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Kristin

I'm just a penny on a train track waiting for my judgement day

About Me



So, I'm kinda just the average high school senior right now, trying to have a good time and make it through the year until I get to college. I'm interested in music of all kinds (see extensive yet incomplete list below), cooking/baking, politics (yes, I'm liberal), softball, volleyball, hanging out with friends, and generally just up for a good time. I am also interested in just meeting other people out there, so if you see something that sounds cool or whatever, just talk to me, I love meeting new people. And I don't bite. :)

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You are ALTON BROWN, host of "Good Eats"!
Geeky and quirky, a former indie film
director turned foodie, you seek to put
science to work for you in your kitchen. You
concentrate on proper technique, and
understanding why it works. You also take
pride in using your clever wit to debunk
popular (read: INCORRECT) thought about
cooking. Youre just a little bit of a
pedagogue, but thats cool, you know what the
hell youre doing.

Which Food Network Personality are you?
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I'd like to meet:

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Music:

John Mayer, Guster, Jamie Cullum, Brett Dennen, Rufus Wainwright, Brandi Carlile, Ben Folds, Arctic Monkeys, KT Tunstall, Coldplay, World Leader Pretend, The Decemberists, Keane, Beck, Ben Kweller, Jack Johnson, The Beatles, Weezer, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Belle and Sebastian, Kanye West, My Morning Jacket, Jeff Buckley, REM, John Mayer Trio, Bob Marley and the Wailers, Girl Talk, The Postal Service, Matisyahu, Ben Harper, Elefant, Teitur, DMB, Fiona Apple, Radiohead, Bright Eyes, Regina Spektor, Ernie Halter, The Clash, The Shins, The Black Keys, Herbie Hancock, Nickel Creek, Modest Mouse, Franz Ferdinand, Die Aerzte, Die Toten Hosen, Die Prinzen, O-Zone, Garden State Soundtrack, Bend It Like Beckham Soundtrack, Harry Potter Soundtrack(s), LOTR Soundtrack(s), O Brother Where Art Thou? Soundtrack, The Who, Cream and Eric Clapton, The Guess Who, The Eagles, Don Henley (solo), Pink Floyd, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, Bob Dylan, Bruce Springsteen, and Jimi Hendrix lol I'm sure there's more but I'm sick of typing this stuff out.

Movies:

Dodgeball, Napoleon Dynamite, Amadeus, Lawrence of Arabia, Fight Club, To Kill a Mockingbird, Roman Holiday, Judgment at Nurenburg, The Usual Suspects, Fargo, both Charlie and the Chocolate Factory movies, Blazing Saddles, Young Frankenstein, Wizard of Oz, Pirates of the Carribbean, Princess Bride, Harry Potter, LOTR (all), Kill Bill Vol. 1, Kill Bill Vol. 2, Rejected, Monty Python's Holy Grail, American History X, The Believer, I Heart Huckabees, Zoolander, Office Space, Dogma, Das Boot (The Boat), M, Goodbye Lenin, Lola Rennt (Run Lola Run), Brazil

"Rejected"

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Television:

The Daily Show and Numb3rs are my two fave shows, in that order. Update: recent obsession with Grey's Anatomy...what can I say, I live in a dorm, it's contageous!

Books:

