Well. I'm Kat. I'm a New Zealander who loves to travel and sing. It feels like only recently (but was in fact over a year ago now) that I returned from 4 1/2 months in the USA. I worked at a summer camp in upstate NY for 10 weeks before travelling down to stay in Westport, CT, commuting in to NYC 3 times a week to take jazz/ballet at the Broadway Dance Center. I travelled around the east coast and also visited Reno before returning to NZ October 24th, 2003. I'm a musician: singer, pianist, bad guitarist. I write songs and have recorded a demo that will hopefully lead somewhere. One of my main passions is musical theater which made the camp I was at perfect for me - a performing arts camp in New York? What's better?

I have one brother, one sister and 2 nieces. Everyone lives 5 minutes away from my home in NZ. This past November I auditioned for a Bachelor of Arts in Musical Theatre at the Western Australia Academy of Performing Arts (WAAPA) in Perth, Australia. I auditioned in Sydney in 2002 and Melbourne this time, 2003. Both times I got pretty close, but no luck. It's such an incredibly hard school to get into and I gave it my best shot, so I am not upset. I am hoping that before the end of 2004 I be able to return to the US and I am thinking of moving to Canada for a year to work in May 2005. Discovering the world, piece by piece..

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My addictions/obsessions:

• Online comics: Sluggy Freelance, Sinfest, PVP, Gluemeat, Avalon High, and Chopping Block.
  
• HTML. Nuff said.
  
• Photography. I take a lot of photos, ALL THE TIME. Yeah. I took well over 10-15 films on my US trip. ;)
  
• Musical Theater. I'm totally obsessed. Current favourites are "Parade" and "Gypsy".
  
• Tori Amos.
  
• The TV show "La Femme Nikita".

Name as it appears on your birth certificate?: Katie Anne -----

Nickname(s): Well, Stargirl obviously. Kat is how everyone knows me. Kaz, Kazza

Pets: 2 cats

Hair color: Strawberry blonde

Tattoos: Don't want one, too permanent

Piercings: My ears and my navel

Favorite color: Green

Hometown: Lower Hutt, New Zealand

Current Residence: Lower Hutt, New Zealand

Favorite foods: Chocolate, fruit, malaysian, japanese, italian, chinese

Been to Africa?: Not yet!

Loved somebody so much it made you cry?: Yes.

Been in a car accident?: Yes, a couple. Was only driving for one of them, though.

Current car you drive: 1999 Holden Vectra.

Favorite Movie?: I'm supposed to try an answer this? Well.. some favourites are - The Joy Luck Club, The Wizard of Oz, Sixteen Candles, Lilo and Stitch, The Emperor's New Groove, Bowling for Columbine, Finding Nemo, Chicago, Singing in the Rain.. so many.

Favorite Holiday: Christmas

Favorite day of the week: Saturday

Favorite word or phrase: Good on ya!

Favorite Restaurant: Taste of Malaysia back at home

Favorite Flowers: Sunflowers, roses

Favorite Drink(s): Midori and Sprite or Jack and Coke. Beer occasionally. Non-alcoholic - Lift, a soda from NZ.

Favorite sport to watch: Soccer and ice-skating

Preferred type of ice cream: NZ tip top hokey pokey though the Girl Scout thin mint cookie stuff in the US was good, too!

Favorite Sesame Street Character: We'll go with Elmo, Billie's favourite

Last book you read?: "Lucky" by Alice Sebold - woah. Then "Lamb" by Christopher Moore - both worth reading!

Favorite fast food restaurant?: Fatburger

When was your last hospital visit?: Well it must have been back in late 2001 when I was visiting the occupational therapist for my meningitis after-effects!

What color is your bedroom carpet?: wood colour. ;) Soon to be carpeted, however.

Have you ever been convicted of a crime?: Nope

Store you would choose to max out your credit?: Probably a CD store or a store for music equipment/instruments!

Name the friend that lives farthest away from you: probably Shannon, she's up in Ottawa.

Most annoying thing people ask?: Are you Australian?

Where are you working now?: Sounds Music

Favorite all time TV show?: Whose Line is it Anyway, Queer Eye for the Straight Guy is great, Sex and the City, and the Idol programmes. NZ Idol starts soon!

Last person you were out to dinner with?: Probably my parents.

What's in your CD player right now?: Original Broadway Cast recording of the Jason Robert Brown musical "Parade". I LOVE this so much.

PC or Mac?: Well I used to say PC but I used Macs all summer.. don't mind either now.

Favorite kind of shoe?: Funky little retro shoes.

Favorite vacation spot?: Surfers Paradise, Queensland, Australia.

What do you like to collect?: Hello Kitty stuff

How many times have you been really in Love: I think just the once. I'm still in love with him.

Highest Level of Education?: Highschool.

Strangest place you had sex?: Oh you know I can't answer this one!