Fake chicken, metric conversions, and me.

So, it finally freakin snowed in The Shire. Enough to sled on! The Keene crew and I met up at a ginormous hill in Walpole for an afternoon of sledding and ballyhoo. Was fun and scary. Everyone laughed at me when I announced that I was "taking it easy due to lack of health insurance." I was serious! Next thing I know, Karen is at bottom of hill bleeding from the forehead. Enough to require stitches & supervision due to minor concussion. Poor Karen.

In other news, I have discovered that Quorn makes fake chicken chunks. (not just loafs or patties). This is extremely exciting to me. Making fake chicken salad has never been easier! I made some kickass tomale pie as well. Here is the recipe:

In a 9" pan coated w/ a bit of olive oil:

• slices of polenta to cover entire bottom of pan
• layer of salsa fresca
• layer of fake chicken chunks
• a bunch of chopped scallions
• some fresh tomato chunks
• a handfull (careful Nello!) of green chillis
• a bunch of black beans
• some cheese to coat top of creation

cover with foil and bake at 350 for a while. when it seems like stuff is cooked (about 30mins) remove foil and cook until cheese is all melty and stuff is bubbling around edges of pan.

Okay, that's all for now. I am trying to write a lab report and convert stuff to metric units. It really pisses me off that this country is just NOW adopting this system. Retarded. What took so effing long?

Ciao,

Kat o Lac

Word dudes. Just had my first hip-hop class. Yeah, I was popn n lockn all over the place. I seriously hate to excericise, but this totally tricks me into being active cuz I def love to dance. I can't wait to bust out my new moves at a club near you. Look out mofo's, katattack is comin to town.
peace out

In search of the jaguar shark...

I thought I was choking on a golf ball, but turns out it is a tonsil. Flaaaack.
In other news, I am in the full swing of school again. Will start my open water dive certification stuff next week in lab. Holy crap, I can't believe I am gonna be a scuba diver and study biology for realz. My final lab for this class is will be in May diving in the West Indies identifying corals and fish (and sharks!) etc. Wow. I will also be diving off a continental shelf that starts at 30 t and drops to a 6000 ft abyss. Kind of like jumping off a building and swimming along side of it 100 ft down. YIKES! Okay, enough of the science nerd talk. Just checking in.

Signing off,
Steve Zissou.

I had the most amazing dream last night. I was standing near an abandoned house watching people loot the place. There was a boy there walking out the front door with the kitchen sink...this really upset me for some reason and I started yelling at him. I called him every nasty name I could think of!! Including "frat boy" even though he wasn't.
A fight ensued...we were throwing rocks and sticks and cursing up a storm. Next thing I know, I am ducking for cover as a large bit of toilet-seat is flying towards my face. I fell on the ground. He ran over to me. I pretended I was dead. Then we both started laughing hysterically! He took both my hands and helped me up. We were grinning like fools at each other, and it was amazing. He was beautiful! I had that sparkly feeling you get when you realize you LOVE someone and they LOVE you back. No words, just electricity. ZAP!
I spent most of today looking for him in the faces of strangers and aquaintances.

KAT!

Update already!!!!

Okay so here's what's new in the life and death of kat:

1. School starts again tomorrow. Bio lab 9am!
2. I love my dog and now feel capable of taking care of a pet. Have had her for over a week and don't want to give her back to her estranged father.
3. Bryan is dating Merris. fuckwads. douchetards. cunt muscles. whatever. haha!
4. Think I have decided on Portland as school/city of choice. Seattle being a close second. And my MOM is thinking of relocating to west coast as well. wow. if you know my mom, then you know that's a BIG deal.
5. I haven't a whole lot to say but feel the need to update thanks to ten's last comment.

So what do you want to talk about?

LOVE TO MARS AND THE STARS!
kat

Here i am in the Couve. it is def more than i expected and also less on the boy front. so yeah, there has been massive amount of lovin n such and just a generally awesome time, but had some time to reflect now that i am away from my homelife. here is what i have come up with:
1. I love being in a city
2. it's ok to get lost and in fact, you should. you will evenutally figure it out (doube meaning here...)
3. going to museums alone is more fun sometimes
4. amazing food and lots of wine = lots of sex and laughing and happiness and makes for an amazing nites sleep
5. it is possible to spend entire day wandering city and spend less than $5.
6. it is time for me to move (visiting WWU in Washington tomorrow)
7. above all else i value vic's friendship more than i value the crush i have on him.

AND most of all here is an epiphany (sp?) i had while talking to Teneisha:
Most of us can fall in love with ANYONE. Under the right circumstances it can and will happen. It is possible that some of us (me included) won't have just one great love. I will prob have many. It all depends on who I am at the time, meaning what is going on in my life, mental state, location, interests etc. And since those things change so often, my love interests are bound to change right along with them. I will always be able to fall in love and the happier i am, the better the boy. But I am not ready for one yet! Oh no, I am dating myself at the moment!

