About

I started this blog in July 2011 as a way of keeping friends and family updated during the year I spent abroad in Australia and France, but the thought of being done with the blog made me sad, so I'm still posting. I'm in a transition stage trying to figure out what it is I want this blog to be about, but chances are it will continue to be a life-update-journal of sorts for me, as well as expand to include my general musings and observations and anything I think is really neat, like what books I'm reading, places I'm going/want to go, or movies or shows I'm into at that particular moment.

I decided on the title, Everywhere at Once, because I was super excited to go abroad and get experience living in another country, but I was incredibly torn about leaving my home- and college town. I wanted to be in all of those places at the same time. That's even more true today, as it now feels like I've left my heart scattered around the world with the many people I've met and grown to love throughout my life, but especially in this last year. There's a part of me that still wants to crawl into a hole at my parents' house with every family member and childhood friend and never leave; to find a nook in Indiana with the friends that took care of me and helped me grow up over three long years; to party on in Australia for the rest of my life with friends I will never forget in places that will be forever special to me; to sit and appreciate each place in Europe with the dear friends that triumphed and experienced the best of life with me.

Not only does this title refer to places I want to be and people I want to be with, but it also describes my state of mind. A metaphorical snapshot of the inside of my head would probably look something like an 80s pinball machine, a rave with lots of strobe lights, or maybe a skittish squirrel on the best of days. My thoughts are all over the place or, you know, everywhere at once.

Anyway, for now, I'm interning with a publishing company in New York and figuring out if this - publishing and New York - is something that I want to do permanently. So far I really like it, but I'm not convinced. It's a big decision, and I'm glad I'll have the next few months to think it over and try it all out.

Until then, I hope this gives you a little better perspective on me as a person and as a writer and dear God, if reading this gives you any idea of what I should be doing with my life or which direction I should be heading, feel free to let me know. At this point, your guess is as good as mine. Here's to figuring it out together!

If you'd like to contact me, email me at kileykatey (at) gmail (dot) com.

And here are some quick-ish snippets about me:

--I'm from Cincinnati, and I went to university in Indiana.
--I graduated with bachelor's degrees in English (writing concentration) and French. Naturally, employers are bending over backwards to employ a girl with not one, but two Liberal Arts degrees, but I haven't decided what it is I want to do yet.
--I love to play soccer and hope I will continue to play for a long, long time.
--I think that dogs are 23,974 times better than cats.
--My family is SUPER important to me.
--I have a borderline obsession with Harry Potter.
--Yellow is my favorite color. In case you couldn't tell.
--Traveling and languages are two of my passions and I plan for them to be big parts of my life, because you can never run out of places to go or languages to learn and I think that's a really cool opportunity to always be discovering something new, which is always really fun.
--And I write very long (but grammatically correct, damnit) sentences. My b.