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[08 May 2008|01:05am] |
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| From before posted now |
[08 May 2008|12:41am] |
This is from when I was staying at my aunts house. And I was sitting around waiting for the cleaning ladies to leave, until I realized they don't leave until well into the afternoon. And they wear my shoes while they're at it. But they're also very sweet.
Also, I've asked jr blackwell to write something for my book and then it should be available to purchase. :)
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| Falling Apart |
[08 May 2008|12:41am] |
I have an eye sty. And my glasses are taped together. And I'm wearing a Spice Girls reunion shirt. And I just watched 27 Dresses - and cried! Oy vey. And I'm not even Jewish.
Isn't it nice that I can share things like this with you? With you, faceless, voiceless Internet? Ah, we get along so well you and I. Though sometimes I have to admit you say the stupidest things. But I still love you, how could I not?
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[07 May 2008|01:10am] |
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[03 May 2008|10:51pm] |
 Anyway, Matt's brother gets married in 7 days and I'm very excited. Also, I bought my wedding dress the other day. I honesty didn't think I was going to find anything, but it just kind of happened. It was nothing like what I expected, but I love it. And no you won't be seeing it because the picture we took, we took with a camera that didn't have a memory card in it, and we can't find a cord that fits the camera. And the dress is at my parents house, so yeah, you can see it in September. :) |
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| Better Tonight |
[02 May 2008|04:06pm] |
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| Still |
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[02 May 2008|01:03am] |
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| The Afternoon |
[30 Apr 2008|02:25am] |
I have been adding songs to muxtape.com.
katiewest.muxtape.com
i don't listen to music much. at all. i'm not one of those people who needs music. i drive in silence, and often watch tv on mute. so the music i listen to is often weird and influenced by mostly visual things like movies and tv.
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| Demonstrate |
[30 Apr 2008|02:24am] |
One day I will no longer be 24. One day I will be old. One day I will die, and someone will be left with photographic evidence of a certain version of a life.
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[30 Apr 2008|01:04am] |
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| Thinking out loud is what the internet is for. |
[29 Apr 2008|11:31pm] |
Lately I've been thinking of starting a magazine. Sort of like Zoe, Nadya, Mildred and Mer are doing, but different because it would be about way different things. It would be sort of like Area Magazine which is a magazine about Toronto, with art, fashion, food, design, architecture, entertainment, etc. But I feel sometimes like I don't actually live anywhere, except online...sometimes I feel like I don't even really exist except online. I'm very quiet and not very aggressive or outgoing. I have a hard time believing I could get a job somewhere, only because I don't think I have very good first impressions - I don't think I possess that "go get 'em" attitude that employers seem to want.
Anyway, if I had my own magazine, it would be about the things I knew, it would be about art and technology, movies and food, fashion and the internet. It would be full of my ridiculous sense of humour, that I think only I find to be funny, and it would be beautifully done, because I like design, and it would be about attractive older men, the best Starfleet captains, the hottest sci fi women, why it's okay to be a picky eater, how cool muxtape.com is, buying farms in ontario, the appeal of old tacky movie theatres. I don't know, it all seems so good in my head. I was looking into grants today but none of them seem to really fit my purpose. There's visual arts and literary grants but none seemed quite right. I think Jhayne might know better than me about this. In fact if I started a magazine, I would want Jhayne to be my partner, because she knows about all the cool stuff, so she could provide better content while I could provide uh...basically geekiness.
I just want to do something with myself, and people seem to like me, so I thought marketing myself in magazine form would be fun, since I've always wanted to work at a magazine.
I'd also like to start my own publishing company but I don't know what I would publish. I would like to do high quality art books of some sort, but that isn't really the cheapest thing to do...at all.
That's all. :) Oh except here is a picture of me being stressed. hehe.
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| Some Photographs |
[29 Apr 2008|11:07pm] |
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| The book is almost done. |
[29 Apr 2008|01:10pm] |
I've been working on a book ever since I got back from LA and Lou told me I had to.
So it's almost done. I'm basically just trying to figure out what to put on the cover. Also, I called it Low Self Esteem, because I thought it was funny. I'm aiming for May 1st, but who knows, since today is April 29th, so I doubt that will happen.
Unlike my last attempt at a book, this one has no writing, just photos. But there is a mix of old photos from before the Harddrive Crash (which I exported from the Blurb book program) and new photos. I really didn't know how to organize it, or give it a flow, so it kinda doesn't have one. It's just a collection of photos. Maybe next time it will be more cohesive.
