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Name: Kat
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Birthday: 12/11/1986
Gender: Female
Interests: God, people, Uganda, Apple, discussion, politics, equality, feminism, tea, NY Yankees, giraffes, journaling, adventures, you
Occupation: Student
Industry: Psychology - Counseling
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AIM:  Forever HIS 1013
Member Since:
12/1/2004
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| Dear Brandon Scott Hartman,
This post is for you. Savor the flavor, because it'll probably never happen again. Thanks for being persistent though.
All my love,
Kathleen Theresa McKeon | | |
| My life has been uneventful recently. Being at Taylor for a week was a nice little break in my lonely schedule, but now it's back to the real world. I started work last week at Drenk, and I've been getting about 20 hours a week. (My other job doesn't start until 13 April.) It's been a great learning experience. I've never had a job where I had to dress "business casual" before. Plus today I sat in on an intervention that ended with the consumer flipping out and having to be taken to the Crisis Intervention ward in the ER. Never dull, my job.
I've been hanging out with an ex-boyfriend from high school a bunch lately. We haven't talked in six years but through a series of events, we are now back in contact. Nothing shady going on; we just get together at a bar for beers or at his house to watch movies and such. Let's just say he's...different than the people I usually hang out with. For instance, last night he asked me to come over. When I got there, he was stumbling all over and taking his pants off. I asked him what he had taken and he said 2 hits of E, 2 roofies, and 2 Percocets. How does this kid not die? Anyway, this is a normal occurrence for him. Never really encountered that at Taylor, I must say. He's a good kid...just misguided. And that's not even the craziest of the things I've experienced with him in the last three weeks.
Other than that, my time has been spent reading the Harry Potter series for the second time (and falling in love all over again), blasting Kelly Clarkson's new album, hanging around with my parents, and watching Law & Order: SVU.
Oh and also, I've lost 20.8 pounds in 8 weeks on Weight Watchers  | | |
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Teeth
By Josh Pais, Lenny Von Dohlen, Vivienne Benesch, John Hensley, Jess Weixler
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One of my favorite things to do is go to a bookstore and read feminist magazines. Last night, the bookstore was Borders and the magazine was Bitch. One of their feature articles was about the sub-genre of films that features women seeking revenge for rapes that have happened to them or their loved ones, usually in the form of murder. The article discussed how this type of movie has evolved, and gave several examples. They wrote about a movie called "Teeth" that I had heard of but never watched, and said it was a new twist on the old genre. (I think it's important to note that they weren't really condoning these types of revenge acts, just discussing if/how they fit with feminist ideals.)
Tonight, I watched it. And oh, how glad I am.
A synopsis: A girl named Dawn is a big advocate of waiting for marriage to have sex. She speaks at purity conventions, wears snarky t-shirts (one is a picture of a warning label that says, 'WARNING! Sex Changes Everything"), and does everything to avoid putting sexual images in her mind. When her boyfriend, someone who supposedly shares her views, tries to rape her, surprise!--her vagina bites off his penis. That's right, bites it off...and then spits it out onto the ground. Horrified, she Googles "female genitalia adaptation," and finds the legend of "vagina dentata." Yup, that's exactly what it sounds like. She goes to a gynecologist to get it checked out, but he gets a little too friendly with her. Her woman parts end up severing four of his fingers. Seeking help from a friend, a guy from school sweet talks her in her time of desolation and confusion, and they end up having sex. Normal sex. Nonbloody, unsevered penis sex. Dawn is confused as to why her vajayjay doesn't hurt him. When they have sex again the next morning, he lets it slip that he had a bet going with his friends about having sex with her. As soon as Dawn processes this, whoops!--his manhood goes bye bye. Dawn realizes that as long as the sex is consensual, her "teeth" stay hidden. But when someone takes advantage of her, watch out.
The story continues much in the same way. 1.5 more guys become forcibly celibate (the 0.5 is because it is implied, yet not pictured--the final scene of the movie).
I just find this film utterly hilarious. It's darkly funny, and seriously twisted--but it makes its point. I was worried going into it, wondering if it was going to cheapen rape and make it some spectacle. But instead, I think it does the opposite. You don't feel bad for these guys--you feel that they deserved their fate. It makes you sympathize with Dawn and maybe even wish that our woman parts really did come with a built-in security system.
At any rate, it's different and amusing. I'd recommend it to anyone who doesn't have too weak of a stomach. | | |
| Update on my life:
-I graduated from Taylor in January. It feels very surreal.
-I moved back home (temporarily...I am NOT one of those people) because I'm not starting grad school until the fall. So from now to August, I'm back in Medford. Things I miss about Taylor: people (obv...specifically Eric and the posse), the sky, Ivanhoe's, living in my own apartment. Things I don't miss about Taylor: the weather (it was 55 here today), the fact that it takes me 20 minutes to get anywhere worth getting to, homework.
-I really really really really need a job. I've been applying furiously for the past month and have only gotten a few interviews. I like to think that this is because of the current economic climate and not me as a person.
-I really hope I get into Regent University because I'm pretty much set on going there.
-Today is one of my best friends' birthdays. Happy 21st, Candice.
-I don't really have any friends left in the area (like I can only think of two) and I'm scared about how lonely my life is going to be. I'm even more scared about going to a grad school and area where I don't really know anyone. Life was easier when I was moving to Chicago right after graduation and going to grad school there. | | |
| I'm glad Barack Obama is our next president. I voted for him. It's a historic day for our country.
But am I the only one that thinks it's a little excessive to spend an estimated $150 million on the event? I mean....really. That's $100 MILLION MORE than the next highest inauguration (President Bush in 2004).
Oh, but it's okay, it's not like we're in an economic depression or have a multi-trillion dollar debt....oh no, wait...
I'm not saying there shouldn't be a celebration, but come on. | | |
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