LOVE,
Kat

buttfuckchristmasupsantasass

hi girls we are bringing in the holidays with a couple bottles of ravenswood, lipgloss, and sass in yo ass! photoshoot! you all know your getting hot coal in your stocking, so dont judge cause we are grabbin tennis rocket and aint behavin... kisses... kat and the loo

betty rocker

Um, first day of vacation and don't really know what I feel like doing. So I am going to make egg salad and finish off the carrot ginger soup I whipped up the other day. So effing good. I can make the shit outta soup I tell ya. You should try it. Here is my recipe:

Saute in olive oil (in this order):
giant sweet onion
then add a shit ton of smashed garlic
last, put in a handful of chopped ginger
(stir w/ wooden spoon cuz ginger sticks.)
IMPORTANT: before ginger turns brown add a 8 cups of veg. stock.
throw in a bag of carrots peeled and cut in half
boil till the carrots are soft
put it in a blender and puree that shit
Voooooaaalla!

meg inspired list...

Things that scare the living fuck outta me at mo:

• biology final exam tomorrow. i have been at library for 8 solid hours studying. my brain hurts.
• most varieties of cheese. too bad, i feel like i am missing out
• not having money to buy food, wine, plane tix to melmac or what-have-you

Things that itch:

• my belly. am allergic to my pants or metal on my belt or something.

Thing that made me wake up at 4am and cry till 6am:

• Finally finished Time Travelers Wife. wow. wow is all I can say. And also that I want to be in LOVE! well, i am, but I want to BE loved is more like it. (Ten, I will mail it back to you this week)

Things that made me laugh this week:

• Isabella asking me what I was studying in college. I told her: Mostly Science. She told me: Like animals? If you study animals you will probably want to take care of monkeys, huh? (she is prob right to some degree. kids are simply honest and refreshing sometimes. they break it down for you, so listen up! especailly 6 year olds.)
• megs post.

Thing I did that was totally theraputic and helped me relax even if my whole body hurts:

• Went go-karting in Boston. Got into a collision w/ Jesse and some other dude going like 40mph. (Yeah, these karts haul ass. You have to wear helmet, neckbrace & fireproof suit.) But I came in 1st place. haha. rad.

Things to look forward too:

• Tennis raquet & Emiloo coming to town
• Seeing Vic in the couve
• Hanging in sweet w. coast city for 2 weeks
• Spanish class
• waxing my downstairs for the first time in 2 months

Okay, that's all I got.

LOVE KAT!!

Hey! I am in the middle of finals, so I have been trying to buckle down and such. Here is small update.
Luccas Market boy:
His name is Riley. (cannot seem to find him on myspace or facebook. haha i am stalking him). I met him on the street the other day but I guess you could say I ran away. Got scared that he would ask me out. Suddenly I didn't want that. He is perfect as he is...a mystery where I can fill in the missing pieces.

School:
Blah blah blah. Looking at Western Washington University while I am on the West Coast. Still plan on going to Portland OR for summer classes. I really really really want to get into WWU, or one of the Seattle schools. X your fingers for me, k?

A funny dream I had:
I was having sex with Slater from Saved by the Bell....wtf? It was supposed to be Vic, but he turned into Slater. He was telling me he was sorry and that he couldn't be exclusive with me. and I was like, sweet...there is a boy at Lucca's...

Love KAT!!!!!!

i hate rubbish barrels

vagina pie

Was fun birthday. Had 12 of closest friends for big sit-down dinner. Ate, drank, and enjoyed this delicious vagina pie. Thanks jesse. hahaha!!
Wish you all could have joined. I am off to do some damage at the bowling alley.
Love KAT!!

Hey dudes. Guess who's birthday is tomorrow? Yeah, that's right. 28. God that is old. When did I start getting old? Ew.
Some friends of mine are making dinner for me tomorrow. Then I will prob get drunk on tequila and fight them. All of them. Not really, just threw it in for effect.
Thats pretty much all the news I have. Hope to see Chy & Larry this wknd. Can't wait for Ten to get here too. We both leave outta Boston on the same day, so hopefully we can do some hanging out there the day before. Which prob means I will still be drunk when I get to Vancouver. Unless we all behave. Okay, I off to study session, then nap.

Love Kat-to-the-Lac

There is a boy at Lucca's cafe that I have secret relationship with. The kind where you don't actually talk much and I don't know his name, but we have this THING. Everytime I go in there (which is nearly daily) we have this electric spark connection and then get all shy. The eye contact is pretty intense and goes beyond what would be considered a reasonable length of time before looking away. (I know that Luccas has this amazing customer service thing going on so you prob have to make eye contact etc., but this is def something else.)
He is one of the cooks, so he's always in the kitchen. But last week he made a special trip to other side of counter to bring my soup to my table. Clearly was arranged w/ counterhelp that he would do that. Totally made me blush. Der. I never feel shy around boys, so what's with this one??
I will probably never meet him outside of Luccas, and may never know his name. Somehow I don't think it would be as special if I did. Love having relationships like this.

