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Not That Kind of Girl
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So what am I going to do today that I've never done before?
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Happy Draw A Dinosaur Day 2012!

Check out Draw A Dinosaur Day, courtesy of the genius Todd Page. This event is officially Peewee Herman and Bloggess endorsed. I’m not even making that up. I don’t think I COULD make that...

31 jan 12

fiction up at The Dirty Napkin

Darlings! All is busy here — my last full day of work today; the apartment’s half-packed; little things have been pricking me to tears all over town. I’ve also been busily writing f...

21 jun 11

single thought

If you spend your day waiting for inspiration, you’ll spend your day waiting, period.

17 jun 11

the greatest birthday present of all time

I’m notoriously difficult to shop for. Not that I don’t give people ideas when gift-giving times roll around. But the things I want aren’t usually the sort of thing you want to run ...

10 jun 11

the yearningest mofo this side of west egg

I just met the love of my life. It was on a bus, of course. I wake up late this morning and wade through the shower-curtain forest of drying laundry, pick out a floaty cream-colored skirt I always fe...

06 jun 11

just got a response from hornitos tequila…

Dear Kat, Thank you for your comments regarding the Hornitos® Tequila television commercial. While this commercial went through a multi-stage review process and was tested extensively with male and f...

02 jun 11

some more even-keeled thoughts on the hornitos tequila commercial (which i still find repugnant and...

So, my post on the Hornitos tequila commercial that glamorizes questionably consensual and definitely predatory sex, uh, blew up a bit more than I thought it would yesterday. Page views went kaboom. ...

10 may 11

hornitos tequila: the official corporate face of gettin’ your rape on

So, since I wrote this (after midnight, expecting like fifteen people to read it), I’ve gotten input from some lawyerly dudes and realized that, okay, the situation described could not be legal...

09 may 11

a little bit sobering

I had a funny post lined up about making an ass of myself at my Jeopardy! audition, and I’d be delighted to be having the kind of day where I could let that run, but right now, even as I type, ...

06 may 11

snapshots from the ballpark

Last night, Sister and I went to my last game at Fenway for — not forever. But for a long time. Of the three games we’ve been to, and the few I’ve seen on TV, all have been the Sox ...

05 may 11

tkog-how: lucid dreaming for (real) dummies

The past few weeks, I’ve been experimenting with lucid dreaming. I could give a really great explanation for this, like since I have nightmares, I want to reclaim my dreamspace or I’m tes...

04 may 11

the cat’s out of the bag

I’m making that pun so you don’t have to. So, look, I’ve been a negligent blogger. And in that time, I’ve been pretty okay at a few other things. The twecap: spent something l...

03 may 11

these are the things i worry about:

A by no means unabridged list. I worry about my apartment burning down while I’m at work, and that there will be no one there to save my stuffed elephant. I worry that in the twenty feet betwee...

02 may 11 1 person likes this

Ten Things I Learned About Applying To MFA Programs (From Actually Applying To MFA Programs): part ...

This is part of a series. For the first entry, click here. If I had to apply for MFAs all over again, I’d wish someone had told me the following: Ten Things I Learned About Applying To MFA Prog...

23 mar 11 1 person likes this

Ten Things I Learned About Applying To MFA Programs (From Actually Applying To MFA Programs): part ...

Hey y’all, apologies for the MFA-centric posts lately, but whenever I hear that maxim, “Be the change you want to see in the world,” I always interpret it as: “Write the thing...

22 mar 11 1 person likes this

where i am today mentally…

This morning, I was in a pretty chipper mood. I already had plans to go celebrate Fat Tuesday with Co-Worker, then on the bus, I realized my Rogaine was working. Huh, good things always come in three...

08 mar 11

my continuing adventures as a high-five samurai

Quick vignette and a shot of joy: A few days ago, when the divine Sarah Von of yes and yes was good enough to repost my adventure with high-fivin’ strangers, had a run-in of my own: Standing at...

24 feb 11

the ides of february

What blog negligence? I have no idea what you’re talking about! Apologies for my recent absence, but I’ve been busy with the rock’nroll lifestyle of MFA admissions angst, topical ha...

14 feb 11

TKOG Who drew a dinosaur

Yesterday was THP’s fifth annual Draw A Dinosaur Day. Did you participate? I totally did, and meant to put up my dinosaur earlier, but I had a very busy day baking cinnamon raising bread, turni...

31 jan 11

TKOG Who clears a seat on the train for destiny

NTKOG Year Two, #18: The kind of spontaneous romantic who, when presented with the culmination of astronomical odds, wagers her heart (and a potentially awkward two-hour train ride) on the chance tha...

28 jan 11

TKOG who comes on STRONG (a fairly epic tale of TKOG-style seduction)

NTKOG Year 2, #17: The kind of moxious seductress who, seizing an opportunity, more or less throws a guy up against a wall and demands what she wants. I am: good at: long epistolary courtships, sligh...

26 jan 11

TKOG Who makes a commitment to narcissism

NTKOG Year Two, #16: The kind of steadfast dude who commits to doing one thing every day for a full year. Not showering, though. Obviously not showering. I am: chronically incapable of doing anything...

19 jan 11

TKOG Who does exactly what she wants, when she wants

While I was too undisciplined to write last week, posted I think my personal favorite Secret Society of List Addicts list to date: quotes I thought were from the Bible ’til an embarrassing age....

17 jan 11

TKOG for whom the spice of life is, uh, spices

NTKOG Year 2, #14: The kind of effortlessly kitchen-confident child of Child who, with nary a glance at her shelf of cookbooks (or, let’s be honest here, a google search of her favorite cooking...

10 jan 11

TKOG Who sets some friggin’ goals

NTKOG Year 2, #13: The kind of clear-headed go-getter who, on the dawn of a new year, sets some goals and makes ‘em friggin’ happen! I am: the most delightedly slothful person I’ve ...

03 jan 11

moments from 2010 i don’t want to forget

Just a handful of them, more for my own record-keeping than anything else. – In March, before the long trans-atlantic flight from JFK to Madrid with Justice, after we’ve enjoyed a day in ...

27 dec 10

Merry Christmas!

Drink deeply of the eggnog, children, for Christmas is upon us. Happy Christmas, to those of you who celebrate. And happy relaxation time and uncrowded movie theatres to those of you who aren’t...

24 dec 10

a miracle! a christmas miracle.

Y’all, I’m going to need some Vishnu-style seventeen-handed high fives, ’cause I finished all of my grad school apps. I’m sorry, that was a bit restrained. Let me try again: I...

21 dec 10

slap in the face of public taste: manifesto for a monday

At this moment, these things I hold manifest: Art is born in the moment of reception, not conception. Art is in the ways that we learn and relearn to relate to the universe. Today for you maybe it is...

13 dec 10 1 person likes this

on very occasionally hitting the high notes

I spent last night in bed with Jeffrey Eugenides, and when I woke up this morning, I remembered what love is. It’s been a cold few months, and I’m a creature who’s only ever really ...

08 dec 10 1 person likes this

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