tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-82422923017421411782024-02-18T22:08:27.481-08:00Sunflower ExistenceKatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02862230609486209300noreply@blogger.comBlogger224125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8242292301742141178.post-10501511417594260712013-06-07T16:13:00.002-07:002013-06-07T16:15:03.698-07:00Tony Predictions (and pink-haired Cinderella stepsisters)All right everyone: It's Tony time.<br />
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I was reminded of this at work, actually—I'm fortunate enough to be able to walk past Radio City Music Hall three times a day, and when doing so yesterday, saw a poster alerting parked cars of the upcoming Tony Awards.<br />
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(Actually, I'm fortunate enough to lead groups of people past Radio City Music Hall, stop, and ramble about what goes on inside. It's a pretty sweet gig, being a tour guide.)<br />
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Anyway, let's see us some nominees.<br />
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<b>Best Revival</b><br />
Our options are Annie, Drood, Pippin, and Cinderella. I'm putting money on Annie, because, well, it's Annie, and you don't just let down a bunch of cute kids like that. (Here's looking at you, Matilda...)<br />
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Although, I am dying to see Cinderella, if only because recently Tokyo's <i>Nakano</i> (their version of Broadway) had an all-female production that was <i>incredible and hilarious and ridiculous.</i><br />
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Cut straight to the 4:20 mark to see the stepsister's lament, or 7:20 for our first Act II glimpse of Cinderella herself (actress Ai Takahashi). The whole show is great, though, even their pronunciations. "<i>SHEENDEREA</i>!"
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And yes, that stepsister has pink hair. It's Japan, what do you expect?!<br />
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<b>Best Actor in a Play</b><br />
David Hyde Pierce. Because. David Hyde Pierce. But, y'know, they're not asking for my opinion.<br />
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<b>Best Actress in a Play</b><br />
I'm gonna bet on Cicely Tyson in <i>The Trip to Bountiful.</i><br />
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<b>Best Actor in a Musical</b><br />
We've got two noms from <i>Kinky Boots</i> (Billy Porter and Stark Sands) but I have to say, it seems like <i>Chaplin's</i> Rob McClure might take this one. How did I come to this conclusion? I don't know. Just go with it.<br />
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<b>Best Actress in a Musical</b><br />
Extremely tough. They're all fabulous. (<i>*Tosses hands up in air, making crackers fly all across the apartment*)</i><br />
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<b>Best Musical</b><br />
It seems strange there are actually so few new shows to choose from this year. <i>Kinky Boots</i> marketed like crazy, and <i>Christmas Story</i> happened with not so much of a bang as a fizzle... and then there's <i>Bring it On,</i> which, uh, well, yeah, cheerleaders. I'm going to have to bet on <i>Matilda</i> then. They conquered the West End and now they're conquering Broadway.<br />
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Next: <i>Matilda</i> goes to Nakano! It should, right?Katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02862230609486209300noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8242292301742141178.post-87270192502260313872012-08-19T16:07:00.001-07:002012-08-19T16:07:33.066-07:00I sit here in my kitchenand think about life.<br />
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I've been taking care of my mom since she got her surgery. This mostly means I've been thawing out a lot of food she cooked prior to this week, fetching her water, and watching 30 Rock. 30 Rock is the best medicine. Unless, of course, it makes your mother laugh so hard that it hurts her abdomen, the area in which she had surgery, and this in turn makes her laugh more until tears come out of her eyes, and then nobody can quit laughing and crying.<br />
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Curse you, Liz Lemon!<br />
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Some of my friends got married recently. So that's cool.<br />
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What else have I been doing?<br />
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Staying home, really. The Boyfriend was here all of last week, and I of course gained a few pounds feeding him all of the great things Texas has to offer. Now I'm trying to lose it again, but of course, dieting in my book means "making a feeble attempt at portioning the Hamburger Helper your dad made and also trying not to eat so many damn Oreos."<br />
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Perhaps I'll go to the coffeeshop later.<br />
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There was something else I wanted to blog about, but I can't remember now.<br />
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Oh! I applied for jobs at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Like, office jobs. Is it weird that I get excited about an office position? All of my jobs have been either artistic or menial, so I want a normal grown-up job, at least for a bit.<br />
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Blogged while eating Hamburger Helper,<br />
