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What Kind of Nerdfighter Are You?

the old kind, who procrastinates? OR...i'm a complex nerd. i'm a booknerd, artnerd, arthistorynerd, petnerd, wordnerd, humanrightsnerd, musicnerd, current eventsnerd ... OH... and of course, a dmbnerd. dave matthews band. yes, i'm one of those :)

About Me:

Well, I am married, 35 (OMG i still feel 7, 14, 17, 23... depending on the day), live in Ottawa (CANADA) with our 2 dogs Frank & Josie whom we lovingly refer to as the Evil Hound Sisters, a small black girl-cat named Harper, and a bad-bad boy cat named Iggy.

I love to read, write, paint, garden, see live music, watch great films, and am debating continuing my pursuit of education (BA, Art History and Anthropology `96) . I'm totally digging an Art Therapy course i finished recently and hope to one day learn & use it with children. I love art, painting, printmaking... i love my art journal, and I want to have an art vlog by Jan 1. 2009.

I believe the afternoon nap is highly under rated and that people really should just Live and Let Live. Life right now is pretty strange and finding the equilibrium seems to be the name of the game - change is in the air for sure.

I love music, specifically the Dave Matthews Band. Dave DAVE DaVe dAvE. Dave Matthews. And all the boys in his band. Yes I'm one of those.
Other than DMB? ok, there is Lenny Kravitz, - the epitome of cool, Sarah Slean, Sarah Harmer, Cat Power, Feist, the Arcade Fire, Moby, Matthew Good, Esthero, Foo Fighters, Pilate, Gwen Stefani, Jeff Buckley, Pink, Justin Timberlake, Pete Yorn, good ol' Big Wreck, Treble Charger, the Headstones & the Watchmen, Coldplay, David Gray, Frank Sinatra, REM, Van Morrison, Queen, Alicia Keys, Esthero, the Smiths, Paul Simon, the Doors, Bob Marley of course... again I could go on and on. I love music and prescribe to the idea that if you remember the music, you remember the times. One day SOON I'll start a soundtrack of my life :)

Interests: My husband, my family, friends, reading, changing careers, spirituality, friends, history, documentaries, CBC, BBC, religion, anthropology, art, demographics, international development, Human Rights, peace, children, Africa. I could go on and on and on....The role of media, nerdfighting, public art, politics, HIV, international affairs, aboriginal rights and human rights of women and children etc... etc....

I have to admit, I am irritated by some small (ok, and LARGE) things, and can be pretty intense about social responsibility, so I wonder a lot about why people do the things they do, mostly in relation to power and gender. I'm a wandering sociologist through and through and very excited to see where the Journey takes me next.

Peace, nerdfighters.

ps. i have 2 other blogs that i occasionally post to:
http://gottabekd32.blogspot.com/
http://stupid-people-make-me-nuts.blogspot.com/

Favorite Books, Movies, Music, and more

Oh my where to start... I love books. Race Against Time, Stephen Lewis, Banker to the Poor, Muhammad Yunus, A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius, Dave Eggers, All Families Are Psychotic, Douglas Coupland, Lives of Girls and Women, Alice Munro, Long Road to Freedon, Nelson Mandela, The Diviners, Margaret Laurence, The Way the Crow Flies, Ann-Marie McDonald, The Lovely Bone, Alice Sebold, The White Bone, Barbara Gowdy, Larry's Party, Carol Shields, From Beginning to End: The Rituals of Our Lives, Robert Fulghum, The Time Traveller's Wife, Andrew Niffenegger, Shake Hands With The Devil, Romeo Dallaire, In the skin of a Lion, Michael Ondaatje, What is the What? by Dave Eggers,

What's your favorite thing to put on your head?

a ponytail of my crazy hair. puff levels ftw.

If you could do your happy dance with anyone who would it be with?

dave matthews. duh, by default. but tied with him would be j&h, the original nerdfightas, of course.

Website:

http://gottabekd32.blogspot.com/

When did you start watching B20

December

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kdot (keeley) commented on Deb S's blog post 'DINAH 1992 - 2009'

oh deb. im SO sorry to hear you lost your girl. seventeen years is something, thats for sure. you so made the right decision, but i know you know that. losing a pet is one of the hardest things in my opinion; beings of unconditional love, cats and...

November 16

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November 2

kdot (keeley) replied to Evangeline's discussion 'Check this out!' in the group Sage Nerdwarriors

i'm off to check out those link now! CBC has some awesome programming. The films on http://www.nfb.ca are worthy of stalkage. I know I've pimped them before, but I often forget rabbit holes after OD'ing on them for a while. Shocker, I know!

