a long day on 3 hours of sleep and somehow still not tired

Name: Katherine Marie Budris
Single or taken: quite single
Sex: female
Birthday: august 4, 1982
Sign: leo
Hair color: brown
Eye color: brown/hazel
Height: 5'4"ish

RELATIONSHIPS........
Who are your best friends?: my sister laura, kari, courtney and karen
You have a boyfriend/girlfriend?: like i said, quite single

SPECIFICS..........
Do you do drugs?: nope
What are you most scared of?: that creepy show we watched the other night on TLC, yikes
What are you listening to right now?: the hum of my laptop's fan
Who is the last person that called you?: andra, to let her in the side door
Where do you want to get married?: step one, get a boyfriend...
How many buddies are online right now?: 17
What would you change about yourself?: my laziness, among other things

FAVORITES........
Color: shades of green
Food: ice cream :)
Boys names: uh...
Girls names: again, uh... can we skip the kids names and talk dog names instead, cause let's be honest, i'll have one (or more!) of those WAY before i have any children. the first two names in line? kayak and captain.
Subjects in school: poetry, duh, thus my going to grad school for it

HAVE YOU EVER........
Bungee jumped?: only if the daredevil dive at six flags great america counts
Made yourself throw up?: tried
Skinny dipped?: more than once
Ever been in love?: yeah
Made yourself cry to get out of trouble?: i can't cry that easily. i can't even cry over sad things sometimes.
Cried when someone died?: yeah
Lied: oh come on, seriously? is there anyone who hasn't lied at least over little things?
Used someone?: never on purpose
Done something you regret?: no. now regretting things i did not do, that's different. but nothing you can do about any of it after the fact anyway, right? no day but today.

LAST PERSON.......
You touched: courtney when i hugged her goodbye
Hugged: right. courtney.
You yelled at: courtney, liz, and andra for fighting over liz's cell phone late at night with people below our apt, kari sleeping in the next room, and open gatorade and burning candles on the table
You kissed: uh, parrots? anyone?...

ABOUT THE YEAR.......

1. What did you do in 2004 that you'd never done before? graduated college, started grad school, and a mess of other small things i'm sure
2. Did you keep your new years' resolutions, and will you make more for next year? no and no, haha. they never work.
3. Did anyone close to you give birth? not yet, but my sarah's baby is on the way very very soon!!
4. Did anyone close to you die? no
5. What countries did you visit? canada, and i visited a ton of states, does that count? illinois, wisconsin, michigan, indiana, missouri, tennessee, kentucky, virginia, georgia, florida, ohio, pennsylvania, new jersey, new york...
6. What would you like to have in 2005 that you lacked in 2004? money, a city apartment, more hugs, more love, more kissing
7. What date from 2004 will remain etched upon your memory, and why? no one specific date, but lots of memories. poetry blitz. dps. insync. disney world. flo's wedding. road trips. may term. graduation...
8. What was your biggest achievement of the year? deciding to apply for grad school, applying, making it happen, and getting straight A's in my first semester.
9. What was your biggest failure? letting time pass me by
10. Did you suffer illness or injury? nothing major, no
11. What was the best thing you bought? my laptop
12. Whose behavior merited celebration? what kind of question is that?
13. Whose behavior made you appalled and depressed? again. uh, what?
14. Where did most of your money go? you mean besides all the student loans? to my laptop, my health insurance, and fixing my laptop
15. What did you get really, really, really excited about? getting into grad school. well, and the magic kingdom fireworks :)
16. What song will always remind you of 2004? anything jason mraz, maroon 5, or most clearly justin timberlake
17. Compared to this time last year, are you:
happier or sadder? about the same i think
thinner or fatter? fatter. not that i'm saying i'm fat, but my physical activity has gone from a ton to walking to and from the car
richer or poorer? definitely much poorer
18. What do you wish you'd done more of? hanging out with friends and going to the brewery
19. What do you wish you'd done less of? dwelling
20. Did you fall in love in 2004? no, sadly
21. What was your favorite TV program? sex and the city, for sure
22. What was the best book you read? did i read an entire book this year? pretty sure not. how sad is that? but poetry books yes, so i'll go with "the same ghost" by jack ridl
23. What was your greatest musical discovery? rediscovery of counting crows
24. What did you want and get? some direction in life (only some.)
25. What was your favorite film of this year? hm... you know i've seen a TON of movies and none really stand out as being fabulous
26. What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you? 22, went downtown lake geneva with my sister and nephews, hung out at the lake, had pizza at a pub with my parents and sister and nephews, went to TGIFridays with my adler friends and had the whole bar sing happy birthday to me
27. What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying? i plead the 5th
28. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2004? moving from college comfort to an attempt at being fairly trendy
29. What kept you sane? karen
30. Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most? orlando bloom and johnny depp in pirates of the caribbean. mmmm.....
31. What political issue stirred you the most? the whole election
32. Who did you miss? well since may, my hope friends
33. Who were the best new people you met? kyle del, liz mcnally
34. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2004: oh gosh. if i could even name them all... take a risk. follow your dreams. don't hesitate to love. don't own a credit card (much less 5).
40. Quote a song lyric that sums up your year: "any minute now, my ship is coming in. i keep checking the horizon. and i'll stand on the bow, and feel the waves come crashing. come crashing down, down, down on me. and you say, be still my love, open up your heart, let the light shine in. don't you understand, i already have a plan. i'm waiting for my real life to begin." -colin hay