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I don't know what possessed me, but I went to my favorite web site <a href="http://www.foodgawker.com/" target="_blank">Food Gawker</a> (brilliant, gorgeous food porn, which leads you to blogs and recipes-- go now) and decided to make green soup. Green soup is basically a bunch of vegetables ground up and cooked in water with a bunch of other delicious stuff in it.</div>
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And then I cut up two gigantic things of broccoli (what are those called? Stalks? It's stalks, right?) along with celery, parsley, and... some other stuff. I forgot.</div>
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None of those things are tasty.</div>
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But then I added THESE mofos.</div>
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OH YEAHH. Garlic, lemon, garlic flavored olive oil, normal olive oil, onions, and ginger.</div>
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By the way, cutting raw ginger root is a painful experience. It burns your eyes.</div>
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Aaaaand then you put it all together and simmer it for 15 minutes.</div>
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Then, I put it in a food blender, but filled it to the top, which you are not supposed to do.</div>
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(Instead of burns, pretend it's green shit)</div>
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So then we shall IGNORE MY TERRIBLE COOKING SKILLZ :)</div>
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And go forth to the end result.</div>
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Tadaaa~</div>
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It's hard to make green soup look appetizing.</div>
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I hate dieting.</div>
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But this soup is actually palatable. Especially with carbs, like these Market Street crackers. YAY CARBS</div>
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Here is my dinner. How friggin' low calorie is this? (As compared to my typical dinner, which is always either pizza, cake, or pizza... and cake.)</div>
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Green soup, crackers, diet soda. URRRGGHHHHHHH</div>
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Will it be delicious?</div>
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Approved.</div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">(I'm lying. It's not so great.)</span></div>
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And now for no reason whatsoever, here's a photo of me in giant blue glasses.</div>
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Also, West Nile is killing lots of people in Texas, so be sure to wear bug spray, okay?</div>
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Blogged while avoiding cleaning the kitchen,</div>
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Kate</div>Katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02862230609486209300noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8242292301742141178.post-14068453597120117752012-08-05T13:30:00.000-07:002012-08-05T13:30:14.365-07:00Why I Can't be a Fashion Blogger1. Because my outfits typically consist of things like this<br />
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2. Because my favorite color is gray<br />
3. Because I know zero about fashion<br />
4. What little I think I know about fashion is actually just me wishing I could pull off wearing stuff like this<br />
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...which I can only do in my dreams. My sparkly, Hello Kitty-filled dreams.Katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02862230609486209300noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8242292301742141178.post-154644479678389052012-07-11T07:52:00.001-07:002012-07-11T07:52:22.503-07:00Big City Ramblings III also went to the beach, tried out a new nail art thing, and spent lots of time commuting by train (as always.)<br />
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Namely, my baking adventures.<br />
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I got a few new iPhone apps after they were promoted by my favorite blogger <a href="http://www.xiaxue.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">XiaXue</a>...</div>
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Some of them are simply filters or color editors, like Camera360. They have a skin filter called "glowy" that makes your skin look awesome.</div>
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My skin doesn't look anywhere near this even, so I cheated. :)</div>
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The toad is real though. He was adorable.</div>
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Crazier apps, like "Lumie" and "LINE Camera," allow you to not only add filters, but things like stickers and other purikura goodness. (Purikura is a Japanese photobooth type thing where you get to look crazy and cute and have lots of stickers)</div>
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I started with a normal photo I took... which is already kind of cool, with the light flare behind and stuff.</div>
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Then you can add a border and SPARKLES with LINE Camera! Yay sparkles!</div>
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And then my name. hurr hurr.</div>