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[28 Apr 2008|01:08am] |
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[24 Apr 2008|01:18am] |
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| Zoe lost Moo! |
[23 Apr 2008|04:22pm] |
Today I learned that my friend Zoetica lost her dog Moo. I am very sad for her because Moo is her best friend and if I ever lost Logan or Bruce, I would be heart broken. So I am trying to help by reposting this here.
From ![[info]](http://p-stat.livejournal.com/img/community.gif) los_angeles:
EDIT: If you will be in or near Hollywood, print and put up posters for my lost dog Moo http://media.neoglam.com/moo-poster.pdf
My boyfriend and I were in a very bad car accident on Sunday night at the corner of Fountain and Mc Cadden. My pet chihuahua, Moo was in the car with us. She appeared unharmed after the collision, however she freaked out and ran away. Witnesses say she was last seen safely crossing Highland at De Longpre.
I yelled for help and for someone to catch her, but the gawkers just stood around doing nothing.
A lead claims to have seen her enter one of the lower-level businesses at the West Hollywood Gateway on Santa Monica and La Brea, shortly after the accident. This lead is convinced an employee or a patron took her in, but so far no one's admitted anything of the sort.
Despite being hurt we wandered the streets for 3 hour putting up 200 posters the night of the accident, 100 more yesterday and more today.
I'm offering a generous REWARD for her safe return. Please help.
Again, her name is Moo, she's a female Chihuahua, about 4 years old and between 5 to 7 lbs. She's very smart, white+black with a near-perfect black circle on her back in addition to other black spots. See photo and email me with any questions. Thank you so much.
Zoetica's livejournal. Please help her find Moo! :(
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| Photos, lots of them. |
[14 Apr 2008|03:57pm] |
 This photo is from a set I shot, and there are a lot more. This photo is also from a set with a lot more. And so is this one. And this one. I shot them for that site I was thinking of doing. Which I'm thinking of not doing. But now I have a bunch of photos with no home. Like this one:  |
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[14 Apr 2008|03:54pm] |
 When I shot with Chad Michael Ward, Matt and Chad would periodically go out and smoke, so I would take pictures in Chad's living room.  |
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[14 Apr 2008|01:05am] |
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| When Angels Weep |
[11 Apr 2008|05:17pm] |
This is the finished book that I've been working on for the past 8 months. It's by Mary Ann Mulhern and published by Black Moss Press. And yes, that is me on the cover!
Last night was the book launch and probably over 200 people showed up which was incredible. We received a lot of press for the book, from both local and national media. When Angels Weep is a book of poems dealing with the Charles Sylvestre case (Sylvestre was a Catholic priest who abused over 80 young girls over a period of 40 years in Southwestern Ontario). So yeah, it's been very controversial, but met very well.
At the launch last night, survivors of Sylvestre spoke, as well as the crown attorney who prosecuted him. Then there was a reading and then Mary Ann thanked our class and thanked me and my friend Janine specifically for all our hard work. :) I was very flattered and got all embarassed. I hope the book does well. I would give a link to a place you could buy it, but I can't find out where to buy it. I already sent an angry email to my prof, who is also the owner of Black Moss Press. ;)
And did I mention I'm on the cover? That's book number two!
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[10 Apr 2008|01:03am] |
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| Lou O' Bedlam and Matt Johnson |
[09 Apr 2008|09:59pm] |
I wish I lived next door to Lou. He recently wrote a list of Things You Might Not Know About Katie, which made me laugh and make me want to fly back to LA, even though I just arrived home. I don't know if I mentioned it yet or not, but he also takes a damn fine picture. I really look like myself in his Polaroids, which is different for me, as I think that no one can capture what I actually think I look like, except Lou apparently. Well, me in really beautiful light looking my most awesome.
Also, I too, don't understand the uncanny ability Matt has to make the most beautiful faces in every picture.
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| LA Rooftop by Chad Michael Ward |
[09 Apr 2008|09:58pm] |
Chad uploaded a bunch of photos to stream. Go look.
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| Ladies and Gentlemen: Katie West |
[09 Apr 2008|09:54pm] |
From Lou's Flickr stream:
I have been a fan of Katie West's since my earliest days on Flickr. Damn fine looking woman, but of course there's no shortage of attractive women on Flickr. Gets naked all the time, but again, if anything there's a surfeit of that here. When you get down to it, she's a damn fine photographer. Style for miles, which is something that's hard to find, even harder to create.
