Am meeting with prof. in a few minutes to sign papers etc. I've decided to double-major in Biology & Environmental Studies. Two degrees for the price of one and 1/4!!
It's a bit more work, stress, time etc., but I think it's an excellent idea. I am nearly done with the Bio, so it's just a matter of getting caught up in the ENST.

The upside: 2 degrees, lots of independent study & intern options, doing what I love.

The downside: had to defer cali semester to catch up on prerequisite courses...that's about it. Kind of lame, but I am so busy right now that i haven't even really had time to get bummed out about delaying departure.

In other news....oh wait, I haven't got any. Except that Teniesha will be here soon!!!!!!!!!!!! But you already knew that.

Kat

happy halloween

Top 10 things this week:



1. Movie- Harold and Maud.

good to watch it now and again. especially with several people. end up feeling all cheery and such, and sing cat stevens songs for next several days while showering, driving, saute-ing leeks etc.



2. Food item - Toasted Pumpkin Seeds.

with garlic. mmmmmm....



3. Purchase - very long argyle socks.

enough said.



4. Beverage- Tropical Green Tea.



5. Song - Diggn for Fire by the Pixies.

are you lookin for the motherload?



6. Thing I saw while driving that made me laugh - a mailman sitting inside of a mailbox eating a sandwhich. i swear....



7. hmm. okay so we will just call this a top 6 list.

love kat

if i were an animal i would be a seahorse probably...

because when you see one, you might be thinking "what is that?" or "what is it for?" well, we are a type of fish. and we are different in that we swim with our bodies perpendicular to the abyssal seafloor. we are here to remind you that there are other ways to go about your day.

kat

ps: please send smart-kid vibes my way. i am studying like mad for my chem exam in the early morning.

i am hungry for an enchillada. (sp?) just woke up. havin tea, and going to farmers market for soup ingredients. it's been a weekend ritual for some time now.
ok, bye.

R.I.P.

My hoodie is GONE. Left it at my ecology lecture apparently. Now it's GONE forever. It's totally throwing my world out of orbit. I remember the day we met....

I was in San Diego with Teniesha waiting for a bus. We were on our way to see scary punk kids play music and scream about ending civilization. Anyway, we were cold and stopped at mall to buy cheap hoodies. At the time, it seemed like nothing. Just your basic black zip-up. Little did I know that it would become the keystone that kept my daily life from crashing into a pile.

I've given up hope that it will return to me like it has in the past. (It's been left behind in 4 different bars in a single nite and made it's way home via friends & small miracles.)

Hoodie, if you're out there, and you read this, please know that our time together was well spent. You weren't just a hoodie. You were a friend. And on occasion, a pillow. Above all you were a great comfort to me. Thank you.

Love,
KAT

Tell me something good...

High point of today:
Having tea with friend while taking a break from studying at a local coffee shop, and listening to the rain hit the pavement just outside the door.
And you?

photo essay in no particular order:

Kat, Em, Sarah, Meave, Liam, Raven, Marc, Shauna, Lyric, Rafeal, Victoria, and the fab band The Lowlands. Good times on a river in Pennsylvania. Summer is winding down. (But i am still growing lettuce.) Hiking solo up Monadnock Mountain tomorrow. Then off to open house at a friends farm in Vermont this weekend. Live music and good food under the stars. Sounds fab. Hopefully there will be fancy chickens all over the place!

Love,

KAT

Tricked out chickens

Hey, Kate here. just saying hello. finished with my summer schoolin yo. phyisics exam in the morning. then off to moose and kelly's wedding. emilee and i will totally tie it on. then drive to Philly in the morning to see Raven married off. Damn. then off to the vineyard to drink beers and watch falling stars with the Beglesy's!!! Meteor shower this weekend. I've got nothing to do today but smile.
Love kAT~

pS: this pic is of my shoes and a slightly fancy chicken. how about that Nello? a little fancy but not totally. :)

Hola, I've been thinking about super-powers a bit today, and i would def want to be a shape-shifter. I mean, that sort of covers a lot of bases, dont' you think? Anways, yay for summer. Love Kat!

i just realized that i might be drunk still from yesterday. hmm.....anyways, i just got some delicious looking garlic scapes at the farmer's market. i think i will make galic scape quiche & maybe some pesto. i dunno. also purchased a tray of butterfly bush which will sprout orange flowers that smell like passion fruit. now i need dirt for pots since there is no longer any room in garden patch.
okay i need water and nap.
love KAT!

oh summer please slow down a little...

