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Putting it all together

By kate on May 9th, 2007

A colleague of mine, upon reading something I wrote on my website several years ago, referred to it as a “blog post”. Suddenly, something clicked in my mind and I realized that most of what was on my website could be considered blog posts. This may seem obvious, but it never occurred to me because […]

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Kate needs…

By kate on October 18th, 2005

I don’t do memes very often, but this one from Molly sounded fun.
Do a Google search for “Kate needs” (insert your name instead) and give the top results. Like Molly, I chose some of my favorites instead of the top ones. Interestingly, several of the top results were for other Kates posting this same meme! […]

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Birthdate Personality thing

By kate on April 29th, 2005

I don’t usually get around to doing those online quizzes, personality tests, etc. (Generally I’m too busy at work.) But I happened to click on this one from cerebralcrunch and found it startlingly accurate:
 

Your Birthdate: September XX

With a birthday on the XXth of the month (X energy) you are inclined to work well with people […]

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My Livejournal Name: Copycat Jones

By kate on October 26th, 2004

(Taken from cerebralcrunch - I couldn’t resist.)
1. YOUR PORN STAR NAME: (Name of first pet + Street you live on):
Emerson Ninth
2. YOUR MOVIE STAR NAME: (Name of your favorite snack food + Grandfather’s first name):
Twistie James
3. YOUR FASHION DESIGNER NAME: (First word you see on your left + Favorite restaurant):
Krispy Lumiere
4. EXOTIC FOREIGNER ALIAS: (Favorite […]

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Hi bandwagon, I’m Kate

By kate on April 5th, 2004

A lot of journalers like to do that thing where they pass around these sets of questions and all answer them, as a way of sharing about themselves. I haven’t been motivated to do one before, but I saw the one below in yruugrrl’s journal today and found the questions a particularly intriguing slice-of-life. So, […]

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I had nothing to do with this

By kate on March 17th, 2004

Two weeks ago, Steve and I were in a Brooklyn, New York bar with friends and we discovered this fascinating bit of graffiti in the (unisex) bathroom:

None of us could fully understand it, but I was pleased.

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My Inkless Tattoos

By kate on December 3rd, 2002

In April of 1999, I got laser eye surgery (you can read about that here). Letting a doctor scrape at my eyes took some degree of bravery, so I wanted to commemorate it with a ritual of some kind. I searched around for just the right idea, and finally hit upon the idea of an […]

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My Second Marriage Proposal

By someone else on June 22nd, 2001

It was a pretty nice day, sunny and warm, and I didn’t really have any more preparations to make, so I decided I would do it. Under the pretext of showing you the city, we made plans to do some driving that evening. I had the ring already - in a design that symbolized how […]

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My Second Hike

By kate on May 27th, 1999

I didn’t intend it this way, but the next hike opportunity I got after my first hike was to hike on Mt. Rainier, from Paradise to Camp Muir. This is a four-and-a-half-mile hike that begins at a 5000-foot altitude and ends at 10,000 feet.
Before the hike, I was really nervous. Would I be able to […]

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My First Hike

By kate on February 12th, 1999

I chose the Tillamook Head trail in Ecola State Park, Oregon, because Sidewalk’s review promised “views of the roiling Pacific foaming over jagged, rocky headlands, with a pinch of salty breeze and a hint of history accompanying every step.” I’m always up for hints of history, but what I was really after were some dizzyingly […]

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Bitter Complaints About My Lot in Life

By kate on July 29th, 1998

Somehow I have been cursed in my life, somehow I have been doomed to always be The Person Who Organizes Things. When there is some group activity, I always end up being the person who drives the planning. Let me make perfectly clear that I don’t choose to do this. It’s just that if I […]

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A True Story

By someone else on September 1st, 1997

I feel obliged to bring up running into a girl named Kate during my quarter at the UW. I’d originally met her in high school through Thespians, she graduated a year ahead of me, and had dated B**** for most of her senior year. Despite all that, I’d never gotten to know her. I’d always […]

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Kate, the Song

By someone else on January 15th, 1997

She plays Wipeout on the drums
The squirrels and the birds come
Gather round to sing the guitar
Oh I…Have you got nothing to say?
When all words fail she speaks
Her mix tape’s a masterpiece
Walks through the garden
So the roses can see
Oh I…Have you got nothing to say?
And you can see the daisies in her footsteps
Dandelions, butterflies
I wanna […]

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Advice from my Dad

By someone else on January 15th, 1997

The things that I think are important at this point in your career are:

developing an expertise, and
stability of employment.

You need to develop an expertise that can be transferred to other companies if you so choose in the future or you always start at the bottom, or entry level. You need to […]

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My First Marriage Proposal

By someone else on November 6th, 1996

Okay I’m just a freshman at a very conservative university in west Texas (Abilene Christian University), and I know you are in the big time out in Seattle but I realy think it could work. I was born in Arlington Texas; you were born in Arlington Ohio…coincidence…I think not. We could go to Vegas; […]

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