I’m an aspiring screenwriter living near Austin, Texas. But this is not my home. Thus, I live to travel, will go anywhere, even if the bathroom is down the hall or in the woods. One day I’ll find the place where I belong. You can read my Whacked Travel Tales :::here::: if you like that sort of stuff.
I believe in late nights and naps and lies to tell the truth. I know laughter and music cures almost anything. I’m a Cajun, so I believe in a lot of extraordinary things (and can cook like a mofo.) My three kids and husband would back me up on the cooking claim.
I’m a volunteer nurse at a free clinic and it’s the best job I have ever had. I also sell a little real estate so I can have a day job to quit when I hit the jackpot with the writing.
Photography is an obsession of mine where I get to learn something new every day. I keep a photoblog called The Cuckoo’s Nest.
You can email me at cinemagypsy@gmail dot com.
My Twitter name is cinemagypsy
Oh yeah, If I were a sculptress, this would be my self portrait:
This metal sculpture was made by UK artists, Mutoid Waste Co.
October 27th, 2006 at 12:35 am
just found a post by you randomly when checking to se how well google is picking up my little journey – hope you’re keeping in touch with the website and my stories…there’ll be a test at the end you know….
Dom
October 28th, 2006 at 3:25 am
Ah, you’re the guy riding the tandem bike all the way down the Americas.
Hey good luck, wish you were passing through my town.
February 18th, 2007 at 6:18 pm
I just found out you can put comments here and figured I would just cause I can.
February 18th, 2007 at 8:00 pm
Well I am glad you did because there was a contest, third person to leave a comment gets a pot of gold. You win. All you have to do is go get it next time you see a rainbow (if you stop to photograph that rainbow you will miss the gold).
February 18th, 2007 at 8:45 pm
Oh, and here I was thinking I was going to win a meat tray.
February 18th, 2007 at 9:46 pm
Oh, there’s a meat tray over at Max’s.
February 19th, 2007 at 4:52 pm
This photo of you makes me worry about your knees. I think maybe you should seek some medical attention.
February 19th, 2007 at 5:02 pm
Hey, you need to turn your comments on for your “about me” page so I can go tp it.
July 15th, 2007 at 9:17 am
Hi, I just found your page while looking through my tags page. You really do write beautifully.
Emily x
July 15th, 2007 at 10:50 am
Thank you Emily x.
You’ve made my day. : )
July 24th, 2007 at 4:53 am
Ummm, ya, I am in Texas too. Ya, I know who cares, right? Laterz!
July 27th, 2007 at 3:50 am
Axewielder, as in guitarist, right? LOL.
Welcome to here.
July 27th, 2007 at 11:44 am
Yep, guitarist, would have been easy to determine had you just clicked on my name.:)Thx for the welcome!
August 23rd, 2007 at 8:35 am
just read your blog about things children do when parents are away…sounds like there’s fun to be had at your house!
August 24th, 2007 at 1:23 am
Oh yes, this is the fun house alright. LOL. Thanks for stopping by, karma.
September 11th, 2007 at 7:38 am
I found your page through a comment you posted on Celluloid Blonde’s blog. Mind if I add you to my blog roll. I think I will whether you mind or not. Good writers are hard to find.
September 11th, 2007 at 8:31 am
Aw, thanks dailytri. I just added you to my blogroll, too.
September 11th, 2007 at 12:12 pm
If that’s your self-portrait you should consider a fitness club.
September 11th, 2007 at 3:06 pm
At least a little bit of leg work, huh?
December 15th, 2007 at 1:14 pm
The robot sculpture is friggin hot.
January 12th, 2008 at 4:06 pm
Kitty,
One of my early nicknames was Kitten. That’s what my grandma called me. She wasn’t really a grandma, she was more of a grand-mother. She was my dad’s mom, kinda stiff, but the Kitten thing was cool, and I loved her flabby upper arms.
I’m thinking people from the South (Alabama, here, later growing up in Texas and South California) have a thing for Kittens. How many other Southern girls have you known with some name or nickname that’s a derivation of the species name for the domestic cat (Felis silvestris catus)? Okay, and persnickety men (Felix and Sylvester).
I love your blog. You’re freakin’ hilarious. I had to go search through my emails to find out where we first met. You commented at mysteryoriley back in November. I remember looking you up then, and was reminded more clearly today when I read your About Me page. My memory is still pretty screwed up.