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And apps like these are how I'm able to turn a perfectly normal photograph<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiM07KbyRJSeP4YD42ha5fWRfJh-oTDtUSgedaQoCnnSNbAFU8l8TppguLCd_eVOXW84ggh6OITl8BUFN1zPtQdKZjvVlAzPXgpel3TyDUifhK2qB2Mr6kLf1bj1H0Hrh0UHkMylVah8rWD/s1600/IMG_0601.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiM07KbyRJSeP4YD42ha5fWRfJh-oTDtUSgedaQoCnnSNbAFU8l8TppguLCd_eVOXW84ggh6OITl8BUFN1zPtQdKZjvVlAzPXgpel3TyDUifhK2qB2Mr6kLf1bj1H0Hrh0UHkMylVah8rWD/s320/IMG_0601.jpg" width="240" /></a></div>
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Into an abomination such as this one. HEYOHHHH</div>
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LINE Camera is ULTRA fun because of its stickers. You will see above I not only added sparkles, but a bow and hipster glasses. Their effects don't end there; they have anime eyes, hair, hats, clothes, and everything else you could need to make a photograph absolutely ridiculous.</div>
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Anime something or other, who the hell knows</div>
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The last is my personal favorite. He looks like such a sweet little Alaskan schoolgirl.</div>
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Also, southern. Not Texas-southern, but deep Georgia-southern, which is inherently crazy anyway.</div>
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So, my mom and I took a road trip to come visit her and spend some time together doing what southern girls do best... cooking and eating. When everything was cooked that needed to be cooked, we decided to watch a movie. The movie we picked was It's Complicated, starring Meryl Streep and Alec Baldwin.</div>
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<span style="color: #073763;">Me</span>: No grandmom, he has a new trophy wife, and then Meryl Streep is the ex-wife.</div>
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<span style="color: red;">Sandra</span>: Oh good lord. Is she gonna have a baby?</div>
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<span style="color: #274e13;">Tracy</span>: She's fifty nine, mother! No!</div>
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<span style="color: #274e13;">Tracy</span>: That's Alec Baldwin, mother. He's been in this movie for an hour.</div>
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<span style="color: red;">Sandra</span>: Oh.</div>
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<span style="color: #274e13;">Tracy</span>: No, mom. You already asked that. She's not.</div>
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<span style="color: #073763;">Me</span>: Nope.</div>
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<span style="color: #274e13;">Tracy</span>: No, I'm good.</div>
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It's Complicated.</div>
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But she made us some <i>killer</i> pink cake. The pink cake recipe is a secret. Naturally, then, at some point I'll write about the recipe.</div>
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<i>**Note: "poontang" possibly comes from the Italian or maybe Philippino word for "whore," or puntania or something. My grandmother, who has no idea of other languages or the word's origins, uses it to describe sex, and uses it as a noun, verb, and adjective interchangeably. Variations include "poontangin'" and "poontangs".</i></div>Katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02862230609486209300noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8242292301742141178.post-30443818535430008392012-06-25T12:19:00.001-07:002012-06-25T12:19:17.235-07:00...deep in the heart...Here is my outfit for today... You will notice it's the same dress as my header... This is because I brought a total of two outfits to my excursion to the south.<br />
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Below that is the goddess herself, my queen, Allie the border collie, sitting in the sunshine. She's so gorgeous. ☺<br />
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Blogging while driving even FURTHER down south,<br />
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<span style="background-color: white;">After thirteen hours in LaGuardia Airport, I have arrived in the Lone Star State!</span></div>
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DFW was a welcome sight after freezing in the NY terminal for so long. And it was so photogenic :P</div>
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And look who greeted me! </div>
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Due to the day's starvation, I promptly sought Taco Bell and was reunited with my love, the Cheesy Gordita Crunch.</div>
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Allie got chubby. But she is beloved by our family. Here she is with her husband</div>
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I missed my dog so damn much.</div>
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So this morning I had all day to take Texas by the horns. This, of course, meant taking advantage of the excessive sunshine for photowhoring. COMMENCE PHOTOWHORING.</div>
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This sunflower was sassing me. And by sassing me I mean allowing hideous flying insects to swarm near my face.</div>
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Our garden has so many flowers. It's so awesome.</div>
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We finished up our veggie picking for the day and began primping to go out, like a good Southern girl should.</div>
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This, of course, meant more photowhoring.</div>
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Then we got pedicures. I got blue!</div>
