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Kat.

Always throw your hands into the air when a roller coaster makes that first drop.

About Me

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WELCOME TO MY SPACE... SO SPACIOUS AND MINE. I AM A PHOTOGRAPHER (WWW.GYPSYIMAGING.COM), A VOCALIST (WITH VAGUE ASPIRATIONS INVOLVING GUITAR AND PIANO), AND A REALIST WHO DAY-DREAMS OF BEING AN OPTIMIST. I LIKE TO LAUGH. I LIKE MY FRIENDS. I ESPECIALLY LIKE IT WHEN I LAUGH WITH MY FRIENDS. BEING AN ARTIST IS WHAT DRIVES ME AND I SPEND MY DAYS FIGURING OUT HOW THE HELL TO MAKE A LIVING AT IT. BECAUSE WHEN YOU GET DOWN TO BRASS TACKS (WHAT DOES THAT SAYING EVEN MEAN?!?!?!)... THAT'S ALL I WANT TO DO - BE AN ARTIST. USELESS FUN FACT ABOUT ME: MY THIRD FAVORITE MOVIE IS HIGH FIDELITY - I WANT TO WORK IN THAT SAD BASTARD, FICTITIOUS RECORD STORE. FOR A DAY. BECAUSE LET'S FACE IT, JACK BLACK IS ONLY AMUSING AND CHARMINGLY STRANGE FOR ABOUT A DAY; THEN YOU JUST WANT TO SLIP A DOUBLE DOSE OF VALIUM INTO HIS BEER AND QUICKLY SIDESTEP HIM BEFORE HE FALLS ON YOU.
Here are a couple of quotes I dig:
"All artists create their own moral universe." - Bullets Over Broadway
"You don't take a photograph, you make it." - Ansel Adams
"Things alter for the worse spontaneously, if they be not altered for the better designedly." - Francis Bacon
"It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it." - Aristotle
"I never did very well in math - I could never seem to persuade the teacher that I hadn't meant my answers literally." - Calvin Trillin
"Love takes off masks that we fear we cannot live without and know we cannot live within." - James A. Baldwin
"One of the penalties for refusing to participate in politics is that you end up being governed by your inferiors." - Plato
"Wisdom stands at the turn in the road and calls upon us publicly, but we consider it false and despise its adherents." - Kahlil Gibran
"Patriotism is not short, frenzied outbursts of emotion, but the tranquil and steady dedication of a lifetime." - Adlai E. Stevenson
"I honestly think it is better to be a failure at something you love than to be a success at something you hate." - George Burns
I am not on myspace to date. I am not on myspace to make "friends" with people I will never meet. I am not on myspace to post or 'enjoy' half naked pictures of porn stars and teenagers. I am on myspace for fun and work related networking. End of story. If you think you might like to "friend" me, your chances of receiving a positive response will be greatly improved if:
1. I know you.
2. I like you.
and/or
3. You message me and don't seem crazy.
Be sure to check out these other pages of interest:
Kat Taylor (My individual music page - the new band page will be up soon!)
Kat Taylor Photography (My photography page)
Rocky Horror Tribute Band (based out of Columbia. Be afraid...)
Aslo, check out the MySpace groups I started: Chicks in Rock Bands, Planet Scrubs, and The Burn.
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My Interests

MUSIC, PIANO, PHOTOGRAPHY, WRITING, SUNGLASSES, READING, FLOWERS, GYM, KICKBOXING, MOVIES, THE OCEAN/ THE BEACH, WATER SPORTS, TRAVEL, ETHNIC FOOD, PERFORMING, MAKEUP, MARTINIS, COOKING SHOWS, YOGA, PILLOW FIGHTS, SUGAR CUBES, CAMERAS, CANDY STORES, STATE FAIRS, POLITICS, NOTRE DAME FOOTBALL, USC, ART, LIST MAKING (Obviously)

I'd like to meet:

Myself...From a parallel universe, Ami Barwell, Nan Goldin, Georgia O'Keefe, John Cusack, Jesus Christ, Ellen DeGeneris, Nina Simone, Lou Dobbs, Lou Holtz, Jon Stewart, Tim Burton, Claire Danes, Salvador Dali, Steve Martin, Kevin Smith, Thom Yorke, Barack Obama, Virginia Woolf, Al Gore, Drew Barrymore, Seth Green, & My Irish Ancestors.

