Katie. 24. Seattleite. Accountant.LAST.FM. FLICKR. MAIL. ARCHIVE. LIKES. var gaJsHost = (("https:" == document.location.protocol) ? "https://ssl." : "http://www."); document.write(unescape("%3Cscript src='" + gaJsHost + "google-analytics.com/ga.js' type='text/javascript'%3E%3C/script%3E")); try { var pageTracker = _gat._getTracker("UA-5900627-2"); pageTracker._trackPageview(); } catch(err) {}Tumblr (3.0; @katieparker)http://katieparker.tumblr.com/<p><ul> <li>Day 1: <a href="http://katieparker.tumblr.com/post/265010163/25-days-of-christmas-songs-day-1-sufjan-stevens">Sufjan Stevens - Sister Winter</a> </li> <li>Day 2: <a href="http://katieparker.tumblr.com/post/266399020/25-days-of-christmas-songs-day-2-low-just-like">Low - Just Like Christmas</a> </li> <li>Day 3: <a href="http://katieparker.tumblr.com/post/267791439/25-days-of-christmas-songs-day-3-matt-pond-pa">Matt Pond PA - Holiday Road</a> </li> <li>Day 4: <a href="http://katieparker.tumblr.com/post/269144123/25-days-of-christmas-songs-day-4-rosie-thomas">Rosie Thomas - Why Can’t It Be Christmastime All Year?</a> </li> <li>Day 5: <a href="http://katieparker.tumblr.com/post/271184032/25-days-of-christmas-songs-day-5-julian">Julian Casablancas - Wish It Was Christmas Today</a> </li> <li>Day 6: <a href="http://katieparker.tumblr.com/post/271819140/25-days-of-christmas-songs-day-6-robert-downey">Robert Downey Jr. - River</a> </li> <li>Day 7: <a href="http://katieparker.tumblr.com/post/273318153/25-days-of-christmas-songs-day-7-sufjan-stevens">Sufjan Stevens - Come On! Let’s Boogey To The Elf Dance!</a> </li> <li>Day 8: <a href="http://katieparker.tumblr.com/post/274784336/25-days-of-christmas-songs-day-8-the-new">The New Pornographers - Joseph, Who Understood</a> </li> <li>Day 9: <a href="http://files.me.com/katiemparker/kxudzm.mp3">Jennifer O’Connor - Deck the Hall</a><a href="http://files.me.com/katiemparker/kxudzm.mp3">s</a> </li> <li>Day 10: <a href="http://files.me.com/katiemparker/b0favz.mp3">Feist - Lo, How A Rose E’re Blooming</a> </li> <li>Day 11: <a href="http://files.me.com/katiemparker/sz6190.mp3">The Polyphonic Spree - Happy Xmas (War Is Over)</a> </li> <li>Day 12: <a href="http://files.me.com/katiemparker/o8km7z.mp3">The Beatles - Christmastime Is Here Again</a> </li> <li>Day 13: <a href="http://files.me.com/katiemparker/zbzg1c.mp3">fun. - Believe In Me</a> </li> <li>Day 14: <a href="http://files.me.com/katiemparker/mk9n7u.mp3">Sufjan Stevens - Christmas In The Room</a> </li> <li>Day 15: <a href="http://files.me.com/katiemparker/zcefu9.mp3">Elizabeth Mitchell - Jingle Bells</a> </li> <li>Day 16: <a href="http://files.me.com/katiemparker/fauzor.mp3">Darlene Love - Christmas (Baby, Please Come Home)</a> </li> </ul></p>http://katieparker.tumblr.com/post/286853491http://katieparker.tumblr.com/post/286853491Wed, 16 Dec 2009 18:12:40 -0800<embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://katieparker.tumblr.com/swf/audio_player.swf?audio_file=http://www.tumblr.com/audio_file/286229675/tumblr_kur5cn9XEq1qzsrgt&color=FFFFFF" height="27" width="207" quality="best"></embed><br/><br/><p><b>25 Days of Christmas Songs: </b>Day 16</p> <p>Darlene Love - Christmas (Baby, Please Come Home) (<a href="http://files.me.com/katiemparker/fauzor.mp3">download</a>)</p>http://katieparker.tumblr.com/post/286229675http://katieparker.tumblr.com/post/286229675Wed, 16 Dec 2009 08:00:00 -0800<img src="http://16.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kuq59gbERN1qzsrgto1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>I’d really quite like this camera…</p> <p>Plus, if you buy this and the <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Nikon-55-200mm-4-5-6G-Vibration-Reduction/dp/B000O161X0">Nikon 55-200mm f/4-5.6G ED IF AF-S DX VR lens</a> at the same time on Amazon, you get $100 off! So the camera and two lenses only cost $762.84!