October 9

kdot (keeley) commented on Deb S's blog post 'NEW APARTMENT'

Deb. I always forget that other people have complex weird families as well that they need to navigate. The Bub and I have come to figure some of it out with regards to my anxiety, but I'm not quite sure what the magic solution is. We discussed how...

September 6

kdot (keeley) commented on Deb S's blog post 'NEW APARTMENT'

thanks for all the love you guys. your support coming back at me is amazing and warms my heart. truly. thanks for the extended invite Deb, it might be just what this girl needs. and boy, can i be stealthy in a not at all coordinated sort of way re...

September 6

kdot (keeley) commented on Deb S's blog post 'NEW APARTMENT'

i just need to state for the record that if i do visit, you will need to cover every square inch of the carpet with plastic. i'm a spiller, in general. and god i love how you hang stuff. please visit and help me finish hanging all our stuff. your ...

September 5

kdot (keeley) commented on Deb S's blog post 'NEW APARTMENT'

the kids coming and hanging out and creating is the best house warming i've heard of! It must truly feel like it's yours now! that art room - omg awesome. seeing that piece of me when i was a kid brought tears to my eyes. that you still had it, ma...

September 5

kdot (keeley) replied to Evangeline's discussion 'How you doin'?' in the group Sage Nerdwarriors

wow. LAly, i'm so sorry to hear you are going through all this right now. complex family bs is rampent over in these parts, so i can somehow relate to the way you have extracted yourself from it etc. day by day sweet girl. and no guilt. you did wh...

September 1

kdot (keeley) commented on Deb S's blog post 'NEW APARTMENT'

i love your barbie shoebox diorama. not barbie, shoebox or diorama like at all! that piece behind the table is fantastico. omg. like, LOVE it. and the desk?! i love that desk too. i can see why you would take the time to saw it in 1/2 and repair i...

September 1

kdot (keeley) commented on Deb S's blog post 'Summer in the City'

i saw all the clouds of smoke on the news yesterday and wondered how close you might be. holy smoke is right! hope you are well :)

September 1

kdot (keeley) commented on StellaSmiles's blog post '(death+81 days and counting)'

i think of you daily, have a piece i'm working on of dw that just won't finish. i'm so glad the gerds are all here writing their amazing words and sharing their innermostness (yes, that's a word i just made up) with all. it brings me comfort to co...

September 1

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changing it up. again.

oh life, how you continue to go on and inspire change. it's remarkable, really.

when life gives you the signs you've been awaiting, you take risks, follow guts, and move forward.

it's been in the works for some time. anyone who knows me knows how effing long i've been tiptoeing around the notion of being a full time artist/creative consultant. Seems there is no time like the present. A lot has happened in the cold days of February to open my eyes to the Now of my life. let's get this show on t… Continue

Posted on March 2, 2009 at 12:30pm — 5 Comments

Obama's first official international visit as the pres: my city, Ottawa, Canada!

yippee! February 19th. It's a working visit, so we'll see what we actually see. A limo shot perhaps? Him stepping off airforce 1?

forty-four! forty four!
can you hear the cheering now?!

I'm SO excited.

Hope IS contageous!

peace nerds, gerds, berds,
k

Posted on February 10, 2009 at 10:30am — 1 Comment

February yaya shakeout

i posted this over at my Jared Knight ning page. He's an abstract artist who has been on youtube for a while, but is taking on teaching a worrkshop and his own art portal. Sorta like Gary Reef, if you are familiar with his ning page... so, I posted my first blogpost overthere, and couldn'y hel pbut c&p it over here. I mean, this is my original ning, after all!

the vicious cycle and me.

this vicious cycle i refer to is my process i get into whereby research and my rediculous need to know mo… Continue

Posted on February 2, 2009 at 6:30pm — 4 Comments

I'm thinking Art for 2009

and there are so many inspirations out there...
I wanna share some of them with my friends since, well, we're all seeing how contageous creativity can be these days, thanks to the YouTube explosion. I still stumble on tonnes of artists via some great art sites i follow, and here is a new one I just KNOW some of you will be inspired be. Well, at least I am!

With the Gary Reef… Continue

Posted on January 9, 2009 at 7:16am — 24 Comments

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At 1:18am on July 28, 2009, StellaSmiles said…: Hello!

At 2:22am on July 14, 2009, StellaSmiles said…: Thinking about you.

At 4:02pm on July 11, 2009, StellaSmiles said…: I just got a sweet little package in the mail today! It's perfect timing, too, because my goddaughter is here visiting this week. We're headed into the city, so I'll take pictures for you!