Sheeit, this sounds like a testimonial.
Katie West came to LA this week, and I was so excited I could barely sleep last night.
As is par for the course, she was nothing like I expected. Also unexpectedly, her fiance Matt. Dude, I think I got a wee bit of a man crush on that dude. Any fan of Andrew Vachss is a friend of mine.
I took 'em to Roscoe's, to the Chinese Theatre, to the Hollywood sign. We took pictures, talked about getting rich on self-published books, talked about accounting (I just got an accountant. it's so awesome, i'm telling everyone!!!!), about getting nude fast, about Chad Michael Ward, about how great LA is, about scientology and midget hookers. Not to mention various scenarios whereby they sneak into the U.S. to live, how college & university are two different things in Canada, and did I mention the midget hookers?
Good times. Once again, Flickr does not disappoint in introducing me to damn good people.
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| Kathryn Irene West and Luciano Noble II |
[09 Apr 2008|09:53pm] |
Yesterday I met Lou.
Yesterday I realized that I want to be just like Lou. I want to have an accountant, I want to have a book, I want to have a Flickr posse, I want to be amazing with polaroids, I want to live somewhere with a fence of foliage, I want to be Jewish too!
Meeting Lou was fantastic. He is intelligent, sarcastic, funny, likes to make fun of my whiteness, which I always appreciate. He took us to Roscoe's for chicken and waffles, to the Chinese Theatre and walk of fame, to the Hollywood sign and to his own front yard, where there's a door that says, "Close with softness."
Matt came with me, and now Matt and Lou are best friends. Seriously.
Lou took polaroids and I took some pictures too. It was a lovely day and makes me feel lucky that every person I've met from Flickr is truly amazing.
Here is a polaroid Lou took of me. Where he also talks about his man crush on Matt.
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| Welcome to L.A., Katie West! |
[06 Apr 2008|01:47am] |
Chad Michael Ward delivers the goods.
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| Chad Michael Ward and Katie West |
[05 Apr 2008|10:33pm] |
This afternoon I hung out with the amazingly wonderful Chad Michael Ward. I was naked on a roof in downtown LA. I was wet and surrounded by dead animals in bottles. I had guns. I had knives. Basically it was a dream afternoon for me. And Chad is seriously one of the kindest and funniest and coolest person I've ever met. One day I shall live here and we will be friends. Best friends. Muahahaha.
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[04 Apr 2008|01:05am] |
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| Apple Crisp |
[01 Apr 2008|01:26am] |
Today I made apple crisp for the first time. It was delicious. But I ate way too much.
Also, can anyone help me out with photoshop? I downloaded CS3 fine, but can't find a keygen. I don't mind having CS2 or what not. Just photoshop.
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| Why. |
[31 Mar 2008|03:30am] |
Today someone told me that I have low self-esteem. I was amazed. They told me that the reason I take self-portraits and post them on the internet must be because I think very low of my self and need others to tell me how beautiful I am. This in itself was a little upsetting if only because I thought the person who said it, knew me better than that. But then I realized, that this might be what most people think of what I do.
I'm easy to lose in a crowd, if you ever saw me in real life, you probably wouldn't recognize me. The woman I show you in my photos, in only a small fraction of the woman I am. You could pass me on the street and never know that everyday you look at my photos online. My photos are honest, yes, but not everything. I don't take them to define me, or to be beautiful. I take them for two reasons: to help myself better understand the ways in which I feel, and react to what's happening in my life and to try to create something that the viewer, you, can relate to and have a reaction to. I post my photos to the internet so that I can have a dialogue about my life and share with those who share with me. And also as a type of record of what goes on in my head. I frequently go back through my Flickr stream and remember what I was going through during a certain month, or I can look at a photo and know what I was feeling on that certain day.
Taking self-portraits for me is so much more than a practice in vanity. And posting them online is so much more than a self-serving search for praise. If no one, not a single person commented on my photos, so what? I wouldn't stop taking them. But because you do comment, I grow more, I learn more, I appreciate more, I experience more - both as a photographer and as a person.
Oh my god, to say I have low self-esteem...that is just beyond me. Once, I had a boyfriend who told me that his favourite thing about me was how humble I was. But I think I may have lost that somewhere along the way, hahaha. But low self-esteem? Hm. Mind you, we aren't really seeing eye-to-eye on things, no matter what it's about lately. But I found it hard to explain to him why I do what I do, and I found it hard to argue with him about something he thought he had so right. As if it was some big revelation to me, "Katie I hate to tell you, but you have low self-esteem." How do I argue something that someone thinks is a dark secret revealed?