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I tried on some super tight fitting workout clothes. I'm not sure I'm fit enough to sport these at the gym... I'll stick to a t shirt and sweats thanks!</div>
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The highlight of our meal tonight (made mostly of home-grown zucchini and tomatoes) was, by far, cherry beer.</div>
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So apparently there are laws in the Bible Belt that you can't purchase alcohol on a Sunday before noon. I had no idea of this rule. So my mom and I go to the grocery store to prepare for the day, and we want to buy cherry beer... but we have to come back several hours later. So, after laughing at the absurdity and uptight moral standards of the south, we got cherry beer.</div>
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Cherry beer is MAGICAL.</div>
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This is the kind we got. You should get it too! I think the cherry one (left) is pronounced "creek" and I'm not even going to try the raspberry one (right) which I think is Dutch or something crazy.</div>
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It's sweet and tart, and bubbly too</div>
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It's good when put on ice...er</div>
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Magical, magical cherry beer.</div>
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Drinking of the cherry beer in a kind of champagne glass thing. It tasted classier that way.</div>
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The grandparents/aunts and uncle come over!</div>
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Meanwhile, Jack does what he does best...</div>
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And I set to COOKING! YAAAY</div>
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Grilling zucchini. We used this instead of pasta for a vegetarian lasagna to cut the carbs. Delicious cheating!</div>
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Spoon of death and deliciousness</div>
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Here is a collage of all of the marvelous food I've had since arriving in Texas. Cherry beer, Taco Bell, guacamole, salsa, cucumber salad, zucchini lasagna made from plants in our backyard, more cherry beer...</div>
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Blogged while finishing the last of the cherry beer,</div>
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<i>~Kate</i></div>
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I have to give props to my little brother. For weeks I have been wanting to create a new blog header, and I finally decided today was the day to do it. So I dragged Jack painstakingly off of Diablo III, shoved my iPhone into his hands, and commanded him to take pictures of me while I posed in a new dress, all for the intention of creating some new ridiculous self photoshoot for my blog. He is such a good sport.</div>
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Here are some shots from the shoot-- and by that I mean all of the shots. There were four. Then he gave up and went back inside to Diablo.</div>
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</div>Katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02862230609486209300noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8242292301742141178.post-73156195931859927662012-06-06T10:26:00.001-07:002012-06-06T10:29:02.265-07:00This blogis going through some hard times right now.<br />
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I am redoing everything. It's ugly right now.<br />
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How on earth do I get this to be cute?<br />
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I want a cute blog. I want a cute life.<br />
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Ah well.<br />
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Self centeredness is the opposite of Buddhism.<br />
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But ignoring one's self entirely does not a pretty girl make.<br />
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I've been reading Nabokov's <i>Pale Fire</i>; I love it.<br />
Once you get past the initial hump of the lengthy poem, and the fact that the whole book is an analysis of this poem created by a fictional poet, it's enjoyable. Deep, dark, and sad. And lovely.<br />
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I hope to be deep, perhaps not dark, but definitely lovely. I am not a lovely person.<br />
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I am a confusing person. Also, a weird person.<br />
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But enough about me.<br />
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How are you?<br />
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<i>*crickets chirp*</i>Katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02862230609486209300noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8242292301742141178.post-90973049295907807772012-05-23T08:16:00.001-07:002012-05-23T08:16:11.616-07:00Jim ParsonsLast night I went with my brother and roommate to go see Harvey. I highly recommend it! It was awesome and funny and heartwarming and all of those marvelous things.<br />
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But most importantly, it had Carol Kane and Jim Parsons in it!<br />
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Oh god I love carol Kane. I wish I had brought a toaster for her to sign. (ten points for you if you understand the reference)<br />
