"When I have a little money, I buy books; if any is left, I buy food and clothes." - Desiderius Erasmus

This lovely Keira Knightley avatar was found on LiveJournal. I can't recall who made it, but all credit goes to the one who did.

Name: Kat

Age: 16. High school student. Junior. Legally can own a license. Still working on getting my learner's permit, though. :P

Location: California

Other facts: NATURAL redhead (I don't dye my hair). Obsessed with Pirates of the Caribbean, London and England, and reading books. Love Twilight. Full supporter of Willabeth and Team Edward. Addicted to fan fiction. Love to write (obviously). Lifetime Christian. Addicted to books. Classical music rocks. Addicted to Nancy Drew computer games. Love movies. Cats are my babies. Tigger rocks my socks. Hates shopping, clothes, and fashion. Loves jeans, chap-stick, and sweatshirts. Orlando Bloom is HOT. Heights and needles scare me. Hate/scared of crickets, frogs, and blood and gore. Disneyland/Disney World beats Six Flags any day. Still love the American Girls. Felicity is the favourite as well as Samantha and Molly. Played the flute for three years, piano for six or seven years, and did ballet for six years. Still love ballet. The Nutcracker is the favourite ballet and seen it every year since I was five. Never really "grew up" at one location (moved to three different states since I was a baby). My school is extremely academic. Considered to have no life, but that's cool. :) IM is addicting, and so is RPing on IM. Shy and quiet but love to laugh. Comedies rock. Listening to music is love. Proud member of a women's choir. Wants to major in English and secondary education. Don't plan on dating until college. Saving sex until marriage (my gift to my husband, so to speak). God is writing my love story. Gets hurt a lot (it's true). Gummy worms and Twix is the best candy. Tea rocks. Don't get hyper, but have been extremely hyper before. Rather read than shop. Barnes and Nobles is my store. TTFN is my TTYL. Nancy Drew still rocks at my age. Love country music. Used to live in Tennessee and still say "y'all." Jane Austen is the best. Been to Italy, Greece, and Turkey. Jesus is my Savior. Can't doubt God. Weird and a nerd, but people love me. :)

Favourite actresses/actors: Keira Knightley, Anne Hathaway, Orlando Bloom, Johnny Depp, Julie Andrews, Amy Adams

Favourite movies: Pirates of the Caribbean (3, 1, 2; in that order), Pride & Prejudice (with Keira Knightley), Enchanted, Princess Diaries (1 and 2), Twilight, The Duchess, The Devil Wears Prada, Titanic, A Walk to Remember, The Sound of Music, The Notebook, The Other Boleyn Girl, Stick It, Julie and Julia, Facing the Giants

Favourite shows: America's Funniest Home Videos, Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide, Gilmore Girls, George Lopez, Home Improvement, My Wife and Kids, The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, The Secret Life of the American Teenager, 8 Simple Rules, America's Next Top Model, I Love Lucy, The Nanny, Sister Sister, Reba, Say Yes to the Dress, Bridezillas, My Fair Wedding, Plantinum Weddings, Rich Bride Poor Bride

Favourite books: Pride and Prejudice (Jane Austen), Atonement (Ian McEwan), Twilight (Stephenie Meyer--I HATED Eclipse, though; I thought it was pointless), The Luxe series (Anne Godbersen), Lurlene McDaniel's books, Sarah Dessen's books, Nancy Drew series (Carolyn Keene), Mark of the Lion series (Francine Rivers), Diary of a Teenage Girl series (Melody Carlson)

Favourite music: I don't really have a practicular band that I listen to all the time, but I love MercyMe and Casting Crowns. I usually listen to movie soundtracks A LOT--especially if they're instrumental--so my favourite soundtracks include Pirates of the Caribbean (all of them), Atonement, The Duchess, Pride & Prejudice, and Wicked.

Can't Stand: Selena Gomez, Miley Cyrus, Camp Rock, Demi Lovato, Ben from the Secret Life of the American Teenager (I really don't like him; my friends and sister agree with me), people who go overboard when it comes to movies and/or books, bad grammar, bad spelling everywhere on a written piece, messy/unreadable handwriting, disorganization, chat speak

FanFiction.Net: http://www.fanfiction.net/u/1719914/ (or type in keiraliz, same as the pen name here)

LiveJournal: http://keiraliz.livejournal.com; I will try to post updates on my life there, but for the most part, any story I don't publish here will be on my LiveJournal. Some of the stories found there might be published here as well, but it depends on the story and how confident I feel about publishing it on FanFiction.net or FictionPress.com.

Website: http://keiraliz.webs.com; Here is where you can find upcoming stories I'm considering writing, pictures for my fan fictions, and other updates. Also, I have a guestbook set up and my contact information available on my website, so feel free to check those out as well.

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