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| Ha! |
[29 Mar 2008|07:23pm] |
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I just bought a mac. In fact I'm writing this on my new mac. Wee! Fun times.
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| The Window |
[27 Mar 2008|01:17am] |
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| Night Compute |
[27 Mar 2008|01:09am] |
 Who wants to chat? Just kidding. I don't actually chat online anymore. Only for you I did. |
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| The latest from my ongoing Nude at School series |
[27 Mar 2008|01:06am] |
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[24 Mar 2008|01:06am] |
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| Life: An Update |
[22 Mar 2008|02:34pm] |
Ha! Did I mention that my car broke - again?! Hahahahaha. This time it cost me $900 to fix. Hilarity!
I've been working a fucking lot lately. I closed 4 days this week and now am at my other job. Work is sucky, but money is...lucky. Or good.
I've been looking for apartments in Toronto, because guess what? Matt and I are moving to Toronto! Yay! I am very excited because I miss my best friend. I'm trying to do all the things in Windsor I haven't done for awhile, or haven't done at all. Mostly this entails getting naked in public places I have yet to get naked in.
I like this song by the silversun pickups called lazy eye. It makes me feel really good.
I go to LA on April 2nd. I'm going to shoot with the legendary Chad Michael Ward and I'm so excited I might die. But nervous too, because, well, he's Chad Michael Ward. I'm also seeing Bruce Springsteen while I'm in LA and going to the San Diego zoo. I'm excited about those things too.
I'm buying a mac next weekend and I have a question for mac users. It may be a dumb question, but should I buy photoshop, or am I able to download it like I did for my PC? I've never owned a mac before so it's going to be a bit of a learning experience.
Alright, I think that's it. Oh, if anyone wants to give me a job in Toronto, excellent. I'm very awesome, it's just on the inside.
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| March Madness |
[20 Mar 2008|01:10pm] |
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Goddamn Michigan State.
Goddamn Xavier.
My bracket already looks fucked up. EDIT: Go Spartans!
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| After it all. |
[18 Mar 2008|01:30am] |
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| Zivity.com |
[17 Mar 2008|10:54pm] |
Is anyone else in the Zivity.com beta?
Are you asking what is Zivity.com? Yeah...
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| Cerah Steele is a hair goddess |
[12 Mar 2008|04:48pm] |
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| Metal |
[09 Mar 2008|07:05pm] |
According to my friend Kim, who's from Korea and did my Chinese fortune yesterday, for about an hour, the main element that influences my life is metal. This means I'm competitive, like to be in control and not easily swayed. He also told me about my relationship with my parents, my fortune for the next 40 years, explained what kind of people I get along best with, told me how this year will break down and a ton of other stuff that I found to be quite incredible. Like how I think, how I feel about religion, how I have all these walls built up around me and so it takes a long time to really know me. It was the coolest thing ever.
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| A request |
[05 Mar 2008|10:16pm] |
I have a request for all you technically savvy people out there. I have this idea, but I don't know how to execute it. I need someone who knows how to make websites, specifically some sort of site that can have members only areas that are password protected. Think in the same vein as www.apneatic.com, though not nearly as huge or as involved. If anyone out there can help me with this, email me at iamkatiewest at yahoo dot ca. If all works out, I'll probably be able to pay you too. :)
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| C-Heads Magazine |
[05 Mar 2008|02:04am] |
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I have some photos in the newest issue of C-Heads Magazine. My pictures don't even compare though, with so many of the amazingly talented artists showcased, so check it out, it's Issue 08.
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| Insomnia |
[28 Feb 2008|03:20am] |
What could have been, eh? People never get that right, when they're making fun of how Canadians say eh. They put it at the end of every sentence and never get the right intonation: we use "eh" as a question mark at the end of our sentences, not as full stops. I'm so tired. I can't sleep. I don't feel very well, I'm not feeling very well. I need more time alone and less time worrying. Less time in therapy, more time awake. Waking up. Check out that profile. If only.
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[28 Feb 2008|01:04am] |
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| The town at night. |
[25 Feb 2008|02:00pm] |
 Some things are better left unexplained and maybe even unexamined. Don't go quoting Socrates to me now, I just think sometimes it's best to just go and not linger. |
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