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tiny catherine

Lord, beer me strength

About Me

title of my memoirs: "margaritas are not for dinner, and other life lessons

Compulsive reader; makeup artist; karaoke junkie; irish dancer.

A man said to the universe:
"Sir I exist!"
"However," replied the universe,
"The fact has not created in me
A sense of obligation."
-- Stephen Crane

My Interests

irish dance. music. make-up. writing. reading. my amazing friends. my kickass family. drinking. team fuck you. photographs. the beach. depressing musicals. black nailpolish. punk rock. superlatives. avoiding the gym. o'dowd family talent shows. professional procrastination. tagging pictures in facebook. bad horror movies. ryan gosling. cheesy music. the yankees. jeremy piven. hanson. disney movies. semi colons. cherry coke. html. champange. photoshop. inside jokes. john cusack. monty python. christopher guest. concerts. eating. cheap beer. being hungover with my family. futk. mimosas. not being tan. art. jameson. jesus candles. haircolor. baseball. hard core def jam street raps. carbs. jack daniel's.

I'd like to meet:

John Irving, WB Yeats, Jim Halpert, the inventor of karaoke, Jem and the Holograms, JD Salinger, Harry Potter, Ephram Brown, Degas, someone who wants to hire me to do makeup.

love is only what you give up/ life isn't what you get

Music:

when the music hits i feel no pain at all

Ani DiFranco, Rancid, Hanson, Muse, Paul Simon, Journey, The Music, DropKick Murphys, AFI, Sublime, AC/DC, Tracy Chapman, Rolling Stones, Led Zeppelin, Joan Baez, Bob Dylan, Nirvana, Foo Fighters, Beastie Boys, Counting Crows, The Killers, Weezer, Sheryl Crow, The Who, Pink Floyd, Tori Amos, Verbena, Lauryn Hill, Verbena, The Offspring, Squeeze, Rage Against the Machine, Jewel, Jason Mraz, The Distillers, Gavin DeGraw, Shawn Colvin, Brandi Carlile, Patsy Cline, The Eagles, The Grateful Dead, The Band, Sweet, Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, X, Flogging Molly, Fleetwood Mac, Ryan Adams, Fiona Apple, Metallica, The Smiths, Velvet Revolver, Audioslave, Patty Griffin, Louis XIV, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, Boston, Smashing Pumpkins, The Jam, The Nerve Agents, T Rex, Depeche Mode, Erasure, Velvet Underground, Melissa Etheridge, David Bowie, Alkaline Trio, The Roots, Matisyahu, Hot Water Music, The Decendants, Squeeze, Wolfmother, Wolf Parade, The Hush Sound, Voxtrot, The Noisettes, The Misfits, Dead Kennedy, Scarlet Grey/The Manatee Band

Movies:

Shut Up &; Sing, Office Space, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, Billy Elliot, Trainspotting, Almost Famous, Animal House, Monty Python and the Holy Grail, Dead Poet's Society, Ferris Bueller's Day Off, Sixteen Candles, High Fidelity, Love Actually, This is Spinal Tap, The Breakfast Club, Dogma, Heathers, Music From Another Room, Princess Bride, Waiting for Guffman, Robin Hood Men in Tights, Caddyshack, Stand By Me, Ghostbusters, Indiana Jones, Star Wars, American History X, Muriel's Wedding, Fletch, Calendar Girls, Napoleon Dynamite, Garden State, Mean Girls, Finding Nemo, Detroit Rock City, Bend it Like Beckham, Chasing Amy, Mallrats, A Christmas Story, Velvet Goldmine, A Mighty Wind, Best in Show, Drop Dead Gorgeous, Blow, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Disney's Sleeping Beauty, Circle of Friends, The Joy Luck Club, The United States of Leland, The Slaughter Rule, Disne'ys Robin Hood, The Lady and the Tramp, The Little Mermaid, The Lion King, Peter Pan, Don't Eat the Pictures, Little Miss Sunshine, Pan's Labyrinth

Television:

Everwood, Futurama, The Simpsons, Family Guy, The Office, What Not to Wear, Degrassi, Disorderly Conduct ;) Man vs. Wild, Deadliest Catch, How It's Made, Dirty Jobs, Aqua Teen Hunger Force, Jeopardy, Workout, Shear Genius

Books:

The Time Traveler's Wife, The Namesake, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, The Rum Diary, Harry Potter, East of Eden, Catcher in the Rye, Nine Stories, Franny and Zooey, The Great Gatsby, The Joy Luck Club, Tara Road, Circle of Friends, Firefly Summer, The World According to Garp, The Hotel New Hampshire, The Fourth Hand, The Cider House Rules, A Prayer for Owen Meany, Until I Find You, A Widow for One Year

Heroes:

Natalie Maines, Jem and the Holograms, MacGyver, My mom

My Blog

Fire on the mountain....

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Posted by tiny catherine on Wed, 09 May 2007 01:40:00 PST

Dairy, why have you forsaken me?!

So, come to find out I am lactose intolerant.    So far, avoiding dairy has been the most difficult thing ever. 
Posted by tiny catherine on Sun, 15 Apr 2007 01:48:00 PST

Dear Fall Out Boy,

Please stop making "music."   That is all, Tiny
Posted by tiny catherine on Sat, 07 Apr 2007 07:29:00 PST

I feel old. 19 years ago;

In February of 1988 it snowed in Santa Clarita. This was less than a year after we moved there from Beacon, NY. Today is January 17, 2007, and it is snowing in Santa Clarita again. Crazy. Hey, toda...
Posted by tiny catherine on Thu, 18 Jan 2007 04:40:00 PST

My hit list keeps growing

Recently added to my ever growing list of people I would like to kill, the asshole who stole my debit card number. Whoever you are, I really appreciate your taking my debit card number, and then char...
Posted by tiny catherine on Wed, 10 Jan 2007 04:14:00 PST

Herstory

Some Immaculate Heart  history from The Tidings   Raise on high your standard bitches.
Posted by tiny catherine on Mon, 25 Dec 2006 02:16:00 PST

Easily my favorite movie of this year....

Posted By:Lakeshore RecordsGet this video and more at MySpace.com...
Posted by tiny catherine on Mon, 25 Dec 2006 04:57:00 PST

Order of the Phoenix....that's hot

Woooo!!  Stills from the moooovie.  Nerd quotient in this blog = VERY HIGH
Posted by tiny catherine on Sat, 23 Dec 2006 06:15:00 PST

Did you steal our Thanksgiving dinner? DID YOU?!

My mom ordered some kind of platter of ham and turkey from Harry & David for our Thanksgiving dinner this year.  The package was supposed to be shipped overnight, arriving yesterday afternoon...
Posted by tiny catherine on Wed, 22 Nov 2006 12:23:00 PST

file under: really? you think that's a good idea?

OJ Simpson has written a book describing how he "COULD" have killed his ex-wife, Nicole Brown Simpson, and her friend Ron Goldman. Really OJ? A book about how you COULD have killed them? Is that re...
Posted by tiny catherine on Thu, 16 Nov 2006 06:20:00 PST