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By kate on November 17th, 2004

Yesterday, the UW Daily [link no longer available] had an article about my aerial troupe, including quotes from and a picture of me!

My first aerial performance was a lot of fun, despite hitches such as going on an hour and a half later than expected and not being in sync because we couldn’t hear the music. It was a decent start, and most of all we looked good…. Me in my costume In the middle of my […]

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It’s recommended!

By kate on October 28th, 2004

I just found out that the Circus Contraption Halloween party, in which I’m performing, is in this week’s Stranger Suggests!

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First aerial performance

By kate on October 19th, 2004

A few months ago, I started taking aerial classes with Lara from Circus Contraption. I just took to it and it turns out I can pick that stuff up pretty fast. Maybe sometime I’ll write more about what a revelation it’s been to find a physical activity that I’m naturally good at, not to mention […]

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Rankism

By kate on June 25th, 2004

This is an interesting website, about the idea of rankism. More basic than racism or homophobia, rankism is seeing yourself as above another person, and acting accordingly. On another topic, here are a couple of photos of me taken during the Fremont 5K that I think are pretty good.

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100% Stickler

By kate on June 21st, 2004

Grammar Quiz. Not to brag… OK, to brag a little, I got 100%. In other news, Steve and I ran the Fremont Fun Run, a 5K race, on Friday evening. I came in at just under 26 minutes, which was a whole minute faster than I expected. I was very pleased (and very exhausted). I […]