Particularly, liked your Tainted Holiday post. Gives me hope. Totally (see, South California, not South Carolina) got the feel of the death anniversary and holiday crossover thing. My dad’s funeral (when I was 10) was right before Thanksgiving. He and one of my childhood friends died on November 22 (different years). We’re reminded every year because it’s also the anniversary of JFK’s death. All this stuff comes with the territory of living, huh.
Don’t you just hate people who post comments that are as long as their blog posts? Too bad. Here it is.
Thanks for making me laugh today. The morning started out awful, as most still do. Keep writing. I’ll be back. I’m gonna need to laugh more.
January 12th, 2008 at 11:43 pm
Thanks Linda, for your kind words.
My husband calls me kitten sometimes. My mom never liked cats so I used to wonder why she would give me this name. She told me she named me after a woman who used to help her sew.
Glad you like my blog and it’s great to hear I’ve made someone smile or laugh.
I don’t have any problem with long comments. Feel free to write what you want here, that’s what this place is for.
January 23rd, 2008 at 10:41 am
You should definitely be listed on your list of people who should write for a living!
I love your blog!
Thanks for being so funny, witty, and human.
January 23rd, 2008 at 11:11 am
Great writing! I enjoyed your blog today and thanks for making me smile.
(Fellow Texas Transplant btw)
January 23rd, 2008 at 6:24 pm
Thanks, Leakelley and tazpaz, and welcome to here.
January 28th, 2008 at 12:59 am
hi
This is really some thing good to read ,finally found a blog to spend some time,the post regarding whytext is really cool, i told my team members about that and one of them has already prepared to write a love letter for his Girl Friend, haha, keep writing and make me happy and be happy ,have a nice day bye.
regards, [got to add it to my blog roll]
kumar gandhi.
January 28th, 2008 at 2:49 am
Thanks Kumar Gandi. Wow, you are writing in from far far away. That is so cool. Welcome to the blog.
January 30th, 2008 at 2:44 am
what a cool portrait, how did you do that?
January 30th, 2008 at 2:54 am
The robot is a metal sculpture I saw at a music festival.
I wish I could do artwork like that, and I’m sorry, I don’t know who the artist is.
April 5th, 2008 at 10:01 am
Wow. thats all that came to mind after reading your last post. You’re a great writer and I will definitely will be reading up on your posts more often…You can find me at dewmanandbrewguy.wordpress.com
April 6th, 2008 at 5:09 pm
Thanks Dewman and best wishes with your new blog.
April 21st, 2008 at 6:01 am
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May 11th, 2008 at 3:26 am
Hi Kitty,
What a beautiful picture of the bee,my compliments as you are talented.
Vance kinkel
May 11th, 2008 at 4:20 am
Thanks Vance. I learn something new every day and hope to learn lots more by posting photos.
I deleted the url you filled out because it linked here (don’t know if you meant to do that).
May 12th, 2008 at 4:16 pm
I wasn’t able to find any reference to it when I did a search on your site, but your art made me think of the kind of art found in the desert at Burning Man — something about the sunsets in your photos, I think. From what I did find, it seems like you’re open to travel, and ultimately, Nevada isn’t *that* far from Texas. The Burning Man information is at: http://www.burningman.com
Its true, the ticket price is expensive, but it is possible to get grants for art projects as well. I’m sure the monies have already been spent for this year’s event, but perhaps in the future…
May 13th, 2008 at 1:39 am
Hi Robin,
There is a woman who lives nearby, I’ve taken photos of her yard all decked out for halloween and put them on this blog. Anyway, when I talked to her last, she told me about Burning Man and wrote down the website for me. I don’t remember why she told me about it, but it’s funny you mention it. It does look like an interesting gathering of artists. Maybe I will go one day.
Thanks for stopping by.
June 1st, 2008 at 4:53 am
Hey, Kitty, thanks so much for the link-a-roo.
I’m enjoying your site, not only for the posts you write but for the comments of others. Very cool!
June 10th, 2008 at 10:26 am
Hi Kitty!
I am such a spasmo!
I was trying to put your link on my Thank you blog (mission accomplished now) and it ended up on the site for Faces of Bellingham. I think I got it all fixed.
I love your blog by the way.
You are an amazing human.
June 11th, 2008 at 1:07 am
Thanks Writinggb and Lea.
June 14th, 2008 at 6:31 pm
I clicked on your photo and blew up your face and Kitty, you are so pretty!
June 14th, 2008 at 8:34 pm
That’s so sweet. Did my fairy godmother send you?
June 14th, 2008 at 9:27 pm
Oh no. I just think it’s amazing you are talented and have a great family and cute to boot.
