This is the personal blog of the quasi-blonde, Katie Leas. I bought this domain in 2005 with no real clue about what to do with it. It was a bit of a lark and the name- ha! Well, it has a ring to it doesn’t it? I also blog specifically about health, fitness, weight loss, and all the mental and emotional crap that comes with trying to be healthy at Fat Lady Katie. (Isn’t self deprecating humor the best?)
I work in Internet Marketing but sometimes still wonder how I ended up there. In school, I was always good at everything, except computers and keyboarding class. To be honest, I cried about going to my computer classes. (I was in keyboarding class when the OJ verdict was released. I was not yet born when JFK or MLK jr were shot.)
I believe it was the old Windows 95 computer I had my freshman year of college that took away my fear–and a few lab reports. I was a lot less afraid of breaking the darn thing when it was so good at breaking itself. (insert blue screen.) From there, I moved on to Windows 98 and Windows 98 SE. OOHHH AHHHH.
Eventually, I was all over ICQ and AIM meeting and chatting with strangers (and a roommate or two) and friends. I hated Lars Ulrich with a passion and I had a dedicated hard drive for mp3s. (shared with my brother)
I entered college as a Creative Writing major. Then I was a Secondary Education (English) major. And then I was a Professional Writing (yes, still English) major. And then I was double major– Professional Writing and Psychology. I gave up on the second major after a minor incident involving retaking of Calculus (I totally got an A in it in high school but *yawn* in college) setting me back on time for math credits. (too bad the stats class I aced in high school didn’t count.) (conceited much? )
Somewhere in there, I realized a few important things: I loved the internet and was no longer afraid of computers- in fact, I was getting pretty good with them; my favorite and best writing pieces were personal essays; and people liked me.
Five years after I started my college journey, I graduated and moved home to Kansas City where I still reside. (Yes, part of KC–in fact most of KC- is in the state of Missouri and not Kansas.)
People call me a cat lady, and okay, I have 3 cats, but really I’m quite fun when I’m not giggling at cats.
My biggest fear is the unknown.
What do you want to know about me?
Katie,
Your site looks awesome…but what else would I expect from you?? Blog Power!
Why thank you! I felt like my blog deserved a snazzy new look! And that’s me in the header on the beach!
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