have you ever physically felt someone's absence? like missing them was a physical thing in your chest, a lump, a tightness?

having taken several of the quizilla 'what sex and the city character are you?' quizzes (yes, i'm obsessed with the show) i think this was one of the best ones. and they all had the same result for me, so they can't be too far off, right?


You're Most Like Miranda! You value intellect and
sensibility, but you want people to see you can
be fun and daring as well. You are very
cynical, and sometimes you use this as a
mechanism to keep people away. But when people
need a shoulder to cry on, your heart melts and
all pretense of fearing emotion goes away.

What 'Sex and the City' Character Are You?
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(a few of) my quirks...

painting my nails late at night... changing the background of my compy and celly compulsively... checking the mail on the way out and disposing of the junk mail on the passenger side floor of my car... having multiple sets of matching scarf, hat, gloves, coat... saving fortune cookie fortunes... buying myself greeting cards just cause i like them... collecting change in a beer stein... checking my email two billion times a day... impulse buying off ebay... listening to only one cd for a few weeks straight, then switching... staying up super late for no good reasons... reading half a book and forgetting about it... picking out clothes the night before and changing my mind in the morning... changing my shampoo/chap stick/candles/body spray/etc according to the season... matching my underwear to my outfit... barely remembering what my natural hair color is... frequently starting to do something and forget what i meant to do... locking my keys in my car...

Charles Baudelaire: The Flowers of Evil. You are
one of the most loved and hated poetic works.
Death and decadence are important themes for
you, but none should overlook your impressive
aesthetics, either. Deep down youre not evil at
all, you just like to play the tough guy on the
block.


Which literature classic are you?
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today i miss... my hands smelling like espresso all day from working at coolbeans in the morning... 7:30am sacred dance rehearsals in the chapel before leading worship... riding my bike to class... drinking in kollen hall... up all night exam breakfast and coffee... potlucks at jack's... the durfee basement... staying on guard for frisbee golfers on campus... intensive week living in the knick...8th street with christmas lights and snow... tunnel park sunsets... chicken quesadillas... spontaneous steak and shake runs... the dps... k's swing...

in a song lyric rut...

any minute now my ship is coming in
i keep checking the horizon
and i'll stand on the bow and feel the waves come crashing
i'm crashing down, down, down on it

and you say, be still my love
open up your heart
let the light shine in
don't you understand
i already have a plan
i'm waiting for my real life to begin

and i woke today suddenly nothing happened
but in my dreams i slew the dragon
and down this beaten path, up this cobbled lane
i'm walking in my old footsteps once again

and you say, just be here now
forget about the past
your mask is wearing thin
just let me throw one more dice
i know that i can win
i'm waiting for my real life to begin

any minute now
my ship is coming in
i'll keep checking the horizon
and i'll check my machine
there's sure to be that call
it's gonna happen soon, soon, oh so very soon
it's just that time's a lead

and you say, be still my love
open up your heart
let the light shine in
don't you understand
oh i already have a plan
i'm waiting for my real life to begin

hey...
on a clear day, i can see, see a very long way
and on a clear day, i can see
see a very long way

(colin hay)

"I'm an optimist,

but I'm an optimist who takes his raincoat."

(Harold Wilson)