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Karyn

I am here for Friends

About Me

I love staying home with my toddler, running with my friends, and selling stuff on Ebay. I adore my brilliant and funny husband of five years. I am pretty good at bookkeeping and home improvement projects, big and small. But not good at completing projects, and bad at putting things away. I'm also addicted to 'good' television, a habit I wish to conquer someday. I love fashion. From Grace Kelly to Gwen Stefani, I really admire when clothes are beautiful, classic, and not obscene. I like learning about investing, philosophy, and cooking with whole and natural foods. I hope one day to be tidy and organized, paint illustrations like my great-grandfather, regularly practice yoga, and to raise a motivated, smart, and nice daughter.

My Interests

Running, Fashion, Astronomy, Labor Unions, Libertarianism, Natural Food Movement, Voluntary Simplicity, Politics.

I'd like to meet:

Aaron Sorkin, Steve McQueen, & Joel McHale.

Music:

Simon & Garfunkel, Van Morrison, Coldplay, DMB, Chili Peppers, Jack Johnson, Elton John, Hendrix.

Movies:

All of M. Night's Movies, Dr. Strangelove, Vanilla Sky, National Velvet, LA Confidential, Officespace, It's a Wonderful Life, Rear Window, Best in Show, Bottle Rocket.

Television:

The Office, Deadwood, Firefly, Lost, Sopranos, What Not to Wear, Sports Night, Kids in the Hall.

Books:

Douglas Coupland, Joyce Carol Oates, The Pocket Stylist, Voluntary Simplicity, Your Money or Your Life, Steve Martin, Jane Austen.

My Blog

Sick

Ever since our beautiful daughter showed up, I have probably been sick more in the last two years than all the rest of my life combined. A cold in August????
Posted by Karyn on Fri, 10 Aug 2007 09:31:00 PST

Bitten

Sarah Jessica Parker just announced a new fashion collection called 'Bitten'. It's very cute basics in sizes 2-22 and everything is under $20 each. Coats, dresses, shoes...everything is under $20. I'm...
Posted by Karyn on Wed, 23 May 2007 09:37:00 PST

The Namesake

I really love a good movie and it seems like it's been months and months since I've seen a really good one. Finally, tonight I saw 'The Namesake'. I loved it, go see it!
Posted by Karyn on Wed, 25 Apr 2007 10:08:00 PST

Value

I love finding products that are really worth the $ you spend on them. I've been compiling a list in my mind of the items that really stand out to me. Check back I'll be adding more!1. Memory foam pil...
Posted by Karyn on Fri, 20 Apr 2007 12:41:00 PST

Power

I've been spending my days daydreaming about alternative energy sources. Reconsidering nuclear power and thinking maybe the French did have the right idea 30 years ago by going with nuclear power. No ...
Posted by Karyn on Tue, 10 Apr 2007 09:26:00 PST

Anxiety

I got a haircut. It was definitely time, but I, like many other long-haired girls, am abnormally attached to my hair. I like my haircut, but when scissors were rapidly and haphazardly chopping at my l...
Posted by Karyn on Tue, 20 Feb 2007 08:33:00 PST

Half...not whole

I am now struggling with a question...do I train for an entire marathon? It would be neat, but at mile 12 I was relieved to be so near the finish line. Then I thought, I wouldn't even be halfway finis...
Posted by Karyn on Thu, 25 Jan 2007 10:44:00 PST

Dream Job

I spent a good portion of the day installing a new vanity, faucet, and drain, in one of my bathrooms. In a different life I would totally take up a plumbing career. I don't think I've ever met a woman...
Posted by Karyn on Sun, 07 Jan 2007 07:33:00 PST

Election Season Soon!

A new year, and along with that a new goal of trying to blog...at least once every two weeks. My internal dialogue doesn't seem to translate well to written word. But I guess that doesn't really matte...
Posted by Karyn on Sat, 06 Jan 2007 04:43:00 PST