</p>http://katieparker.tumblr.com/post/285510375http://katieparker.tumblr.com/post/285510375Tue, 15 Dec 2009 18:51:00 -0800nikon d5000<img src="http://7.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kuq3hw47Mx1qzsrgto1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://19.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kuq3hw47Mx1qzsrgto2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://5.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kuq3hw47Mx1qzsrgto3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://9.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kuq3hw47Mx1qzsrgto4_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p>Swiss underground home (via <a>swissmiss</a>)</p> <p>Amazing!! (<a href="http://www.trendir.com/house-design/underground-home-designs-swiss-mountain-house.html">More photos</a>)</p>http://katieparker.tumblr.com/post/285457654http://katieparker.tumblr.com/post/285457654Tue, 15 Dec 2009 18:13:08 -0800switzerland<embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://katieparker.tumblr.com/swf/audio_player.swf?audio_file=http://www.tumblr.com/audio_file/284789197/tumblr_kup8osPAeu1qzsrgt&color=FFFFFF" height="27" width="207" quality="best"></embed><br/><br/><p><b>25 Days of Christmas Songs:</b> Day 15</p> <p>Elizabeth Mitchell - Jingle Bells (<a href="http://files.me.com/katiemparker/zcefu9.mp3">download</a>)</p> <p>(This is not the actress from LOST and V, by the way. Just thought I’d clear that up right off the bat.)</p>http://katieparker.tumblr.com/post/284789197http://katieparker.tumblr.com/post/284789197Tue, 15 Dec 2009 08:00:00 -0800<img src="http://11.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kuoct5yvA71qzv1jqo1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>(via <a href="http://www.fuckyeahneilpatrickharris.com/">fuckyeahneilpatrickharris</a>)</p> <p>SUIT UP!</p>http://katieparker.tumblr.com/post/284116098http://katieparker.tumblr.com/post/284116098Mon, 14 Dec 2009 19:47:16 -0800<img src="http://21.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kunxipnF0b1qzsrgto1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Charley stuck half his body through the arm hole of my mom’s vest last night. Strange dog…</p>http://katieparker.tumblr.com/post/283667349http://katieparker.tumblr.com/post/283667349Mon, 14 Dec 2009 14:08:37 -0800havanese<img src="http://7.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kunxeo8bEr1qzsrgto1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>My shaggy puppy yesterday.</p>http://katieparker.tumblr.com/post/283664507http://katieparker.tumblr.com/post/283664507Mon, 14 Dec 2009 14:06:11 -0800havanese<img src="http://20.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kunvfioZMg1qzsrgto1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Look who’s going to return to UW for his final college season!</p>http://katieparker.tumblr.com/post/283616030http://katieparker.tumblr.com/post/283616030Mon, 14 Dec 2009 13:23:23 -0800jake lockeruniversity of washington<embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://katieparker.tumblr.com/swf/audio_player.swf?audio_file=http://www.tumblr.com/audio_file/283572685/tumblr_kuntlhAeex1qzsrgt&color=FFFFFF" height="27" width="207" quality="best"></embed><br/><br/><p><b>25 Days of Christmas Songs:</b> Day 14</p> <p>Sufjan Stevens - Christmas in the Room (<a href="http://files.me.com/katiemparker/mk9n7u.mp3">download</a>)</p> <p>Another week, another amazing Sufjan song. (This one comes from volume eight in his <i>Songs for Christmas</i> series, which was leaked last year.)