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About Me

So, for some inexplicable reason, you want to know more about me.  All right.  Don't say I didn't warn you.


 (Insert wench here)
Scary, huh?

Full name:  Kayleen Elizabeth Connell

Maiden name:  Lium

Aliases:  Katarina, Kat, Wench, Wenchy, Artwench, Die Überwench, etc.

Age:  Old enough to know better.

Birthplace:  Hudson, WI

Career goals: Elvis impersonator.  Okay, no.  Just seeing if you're paying attention.  Preferably something art related, but anything that doesn't involve food is good.

Current job:  Copy monkey at an office supply store.  Previous jobs include a six year stint at McDonald's and a two year gig at Subway.  Fast food sucks, kids.

Current state of residence: Denial.  Seriously?  Ohio.

Education:  I graduated from college in 2000.  I have a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree.  Magna cum laude, University Honors, all that good stuff.

Ethnicity: Typical American mutt (Norwegian, Swiss, French, Irish, German, English, and a few mystery genes)

Eye color: Blue (red in photos!)

Favorite animals:  Foxes, llamas, cats, goldfish, rabbits, squirrels, wolves

Favorite artists:  Andy Warhol, Alphonse Mucha, M.C. Escher, Mark Tansey, Japer Johns, and many more

Favorite art movements:  Pop, Surrealism, Art Nouveau

Favorite bands/musicians:  A fairly eclectic mix, including: Tori Amos, the Beastie Boys, the Beatles, Beck, Johnny Cash, Disturbed, Foo Fighters, Garbage, Goo Goo Dolls, Green Day, Korn, Linkin Park, Matchbox 20, Me First and the Gimme Gimmes, Nine Inch Nails, the Offspring, A Perfect Circle, Pink Floyd, Elvis Presley, Simon and Garfunkel, Smashing Pumpkins, Social Distortion, Straight Outta Junior High, Stone Temple Pilots, Tool, Weezer, The Who, Weird Al Yankovic, and Dwight Yoakam

Favorite Broadway musicals: Rent, Evita

Favorite cheese: Colby

Favorite color: Deep forest green

Favorite comics:  Star Wars, Elfquest, the Tick

Favorite computer games: WoW, the Sims 2

Favorite drinks: Flavored water, milk, piña coladas

Favorite foods: Chocolate, cheese, candy, bacon, pizza, sushi, pasta, mashed potatoes

Favorite movies: Monty Python and the Holy Grail, original Star Wars trilogy, Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure, The Princess Bride, The Muppet Movie, Austin Powers movies, Kevin Smith movies, Rocky Horror Picture Show, Army of Darkness, Spaceballs, Lord Of The Rings trilogy, Pirates of the Caribbean, National Lampoon's Animal House and Vacation series; The Little Mermaid, Mulan, The Emperor's New Groove, Lilo and Stitch, Anastasia, The Last Unicorn, Watership Down, Prince of Egypt, most other Disney movies

Favorite reading material:  Most of what I read is fantasy or sci-fi, but I occasionally like historical fiction, books about animals, books about disasters and/or nonfiction.  I am also a fan of Star Wars novels.

Favorite song:  Don't make me choose!  Well, it'd have to be something by the Smashing Pumpkins - probably "Mayonnaise".

Favorite TV shows: Whose Line Is It Anyway?, What Not to Wear, Mythbusters, Red Dwarf, nature programs, history programs, home improvement shows, and assorted other scientific shows; Daria, the Simpsons, Family Guy, American Dad, Kim Possible, TaleSpin, Gargoyles, The Venture Bros., Robot Chicken, Metalocalypse, Animaniacs, Cowboy Bebop, Fullmetal Alchemist

Foreign languages:  Four years of German in high school (and I actually remember some!), a few choice phrases of Spanish (mostly curse words ;)

Gender:  Female (I'd think it's obvious?)

Hair color:  It used to be strawberry blonde, but now it's more auburn (brownish red).

Height: 5'4"

Hobbies: Drawing, reading, napping, talking on the phone, wasting time on the internet, playing WoW, playing with my cat, daydreaming

Immediate family:  My husband; my mom, dad, and one much younger sister

Obsessions:  Pirates, Elvis, Star Wars, my cat

Personality traits: Sarcastic, creative, perfectionist, loyal, picky, irritable, affectionate, intelligent

Pets:  I have a brown tabby kitty named Maxine.

Pet peeves and general dislikes: Sports, hunting, bugs and spiders, most rap music, mean and/or condescending customers, housework, telemarketers, uneducated people, people with no sense of humor, bigots, idiotic adolescents and unruly children, "kewlsie" net speak, bad spelling/grammar, spam, criticism that isn't constructive, people who talk on their cell phones while driving, people who don't pull up far enough at traffic lights, SUVs, porn, people who try to take advantage of me, and many more.  These are obviously a matter of personal opinion and flames about this will be ignored and/or laughed at.

Places I've lived: Minnesota, Wisconsin, Texas, Nebraska, Ohio

Political affiliation:  I usually don't follow politics too closely, but my views lean more toward Democrat

Relationship status:  Married

Religious affiliation:  Christian, Protestant, Lutheran denomination (raised Wesleyan/Methodist)

Righty or lefty:  Right handed

Shoe size: 8 1/2 wide

Sign: Theoretically Aries, but um...yeah.

Weight:  You expect me to answer that?  A little more than what I'd ideally prefer.
 

Still bored?  Want to see more pics of me, for some unknown reason?  Check out my Photo Album


Photos © their respective photographers.  My face is © my parents and God :)
Last updated December 2007

 

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