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Kate the Great

everything is beautiful, even when the tears are falling...

About Me

old days don't come to find me here. the sun's just about to climb up over there. while my heart is sinking I do not want my voice to go out into the air. did you leave the darkness without me? you're always miles ahead. and you're standing in tomorrow on the runway. oh be the music in my head, the air around my bed, oh be my rest. replace the small disgraces of the times and places i never really left. did you leave the darkness without me? you're always miles ahead. and you're standing in tomorrow on the runway. oh i want to fly, fly forward into the light. be alive, to come alive, on the leaf-bright friday drive. sudden horses at the redlight. turn around, see clearer ways to go now.

My Interests

About this song/artist: just let go, there's beauty in the breakdown.

I'd like to meet:

my birthparents, my future husband, george winston, c.s. lewis, the apostle paul, teenage Jesus, any person from a cool band, donald miller, christopher walla, robert frost, sufjan stevens, those really good-looking firemen that came to my grandma's house one time, steve vai, lesley feist, ben gibbard, ben folds, really any bens, paul mccartney, martha washington(i really don't believe she was nuts)

Music:

+/-{Plus/Minus}, “all that jazz” Alexi Murdoch, Aphex Twin, Augustana, The Avian Survivors, Badly Drawn Boy, The Beach Boys, Band of Horses, the Beatles, Beck, Ben Folds, Ben Kweller, Ben Lee, Benny Goodman(great dancing music), Blue Scholars, Bob Marley, Brad Mehldau, Broken Social Scene, Bryan Free, Cat Power, Claude Debussy, Coldplay, Copeland, Corinne Bailey Rae, Counting Crows, Count Zero, Crystal Skulls, Damien Rice, Dave Brubeck, Dave Irish, David Crowder Band, Death Cab for Cutie, The Decemberists, Diana Krall, Dntel, Earth Wind and Fire, Eisley, Ella Fitzgerald, Elliott Smith, ELO, Elton John, Eric Satie, Feist, Fiona Apple, Fionn Regan, Franz Ferdinand, Franz Liszt, The Fray, The Forgotten Dream, Geoffrey Castle, George Winston, Gnarls Barkley, Grits, The Helio Sequence, Imogen Heap(Frou Frou), Incubus, The Innocence Mission, Jamie Cullum, Jimmy Eat World, John Legend, John Lennon, John Mayer, John Michael William Platter, Joshua Radin, KT Tunstall, Kings of Convenience, Louis Armstrong, Madeleine Peyroux, Mae, Mannheim Steamroller, The Mars Volta, Michael Franks, Michael Gettel, Mikeschair, Miles Davis, Minus the Bear!!!, Minus the Bryan, Moses Mayes, Mutemath, My Brightest Diamond, Nada Surf, Nat King Cole, Nickel Creek, Norah Jones, The Notwist, Pat Metheny, Paul McCartney, Phil Keaggy, Phil Wickham, Pinback, Postal Service, Psapp, Queen, Rad, Radiohead, Ray Charles, Regina Spektor, Reidar, Remy Zero, Rilo Kiley, Russian Circles, Sarah Mclachlan, Simon & Garfunkel, Sigur Ros, Sixpence None the Richer, Sharks Keep Moving, the Shins, Sondre Lerche, Squarepusher, Stan Getz, Stevie Wonder, The Stills, SUFJAN STEVENS!!!!, Switchfoot, Telepopmusik, U.S.E., Vince Guaraldi, The Violet Burning, Wes(his real name is John) Montgomery, Wilco, Yo-Yo Ma, Zero 7

Television:

I like 24, Seinfeld, the Office, Extreme Makeover:Home Edition, Unwrapped, Project Runway, Tom and Jerry, Gilmore Girls, 30 minute meals, Amazing Vacation Homes, Invasion, Full House, I Love Lucy, I Dream of Jeannie, Bewitched, Andy Griffith Show, Bonanza, Mash, Little House on the Prarie, Doc(he died)

Books:

Blue Like Jazz, My Friend Flicka, Zamba, Bonnie's Big Day, All Creatures Great and Small, 1984, Deception Point, True Notebooks, Every Living Thing, This Present Darkness, the Cross and the Switchblade, A Walk to Remember, The Notebook, The Phantom Tollbooth, A Tree Grows in Brooklyn

Heroes:

Anyone who can play guitar better than me, girl drummers, sufjan stevens, minus the bear, fiona apple, amanda mattocks, macarena

My Blog

narrow alleys and cobblestone streets

sometimes the most beautiful things are found in the footprints of sadness. sometimes the best lessons are learnt through suffering. new life is begins with each tear. cherish your times of sorrow. no...
Posted by Kate the Great on Mon, 30 Apr 2007 11:46:00 PST

caught up in your arms

You raise me beyond the skies, into a city of eternal light. looking down on stars, I fly into heaven, caught up in Your arms. I breathe Your fragrance, taste Your goodness, crumble to pieces into You...
Posted by Kate the Great on Sat, 14 Apr 2007 10:47:00 PST

brightly wound

It's happening all the time When I open my eyes I'm still taken by suprise I hold sunlight and swallow fireflies And it makes me want to cry I love you I shall never grow up Make believe is much to...
Posted by Kate the Great on Tue, 10 Apr 2007 04:33:00 PST

love is no big truth

All I do is sleep all day, and think of you A memory of the cushion life I'm clinging to The image of a mutual one, our haven The sombre chords of our song, the fading Love is no big truth Driven by ...
Posted by Kate the Great on Sun, 25 Mar 2007 08:34:00 PST

delete shallow, rainy acoustics

Sometimes i wish there wasn't a delete button on the computer. i wish i could type without using delete and just say the things that come to mind right away, to say what i really feel. it could possib...
Posted by Kate the Great on Sat, 24 Mar 2007 09:55:00 PST

to overcome

Fear is a river. I could walk upriver as far as I want. Walking downriver is an option too. None of those choices are going to get me on the other side. It takes the courage to jump in.It takes the st...
Posted by Kate the Great on Mon, 05 Mar 2007 02:01:00 PST

bouncy ball

Bouncy ball So energetic, So free, Until you're caught. Deep, dark pocket. Poor, poor bouncy ball, Lonely, sad rubber sphere. Will you ever see the light of day?   Boredom arises, Warm han...
Posted by Kate the Great on Tue, 06 Feb 2007 10:10:00 PST

a belated new year's resolution

I've decided I'm going to be different. I'll try to be one of those girls you pass on the street and you look at them and think, whoa that's outlandish. It's interesting to walk into a mall and see th...
Posted by Kate the Great on Mon, 29 Jan 2007 12:11:00 PST

the epic saga of the foot's vexation

Once there was a hangnail who didn't fit in. As he walked down the halls of Idan highschool, his sharp edges would always get in the way. There was a young wart he fell in love with but she was defini...
Posted by Kate the Great on Fri, 12 Jan 2007 11:48:00 PST

so powerful, yet He loves me tenderly

Who but God goes up to heaven and comes back down? Who holds the wind in his fists? Who wraps up the oceans in his cloak? Who has created the whole wide world? What is his name--and his son's name? Te...
Posted by Kate the Great on Fri, 15 Dec 2006 11:56:00 PST