The Lovely Bones, 1984, Jane Eyre, Harry Potter (of course), Kitchen Confidential, Catch-22, Catcher in the Rye, and many more.
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THE AMERICAN PERSPECTIVEQ: Daddy, why did we have to attack Iraq?
A: Because they had weapons of mass destruction honey.
Q: But the inspectors didn't find any weapons of mass destruction.
A: That's because the Iraqis were hiding them.
Q: And that's why we invaded Iraq?
A: Yep. Invasions always work better than inspections.Q: But after we invaded them, we STILL didn't find any weapons of mass destruction, did we?
A: That's because the weapons are so well hidden.Don't worry, we'll find something, probably right before the next election.Q: Why did Iraq want all those weapons of mass destruction?
A: To use them in a war, silly.Q: I’m confused. If they had all those weapons that they planned to use in a war, then why didn't they use any of those weapons when we went to war with them?
A: Well, obviously they didn't want anyone to know they had those weapons, so they chose to die by the thousands rather than defend themselves.Q: That doesn’t make sense Daddy. Why would they choose to die if they had all those big weapons to fight us back with?
A: It's a different culture. It's not supposed to make sense.Q: I don't know about you, but I don't think they had any of those weapons our government said they did.
A: Well, you know, it doesn't matter whether or not they had those weapons. We had another good reason to invade them anyway.Q: And what was that?
A: Even if Iraq didn’t have weapons of mass destruction, Saddam Hussein was a cruel dictator, which is another good reason to invade another country.Q: Why? What does a cruel dictator do that makes it OK to invade his country?
A: Well, for one thing, he tortured his own people.Q: Kind of like what they do in China?
A: Don't go comparing China to Iraq. China is a good economic competitor, where millions of people work for slave wages in sweatshops to make U.S. corporations richer.Q: So if a country lets its people be exploited for American corporate gain, it's a good country, even if that country tortures people?
A: Right.Q: Why were people in Iraq being tortured?
A: For political crimes, mostly, like criticizing the government. People who criticized the government in Iraq were sent to prison and tortured.Q: Isn't that exactly what happens in China?
A: I told you, China is different.Q: What’s the difference between China and Iraq?
A: Well, for one thing, Iraq was ruled by the Ba'ath party, while China is Communist.Q: Didn't you once tell me Communists were bad?
A: No, just Cuban Communists are bad.Q: How are the Cuban Communists bad?
A: Well, for one thing, people who criticize the government in Cuba are sent to prison and tortured.Q: Like in Iraq?
A: Exactly.Q: And like in China, too?
A: I told you, China’s a good economic competitor. Cuba, on the other hand, is not.Q: How come Cuba isn't a good economic competitor?
A: Well, you see, back in the early 1960s, our government passed some laws that made it illegal for Americans to trade or do any business with Cuba until they stopped being Communists and started being capitalists like us.Q: But if we got rid of those laws, opened up trade with Cuba, and started doing business with them, wouldn't that help the Cubans become capitalists?
A: Don't be a smart-ass.Q: I didn't think I was being one.
A: Well, anyway, they also don't have freedom of religion in Cuba.Q: Kind of like China and the Falun Gong movement?
A: I told you, stop saying bad things about China.Anyway, Saddam Hussein came to power through a military coup, so he's not really a legitimate leader anyway.Q: Why did we invade Afghanistan?
A: Because of what they did to us on September 11th.Q: What did Afghanistan do to us on September 11th?
A: Well, on September 11th, nineteen men? Fifteen of them Saudi Arabians? Hijacked four airplanes and flew three of them into buildings, killing over 3, 000 Americans.Q: So how did Afghanistan figure into all that?
A: Afghanistan was where those bad m en trained, under the oppressive rule of the Taliban.Q: Aren't the Taliban those bad radical Islamics who chopped off people's heads and hands?
A: Yes, that’s exactly who they were. Not only did they chop off people's heads and hands, but they oppressed women, too.Q: Didn't the Bush administration give the Taliban 43 million dollars back in May of 2001?
A: Yes, but that money was a reward because they did such a good job fighting drugs.Q: Fighting drugs?
A: Yes, the Taliban were very helpful in stopping people from growing opium poppies.Q: How did they do such a good job?
A: Simple. If people were caught growing opium poppies, the Taliban would have their hands and heads cut off.Q: So, when the Taliban cut off people's heads and hands for growing flower s, that was OK, but not if they cut people's heads and hands off for other reasons?
A: Yes. It's OK with us if radical Islamic fundamentalists cut off people's hands for growing flowers, but it's cruel if they cut off people's hands for stealing bread.Q: Don't they also cut off people's hands and heads in Saudi Arabia?
A: That's different... Afghanistan was ruled by a tyrannical patriarchy that oppressed women and forced them to wear burqas whenever they were in public, with death by stoning as the penalty for women who did not comply.Q: Don’t Saudi women have to wear burqas in public, too?
A: No, Saudi women merely wear a traditional Islamic body covering.Q: What's the difference?
A: The traditional Islamic covering worn by Saudi women is a modest yet fashionable garment that covers all of a woman’s body except for her eyes and fingers.The burqa, on the other hand, is an evil tool of patriarchal oppression that covers all of a woman's body except for her eyes and fingers.Q: It sounds like the same thing with a different name.
A: Now, don't go comparing Afghanistan and Saudi Arabia. The Saudis are our friends.Q: But I thought you said 15 of the 19 hijackers on September 11th were from Saudi Arabia.
A: Yes, but they trained in Afghanistan.Q: Who trained them?
A: A very bad man named Osama bin Laden.Q: Was he from Afghanistan?
A: Uh, no, he was from Saudi Arabia too. But he was a bad man, a very bad man.Q: I seem to recall he was our friend once.
A: Only when we helped him and the mujahadeen repel the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan back in the 1980s.Q: Who are the Soviets? Was that the Evil Communist Empire Ronald Reagan talked about?
A: There are no more Soviets. The Soviet Union broke up in 1990 or thereabouts, and now they have elections and capitalism like us. We call them Russians now.Q: So the Soviets? I mean, the Russians? Are now our friends?
A: Well, not really. You see, they were our friends for many years after they stopped being Soviets, but then they decided not to support our invasion of Iraq, so we're mad at them now. We’re also mad at the French and the Germans because they didn’t help us invade Iraq either.Q: So the French and Germans are evil, too?
A: Not exactly evil, but just bad enough that we had to rename French fries and French toast to Freedom Fries and Freedom Toast.Q: Do we always rename foods whenever another country doesn't do what we want them to do?
A: No, we just do that to our friends. Our enemies, we invade.Q: But wasn't Iraq one of our friends back in the 1980s?
A: Well, yeah. For a while.Q: Was Saddam Hussein ruler of Iraq back then?
A: Yes, but at the time he was fighting against Iran, which made him our friend, temporarily.Q: Why did that make him our friend?
A: Because at that time, Iran was our enemy.Q: Isn't that when he gassed the Kurds?
A: Yeah, but since he was fighting against Iran at the time, we looked the other way, to show him we were his friend.Q: So anyone who fights against one of our enemies automatically becomes our friend?
A: Most of the time, yes.Q: And anyone who fights against one of our friends is automatically an enemy?
A: Sometimes that's true, too. However, if American corporations can profit by selling weapons to both sides at the same time, all the better.Q: Why?
A: Because war is good for the economy, which means war is good forAmerica. Also, since God is on America's side, anyone who opposes war is a godless un-American Communist. Do you understand now why we attacked Iraq?Q: I think so. We attacked them because God wanted us to, right?
A: Yes.Q: But how did we know God wanted us to attack Iraq?
A: Well, you see, God personally speaks to George W.Bush and tells him what to do.Q: So basically, what you're saying is that we attacked Iraq becauseGeorge W. Bush hears voices in his head?
A. Yes! You finally understand how the world works.Now close your eyes, make yourself comfortable, and go to sleep. Good night.Q: Good night, Daddy