Kat

creepyness

came home last nite and was sitting here reading my email. heard noise outside...enough to make me sit and listen very carefully. decided it was nothing and went back to typing. 10 mins later i heard knocking on sliding glass door which is in chels's bedroom at the back of the house. weird. it is pitch black out and raining. why would someone go to the way back of house when we have a front door that is lit up and such.
thought maybe it was chels or sarah coming home, but was confused as to why they would be at THAT door. so i yelled several times from other side of sliding glass door( which is covered w/ curtain) "CHELS IS THAT YOU???". no answer. now i am creeped out. i am standing in dark looking for porch lite. i flip it on and see creepy ass man that lives accross the street standing out there looking all weird!!
he can't see me, luckily, cuz it's dark inside house.
so i don't know what the fuck to do. we have all been weirded out by him for several reasons since moving here. but now he is pushing his luck. normally i would not be so freaked but i just had one of those feelings when you KNOW something is not okay.
so i called jesse and asked him what the fuck i should do. (i didn't want to cause a scene i just wanted creepy man to go away.) he yelled at me to call the effing cops already. so i did. and then hid behind chair until they showed up. der, iknow.
they went and talked to him and he told them he was looking for chelsey cuz she had car trouble. LIE!!!!!! wtf? we don't even talk to him and there is nothing wrong with her car.
and why the fuck didn't he come to front door which is lit and is the obvious entrance to house?
ewww. not cool. hope he stays away or he's getting a flying elbow to the balls.

anyway, chels came home, and jesse came over to hang for a while. went to homedepot to get a piece of wood to jam slider door shut. arranged to have motionlights installed this afternoon. thats all we can do i guess.

so that's my story.

plan of action...

So, hey I am going out to Portland in June for a few summer classes at PSU. Think I will stay thru the fall and officially transfer in Spring. I have to get caught up on some Chem, and they have transferable credits and stuff. So between the 2 schools I can stay on track for my major & minors. the tuition is the same...and if I become a resident of Oregon it is insanely cheap.
I love it here and love everyone, but I am ready for a change of location...then I will be all set for a while. haha.
So that is my news and plan of action.
Love Kat

fell off the fence i was walking on. prob is a good thing. needed to lay there and reflect a little anyhow. realized that i had to look at why i was walking fence to begin with instead of freaking cuz i fell off.
i have never felt so challenged in my life. some challenges, like school, are self inflicted. others, like family, falling out of love, (and finding new love interest only to have him move 2000 miles away) are situations that i cannot control. the only thing i can do is try to deal and get thru it.
i know i have a huge support system. and if you are reading this, you know i am part of yours.
i am going to start today with a better attitude and try being hopeful instead of helpless.
todays list:

• drink tea and read bbc news cuz i have no idea what is going on
• shower
• wear fav. clothes and fav converse sneaks w/ star laces
• go to bio lab and work real hard
• hike up mountain to dad's place
• leave him letter of what i have been up to, and lucky rock that vic gave me. (his idea)
• see family since i have been neglecting to hang out for months
• get caught up on homework
• eat something green

love kat

hey. i'm still alive. (forgot what i was going to say cuz i busted out some pearl jam after last sentence.)
here is what i've been up to:
school
boy
studying
boy
homework
boy
working out how to say goodbye to boy and be okay with it.

love kat. I do love you, you know.

ohhhhh RONALD!

Hi. Saw The Departed last nite. It was fucking amazing. I love mobster movies, especially when they are done really well. Def made me feel a little sick, though.
Feel kind of funny today. Totally woke up in my bed this morhing and have NO memory of getting there. I only had 1 beer at dinner, so I def wasn't drunk. Weird. Maybe my friend slipped me some rufies when we got back last nite. haha! jk.
Up early to meet my bio lab partner. We are doing an experiement w/ wasps & dif wavelengths of light. Fun.
Okay quick list to make me feel good.
Things I am happy about at moment:

• The muffin i just ate
• JC fixn my guitar so it sounds all sweet
• New jean size!
• this pic of me humping ronald
• LOVE kat

it is 3am and i am wideafucking wake. hmmmm. wtf? i watched indiana jones temple of doom, about a boy, lost in translation. also registered for spring classes. shit i should bring out the recycling since they will be here in 2 hours and it's embarassingly full. wow. no i am not on ANY drugs. maybe i need some downers though.
got a bad grade on chem exam. not good. so i pounded a mojito and went to see Fearless w/ the boys. (disappointing. prob due to translating/editing or something.) felt a little better after that and some indian food.
going to montreal tomorrow w/ the dudes. fun. living it up a little while vic is still in town.
i should prob either go to bed or study now. just checking in.
LOVE you to the moon.
kat