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Jim Parsons was an absolutely lovely man-- very kind, always smiling, and also quite tall. He's a total string bean.<br />
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Today I have an interview with another agency and tomorrow I have yet another, along with an audition for a tv pilot. Busy busy.<br />
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Living the dream (?)<br />
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It is somehow especially glorious, however, on a fourth floor new york city walk up.<br />
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It makes me want to curl up and sleep the whole day.<br />
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I should come up with something either absurdly witty, or sentimental, or something of the like, to commemorate this fine occasion.<br />
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But really, all I will say is that now I'm done with school (for now,) and I will become a part of the real world... Largely by doing the same thing I've been doing.<br />
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Anyway, my little brother is in town these next few days. Yay!<br />
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I just get really flustered and think that the worst thing that could possibly happen will definitely happen<br />
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Isn't that Occam's razor?<br />
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I could be wrong (and I probably am)<br />
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I wish I could put a gif I made up here, of me sneezing. It's kind of funny.<br />
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Tonight is a final showcase for family and friends. Yeyy<br />
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Tomorrow my family comes to town! Hoorayyy<br />
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I got a new iPhone! So now, I will try to blog lots and lots! Hoorayyy<br />
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To celebrate, here is an Instagram photo<br />
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Math quiz, women's studies, a voluntary biology seminar on the genetics of peat moss (which I fell asleep during,) then two hours of volunteering, where I tutor kids in English and Writing.<br />
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Sometimes I miss sleeping on a tour bus all day. But I really do enjoy real life better, no matter how hellish both can be.<br />
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Photo 1: I have new headphones and look like I've been sent through a tornado. (no Dorothy references)<br />
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Photo 2: here on the above ground station, you can see the manhattan skyline in the distance.<div class="separator"style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-nsbQ8rB8eqtDlWqessNrwujMzkJSrK-SrNRVr4jOD3oi2JwObDWUQFEHpz5Fd8kiRYHnw7vlgRh-DTpJjZHoTS03pKD1OcZQkZcOB6i2up9du0cApLcswqTjzJF59iq2X3D5GWuAtxL-/s640/blogger-image--431808956.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-nsbQ8rB8eqtDlWqessNrwujMzkJSrK-SrNRVr4jOD3oi2JwObDWUQFEHpz5Fd8kiRYHnw7vlgRh-DTpJjZHoTS03pKD1OcZQkZcOB6i2up9du0cApLcswqTjzJF59iq2X3D5GWuAtxL-/s640/blogger-image--431808956.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator"style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgP557tQC8F980D4io0Ex8IA9vxbbM8lb5ERBbaPWCPb4vlSuSfQ5tO7Y2Eibpya21GJU-FgPxNlxoHdd1EA-FeoPKqxypCI9i00Sr39iRyB7PxAeZ5LVxPuveoZVlPEAYEAVdy4P0KeBLG/s640/blogger-image-663906312.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgP557tQC8F980D4io0Ex8IA9vxbbM8lb5ERBbaPWCPb4vlSuSfQ5tO7Y2Eibpya21GJU-FgPxNlxoHdd1EA-FeoPKqxypCI9i00Sr39iRyB7PxAeZ5LVxPuveoZVlPEAYEAVdy4P0KeBLG/s640/blogger-image-663906312.jpg" /></a></div>Katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02862230609486209300noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8242292301742141178.post-81379338664618221292011-09-26T17:38:00.001-07:002011-09-26T17:38:27.722-07:00The price of eelwent up! Therefore a previously $9.95 Grilled Eel Fried Rice is now an absurd $15.95.<br />
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Are they endangered? I certainly hope not. Because dammit, they're delicious.<br />
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My typically insane Monday was made a little better by sleeping in through math class. (don't listen to me, kids)<br />
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Anyway, ignore this post's content; I'm exploring the blogger mobile app and it's photo capabilities. Bear with me, readers. Oh, wait... I don't have those ;P<div class="separator"style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSphE3A_PRGMJzIRA4L06XmzK3HzL_FVPnHXZPZP4UEo85yYCx2B0hAE18LbZtQxy4sRQU8VhLU1r83JMqk7Pyc_0cEdkucHh6-4-gfUBQW7OvWegvEFwXG5-KL8oDaPRPihf2LNJhA0Xv/s640/blogger-image--1977725409.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSphE3A_PRGMJzIRA4L06XmzK3HzL_FVPnHXZPZP4UEo85yYCx2B0hAE18LbZtQxy4sRQU8VhLU1r83JMqk7Pyc_0cEdkucHh6-4-gfUBQW7OvWegvEFwXG5-KL8oDaPRPihf2LNJhA0Xv/s640/blogger-image--1977725409.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator"style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBRIu7SMKeCfw6KSl2-QhI8zgw22VPUhfXXDLO8NwjUJ7OtuxOtn-vYCLdkvQybUL2OpmKL-oBXdZJRwxdYN1UyD5Bv39aEB1YBL9uUvkvSbJiGBw9hX531lNQYsMLyke5S-Jm4-d2Wdzw/s640/blogger-image--1448763567.