Thank you so VERY VERY much. It is so kind of you. You're amazing.

I love you. Tonnnnnnnnnnnnnnns.

At 7:50pm on June 25, 2009, thefirstofmany said…: I loved the "What Office Supply Quiz" -- I am apparently a Red Pen.

At 2:54pm on June 16, 2009, StellaSmiles said…: Hi friend. Thank you for your comment and for keeping track of me... someone needs to! ha

I'm doing ok. Adjusting to a different world again. I swear, the universe shifts a little when someone wonderful dies, and everything feels off-kilter for a while. I know things never REALLY go back to being the same, but the new world starts to feel more familiar eventually.

I've done this enough times already that I know how this goes, and I can recognize my process from a distance. It's almost like the more you experience this kind of thing, the bigger "the big picture" gets and I can see it with greater perspective. It makes it easier not to get so locked up and caught up in myself.

I'm not despairing, as I did when my sweet Honza died three years ago (last month), since now I do know things normalize eventually. But having done this before also makes it a little bit harder sometimes. The feelings only last a moment, but every once in a while I feel like maybe I shouldn't get attached like that again. Those moments pass quickly, though.

Overall, I'm doing pretty well. I don't have the local support I expected, but I also didn't reach out much this time around. I really tried to focus on DW's support, and looking back, I can see I didn't do a lot of outreach for myself.

I have pictures of DW after he died.... which I know A LOT of people would be REALLY REALLY REALLY uncomfortable with, but it helps me. I learned that when Honza died; having pictures of his body helped. I found it comforting AND it helped me to really accept that he was no longer there. You can SEE that it's only the vehicle that is left... the spirit is no longer in there. I still feel DW around though, and I hear his voice... literally, sometimes. It's nice.

Anyway, about the pictures.... in one of them, Butch-pup is all sprawled out against his body. I love it. I won't post them here, though. People definitely react strongly when I even mention the photos, but I figured you would understand. :)

Ok, I think this is long enough. I'll send you my address in a message. Thanks again for the camera, and don't worry so much about the delay, chica! I will be happy to get it; I'm trying to figure out when I'll head out, since there is a lot to take care of and a lot of expenses, as you can imagine.

Anyway, take care, and thank you for being so supportive of some chick that lives far away who you haven't even met. You are an amazing creature, and I love you.

sunny

At 7:08pm on June 6, 2009, LAly said…: OK, so I'm watching TV (online) because I'm bored and hate to actually turn on MY television. Anyway, I went to hulu.com and there was a DMB banner about a video (it rotates, I think). I thought to myself "I wonder if Keeley knows about this!" but I figured I wouldn't bug ya with it. So then I pull up a House video and it's Dave and Hugh Laurie talking about a duet they did. So since I keep seeing DMB stuff over there, I'm officially bugging you with it!

At 2:51pm on May 15, 2009, Deb S said…: Thank YOOOOO, Boo Boo!

At 1:14pm on May 15, 2009, Mel said…: Hey, saw your comment on the sagepage, and wanted to say I was hoping you weren't around because you were busy and things were good, so sorry you are so sad. I've had a recent affliction myself, lately. And nothing major, no real complaints save life in general, coping skills arent what they used to be, and I'm an insomniac with nothing but raw nerves and mood swings who is very tired, but not too tired to feel guilty about not feeling better and being happier and doing more. More. I want more something, I'm not sure what. I think its peace, but it's elusive. Anyway, post it, get it out, lurking is only good to a point, sharing balances it out a wee bit, says the expert, lol! I wish you sunshine and flowers and good things. Laugh more if you can, and remember to smell those flowers!

At 8:13am on May 8, 2009, naturegeek said…: Hey Keel - whereya been? Busy with real life in good ways, I hope, making more of your fantabulous art! I typoed "rantabulous" - I like that word! I just accidentally made it up and now I have to look for an opportunity to use it! Next really great rant I read is going to be RANTabulous! Oh, I know where you are... I gave you that spreadsheet of all the TED talks and you've been down the rabbit hole for over a month now, right? :)

Hey, it's SPRING and the weather is warming up and we can all be outside more than in - calloo callay oh frabjous day! I am now the proud owner of a GREEN lawn. And green trees!

*skips off singing "it's a beautiful day in the neighborhood..."*

At 4:52pm on April 15, 2009, Evangeline said…: I made an art nerd thread in Sage Nerdwarriors, come and check it out.
Also I tried to leave a comment on your blog post earlier, but it wouldn't let me. :| Couldn't figure out why? Just wanted to say your office is looking spiffy. Watcha gonna do with that sewing machine?