Music:

CURRENTLY LISTENING TO: MY IPOD NANO (random shuffle), MUSE, FALL OUT BOY, BECK, WHITE HASSLE

SOME OF MY GREAT LOVES:
Suzanne Vega, Postal Service, Foo Fighters, Led Zeppelin, Peter Gabriel, Liz Phair, Sheryl Crow, Melissa Etheridge, Alanis Morisette, U2, Aimee Mann, Marvin Gaye, The Cure, Spoon, Devin Townsend, Tool, Muse, Radiohead, The Killers, Tori Amos, Ani DiFranco, Weezer, Bob Dylan, Letters To Cleo, Spacehog, Jeff Buckley, The Police, Sting, Stevie Wonder, The Rolling Stones, Nine Inch Nails, Jamiroquai, Portishead, Mazzy Star, A Perfect Circle, The Red Hot Chili Peppers, The Pretenders, White Zombie, George Clinton & Parliament, Death Cab for Cutie, Sponge, Prince, Wilco, Eels, Garbage, No Doubt, Black Crowes, Adam James, Autonomous, The South, How To Vanish, Tom Jones, Frank Zappa, Simon & Garfunkel, Janis Joplin, Nina Simone, Billie Holliday, The Shins, Ben Folds, Dave Matthews Band, Everclear, David Bowie, Jump Little Children, Stone Temple Pilots, The Cranberries, Natalie Merchant, PJ Harvey, Lenny Kravitz, Elastica, Seal, The Smashing Pumpkins, Frou Frou, Regina Specktor, KT Tunstall

Movies:

CURRENTLY WATCHING: THE DAVINCI CODE, MUSIC & LYRICS
THE MUST OWN LIST:
The Secretary, Amelie, High Art, The Tao of Steve, Star Wars (as a collective), Clerks, Chasing Amy, Mall Rats, Sling Blade, Jeffery, All Disney and Pixar Animated Movies, Bandits, Orlando, Labyrinth, Sense and Sensability, The Commitments, High Fidelity, The Crow, X Men (as a collective), Swingers, Lost In Translation, The Royal Tennenbaums, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, The Lord of the Rings (as a collective), Who Framed Roger Rabbit, Love Actually, Gone With The Wind, Bridgett Jones' Diary, Caddy Shack, All Monty Python Movies and Flying Circus, Team America World Police, National Treasure, The Last Starfighter, White Christmas, Little Women, An Affair to Remember, Plan 9 From Outer Space, The Nightmare Before Christmas, Edward Scissorhands, Romeo & Juliet, White Oleander, Army of Darkness, The Princess Bride, Run Lola Run, The Rocky Horror Picture Show, Pulp Fiction, The Big LeBowski, The Family Stone, My Fair Lady, The Sound of Music, Roman Holiday, Shopgirl, Four Rooms, Syriana, Wicker Park, Garden State, The Life Aquatic, The 40 Year Old Virgin, The Quiet Man, Stranger Than Fiction, An Evening With Kevin Smith

Television:

CURRENTLY WATCHING: THE FAMILY GUY, FUTURAMA, ROBOT CHICKEN, TOP CHEF

MY (PRESENT) ADDICTIONS: The L Word, Top Chef, Futurama, Aqua Teen Hunger Force, Robot Chicken, Dinner Impossible, Good Eats, South Park, The Daily Show, Sex and the City, Star Trek (esp. the Next Generation), The Wonder Years, The Family Guy, The Lou Dobbs Report, Arrested Developement, Scrubs, Boston Legal, Grey's Anatomy, The Tudors

Books:

