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kate

milesfromhere

About Me

I can't complain, but sometimes I still do...

My Interests

Life, in general.

I'd like to meet:

anyone but assholes and idiots

Music:

CDs of the week: Aha Shake Heartbreak - Kings of Leon and the old Spoon...little bit of everything...mostly older stuff and just about anything live...Sublime, CCR, beasties, janes addiction, tom petty, jimmy buffet, van morrison, all the bobs, meth and red, portishead, jack johnson, doors, vusi mahlasela, thievery corportation, tribe, mobb deep, counting crows, james taylor, the roots, jurassic 5, gotan project, de phazz....most jazz, blues, indie...funky beats, d&b...and i can't lie, old school florida breaks still make me want to dance my ass off

Movies:

anything half way original and slightly unpredictable...city of god, deathproof, freaks, office space, dazed and confused, requiem for a dream, the doors, life is beautiful, goodfellas, rounders, big lebowski, reservoir dogs, unusal suspects, but im a cheerleader, crash, - anything with benicio del toro, monica belluci or vincent cassel

Television:

Little boxes on the hillside, Little boxes made of ticky tacky Little boxes on the hillside, Little boxes all the same, There's a green one and a pink one And a blue one and a yellow one And they're all made out of ticky tacky And they all look just the same.And the people in the houses All went to the university Where they were put in boxes And they came out all the same And there's doctors and lawyers And business executives And they're all made out of ticky tacky And they all look just the same.

Books:

a short history of nearly everything, ishmael, north of south, black and white, the rainbow and the serpent, vonnegut, eliot, paulo coelho, henry miller, herman charles bosman, fuguard, naipaul, quinn, coetzee, mitchner,

Heroes:

the editors of the economist and john stewart

My Blog

Kurt Vonnegut - Life in George Bush's America

..> Custodians of chaos In this exclusive extract from his forthcoming memoirs, Kurt Vonnegut is horrified by the hypocrisy in contemporary US politics The Guardian "Do unto others what you woul...
Posted by kate on Wed, 25 Apr 2007 01:35:00 PST

Being Christian is no excuse for being stupid (Another good one from the Economist)

Nov 9th 2006From The Economist print edition The religious right is down but not out A FORTNIGHT ago Ted Haggard was one of the religious right's brightest stars. He was the founder of a booming mega...
Posted by kate on Sat, 11 Nov 2006 12:07:00 PST

High Hopes (from the Economist : )

Reefer Madness Apr 27th 2006From The Economist print edition Marijuana is medically useful, whether politicians like it or not IF CANNABIS were unknown, and bioprospectors were suddenly to find it in ...
Posted by kate on Fri, 05 May 2006 08:55:00 PST

Why I love www.dailykos.com

Your GOP Congress at Work ... Or Not, It Turns Out by SusanG Tue Mar 21, 2006 at 10:27:36 AM PDT I think we're beginning to see why there's no oversight in the Republican Congress these days. It's w...
Posted by kate on Tue, 21 Mar 2006 11:05:00 PST

Read this from the Washington Post...

The 'Stuff Happens' Presidency By Harold Meyerson Wednesday, September 7, 2005; Page A25 We're not number one. We're not even close. By which measures, precisely, do we lead the world? Caring for our...
Posted by kate on Sat, 10 Sep 2005 05:49:00 PST

4 days and counting...

The big question...what do I love about living in Ethiopia? My answer: I'll have to tell you later because right now I'm in "what I hate about living in Ethiopia" mode.... So now that I only have 4 d...
Posted by kate on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

A few pics...

What I've been doing the last few weeks... An oasis in the deserts of Afar - near the border of Djibuti... Camels! My new favorite animal... Out of the desert and back to the highlands - near Kombo...
Posted by kate on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

My last adventure in Ethiopia...

Tomorrow morning we head to the desert - an isolated region on the border of Somalia and Eritrea known as Afar, which is conspiciously absent from the travel guide... Afterwards I'll leave my co-worke...
Posted by kate on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

Live 8...

So I live in Ethiopia right now - I dont have a social life - I rarely go out - This is a pretty big change from my life in the alternate reality that is the USA, so last night when we got the idea to...
Posted by kate on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

African Democracy?

Talk about feeling like I'm really in Africa - This month has been out of control - complete with rigged elections, governement killings, student protests, looting, beatings, opposition parties in pri...
Posted by kate on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST