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About Me

Hi, my name is Katherine Shirley. I am a 26 year old singer and actress. I have had a slightly schitzophrenic career so far, as I am a crossover artist. I enjoy singing in a lot of different styles, from blues and jazz to gospel, pop, rock, musical theatre and opera. I am currently developing my operatic voice, but I am happy working in pretty much any style.People sometimes ask me what I'm really like. I never know quite how to answer them. I am something of a chameleon, able to reinvent myself a hundred times to fit what people ask of me. I speak fluent French and Italian, and it is almost a different person in my skin when I switch culture. I enjoy success and have not yet discovered anything I cannot, (with a little practice), master eventually. I have been singing since before I could walk, and it is something I will do for as long as I can. I write songs and poetry, and paint wierd and wonderful pictures. I devour books, and love to learn new things. I have picked up a few skills during my travels so far, taught myself corsetry and clothing manufacture, and have a keen interest in design. I have no idea what I will be doing in five years time, but I am sure it will be interesting. I hope that life continues to present me with new challenges, new people to meet, new skills to master, gaps to bridge, and worlds to conquer.In case you haven't guessed, I'm a Libran.

My Interests

In no particular order: Painting, Drawing, Singing, Songwriting, Making clothes, Making corsets, Costume, Dancing, Sex, Writing, Shoes, Theatre, Opera, Musicals, Cooking, Sci-fi, Film, Computers, Languages...

I'd like to meet:

Friendly and interesting people, original thinkers. Anyone wanting to offer me paid work.

Music:

Anything and everything, Metal, Reggae, Opera, Latin American, Musicals, Music Hall, Rock, Soul, Rhythm and Blues, R&B, Jazz Trumpet, Rap, Musicals, World Pop, c.20th century music in general...There are very few things I really and truly hate.

Movies:

It depends entirely on what mood I am in and what company I am keeping. With my sister I watch old Fred Astaire and Gene Kelly movies, plus some silly American Teen Comedies, with my Dad I watch Thrillers and the odd Action movie, Terminator, Full Metal Jacket, Grosse Point Blank. By myself I watch 'World Cinema' (mainly French and Italian films, but I am also a big fan of Pedro Almodovar), and gangster movies, particularly The Godfather trilogy, Goodfellas etc... Recently at the cinema I really liked Romance and Cigarettes, V for Vendetta, and I heart Huckabees...

Television:

I do not currently own a television.

Books:

Yes please, as many as possible! One day I dream of having my own library...For the train: detective stories, murder mysteries, and other whodunnits, some historical, and fiction based on forensic pathology - I really enjoy Kathy Reichs. On holiday: Anne Rice and Thomas Harris, frequently translated into other languages - I especially like the French version of 'The Silence of the Lambs' and the Italian translation of 'The Witching Hour'. With a cold: Harry Potter (in several languages, but my favourite is the Italian translation). I also have been known to read some fanfiction, although the standard varies wildly.

Heroes:

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My Blog

Dear Diary

That cardi has holes now - it's as motheaten as my feelings - and to think, that first day we met, it was pristine, unstained, whole, threads as unbroken as my young heart. All those years ago...Your...
Posted by Katherine on Fri, 23 May 2008 02:12:00 PST

Whoopsy!

On s'entend bien avec tout le monde,Sauf ceux qui se fachent sans raison,Certains qui n'ont pas de capaciteSe mettre aux pieds des autres,Et d'autres, d'ailleursQui n'ont pas de raison.On s'en fou du ...
Posted by Katherine on Fri, 23 May 2008 01:55:00 PST

Arc-en-ciel

Their uniformity is somehow shocking,These monochrome matrons, smartlyTurned out of doors, tricked out in black,White faces grimacing at other, moreColourful Lives.Leurs visages m'evitent le frontTrop...
Posted by Katherine on Fri, 23 May 2008 01:53:00 PST

Shade

Silhouetted on a paper shadeThe faded beauty blushes aDeeper black, reaching out forSomething, some spirited ghostOf a smile creases her cheeksAnd she turns in the lamplit roomTo a half-forgotten tune...
Posted by Katherine on Fri, 23 May 2008 01:49:00 PST

A portrait of the artist as a young girl

Battered and beaten, but not brokenThis porcelain-skinned plaster saintHeld up by nothing but empty airAnd the spirited remnants of cheesewire.
Posted by Katherine on Fri, 23 May 2008 01:47:00 PST

Masochism, or what you will

Knock me out with your kissesLet your words be soothing balmGive no quarter, take no prisonersAnd I'll crawl back every time.But your ever present kindnessKills me just a touch each dayAnd non-violent...
Posted by Katherine on Fri, 23 May 2008 01:45:00 PST

Hit the A-Road

A tingling anticipationSlipping silently from the houseAnd making a bid for freedomShut up, locked, alarmed in thatOther house.My house of ill-reputeGood times and great memoriesNow starting to fade.T...
Posted by Katherine on Fri, 23 May 2008 01:42:00 PST

Forgotten wastes

Obliterated, wiped out,Erased from all memory,Living and dead.My past life,Now left behindLost to the mistsAnd frozen lakesOf the temporalTantric void.
Posted by Katherine on Fri, 23 May 2008 01:39:00 PST

Bittersweet confusion

A haze of half-imagined obstaclesTo our non-affair,Lumbering up, out of the mist...Jurassic crumbs in the sheetsA thousand breathy blonde reasons why notAnd only one positiveThis persistent longing....
Posted by Katherine on Fri, 23 May 2008 01:37:00 PST

Swinging

The danger zone past, why do I still balance on such hot coals? Weight shifting, foot to foot. A fidgeting scale. The seesaw screeching with alarm to each gentle swell, each rise and fall, each nat...
Posted by Katherine on Fri, 23 May 2008 01:33:00 PST