CURRENTLY READING: PHOTOGRAPHY MAGAZINES my fabulous boyfriend brings home for me and THE AUDACITY OF HOPE By Barack Obama
Some of my favorite writers are: Ayn Rand, Shakespeare (esp. his comedies), Walt Whitman, Virginia Woolf, William Faulkner, Milan Kundera, Piers Anthony, Jane Austen, Jeanette Winterson, Anne Rice, F Scott Fitzgerald, Kurt Vonnegut, TS Eliot, Keats, Nick Hornby...
I LOVE THESE BOOKS: Shopgirl, White Oleander, Watership Down, Farewell Waltz, The Harry Potter series, Oranges are not the Only Fruit, Sexing The Cherry, Jane Eyre, To The Lighthouse, Mrs. Dalloway, The Nanny Diaries, The Wasteland, Speaking With the Angel, If I Forget Thee, Jeruselem (The Wild Palms), The Fountainhead, Leaves of Grass, The Great Gatsby, Lolita, Beloved, The Canterbury Tales, A Clockwork Orange, On the Beach, The Importance of Being Earnest, Animal Farm, The Taming of the Shrew, Twelfth Night, The Weetzie Bat books, The Catcher in the Rye, Heart of Darkness...
I LOVE fiction, even chick-lit. I like postmodern lit, feminist lit, contemporary fiction, 15th century verse, plays, philosophy, biographies, criticism, and magazines (Rolling Stone, Spin, Vogue, Italian Vogue, Cosmopolitan, Nylon, The NewYorker, American Photography, Women's Health, Shape, literary journals...) Basically, I read A LOT!!!

Heroes:

Virginia Woolf
Nina Simone
Nan Goldin
All working artists / musicians
My grandmother, Mimi

My Blog

happiness and the tooters

despite my current state of frenzied mind and life-altering-desicion-making, i find myself wrapped in a warm blanket of happiness. though much is going on that would normally have me retreating to the...
Posted by KAT on Tue, 03 Apr 2007 10:18:00 PST

oranges

our carpet smells like oranges - largely due to the carpet cleaning magicians who visited the house this morning. orange scented carpet makes me happy. other things that make me happy?thai food and c...
Posted by KAT on Sat, 31 Mar 2007 10:15:00 PST

the way to my heart

the current song spinning on my page claims a new bag of pot may be the way to someone's heart... indeed, that may in fact be the case.other ways to my heart?flying monkeysfoot rubsextra fresh, red so...
Posted by KAT on Sat, 24 Mar 2007 06:39:00 PST

smiling in my sleep

I woke up this morning with a smile on my face. This never happens, people. I wake up in a lot of different moods, but physically smiling does not generally occur. Today, however, I have something to ...
Posted by KAT on Wed, 21 Mar 2007 06:51:00 PST

Think about it...

Recently, I have been forced to think about the future. Seriously think about it... I have to admit, some decisions and hopes for my future came to me immediately - it was frightening how clear some t...
Posted by KAT on Tue, 20 Mar 2007 06:13:00 PST

4:41

it's been a long time since i've seen this side of 4 in the morning... on the upside, i've been productive, in a manner of speaking. but for now, i'm off to bed to make another go of sleeping. and as ...
Posted by KAT on Sun, 18 Mar 2007 02:43:00 PST

insomnia strikes again

I was sleeping like a baby. Having great dreams. Stretching out all over an enourmous bed. Mostly naked and loving it. Then...I wasn't sleeping anymore. I am awake. Wide awake. Insomnia strikes again....
Posted by KAT on Sun, 18 Mar 2007 12:33:00 PST

Home Alone

HAPPY ST PATRICK'S DAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!I am officially home alone, and as such have created a list of "must-dos" for the weekend:MUST sleep lateMUST sleep nakedMUST watch cartoon network in my unde...
Posted by KAT on Sat, 17 Mar 2007 12:56:00 PST

love thing

Your Love Element Is FireIn love, you are a true listener and totally present.For you, love is all about feeling more alive than you've ever felt.You attract others with your joy and passion.Your flir...
Posted by KAT on Tue, 13 Mar 2007 08:32:00 PST

day tripping

It seems like we just got here... Oh, wait a second - we DID just get here. Already, it's time to head home to Texas. Did I just say "home" to Texas? I believe I did. While Columbia ties with Cincy as...
Posted by KAT on Sun, 11 Mar 2007 07:45:00 PST