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBRIu7SMKeCfw6KSl2-QhI8zgw22VPUhfXXDLO8NwjUJ7OtuxOtn-vYCLdkvQybUL2OpmKL-oBXdZJRwxdYN1UyD5Bv39aEB1YBL9uUvkvSbJiGBw9hX531lNQYsMLyke5S-Jm4-d2Wdzw/s640/blogger-image--1448763567.jpg" /></a></div>Katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02862230609486209300noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8242292301742141178.post-70582930982646132702011-09-25T20:48:00.000-07:002011-09-25T20:56:46.063-07:00The nice thing about writingis that it doesn't necessarily matter if anyone will read it. It just feels good to get out there.<div><br /></div><div>For example, I should be sleeping right now. I have to pay my electric bill tomorrow morning before an 8:30 a.m. math class, then I have a coaching, then a voice lesson, then costuming, then tap class, then a few hours of volunteer service tutoring kids. But this will eventually become a normal Monday for me. I'm still getting into the swing of that.</div><div><br /></div><div>I am so weak.</div><div><br /></div><div>Most people wouldn't complain about being this busy; that's why it makes me feel like such a weak person when I find myself feeling tired or self-piteous. I have no right to be self-pitying! My life has too many good things in it to feel overwhelmed. Right?</div><div><br /></div><div>I think the real issue is that I have to spend a lot of time on trains, which drives me batshit, especially at rush hour. It's the noise. So much noise. So very loud, this city of mine. The trains are so. Very. Loud.</div><div><br /></div><div>At night, I get a few moments of peace and I let myself fantasize about New Mexico spas and my dogs back in Texas and Christmas and crazy Tibetan monasteries I'll probably never be able to see. To be there. To be then, actually. Then and not now. Now is insanity. Now is restlessness and lack of sleep and so very much noise from loud, loud trains and so many people. Then is somewhen else.</div><div><br /></div><div>But now is the now, so I have to work with it. That's all we can do, right?</div>Katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02862230609486209300noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8242292301742141178.post-43721198569316891622011-09-25T18:50:00.001-07:002011-09-25T18:50:14.800-07:00Ahh! Real blogging!It's been too long! But... I'm going to start doing several smaller blogs instead of waiting weeks to make one big one. Not that my blogs are ever particularly nice or anything. Unless I draw stuff.<br />
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Anyway, I don't really have anything lucrative to say so here's a picture of some iced coffee from Starbucks after I gave my name as "Dr. Awesome."<div class="separator"style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhv6k4II0QF_d60BtuH9vxVbV-ZzamkD8bVtXhswQyWY0G7pLZYfAToyGbb09Jf5llmGP7LLxPKbIPpI3TqOiYzUqS8S7icukYr6wlzkbMame9sJW0KlQFpG6kGwmsxdxDIyiMMiF-iC0Q5/s640/blogger-image--89720976.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhv6k4II0QF_d60BtuH9vxVbV-ZzamkD8bVtXhswQyWY0G7pLZYfAToyGbb09Jf5llmGP7LLxPKbIPpI3TqOiYzUqS8S7icukYr6wlzkbMame9sJW0KlQFpG6kGwmsxdxDIyiMMiF-iC0Q5/s640/blogger-image--89720976.jpg" /></a></div>Katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02862230609486209300noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8242292301742141178.post-52438684725957063952011-09-21T11:03:00.001-07:002011-09-21T11:05:40.296-07:00Rush rush rush<div style="text-align: left;">It's another crazy day!</div><br />I had two classes this morning, then had to rush home to feed the lizards and grab my shoes before tap class. Well, I have to leave in the next few minutes and my tap shoes are nowhere to be found. Oops. This'll be a fun class.<br /><br />I'm trying not to let my overly hectic schedule get the best of me. I just really wish I had some days off to learn music.<br /><br />Right now I'm sitting in my kitchen eating a pop tart<br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyxkBYqnhHYYn5pCL3kAGjlvxf5yrsK7iOeWB1XRagD92_zhYk46dCKH0lwS1wVpXdi4W22J1QdaLvQAjz8R7jbxDgou2W41PqQhUeWNzErMjeAdidI7Dwhi2SPxCfzpyfbu-ns9HEWuSy/s400/Photo+on+2011-09-21+at+14.01.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5654875509334498802" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></span><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></div>before I run out again.</div><div><br /></div><div>Peeeace.</div>Katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02862230609486209300noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8242292301742141178.post-71466509718598249682011-09-11T22:11:00.000-07:002011-09-11T22:15:27.354-07:00Untitled ramblingsAuditions are a source of stress,<br /><br />or maybe it's just that I'm often<br /><br />an uncontrollable mess.<br /><br />I work at a pet shop that isn't really a pet shop,<br /><br />it isn't cruel like pet shops are.<br /><br />We sell bird cages and amphibian terrariums<br /><br />and reptile lighting equipment.<br /><br />We also have caiques and lizards and snakes.<br /><br />I love all of them.<br /><br />Especially the dart frogs.<br /><br /><br />My life has been hectic,<br /><br />and I'm running in circles<br /><br />and I spend every day doing things<br /><br />from morning until night<br /><br />and I spend a lot of time on trains<br /><br />and even though I want to read on those trains<br />and always bring a book,<br /><br />I usually let my brain go comatose and stare at the advertisements<br />above the windows.<br /><br /><br />I read a poem today about the iphone<br /><br />and how it is a cocky machine.<br /><br />It is.<br /><br /><br />I want to return to nature and sit under a tree.<br /><br />But I'm afraid of bugs in the dirt.<br /><br /><br />So I sit in my apartment instead.Katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02862230609486209300noreply@blogger.com0