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All I gotta say is..

John MayerBen Folds supporting and Brett Dennen opening!I almost peed my pants when I read the announcement. What more can a girl ask for?! I will do whatever it takes to get to Chicago!Thats all...
Posted by Kristin on Sat, 10 Mar 2007 12:26:00 PST

Winter is here!

Haha, check this out: Weather in Madison, where I am now: My hometown:   I especially enjoy the windchill number: -37 F in the middle of the day!...
Posted by Kristin on Sat, 03 Feb 2007 12:04:00 PST

Oh. My. God.

I don't really care if this was only supposed to be L-83 news...   Local-83 Hears it First - John will continue his "Continuum" tour in January and the first round of ticket pre-sales are slated ...
Posted by Kristin on Sat, 28 Oct 2006 12:34:00 PST

Update

Ok, this will just be a quick one, something to get you excited about my next blog.I've been quite busy lately, and I'm leaving tomorrow for a week-long trip. I'll give you guys these three clues on&n...
Posted by Kristin on Sat, 22 Jul 2006 07:21:00 PST

Tagged...I knew it would happen eventually

Well, here's my little addition to the tagging fun! 1. I love to cook and bake. For "Senior Projects" at my school (you get out of the last two weeks of school and exams if your project is approved), ...
Posted by Kristin on Wed, 07 Jun 2006 12:28:00 PST

random music blog

Well, just to start things off, hi there. I've kinda been away from MySpace for a couple months because of softball - I would log on occasionally, but nothing up to my ususal lurking standards. So yea...
Posted by Kristin on Mon, 29 May 2006 09:32:00 PST

Do the Shuffle

Easily explained - use the shuffle feature on your iPod, Windows Media Player, mp3 player, whatever you've got - and talk a little about each of the first 10 songs that come up.Here I go:1. Opend Once...
Posted by Kristin on Mon, 01 May 2006 10:50:00 PST

Last.fm

This was initially posted as a bulliten, but I thought it was too awesome not to blog. Check this out: http://www.last.fm/ This is a pretty awesome website. You set up an account, and download a small...
Posted by Kristin on Fri, 28 Apr 2006 07:57:00 PST

Sunsets and beautiful things from Flordia

So I know that my trip to Florida was quite a while ago..but I thought I would post some of the pictures I took there.   and one more beautiful thing.. Ahaha!  Johan Santana My digita...
Posted by Kristin on Sat, 15 Apr 2006 11:05:00 PST

Mmmm...

Lunch!     I made that from scratch! It was delicious. ...
Posted by Kristin on Wed, 12 Apr 2006 12:10:00 PST