CURRENT MISSION

to push myself

ABOUT ME

Hi, I'm Kate. I'm from Palo Alto, CA and I'm a history major at the University of Washington in Seattle.

I've been traveling all my life, something I can thank my parents for. The first trip I can remember is a 3.5 week trip around Europe when I was 5, but that's mostly because my dad took an amazing home video of that trip that I still love to watch. I was so cute!

I lived in Tokyo, Japan for 2.5 years when I was in elementary school (8-10 yrs old) and during that time my mom really went crazy with the traveling. We went to China (Hong Kong and Beijing), all over New Zealand, Thailand (Phuket), and the Philippines. It was a really great experience all around, but it ruined me for life. I can't stop traveling!

Right now I'm in my second wave of traveling, exploring the world without any family members. It's a whole new world when you just travel with friends. One of my favorite things about traveling is the people you meet on the way. There's that instant bond when you run into another English speaker in a foreign country. Also, as a History major/International Studies minor I love finding out new things about a country or a culture. I have an obsession with audio tours.

As a student at UW I helped start an a capella group during my sophomore year called Te HusKeys. Check us out at our youtube page here: http://www.youtube.com/user/kswcarey. This is a real point of pride for me because when I got to UW there weren't and a capella groups and I helped make it happen. In our second year I arranged two songs for the group, "Short Skirt/Long Jacket" by Cake and "Merry Happy" by Kate Nash. I'm also teaching myself the guitar. I'm still learning and growing as a musician but this is something that I want to continue doing for the rest of my life.

Right now I'm studying abroad in Guadalajara, Mexico. Check out my blog about my adventures in Mexico at http://katestraveljournal.blogspot.com/ and my videos from Mexico at http://www.youtube.com/user/MexiKate.

PHILOSOPHY

I don't want to miss out on anything. If an opportunity arises I have a hard time turning it down. People will have to catch up with me!

Interests

history
singing
music
theater
thai food
theme parks!!
eaves dropping/people watching
traveling the whole freaking world
random trivia
roller coasters
musicals!
reading
writing
movies of all kinds (except horror)
little kids with accents/speaking foreign languages

• culture
• writing
• singing
• theater
• dining
• running
• trivia
• movies
• reading
• traveling
• blogging
• music
• guitar
• history
• languages
• tours
• parks

Music, Movies, and Books

MUSIC:
The Apples in Stereo, Architecture in Helsinki, The Beattles, The Bravery, Death Cab For Cutie, The Decemberists, Ingrid Michaelson, Kate Nash, The Killers, Lenka, The New Pornographers, Orson, Postal Service, Pheonix, Ratatat, Regina Spektor, Rufus Wainwright, Spoon, Sufjan Stevens
**I'm open to suggestions!

MOVIES:
10 Things I Hate About You, 500 Days of Summer, Back to the Future I and II, Disney cartoons of the '90s, In Bruges, The Incredibles, Little Miss Sunshine, Pan's Labrynth, Saved!, Slumdog Millionaire, Superbad, WALL E

BOOKS:
Da Vinci Code, Golden Compass series (2, 1, 3), the Harry Potter series (3, 6, 7, 4, 1, 2, 5), The Hindi-Bindi Club, Middlesex, To Kill A Mocking Bird, The Time Traveler's Wife, Water For Elephants

Countries I’ve Visited

China, France, Germany, Mexico, New Zealand, Philippines, Spain, Thailand, United Kingdom

Countries I’ve Lived In

Japan, Mexico, United States

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