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===IN THE THIRD PERSON:===
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Kathryn is a person of wide and varied experience. Her only routine is to try something new every day. She has met many people in her travels from many different backgrounds, countries, and expertises. "Knowledge junkie" is something Kat frequently calls herself.

===THINGS I FEEL QUALIFIED TO GIVE ADVICE ABOUT:===
***romantic relationships
***general and nutritional health (I disclaim: I am not a doctor, nor a certified nutritionist yet...I merely have read a lot, experienced a lot in my own life, have personally heard testimonials on a variety of health issues and healthy lifestyle practises, and am a yoga instructor and Ayurvedic health consultant)
***sexual health
***technology (computers specifically, but other techie things like me too ^_^)
***philosophy, theology, and psychology
***social issues
***crafty artsy thingies (excuse the technical jargon)

===POSSIBLE POLITICAL/IDEALOGICAL CONFLICTS WITH YOUR OWN VIEWS:===
*I was raised as a Catholic (the Roman kind), I went to Catholic parochial grade school, I attended a Catholic high school (a Sacred Heart school), and now I attend a Catholic Jesuit university. Although I don't call myself Catholic or Christian, I respect and acknowledge the good things I was raised with.
*I am not prejudiced against any ethnic, socioeconomic, or cultural background.
*I am not prejudiced against any religion or spiritual path, including a lack of one (atheism, don't-give-a-damn-ism).
*I am not prejudiced against any sexual orientation or gender identity. I myself am romantically and sexually queer, physically female, mentally gender-f***ed. If you ever want to talk about sexual orientation and/or gender identity, don't hesitate to contact me! I am working toward a sexology degree, and these things interest me immensely!
*I don't care for politics very much, but I respect the people who are wise with their words and respectful to others.

===SOME QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE FOR ME (BEFORE YOU ACTUALLY ASK YOUR QUESTION):===
"You're only 24! You don't know anything about the world. How could you possibly give me advice on anything?" Perhaps I am fairly young to be giving advice to people. But I do know this: everyone who has ever come to me looking for counsel has always told me, either during or right after our "sessions", that I am not overly critical, that I am honest and fair, that I am sensitive and understanding, that I am open-minded and tolerant, that they can count on me to give a good outside objective perspective, and (something I think is most important in being an advisor) that I am a good listener.

"What types of things do you give advice on?" Well, I can give you advice on almost anything, really. If I personal experience with what you're asking about, I'll patch it through. If I don't, I'll put in my two cents and let you know where you can get more firsthand knowledge.

"Why do you write sooooo muuuuuch?"
I'm a writer, I blabber sometimes, heh. I do take a lot of care in my writing though, I want to give you a well-thought-out answer. But the other reason I write so much is because I don't want to give you a one-sentence reply, unless it's to a very black-and0white question like "What time does 'House' air on Tuesday in Cincinnati?"

===IN CLOSING:===
You got questions? Lemme at 'em!

I wish you all lives filled with tasty food, goofball antics, and people you love to share them with you.

~*Kathryn*~

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Hey ya'll :D

Alrighty, here's some good news for everyone; school ends in a about 7 weeks, yaaay!

Now, to my question..my final school project is about genealogy (you know family history, family tree's and so on) and it's supposed to be really big (minimum 10 pages, maximum 30)and it's like 25% of our grade. So I really need some inspiration, maybe some ideas on HOW to write it or make it interesting? I've tried searching on google to find articles or papers on the same thing for ideas, but didn't really find anything, so if you can point me to some article you found interesting that would be great :)
I know I'm not going to be able to write it in the exact same way, since my family history is most likely completely different, but just for directions and ideas you know..

thank you & have a good week :D

hey back to ya. ^_^

i'm assuming that you're going to be writing this on your own genealogy, i hope i am correct in my assumption. the great thing about when teachers give you assignments about you and your own personal and family life is this: IT'S ABOUT YOU AND YOUR OWN PERSONAL AND FAMILY LIFE! you're the best expert in this field! :P

you've got a lot of freedom here, and it's really a great opportunity to learn about your anscestery, where your family's roots are, to hear stories and interesting facts, to learn about history from a firsthand account, and a lot more besides. get excited about it, get interested in it, throw yourself into your research; this is pretty cool stuff, and you can use your interest and curiosity as your inspiration. don't think about it too much as a school project (except to make sure you get it done and handed in on time ^_^), and let yourself enjoy what you're uncovering.

as for what i've done, i think i've made 3 or 4 family history projects. i was lucky because my mom had a project from college that she did with some old and some really old pictures of her forefathers/mothers. there was this one that was from around the early 1900s, possibly the late 1800s. it was so old-looking, in a classical sophisticated antique kind of way.

anyway, go talk to your parents, grandparents, (if you have them) great-grandparents, aunts, uncles, cousins, etc., and ask lots of questions, take notes, listen well, record on a tape-recorder if you want. and chances are, someone in your family has done something like this and they might even have their old projects, which gives you lots of extra information that you might not have found in your research, and it can save time, which means you'll have more time to worry about how your paper is written and getting it to be the necessary length.

some things to keep track of during your research: if you can get this far, where did your great-grandparents or great-great-grandparents or even ggg-grandparents come from when they moved to the u.s.a. and when was that; when/where people were born and when/where they died; who married whom and how many--if any--children did they have; what jobs did people hold; any interesting facts about family members that were involved in wars, politics, religion, society, economy, health care, schools, etc., etc.

if you'd like any more advice, just send me a quick email and i'll help you through some more of it. remember: get yourself excited about it and it will be easier to do, as well as a lot more fun. ~_^

hope this helped. good luck!

~*kitty*~

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