June 15th, 2008 at 3:21 am
Thanks, Stil. (It’s okay if my fairy godmother sent you, I needed one yesterday)
June 25th, 2008 at 12:54 pm
You’ve just been tagged for a six word memoir. Instructions over on my blog.
June 25th, 2008 at 11:11 pm
Six word memoir? I will fail.
September 3rd, 2008 at 3:14 am
hello from New Zealand – I clicked on one of your blogs without realising you were on the other side of the world. It feels like other bloggers are just down the road. It’s spring here – the sun is shining, daffodils are blooming and there are lambs everywhere.
Great stories – and you have one lucky Blane Jnr.
September 3rd, 2008 at 3:21 am
Hello Kate, I am thrilled to have someone from New Zealand visiting my blog.
I love that image, lambs and daffodils.
September 4th, 2008 at 8:13 pm
I’ve been reading your blog for a long while, and I just now today realized we have the same template. I swear, my ‘observation’ skills must be hiding under a rock or something!
Too funny.
September 4th, 2008 at 9:39 pm
A couple of other people who come here use this template as well. Sometimes I forget that I’m on their blog for a second, LOL.
It’s a great template for just about anything. Great for photos, too.
November 22nd, 2008 at 1:30 am
I’m sorry but i have grown up Cajun AKA coonass and I believe you’ve grown up somewhere in Shreveport LA, Which is not Cajun . Your video of the Cajun viral video of the guy that sounds more like a Mexican is freaking stupid. Please before you call your self Cajun please make sure you really are one.
Thanks
Dustin Bordeaux
November 22nd, 2008 at 1:55 am
You must be talking about Poo Poo Broussard who is just about the hottest thing in Cajun Country right now.
I did not grow up in Shreveport, I grew up near Lafayette. And a little down Bayou Lafourche. I can cook gumbo, catch and boil crawfish, fish oysters (and eat them raw), let’s see… skin a nutria, you better watch out boy, I can give you a good ass whuppin too.
Now behave on this blog, I know yo mamma didn’t raise you to talk like that.
December 6th, 2008 at 7:44 pm
Hey Kitty love your blog. Cat photo is so cute, coming from me that’s a lot I hate cats for the distraction of wild life they are causing to our Island, but that cute little tabby is forgiven.
Love your writing style.
All the best with your blog.
December 7th, 2008 at 3:20 am
Thanks Fevah. I prefer dogs, myself.
December 11th, 2008 at 12:32 pm
Hehe that’s a brilliant self-portrait. Did you take that picture?
December 11th, 2008 at 12:33 pm
Oh I just found some earlier comments where you’ve explained what it is. Still, your photo?
December 11th, 2008 at 1:47 pm
I just wish I could do metal sculptures. Maybe one day I will get a blowtorch or stick welder and go blind doing some of that stuff.
December 11th, 2008 at 2:53 pm
Yes, I did take that photo.
March 31st, 2009 at 7:32 am
A cajun gal and you had never seen quicksand until mont st. michel? I would have thought you would have love it and the kids would be pulling YOU out!
Time for you to visit the Red River… fun stuff, actually.
Great blog and writing!
Rob
March 31st, 2009 at 9:13 am
Thanks DrRob.
True, I’d never seen it before. I’ve been on swampland and heard lots of stories about people going in and not coming back out (all due to quicksand in my imagination).
October 28th, 2009 at 8:47 am
Hello, Kitty,
from London, England, I have been trying to get this blog thing going for a while, mine isn’t really started yet, but soon I hope it will start growing, as yours has. Admittedly I have skimmed a bit but I think your blog is really inspiring, and you seem so strong and cheerful through everything,
you write beautifully too, your words draw the reader into the stories and thoughts and comments, thank you.
October 29th, 2009 at 1:41 am
Thanks Mosshead and welcome to blogging. Best of luck with it, come back and leave a link when you get it started and I’ll go visit your blog.
February 27th, 2010 at 6:46 am
Hi Kitty I just followed you here from Praying To Darwin. Motherhood is driving me nuts at the moment, and your comment about how “the version of your mum you liked better was the less perfect one” was just what I needed to read. Just thought you should know
February 27th, 2010 at 6:56 am
Hi mofoka, welcome to here. Thank you regarding that comment, I hope my kids will feel that same way about me when they’re grown up.
The way I think of it is: less perfect = more fun.
November 3rd, 2012 at 1:14 am
Hi Kitty, just checking, having spent some time on my own blog tonight and seeing your comments there over the years. Ah, the years. Do tell, what’s up with you?