Today I started my new schedule. ugh. i hate having a schedule, so i'll try to make it interesting. SUGGESTIONS ARE WELCOME

• wake up at ass-crack of dawn, drink tea, pack lunch, drive 25 minutes to farm while listening to Nick Hornby's "A Long Way Down" book-on-cd...light entertainment while I drink 2nd cup of tea on the road.
• work in field planting, weeding, sweating in hot sun.
• watch kestral hawks dive-bomb mice in the field while i drink tea (iced this time) and eat lunch.
• let the ladies out (fancy chickens), collect eggs, check on pregnant goat. hmm...still no kid
• space-out for a minute
• apply sunblock and head back to field stomping my feet a bit to ward off any snakes. (not sure it actually works, but i feel better knowing it might)
• finish up whatever i'm doing and drive back to house to either shower or eat. i can't do both unless i have a popcicle, in which case i would have to eat it FAST
• bike or drive to class (applied algebra & trig) yikes. i should have taken this TEN OR MORE YEARS AGO in high school so it would be a little easier now. it's a little painful to point out that it's not even required for my degree. i am taking this $800 class in order to pass ONE exam that i need to take to attend my 2nd year chem & physics class which i am already registered for
• come home, spend 3 hours doing homework
• open wine, and water veg garden, pat dog,
• check emails and whatnot, update you monkeys, have a little more wine
• realize i am starting to get drunk off said wine
• have a little more wine
• fall asleep watching nova or american experience which was repeat from last nite
• wake up to asshole neighbor with broken exhaust pipe driving past house
• pat dog and look around bedroom. spaceout. make tea...........

Love KAT!

saw this sign posted in someone's driveway in italy....

Anyway, here I am. I have been planting loads of vegetables this week. I have dirt embedded in my fingerprints that won't wash away, and my ass crack is sunburned cuz my shorts are a bit big and fall off some. A thunderstorm is rolling in as I write this. Wahooooooo! Happy first day of summer!
Ok, I am going to drink tea and listen to radiohead.
Love Kat

i took this guy's photo at the beach:

Here is a not so recent pic of thee garden patch. You should see it now!!!

Hola. I have been meaning to put some miles on the old schwinn cruiser this weekend, but i am constantly distracted by some other type of fun summer activity. Like making GIANT soap bubbles. And parking lot wiffle ball.

I am on a vacation of sorts until Thursday. That's when i start my part time summer jobs. One is at an organic veg farm & inn. I will cook and do the gardening. The other job is checking boats for invasive plant species at highland lake in stoddard. Mostly it involves sitting in a lawn chair, sipping iced-T and reading Carl Sagan books.

I can't decide whether to use initital CAPS or ALL lowercase LETTERS.

LOVE KAT!

"the water's a bit sharky..."

hola. i am back. how about a few highlights to sum it up?

• bit on the leg within hours of my arrival to the island. not sure what it was. something small and aquatic. i still have 3 welts on leg.
• swam with sharks at 90 ft. below the surface!
• got my SCUBA license (how do you spell that?)
• totally dorked out on biology related conversations over breakfast with professor and talked about setting me up with an animal behavior research project using anoles lizards
• sailed around west indies wearing an eyepatch, waving a pirate flag, and drinking loads of rum
• hung out with wild iguanas on a desert island. they were big. like dinosaur big.
• plus other stuff i prob shouldn't post haha

sometimes life is good, and sometimes life is fucking spectacular.