</p>http://katieparker.tumblr.com/post/283572685http://katieparker.tumblr.com/post/283572685Mon, 14 Dec 2009 12:44:05 -0800<embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://katieparker.tumblr.com/swf/audio_player.swf?audio_file=http://www.tumblr.com/audio_file/281808403/tumblr_kuln87J2gA1qzsrgt&color=FFFFFF" height="27" width="207" quality="best"></embed><br/><br/><p><b>25 Days of Christmas Songs:</b> Day 13</p> <p>fun. - Believe in Me (<a href="http://files.me.com/katiemparker/zbzg1c.mp3">download</a>)</p>http://katieparker.tumblr.com/post/281808403http://katieparker.tumblr.com/post/281808403Sun, 13 Dec 2009 08:31:19 -0800<img src="http://1.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kukr0rtKLL1qzqzgjo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://stephbird.tumblr.com/post/281196991/i-kind-of-understand-why-katie-disapproved-of" class="tumblr_blog">stephbird</a>:</p> <blockquote><p>i (<i>kind of</i>) understand why katie disapproved of the snowboobs vanessa & i put on her snowman (woman) last year during late night “mission: snow boobs” but can we agree that the spiked hair is awesome?</p></blockquote> <p>What can I say? I like my snowmen traditional.</p>http://katieparker.tumblr.com/post/281251210http://katieparker.tumblr.com/post/281251210Sat, 12 Dec 2009 21:37:10 -0800<span id="video_player_281135470">[<a href="http://www.adobe.com/shockwave/download/download.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash" target="_blank">Flash 10</a> is required to watch video.]</span><script type="text/javascript">renderVideo("video_player_281135470",'http://www.tumblr.com/video_file/281135470/tumblr_kukosaIw131qzsrgt',400,300,'poster=http%3A%2F%2Fmedia.tumblr.com%2Ftumblr_kukosaIw131qzsrgt_frame1.jpg,http%3A%2F%2Fmedia.tumblr.com%2Ftumblr_kukosaIw131qzsrgt_frame2.jpg,http%3A%2F%2Fmedia.tumblr.com%2Ftumblr_kukosaIw131qzsrgt_frame3.jpg,http%3A%2F%2Fmedia.tumblr.com%2Ftumblr_kukosaIw131qzsrgt_frame4.jpg,http%3A%2F%2Fmedia.tumblr.com%2Ftumblr_kukosaIw131qzsrgt_frame5.jpg')</script><br/><br/><p>The Christmas ships sailed by today!</p>http://katieparker.tumblr.com/post/281135470http://katieparker.tumblr.com/post/281135470Sat, 12 Dec 2009 20:07:18 -0800<img src="http://1.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kukj3oDjqo1qzsrgto1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Our Christmas tree. I have LOTS of presents to put under there!</p>http://katieparker.tumblr.com/post/280986805http://katieparker.tumblr.com/post/280986805Sat, 12 Dec 2009 18:04:33 -0800<embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://katieparker.tumblr.com/swf/audio_player.swf?audio_file=http://www.tumblr.com/audio_file/279773573/tumblr_kuitnz92cb1qzsrgt&color=FFFFFF" height="27" width="207" quality="best"></embed><br/><br/><p><b>25 Days of Christmas Songs:</b> Day 12</p> <p>The Beatles - Christmastime Is Here Again (<a href="http://files.me.com/katiemparker/o8km7z.mp3">download</a>)</p>http://katieparker.tumblr.com/post/279773573http://katieparker.tumblr.com/post/279773573Sat, 12 Dec 2009 08:00:00 -0800<embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://katieparker.tumblr.com/swf/audio_player.swf?audio_file=http://www.tumblr.com/audio_file/279096482/tumblr_kuhyhwTqjK1qzsrgt&color=FFFFFF" height="27" width="207" quality="best"></embed><br/><br/><p><b>25 Days of Christmas Songs:</b> Day 11</p> <p>The Polyphonic Spree - Happy Xmas (War is Over) (<a