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hey kate!!

i put the 'ho' in thoreau.

About Me

He says he's jealous of the moon, because you look at it. He's jealous of the sun, because it warms you. He says, "I feel you, even when I'm not feeling you. I talk to you when I'm not talking to you. I love you, even when I'm not loving you."... you know I love you, Gina.

My Interests

TRUFFLES
CONSUMPTION
THE INDIGO GIRLS
CULTURAL RELATIVISM
NOT THE INDIGO GIRLS.

I'd like to meet:

your brothers and sisters

Music:

tons & tons.
bright eyes, edith piaf, nico, the streets, mum, the velvet underground, jenny lewis (see also: rilo kiley), frank sinatra, ella fitzgerald, leadbelly, etta james, piebald, the stills, billie holiday, isis, the zombies, common, maserati, dean martin, the beatles, sigur ros, the rolling stones, immortal technique, patsy cline, miles davis, john coltrane, J5, eisley, cursive, dizzee rascal, elliott smith, russian circles, american nightmare, vincent gallo, the yeah yeah yeahs, circa survive, the smiths, joy division, death cab, the decemberists, cat power, new order, bjork, the mars volta, the cure, astrud gilberto, depeche mode, at the drive-in, the alarm, desaparecidos, lady sov, ladytron, louis armstrong, the sounds of animals fighting, chopin's nocturnes, beethoven's sonatas, mozart's waltzes.

Movies:

Allen, Anderson, Coen's, Curtiz, Fellini, Hitchcock, Huston, Jeunet, Kazan, Kubrick, Kurosawa, Linklater, Lumet, Lynch, Murnau, Nichols, Polanski, Raimi, Rodriguez, Tarantino, Truffaut

Television:

NO THANKS!

Books:

YES PLEASE!

Heroes:

CHRISTINE LABRAKE

My Blog

choose your battles

god dammit.
Posted by hey kate!! on Wed, 23 May 2007 03:15:00 PST

O.R. they?

"I can safely say I've never met anyone like you either." "You haven't, have you?  You want to shake hands? ...I'm glad we had this conversation."
Posted by hey kate!! on Sat, 17 Mar 2007 12:50:00 PST

habits

I have this peculiar habit of writing long, drawn out letters to most everyone I know, or have known, or wish to know.  It's stupid, really, these piles of sealed envelopes by the foot of my bed,...
Posted by hey kate!! on Tue, 30 Jan 2007 03:06:00 PST

...seriously??

I just found out that I have the same measurements as Rita Hayworth. I'll take it.
Posted by hey kate!! on Wed, 22 Nov 2006 11:47:00 PST

A discussion of class.

After much deliberation,   I have discovered that class can not be taught. It can not be forced or fabricated, but it must instead come from within. It has nothing to do with who your parents ar...
Posted by hey kate!! on Sat, 11 Nov 2006 04:47:00 PST

Another survey because my life is a big lie.

1. Your Full name:Catherine Mary LaBrake2. Do you feel like your name fits you?I suppose, but I'm not a nun as the name would suggest.3. Do you have an alter ego? If so, what is his/her name?Patsy, of...
Posted by hey kate!! on Tue, 27 Jun 2006 06:22:00 PST

Why I will always love the left.

"We should invade their countries, kill their leaders, and convert them to Christianity." -Ann Coulter. [What is initally funny about this is that it's one of the most fascist things I have ever hear...
Posted by hey kate!! on Mon, 12 Jun 2006 01:20:00 PST

an extended and most ambitious list

I decided that the space provided for the "heroes" on my page is inadequate, so I have made a list of a few people I look up to as heroes. If you can think of any others, let me know. Also, all of my...
Posted by hey kate!! on Mon, 08 May 2006 08:01:00 PST

blood and boils and luck and television

Whenever I start to feel sorry for myself, I always end up thinking of that guy in Ireland who had the disorder where all of his skin fell off (EB) or that kid who's living with harlequin fetus, somet...
Posted by hey kate!! on Tue, 25 Apr 2006 06:46:00 PST

It may sound weird, but..

whenever I hear the word, "groceries," I think of my early childhood.  And those Sesame Street books that we would get where Grover has all of the different colors of paint and I used to feel co...
Posted by hey kate!! on Thu, 06 Apr 2006 06:43:00 PST