08:49:00 PST

having trouble concentrating

i don't like packing very much. i have found many things that i had forgotten about and it is almost impossible for me not to look through old sketchbooks and photographs. i think, ultimately though, ...
Posted by katrina on Mon, 23 Oct 2006 04:06:00 PST

go west

humming, in the car, in my head. i am sure liz phair was not talking about wisconsin, but it still somehow seemed appropriate.  and yes, i know that she was quoting that, uh, guy.   oh, ...
Posted by katrina on Thu, 14 Sep 2006 10:11:00 PST

cheese - whizzy

so.  today is my last day of work for awhile and i am super psyched.  too psyched to do any work, perhaps.  i need to get out of this town!  what to do, what to do.  there are...
Posted by katrina on Fri, 18 Aug 2006 10:38:00 PST

just for the record

sonic youth is still the most amazing band ever.  everytime i see them live it just reminds me of their supreme awesomeness.   still, they do have some annoying fans.  elyse and i alway...
Posted by katrina on Mon, 14 Aug 2006 07:20:00 PST