I was tagged by Johanna

1) Full Name: Kathrin H. (;

2) Male/Female: Female

3) Were you named after anyone? Don't think so. I guess they wanted to keep the "K"-sound tradition up (my dad's name is Kartsen, my mom's is Carmen, my grandma's is Karin...)

4) Does your name mean anything?: It's Greek, meaning "pure" (hahaha, right)

5) Nick Name(s): Kat, Käthe, Kathrinchen (Family), Katten

6) What do you think you look like: Very mediocre/ average, that's why people tend to not see me (which is an advantage from time to time )

7) Date Of Birth: June 13th 1983

8) Place of Birth and Current Location: Magdeburg/ Germany

9) Nationality: German

10) Astrology Sign: Gemini

11) Chinese Astrology Sign: Pig :[

12) Religion: Nothing, really. More or less agnostic

13) What’s your favorite smell?: I like vanilla and cinnamon

14) Political Position?: Most likely something inbetween green and red

15) What do you prefer to drink in the morning?: Cappuchino, tea or/and fruit juice.

16) Hair + Eye colour: Brown hair / Brown eyes

17) Do you look like anyone famous?: No.

18) What do you look like?: Brown hair to the neck & eyes, small lumpy body. (copied that all the way from Johanna ) I also wear dark glasses.

19) Any unusual talents?: I can sing along a lot of foreign songs from various soundtracks. Oh, what a gift.

20) Righty, Lefty, or Ambidextrous?: Righty

21) Gay, Straight, Bi, or Other?: Straight (although some women are attractive, though ).

22) What do you do for a living?: Studying and working in an office to earn my living.

23) What do you do for fun?: surfing the intarweppz, reading, listening to music, watching certain shows, rollerblading...

24) What are your favorite art materials to work with?: pencil, photoshop, the wacom-tablet

25) What kind of materials would you like to work with?: Oil painting, maybe. I know my mom can work with them, and it usually looks really good ^^

26) Have you met your grandparents?: I was lucky, yes. My grandmother passed away in October 2006, but my other grandparents are still alive. My dad's dad is 93 years old

27) Boyfriend / Girlfriend: Long story...

28) Crush: Long story...

29) What celebrity would you date if you could?: Ralph Fiennes? Jeremy Irons? Conan O'Brien? Don't know

30) Current worries?: I need to be a LITTLE faster concerning my studies, that annoys me the most as of now.

31) Favorite online Guy/Girl(s): My griesstopf-friends and certain people from NFans ^^

32) Favorite place to be?: in the Belantis-Park - almost alone and just with some friends

33) Least favorite place to be?: noisy, cold palces in general

34) Do you burn or tan?: both

35) Ever break a bone?: Yes, when I was 8 or so

36) What is your favorite cereal?: Cini-Minis and Topas (Mini Wheats)

37) Person you cry with: Evi and maybe Micha

Do You Have...

38) Any sisters: Nope

39) Any brothers: Yes (1)

40) Any pets: A cat (but it's more my mom's cat)

41) An Illness: Nothing, as of now. *knocks on wood*

42) A Pager: No

43) A Personal phone line: No

44) A Cell phone: Yes

45) A visible birthmark: Yes

46) A Pool or hot tub: tub

47) A Car: Yes, a really old Toyota

Describe Your...

48) Personality: nuts, obsessive, and I'm not an open book to most people

49) Driving: It's ok, I guess. Except for some speeding-tickets no serious damage done

50) Your clothing style: ordinairy (jeans, shirt, pullover, sneakers)

51) Room: chaotic, colorful (violet and green and white), a lot of DVDs

52) What's missing: I could need another shelf for my DVDs

53) School: Uni. Until I'm... 50 or so. *sighs*

54) Bed: I have a bed and a couch I can chose to sleep on. Wow, the decadence.

55) Relationship with your parent(s): We get along fine. Especially since I have moved out. I don't want to come off as a show-off, but I think my mom realized how easy I was (especially concerning school) in contrast to my brother

56) Do You believe in yourself: Hm, depends.

57) Do you believe in love at first sight?: Not at all (sorry, all you romantics out there, but to truly love somebody, you *should* know about their personality; having a crush on first sight is possible, imho)

58) Consider yourself a good listener: Probably. Yeah, I guess

59) Have a future dream that you would like to share?: Having a job that satisfies me and pays enough to actually lead a life.