href="http://files.me.com/katiemparker/sz6190.mp3">download</a>)</p>http://katieparker.tumblr.com/post/279096482http://katieparker.tumblr.com/post/279096482Fri, 11 Dec 2009 08:44:20 -0800<object width="400" height="231"><param name="movie" value="http://www.hulu.com/embed/BNo1xX4VDs_IEeP5Mstz2w" /><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true" /><embed src="http://www.hulu.com/embed/BNo1xX4VDs_IEeP5Mstz2w" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" width="400" height="231"></embed></object><br/><br/><p>I haven’t watched last night’s episode of Bones yet (so shhhhhh!), but I do know that Zooey Deschanel guest starred. Here’s a behind-the-scenes featurette for the episode from Hulu.</p>http://katieparker.tumblr.com/post/279007213http://katieparker.tumblr.com/post/279007213Fri, 11 Dec 2009 07:04:00 -0800bonesemily deschanelzooey deschanel<img src="http://6.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kugwvmnFLC1qzsrgto1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Ellie modeling the coat I just bought Charley (which is why it’s way too big on her). She was not happy about this situation at all!</p>http://katieparker.tumblr.com/post/278381358http://katieparker.tumblr.com/post/278381358Thu, 10 Dec 2009 19:11:46 -0800havanese<embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://katieparker.tumblr.com/swf/audio_player.swf?audio_file=http://www.tumblr.com/audio_file/277663392/tumblr_kug0riVKqK1qzsrgt&color=FFFFFF" height="27" width="207" quality="best"></embed><br/><br/><p><b>25 Days of Christmas Songs: </b>Day 10</p> <p>Feist - Lo, How A Rose E’re Blooming (<a href="http://files.me.com/katiemparker/b0favz.mp3">download</a>)</p>http://katieparker.tumblr.com/post/277663392http://katieparker.tumblr.com/post/277663392Thu, 10 Dec 2009 08:00:00 -0800<embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://katieparker.tumblr.com/swf/audio_player.swf?audio_file=http://www.tumblr.com/audio_file/276227643/tumblr_kue5ycmF4S1qzsrgt&color=FFFFFF" height="27" width="207" quality="best"></embed><br/><br/><p><b>25 Days of Christmas Songs: </b>Day 9</p> <p>Jennifer O’Connor - Deck the Halls (<a href="http://files.me.com/katiemparker/kxudzm.mp3">download</a>)</p> <p>Earlier:</p> <ul> <li>Day 1: <a href="http://katieparker.tumblr.com/post/265010163/25-days-of-christmas-songs-day-1-sufjan-stevens">Sufjan Stevens - Sister Winter</a> </li> <li>Day 2: <a href="http://katieparker.tumblr.com/post/266399020/25-days-of-christmas-songs-day-2-low-just-like">Low - Just Like Christmas</a> </li> <li>Day 3: <a href="http://katieparker.tumblr.com/post/267791439/25-days-of-christmas-songs-day-3-matt-pond-pa">Matt Pond PA - Holiday Road</a> </li> <li>Day 4: <a href="http://katieparker.tumblr.com/post/269144123/25-days-of-christmas-songs-day-4-rosie-thomas">Rosie Thomas -  Why Can’t It Be Christmastime All Year?</a> </li> <li>Day 5: <a href="http://katieparker.tumblr.com/post/271184032/25-days-of-christmas-songs-day-5-julian">Julian Casablancas - Wish It Was Christmas Today</a> </li> <li>Day 6: <a href="http://katieparker.tumblr.com/post/271819140/25-days-of-christmas-songs-day-6-robert-downey">Robert Downey Jr. - River</a> </li> <li>Day 7: <a href="http://katieparker.tumblr.com/post/273318153/25-days-of-christmas-songs-day-7-sufjan-stevens">Sufjan Stevens - Come On! Let’s Boogey To The Elf Dance!</a> </li> <li>Day 8: <a href="http://katieparker.tumblr.com/post/274784336/25-days-of-christmas-songs-day-8-the-new">The New Pornographers - Joseph, Who Understood</a> </li> </ul>http://katieparker.tumblr.com/post/276227643http://katieparker.tumblr.com/post/276227643Wed, 09 Dec 2009 08:00:00 -0800