This week's victim is... (drum roll) Kate Botello. So without further ado, let's take a look into the mind of your fab host.


Name: Kate Botello.
Job Title: Host, The Screen Savers.
Homepage: Egregious lack of homepage.
Hometown: Born in Dallas, Texas, raised in Santa Fe, New Mexico.
Favorite website: As of this week: www.tomshardware.com and of course, http://danyelle.home.mindspring.com and http://members.aol.com/evilchawk/deport_laporte.html
First computer: Texas Instruments 99/4A.
College/University: San Francisco State University.
Former Life: Tap-dancing, Judy Garland impersonating, Senior Desktop Services Analyst-- Pretty close to my life now.
Favorite piece of technology: The NETCAM!
Favorite author and book: Matt Ruff, Fool on the Hill; Lewis Carroll, Through the Looking Glass and What Alice Found There; Jack Womack, Random Acts of Senseless Violence; Neil Gaiman, The Day I Swapped My Dad for Two Goldfish.
Favorite movie or TV show: Amadeus, Buffy the Vampire Slayer.
Favorite quote: "Get me a bromide! And put some gin in it!!"-- Mary Boland, The Women, Clare Booth Luce. My other favorite quote is by Mae West, and not-- ahem-- appropriate for all viewers. Ditto for Talullah Bankhead.
Motto: I've got all the time in the world to wait, and none of it to waste.

And now the Proust Questions:
What is your most marked characteristic? My rubber face.
What do you consider your greatest achievement? Keeping my rubber face straight when Leo "churns butter."
When and where were you happiest? In recent memory: COMDEX, Las Vegas, with Leo and Stacee, two feet (two feet!!) away from my All-time favorite Kate: Kate Pierson of the B-52's!
What is your greatest regret? Teaching Leo how to make the "L" symbol on his forehead.
What is your idea of perfect happiness? I'm not sure, but it probably involves food. And napping.
What is your most treasured possession? My health. Oh, yeah, and my vintage brown suede ankle-length coat.
Where would you like to live? A big Victorian flat in a cool neighborhood with good coffee and groceries within walking distance and a big garden for the cats to run around in. Either that, or a Tuscan villa with a T3.
What is your greatest fear? Other people finding out what I'm most afraid of.
What is the trait you most deplore in yourself? My tendency to procrastinate, but we'll talk about that later.
What is the trait you most deplore in others? Lack of common sense!!!
What do you consider the most overrated virtue? Life without butter
What is your greatest extravagance? Attempts at "Martha Stewart Living"-- with butter.
What is your favorite journey? Sunday morning, fuzzy slippers, from couch to coffee pot and back again.
What is it that you most dislike? Headgames!
What is the quality you most like in a man? Not being all hung up on what quality they think women like most in men.
What is the quality you most like in a woman? Guts and general no-bull-taking sass. Also, the above, vice-versa.
What do you most value in your friends? Honesty with love. Combine honesty with love, a sense of humor, and a tendency to bring snacks when you come over, and we're set.
If you were to come back as a person or thing, what do you think it would be? If Karma dictates, a clumsy, tone-deaf accountant with no fashion sense. Or maybe a cow on the Harris ranch, considering all the steak I've eaten. Clumsy accountants with no fashion sense should come back as flamenco-dancing supermodels. Do vegetarians come back as carrots?
If you could choose what to come back as, what would it be? Argentine tango dancer, fireman, or kung fu fighting star.
How would you like to die? In my sleep, as painlessly as possible, a very, very, very long time from now.

So, do you guys feel a little close to the enigma we call, Kate? I hope so. These are some pretty tough self-examining questions. Thanks for playing, Kate!

Got a question? Send it to stacee@techtv.com.