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Katie

Every sixty seconds you spend upset is sixty seconds of happiness you'll never get back.

About Me


Myspace Layouts Hola! I'm 34, married, and have three cats. By trade, I am a high school Spanish teacher. I would like to get my master's in Spanish and learn (more fluently) either French or Italian in addition to Spanish. Anyone that really knows me knows that I love to travel. Of all the places that I've been, I love Dayton, Ohio the most. Just kidding! I loved beautiful Puerto Rico and Spain the most, but I also love other places. I just like to go to different places and often! I have an off sense of humor. I value diversity. I am ethical. I don't always write in simple sentences like the above; sometimes they are quite complex and verbose bordering on logorrheic. Anyway, I have lots of interests like reading, music and the arts. I like to be creative and I'm actually kind of shy unless I feel a personal connection to you. Lots of people won't believe that, but hey, it's true! I also think one of my best attributes is my sense of humor with which I have been able to de-fuse many a situation.

My Interests

Foreign travel, languages, the arts, reading (mostly non-fiction!), all kinds of music, latin dance (SALSA and MERENGUE!!!), gardening, cooking, charity work, pets, the internet, sleeping late, staying up late ultimate vice: trashy tabloids I have tabloids from 6 foreign countries

I'd like to meet:

In addition to you- Jesus, Bob Marley, Ghandi, Lincoln, John Lennon and all the rest of the Beatles, Jon Stewart, Chuck Berry, John Belushi, Hank Williams Sr., Jimmy Buffett, Ibrahim Ferrer, Celia Cruz, Fidel Castro,Humphrey Bogart, Frank Sinatra, Ray Charles, Harry S. Truman, FDR, Cesar Chavez If you are a pain in the ass, bigoted, narrow-minded or just an asshole, please pass me over! Thanks and have a nice day!

Music:

All kinds! I guess it depends on my mood! I especially love the Beatles (my favorite since age 5),U2, Van Morrison, the Eagles, Queen, the Beach Boys, Chuck Berry, Willie Nelson, Classic Country, Bluegrass, Lots of Latin!!!!Salsa- Marc Anthony also I've been really into Fania lately especially Hector Lavoe- the Buena Vista Social Club (all of the artists individually as well) and Afro-Cuban all-stars Juanes, Manu Chao, Gypsy Kings, Mana, La Secta, Lounge-jazz, the standards, Louis Armstrong,Tony Bennett, Frank Sinatra, Italina opera, Soul music of the 60's and 70's,Otis Redding, Lauryn Hill, the Black Eyed mPeas, Alternative Rock of the 80's the Rolling Stones-- really too many to mention- I have schizophrenic taste in music!

Movies:

Jackie Brown, Austin Powers (all of them!) Pedro Almodovar movies like All About My Mother and Talk to Her, Casablanca, The Red Violin, Camilla, Life is Beautiful, The English Patient (yes, I said the English Patient!),American Beauty,Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil, Buena Vista Social Club, Waiting for Guffman, Napolean Dynamite, Bridget Jones Diary, Office Space, Something About Mary, The Committments

Television:

History Channel International, The Sopranos, SNL, Six Feet Under, Huff, Monty Python's Flying Circus, Spongebob,The Daily Show with Jon Stuart, Lost, House, Grey's Anatomy, Sabado Gigante, Father Ted, Asi canta en Puerto Rico anything that stimulates my twisted sense of humor or imagination

Books:

Richard the III, The Da Vinci Code, John Grisham, 100 Years of Solitude, Waiting for Godot, Of Mice and Men, To Kill a Mockingbird, Books about Cuba, Puerto Rico or Spain, Biography of Celia Cruz Queen of Salsa, The Greatest Generation, Deep Thoughts by Jack Handey I am constantly reading, I have new favorites all of the time

Heroes:

Jesus, My Grandparents, my mom, Jimmy Carter, Celia Cruz, Ibrahim Ferrer, Rigoberta Menchu, Omara Portuondo, Harper Lee, The Beatles, Oprah Winfrey, William Wallace, Shakespeare, Napoleon Dynamite, Spongebob

My Blog

lyrics to "El Cantante"

As a salsa fan and person that adores Puerto Rico, I've been anxiously awaiting the release of the film, "El Cantante", - The biographical film written about one of my favorite salsa artists and Ponce...
Posted by The Real Deal on Sun, 29 Apr 2007 11:10:00 PST

They don't write them the way they used to- if you have a heart of stone or a block for a head,

Warning:  First of all, if you  A) Have a heart of stone or B) have a block for a head, stop reading this blog now because you just won't get it. Carry on with your stupidity and l...
Posted by The Real Deal on Tue, 13 Feb 2007 09:42:00 PST

Bragging

just wanted to brag people- I 'VE LOST 23 POUNDS!!!! hurrah... thanks, had to get that out.
Posted by The Real Deal on Tue, 02 Jan 2007 12:53:00 PST

A good philosophy

  A friend sent this to me and I thought it was worth sharing. I think there's a lot of truth in this!  Enjoy. As we grow up, we learn that even the one person that wasn't supposed to eve...
Posted by The Real Deal on Sat, 04 Nov 2006 08:48:00 PST

Atencion, Boricuas!!! una critica de "El Cantante" I CAN'T WAIT TO SEE THIS!!!

El Cantante Starring: Marc Anthony, Federico Castelluccio, Jennifer Lopez, Jack Mulcahy, Antone Pagan Music: Production Designer(s): Editor(s...
Posted by The Real Deal on Tue, 19 Sep 2006 08:54:00 PST

Love is like a monorail...

"Love can sweep you off your feet and carry you along in a way you've never known before.  But the ride always ends, and you end  up feeling lonely and bitter--Wait, it's not love I'm descri...
Posted by The Real Deal on Wed, 13 Sep 2006 09:52:00 PST

Feeling the Tropical Depression

i miss puerto rico. i miss rio piedras- the ghetto slums of puerto rico i miss avenida universidad and it's convenient bars i miss the atmosphere of old men staring i miss the enticing smell of habi...
Posted by The Real Deal on Wed, 30 Aug 2006 09:20:00 PST

Great spirits

I'm a big proponent of divergent thinking.  As we all start school, let's take a moment to reflect on those thinkers that challenge the "status quo" or those that have a slightly unconventional p...
Posted by The Real Deal on Tue, 15 Aug 2006 09:54:00 PST

Life can only be found in the present moment

Dear friends:  Recently I have had some experiences that have re-affirmed and re-shaped my thinking.  It's so easy to get caught up in the day to day minutae and bullshit and forget what li...
Posted by The Real Deal on Mon, 07 Aug 2006 11:30:00 PST

ABC's of Life

Well folks- I'm really not the blogging type but I received a plaque that  had the "ABC's of Life" on it and thought it was worth sharing.  I know it sounds corny, but much of what this says...
Posted by The Real Deal on Sat, 05 Aug 2006 04:22:00 PST