I'm Kayla! I've lived in Denver my whole life (minus one year learning Russian in Moscow) and I think Denver is the greatest place in the world. I am finishing my degrees in Russian and International Studies at University of Denver, and I plan on attending law school there as well next year. I play cello in the band Mega Gem and love to listen to and write about most kinds of music.

Playing music is my number one favorite thing in my life right now. I play with Mega Gem very actively, and I'm open to play socially with anyone! Cello is the only instrument I can play well, but I want to learn piano, voice and guitar.

playing, listening to, and writing about music; making and being there for friends; school; wasting time on the internet ;)

My eyes are very green and I talk very fast.

Books: Jack Kerouac, Chuck Klosterman, Fyodor Dostoevsky, Leo Tolstoy, Jonathan Safran Foer, Allen Ginsberg, Mikhail Bulgakov, Mark Z Danielewski

Movies: Kill Bill vols 1 + 2, The Matrix, Jurassic Park, The Royal Tenenbaums, Pulp Fiction, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Fight Club, Everything is Illuminated

TV: Buffy the Vampire Slayer, True Blood, SNL, The Daily Show, Gossip Girl, Cowboy Bebop, Code Geass

Music: Radiohead, The Mountain Goats, Skrillex, deadmau5, The Decemberists, Explosions in the Sky, Arcade Fire, The Magnetic Fields, Bright Eyes, Death Cab for Cutie, Don Lennon, Chairlift, David Dondero, Metric, Purity Ring, Grizzly Bear, Typhoon, Mates of State, Fleet Foxes, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, Modest Mouse, Matson Jones, Of Montreal, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Bob Dylan, Animal Collective, Wolf Parade, The Beatles

Locals: Shaky Molars, The Haircut, Bad Weather California, Mega Gem, Princess Music, Bonnie Jeanne, Bearsnail, Vitamins, Slim Cessna's Auto Club, The Don'ts and Be Carefuls, Rubedo, Amazing Twin, Everything Absent or Distorted

Video Games: Fallout 3, Fallout New Vegas, The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, Bioshock, Final Fantasy VII, Final Fantasy XII, Final Fantasy XIII, Super Mario 64, MarioKart 64, Super Smash Brothers, Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic 1 and 2, Beautiful Katamari, L.A. Noir

1. Cello
2. iPod (or some other way to listen to music. Oh, that vinyl were more portable!)
3. a book in my purse
4. someone to speak Russian with
5. the bracelets I constantly wear on my right wrist
6. love, family, friends, all that cheesy stuff

where I've been, where I am, where I'm going. My friends. My little sister. Music.

Playing a show with Mega Gem

Republicans tend to make me uncomfortable.

you want to go see some live music or talk about some of the many things I geek out over!