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♫ katie

life is what happens to you when you're busy making other plans

About Me

crazy.
prone to laugh attacks.
hates weak handshakes.
ridiculously organized.
peanut butter. need i say more?
easily amused.
loves to vacuum.
favorite animal = penguins.
all about thrift shopping.
secretly wishes puss in boots was her cat.
lover of thai food.
favorite color is lime green.
turquoise is up there too.
lactose intolerant.
will try anything once.
excluding horribly illegal things.
hates Wal-Mart with a burning passion.
played the violin for eight years.
then got tendonitis.
sings in the UW chorale.
wishes board games were more regularly played.
never really got over childhood fear of the dark.
hates cigarettes.
thinks people should ride bikes more often.
loves roller coasters.
allergic to dust.
and strangely enough to formaldehyde.
hater of anything that stings.
including, but not limited to: wasps, scorpions, yellowjackets.

My Interests

singing
cuddling
finding animals in clouds
riding bikes
going to the Seattle Symphony
songwriting/songwriters
writing poetry
the guitar
ferris wheels
sleeping
flamingos
comedy shows
rain
warm laundry from the dryer
photography
ducks
penguins
any creature that waddles
stargazing
sailing
Christmas lights up all year
skinny-dipping
climbing trees
going to concerts
smell of fresh cut grass
painting

I'd like to meet:

people who use words like "juggernaut" and "boondoggle" in daily conversation.
ben gibbard.

Music:

Andrew W.K.
Aqueduct
The Arcade Fire
The Beach Boys
The Beatles
Beck
Beirut
Belle & Sebastian
Ben Folds
Bloc Party
The Blow
Blondie
Blue Swede
Bobby McFerrin
Boy Kill Boy
The Boy Least Likely To
Brandi Carlile
The Bravery
Brian Setzer Orchestra
Cake
Camera Obscura
Cave In
The Chordettes
Coldplay
The Cranberries
Damien Rice
Death Cab for Cutie
Devics
Devo
Dexy's Midnight Runners
The Ditty Bops
The Eames Era
Earth Wind & Fire
Eisley
Elvis
Emily Haines
Eva Cassidy
The Faint
Franz Ferdinand
Frou Frou
Go It Alone
Goldfrapp
Gnarls Barkley
Guster
Hall and Oates
Harry Belafonte
Hot Hot Heat
Imogen Heap
Inara George
Interpol
Iron & Wine
Israel Kamakawiwo'ole
Jack Johnson
Jimmy Eat World
John Mayer
Johnny Cash
The Kaiser Cheifs
The Killers
Kings of Convenience
The King's Singers
KT Tunstall
Laura Veirs
Led Zeppelin
The Magic Numbers
Mates of State
Me First and the Gimme Gimmes
Metric
Mighty Mighty Bosstones
Muse
Nada Surf
The New Pornographers
Norman Greenbaum
Of Montreal
OK Go
Opeth
Ozma
Phantom Planet
Pinback
Plain White T's
The Postal Service
The Presidents
Queen
The Raconteurs
Radiohead
Ray Charles
Reel Big Fish
Regina Spektor
Rilo Kiley
Rogue Wave
Rooney
Rufus Wainwright
Scissor Sisters
The Shins
Simon and Garfunkel
Spoon
Sonata Arctica
Sondre Lerche
The Sounds
Stevie Wonder
The Strokes
Sufjan Stevens
Talking Heads
Teddybears
Tegan and Sara
U.S.E.
Unit 4+2
The Wailin' Jennys
The Weepies
Weezer
Yann Tiersen
Yellowcard
Yo-yo Ma
Zero 7
The Zombies

Movies:

V for Vendetta
Happy Feet
Life is Beautiful
Crash
Thank You For Smoking
The Best of Youth
40 Year Old Virgin
What the Bleep?
The Breakfast Club
American Beauty
March of the Penguins
The Big Lebowski
Life as a House
Shopgirl
Memento
What Dreams May Come
Saved
The Usual Suspects

Television:

LOST
Grey's Anatomy
CSI: Miami
Family Guy

Books:

The Bell Jar
1984
Brave New World
Grab on to me Tightly as if I Knew the Way
A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius
The Swiss Family Robinson (living in the trees would be most excellent)

My Blog

solstice

i see my breath in septemberand pack away my bathing suit.spaghetti strap tanksand mini skirtsgive their last hoorahs.folded neatly in cardboard boxes,taped seven timesto keep away the creatureswith l...
Posted by ♫ katie on Sun, 23 Sep 2007 02:02:00 PST

o wise one

"give up all hopeof having a better past"because regretis the most pointless emotionit's like putting on mascara in the rain.black lines of regretwe cannot change.
Posted by ♫ katie on Mon, 17 Sep 2007 01:18:00 PST

weapon of choice

if i had to go,my weapon of choicewouldn't be a gun,nor a knife,nor a noose.not some pills,no loose powder.no hospital bed,anything but that.dying to the beatof the beeps and whirrsof machines antisep...
Posted by ♫ katie on Thu, 04 Oct 2007 10:52:00 PST

business

the sounds you hear throughthe floor boardswill amuse you.crick the catjumps off of the bookcaseknocking off a dustyradiology textbook,he scampers offand hides in the doorway.THUD.not like thethud thu...
Posted by ♫ katie on Fri, 31 Aug 2007 12:08:00 PST

all this time

is it okay to hold onto'the way things used to be' when the way things are is a sad resemblance,like looking in a puddle when it is raining?and what do you ever do with your parents?those people who o...
Posted by ♫ katie on Mon, 20 Aug 2007 12:51:00 PST

this is the story of ralph, the spider

ralph the spiderwas a mongrel of a guy.with a good two inchesof fuzzy legs and fangsas big as a pinky nail,you didn't want to mess with him.it's an animal house here.four tuxedo cats,spiders as big as...
Posted by ♫ katie on Sat, 04 Aug 2007 09:34:00 PST

the right

if i kissed youon the left sideof your neck,what would happen to the right?if i took a walkto gasworks,would i find you sittingin the brown grass?downtown lights flicker as youimagine the lonely busin...
Posted by ♫ katie on Tue, 07 Aug 2007 02:12:00 PST

pretty

grapefruit drinksand dirty sinksmake for a nightof good cheercamera flashesand long eyelashesbat and saya prayer.is my makeup okay?is my hair the right way?thank you for makingme pretty.playing would ...
Posted by ♫ katie on Sun, 15 Jul 2007 01:09:00 PST

slave to the needle

ink is so unforgivingunrelentingunder skinrelics of military serviceusnamerican flags with sagging stripesportaits of cousin dan whodied last yearor grandpa.butterflies filled with pinkon girls with n...
Posted by ♫ katie on Fri, 06 Jul 2007 02:53:00 PST

two words

people think that thosethree little wordsare the hardest to say.but i really think it's twothank youyou can be proud in lovebut you have to be humblein thankslove ain't humble.it's selfish.so try a li...
Posted by ♫ katie on Fri, 29 Jun 2007 11:43:00 PST