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Kate

kathrynanderson

About Me

PERMANENT FASCINATIONS: books and maps, the absurd, my few but carefully-chosen friends, craftsman-era architecture, Ireland, coffee, ancient Egypt, Edna St. Vincent Millay, family trees, the sound of the cello, the human body, Natalie Portman’s rap video, Chicago, the night sky, and castle ruins. BRAND-SPANKING-NEW-FASCINATIONS: half-Hondurans, hot tea, baking pie, my car, my daily routine, utter happiness, the poems of Jacques Prevert, botanical gardens, Iyengar yoga, wearing the color blue, engineering, the literature of colonial India, the 1975 documentary "Grey Gardens," and the revival of my collaborative novella. PERMANENT GOALS: to become an expert at something and be a citizen of the world. To be well-off but not rich, and appreciated but not famous. BRAND-SPANKING-NEW-GOALS: to practice academic excellence, host the best Thanksgiving EVER (even trumping the pilgrims’ original), regagner mes habiletes francaises, act again, learn to play the guitar and the drums, find a truly great pair of boots, and make people happy. I CAN: shake like Shakira, turn any word backwards instantly, build things, and read sloppy handwriting. I CAN'T: whistle or understand mathematics.

My Interests

Exploring, packing up and leaving, talking to strangers, museums, contemplation (a fine and cheap hobby), spending sick lengths of time in used bookshops and looking at maps, attending the opera (well, probably), Modernist poetry and literature, old houses, envisioning the sensational garden I will plant when I own property some blessed day, making contracts with people, airport reunions with loved ones, collaborative writing, having brunch with my dear Magdalena, a glass of wine, filthy dancing, looking forward to events, Ireland/England/France, architecture, and incidents of good luck..... but there is not a THING I like better than to feel impressed.

I'd like to meet:

Someone who can help me translate from English to english and (more importantly) a group of revolutionaries who will adopt me as the promise-child of the next generation because maybe, someplace, a new day is dawning and I could help.

Music:

Isn't music wonderful?

Movies:

Either exceptional or horrid ones, none of those o.k. films.

Television:

LOST, and there's a local Chicago cooking show about how the Swedes make cheese and stuff in their barns that ROCKS (Update, 9/4/2006: I can't watch the Swedish channel anymore. I also can't see my favourite colour, which is in the Art Institute. Because I moved. Because I am apparently addicted to half-homes and mini-lives. Luckily, LOST is broadcast everywhere, even in Burkina Faso.)

Books:

Besides the drama business, I can certainly dig some Edna St. Vincent-Millay, Wallace Stevens, Robinson Jeffers, W.S. Merwin, Antoine de St.-Exupery, Katherine Mansfield, W. Somerset Maugham, and all children’s bedtime stories.

My Blog

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TELL ME ABOUT YOURSELF - The SurveyName:Kate the GreatBirthday:May 19th, 1983, I believe it was a TuesdayBirthplace:Elyria, OhioCurrent Location:jail cellEye Color:"swamp"Hair Color:brownHeight:5' 7" ...
Posted by Kate on Wed, 31 Jan 2007 06:53:00 PST

IN MEMORIAM

Tonight, my mom called to tell me that my beloved cat, Clementine, had been put down to eternal rest. This followed a steady decline plagued with arthritis and general heartache, and what ultimately p...
Posted by Kate on Fri, 15 Dec 2006 06:21:00 PST

I was hoping for Tara Reid....but....

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Posted by Kate on Sat, 25 Nov 2006 05:39:00 PST

Dave Anderson Sounds Off On Hollywood Hunks

Recently I got a rare opportunity to sit down with my old man, Dave Anderson, to talk about the real meat of life. It happened while he was taking a break from yard work to eat some milk and cookies. ...
Posted by Kate on Mon, 18 Sep 2006 06:11:00 PST

Musings, in Near-Retrospect

This is my last week in Chicago. Last year, toward the end of July, my brother Bill and I drove to Illinois in my parents' car to drop me and my stuff off at an apartment I'd never seen. We drove on L...
Posted by Kate on Mon, 10 Jul 2006 12:51:00 PST