Love KAT

Hi. Just finished finals...one year down. I don't have much to say, just the same old shit, like: I have been studying blalhlahlahlha. But now that is more or less done for a bit. I am leaving tomorrow for the west indies. It's the final lab for my tropical marine biology class. I am psyched for that, plus I'll finish my scuba certification. Okay i need to pack. After I go visit your blog.
Love kAT

Andy warhol looks like a scream, hang him on my wall...

i feel like an old lady right now as i update you ladies (and gentlemen). sipping on a whiskey on ice washed down w/ a multi-vitamin.
yesterday i planted a vegetable garden. purple cauliflower, kale, brussell sprouts, lettuce, mint, flat-leaf parsley, chives, tomatos, beans, and cukes. all organic seedlings and mostly organic soil components. :)
watched the sox kick some ass today. totally rad. Hey Maggie, look for me next thursday when they play the mariners. I have a seat behind home plate! i am still scoring free tix thru old work connections. haha. sweet.
okay, i may be drunk now so i will sign off.
LOVE KATSPANK

i don't want my hair to fall out, i don't wanna grow up...

today it turned to summer. you all know how that works in new england. last week was biting cold and windy. i walked to my classes all pissed off cuz it's technically spring, yet freezing cold. now all of a sudden it's hot and i have a sunburn. yeah. spring/summer happens that fast here. so i spent the day doing yardwork. then i went to my mom's for a bbq for bella's 8th birthday.

i got her a sweeeeet hoodie at the garment district in boston. totally overpriced, but whatever. it's cammo w/ a pink skull on front. she added some gold studs so the skull now has gold teeth. I was really impressed with that!!! damn, she is creative!

okay, i am going to bed. totally wiped. joey hung out on friday, which was rad, but i really can't stay up to 5am drinking at moment, which probably dissapointed him. i am trying to stay focussed on final exams and all the other everyday shit that takes up my time...like tying my shoelaces and brushing my teeth. goodnight.

Today a thought came to me as I was driving. I don't have to be scared of crazy intense science math. The whole point of school is to learn stuff you didn't previously know a lot about. That made me happy. You know what else made me happy?

• my shoes. my outfit seemed kind of boring as i was getting dressed...jeans, black t-shirt, black hoodie, striped socks...and then i put on my lavender/black checked vans and it really pulled the whole thing together.
• my tuna/veggie sandwich. soooo tasty.
• the ny times. it's free at school! totally rad bonus.
• the crocuses are still alive and well even though they are 1/2 buried in snow. yay for spring flowers.
• rockstar parking spot i scored this morning at school
• rockstar parking at the grocery store
• mason jennings song on a mix that emilee gave me: I am lonely, but i won't be lonely always. sun's gonna shine on my backdoor today. and you know what? it totally did.

Love kat

My dog is pissed off cuz I am updating all you bitches instead of playing "rip apart the toy alien and put it back together." be right back....

Okay, so the alien no longer has a head attached to its body. And the monkey lost an eye. Anyways, not much has changed since my last update. In fact, i could copy & paste it into this, but I'll try to be a little more creative. How about a list!!!

Song today that made me feel alive and well, calmed my nerves, and slowed me down:
Across the Universe - The Beatles

Cheapest and most delicious dinner of the week:
Amy's organic burrito. $2.00!!

Gave me hope when I thought all was lost:
Professor is letting us correct our Spanish exams and turn them in 5 days from now for added points. Everyone bombed that exam.

Image that inspired me and hinted that I have, without doubt, picked the best college major ever:
A girl like me sitting atop a jeep with binoculars and a camera watching a group of elephants in Kenya. (Was on a poster about working with scientists in Africa who is tracking and studying elephants. I want to do that!!!)

Best thing I woke up to in the middle of the night:
My dog (Ani) tapping my shoulder cuz she wanted to get under the covers too. It was cold. I welcomed the extra warmth, but more so the LOVE.

Okay I really need to get back to my calculator. Hahahaha. Seriously. And I have the crappiest one ever. When my ship comes in I am buying the new TI 84 Plus graphing calculator. Yeah, that's right. It has come down to this: I am excited to spend $100 on a frickin dork machine.

Love to all and have a good night.
KAT