Hi, my name is Cate and I'm a student at UC Berkeley. I'm an English major and am going to be studying abroad in Ireland in 2010 while pursuing my major. I am a writer, a photographer, an artist, a skater and a film critic; I am not good at any of those, but I enjoy all with the deepest passion.

Anyone from Ireland; ages around 19-25 preferred.

Not mandatory but it would be lovely to meet someone who can write me pages and pages of words to read.  I am not looking for language exchange. I am not looking for a ton of international friends. I'm not looking for a boyfriend. I'm not looking for AIM or text friends. I'm looking for someone with whom I can share my mind, a confidante, through words that he or she actually took some care in writing.

Preferably someone around same age as me, 18 - 22.

I had one penpal before, his name was Kris and he was from Antwerp, Belgium. I miss his thoughts a lot.

Writing, photography, journalism, international politics, art, Eastern European culture, Paris, movies, tapioca pearls, music, skateboarding, pea coats and ankle boots, sunflowers, morning glories, and last but not least the beauty of mind

I take my camera with me everywhere. The littlest things make me happy. Did you know, one time I found three hidden angels on the sides of the road in Berkeley when I was walking back from class? Ridiculous!

Beirut, Yann Tiersen, The Mars Volta, Bombadil, Tori Amos, Billie Holiday, Modest Mouse, The New Pornographers, Minus the Bear, The Strokes, The Shins, Bloc Party, Coconut Records, Swan Dive, Cat Power, Julie London, Ella Fitzgerald, Sarah Vaughan, Daft Punk, The Finches, Devotchka, The Lovely Sparrows, A Hawk and a Hacksaw, The Cat Empire, Neutral Milk Hotel, Death from above 1979, Glen Hansard & Marketa Irglova, Flight of the Conchords, Gotan Project, Pink Martini, Bitter:Sweet, Gym Class Heroes, The Avalanches, Berlin, Thievery Corporation, Joni Mitchell, Animal Collective, Sigur Ros, Yes

Before Sunrise, Before Sunset, Amelie, Once, Lost in Translation, Fight Club, 3-Iron, Interview with the Vampire, Garden State, Cidade de Deus, Delicatessen, Paris, Je t'aime, Dead Poets Society, The Motorcycle Diaries, The Illusionist, Snezhnaya koroleva, Fantasia (1940), Romeo and Juliet (Zeffirellli), Atonement, My Blueberry Nights, Great Expectations (1998), Jeux D'enfants

On the Road, The Portrait of an Artist as a Young Man, Life of Pi

How happy is the blameless vestal's lot!
The world forgetting, by the world forgot
Eternal sunshine of the spotless mind!
Each pray'r accepted, and each wish resign'd.

-Alexander Pope, "Eloisa to Abelard"

I can well imagine an atheist