60) Get Along with your parents: Yeah

61) Save your e-mail conversations: the most important ones

62) Pray: I used to but I ceased to do that. (copied from johanna)

63) Believe in reincarnation: I WANT to believe.

64) Brush your teeth twice a day?: Yes (at least on weekdays, when I have to go to my classes and work)

65) Like to talk on the phone: Not at all.

66) Like to eat?: Yes (vegetarian stuff and CHEESE. omg CHEESE!)

67) Like to exercise?: Not a sporty type of person, but I do enjoy rollerblading for an hour or so on mild summer nights ^^

68) Like to watch sports?: No

69) Sing in the car?: Yes, happens.

70) What is a dream that you have all the time?: I have a lot of little dreams.

71) Dream in color: Yes

72) Do you have nightmares?: quite often

73) Sleep with a stuffed animal: hm, there's a turtle on the edge of my bed.

74) Right next to you: a shelf with a bunch of dictionaries

75) On your favorite coffee cup?: "Katherine" and a painted Rock City (Chattanooga/ Tennessee)

76) On your mouse pad: don't need one

77) Your favorite flavor of gum?: Mint, cherry, water melon

78) Your brand of deodorant?: Fa, bebe, Nivea...

79) Your dream honeymoon spot: The USA, baby

80) Your dream husband/wife: funny, smart, needs to share at least some of my interests

81) Hiding in your closet?: clothes

82) Under your bed: a camping-bed

83) The name of one of your closest/best friends?: Evi, Jose, Micha

84) Your bad time of the day: Around noon

85) Your worst fear(s): death (especially of the people I love)

86) What's the weather like: dark and cold (it's night)

87) Your favorite time of year?: spring, when it's not too cold and not too hot either

88) Your favorite holiday?: Christmas

89) A material weakness?: DVDs, games

90) The weirdest food or drink that you like: I love Mozzarella cheese. PLAIN

91) At the top of your "to-do list"?:Getting my intermediate exams dne (successfully, if possible)

92) The hardest thing about growing up: Noticing your parents are just humans with human weaknesses.

93) A pet peeve?: Eating noises, dependent people (also being dependent), people with absolute opinions

94) Your scariest moment: big exams in general, the bungee-jump (though it was a positive form of fear)

95) Your attitude about love?: Very complicated But once it's been accomplished, I guess, very nice, warm and right

96) The funniest or most desperate thing you've done to get the attention of the opposite sex?: Don't think I ever did that. *pets last puff of dignity left*

97) The worst feeling in the world: sadness, followed by fear, but sadness tops it all

98) The best feeling in the world: happiness, love, relaxation, relief

99) Who sent this to you?:

Whoever wants to take this survey - go ahead, I'm not being a meanie and tag you

Happy 2008, everyone.

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(yes, that's a 2008 we're forming ; I love how my friend Jose does the "8")

First entry, as I was tagged by beekay84

Here are the rules:

1. post these rules
2. each person tagged must post 8 random facts about themselves
3. tags should write a journal/blog of these facts
4. at the end of the post, 8 more persons are tagged and named
5. go to their page and leave a comment telling them they're tagged

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1. By listening to the first second of a song, I'm most likely able to tell you which one it is. Same goes for playing the tunes of songs I just recently heard on the piano. Always had this "gift" which is and always was absolutely useless for me. :ugly:

2. I can sing along to the Turkish Pocahontas- and all the foreign-language-Tarzan-Soundtracks.

3. I spent a year in the USA and found my "second family" there. We're still in contact and try to visit each other as often as possible.

4. I'm generally never content with myself.

5. I work at a local furniture-store and it annoys me. But it's a student-job, and everytime I'm fed up with it, I keep on telling myself I won't be doing this for all my life. *knocks on wood*

6. I was just recently told "I love you" . Gnihihihihi

7. I'm obsessed with foreign languages, especially Icelandic. It's so beautiful. Gætir þú talað svolítið hægar? :ugly:

8. I'm also obsessed with TV shows (especially from the 90s and late 80s) and try to collect them all on DVD (now that I actually own all foreign Disney-movies/ OSTs, it's time to get started on something new, eh? )

And I tag everyone who wants to do this