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Kate

Oh, you don't want to listen to reason.

About Me

In my other life, I am a realtor in Montana: www.katehamlin.com - leading with true intention, baby!I like to quote other people: movies, lyrics, telly shows, plays, poems, books..."The average life is full of near misses and absolute hits. Of great love and small disasters. It's made up of banana milkshakes, loft insulation and random shoes. It's dead ordinary and truly, truly amazing. What you've got to realise is, it's all here, now. So breathe deep and swallow it whole because, take it from me, life just whizzes by and then, all of a sudden, it's -- " Eugene Jones

My Interests

Movies, music, theatre, musicals (yes really!), dancing, South and Central America, Disney, browsing in bookshops, wandering about... oh, and travelling the world vicariously (despite my ramblings, I never seem to actually go anywhere, so reading friends' email-tales of adventures is sufficient at the moment).

I'd like to meet:

Zachs Braff and Helm. Aaaaand David Tennant (oh yes, the Doctor). Jake Gyllenhaal's on that list too. And this is all because I think they'd be interesting people to talk to... the eye candy is secondary only, promise! Oh, and Lloyd Dobler or Jason 'JD' Dean - 1989 was a good year for quirkily hilarious film:

Music:

The Decemberists, The Shins, Modern Skirts, The Beatles, Lloyd Cole, Bob Dylan, Nick Drake, Tom McRae, The Polyphonic Spree, Jeff Buckley, Winterpills, Ryan McPhun and the Ruby Suns, The Flaming Lips, Muse, Ash, Badly Drawn Boy, Leonard Cohen, The Phoenix Foundation, Magic Numbers, Ben Folds, Ben Lee, Shihad, Paul McLaney, Foo Fighters, Kings of Leon, The Strokes, Stevie Wonder, The Four Tops, Ryan Adams, One Million Dollars - oh but there's so many more than that...

Movies:

Pan's Labyrinth(!!!), Singin' in the Rain, To Kill a Mockingbird, Wizard of Oz, Sound of Music, The Princess Bride, It's a Wonderful Life, Everything is Illuminated, Ferris Bueller's Day Off, Big Fish, Casablanca, Garden State, 10 Things I Hate About You, Requiem for a Dream, Kiss Kiss Bang Bang, Moulin Rouge!, Empire Records, Brokeback Mountain, Before Sunrise, Eternal Sunshine, Say Anything, Dazed and Confused, The Breakfast Club, Shaun of the Dead, Labyrinth, Donnie Darko, Heathers, V For Vendetta, The History Boys, Children of Men...

Television:

Boston Legal, Greg the Bunny, The League of Gentlemen, Spaced, Dawson's Creek, Gilmore Girls, Doctor Who, Grey's Anatomy, House, Scrubs, Third Watch, Black Adder, Quantum Leap, The Muppets, Arrested Development, Entourage, The Mighty Boosh (random, but excellent!)... and somebody reminded me about 'Pole Position' the other day - how awesome was that show? Aaaah, nostalgia.

Books:

To Kill a Mockingbird, Like Water For Chocolate, The Monster at the End of this Book, Haroun and the Sea of Stories, Stardust ("Have been unavoidably detained by the world. Expect us when you see us.")

My Blog

Do you know what you're really askin' me for?

Where DOES the time go?  And do I sound old when I say stuff like that?  I can't believe it's been nearly two months since I last wrote anything.  I mean, I know I'm not a regular and c...
Posted by Kate on Tue, 12 Jun 2007 10:45:00 PST

I know I said I favoured peaceful resolution...

Okay& so two of my best friends got engaged last weekend to their respective (and very lovely and good for them) boys.  And two of my other best friends are already married off& I am sensing a fu...
Posted by Kate on Fri, 20 Apr 2007 10:03:00 PST

Sorry if this is abusing the 'blog system', but I am just not a fan of bulletins.

Not a fan of bulletins, so I know this isn't technically a blog, but if you want to do this about me, go for it... although I think there may be some questions that I don't want some people ...
Posted by Kate on Thu, 01 Feb 2007 10:00:00 PST

Oh god, I'm totally a 6!

Okay, so this was one Jule5' bulletins and I didn't feel like "re-bulletin-ing" so I'm not going to, but I do need to register my astonishment at the accuracy of this thing.  Whether or not ...
Posted by Kate on Tue, 04 Jul 2006 08:26:00 PST

Slice of (musical) life

My Most Played Songs (as according to i-tunes) 1.  N.Y. Song  - Modern Skirts 2.  Tiny Dancer - Ben Folds ("hold me closer, Tony Danza") 3= Rent - Rent The Musical ("everybod...
Posted by Kate on Sun, 18 Jun 2006 04:45:00 PST

On things which give you a fright... in a consumer kind of way!

So I'm driving in truly atrocious weather over the weekend, King-Lear type storms ("Blow, winds, and crack your cheeks: rage, blow!) and when I drive up behind another car, red tail-lights searing thr...
Posted by Kate on Mon, 15 May 2006 10:07:00 PST

On things that you didn't think still existed...

SCARLET FEVER!  Yes, it's a big thing (so big it's in CAPS, dammit!) to start my very first blog entry on, but jeez... a close friend of one of workmate's just got diagnosed with scarlet fever!&n...
Posted by Kate on Tue, 09 May 2006 03:39:00 PST