Welcome to my humble abode! If you're reading this, I guess you want to know a little bit more about me, in which case you should know I have a rather lame sense of humour. It keeps me entertained, and often, when I'm laughing at my amazing wittiness, people stop and stare and wish they had wittiness to rival my own.
In the spirit of honesty, you should also know that picture isn't actually my pad, my hometown, my rocken and rollin' place of livin'. That hotel sign was quaint, and the castle in the background is in actual fact, outside of Munich- far far away, from where I actually live which is in the country home to the Harbour Bridge, Great Barrier Reef, Uluru and a capital city with too many round-abouts and straight roads. If you still haven't got it, I'm talking about Australia! I eat vegemite every day, used to live in a house where wallabies would thump around the backyard (I kid you not) and like my fellow Australians, I get a weird kick out of hearing people from other countries tell me about their impressions of Australia and how much they love it. (If you're also an Aussie, you've probably noticed this too. In interviews, the interviewer usually ends up pushing the poor celebrity until they crack and say- I love Bondi! I love how laid back you all are! Please stop asking me these questions! Remember when Mischa Barton came over and we were all in uproar because the only Aussie fashion designers she knew were Sass and Bide? Poor girl. They're probably the only ones I know too...)
Hmm.. A bit more about me. Well I don't really know what I'm passionate about- because I believe in not completely committing to anything unless you can back it up. This kind of one-tracked-ness stops me from being a multi-tasker. I can't even talk on the phone and choose whether to take a ramp or the stairs at the same time. I swear a lot, but I never mean it. I love shopping. My favourite word is 'faith'- which is actually a little strange because I don't affiliate myself with any religion, and am not at all sure whether I believe in God. I love travelling. There is something oddly liberating about walking down streets you've never seen before, and never will again, surrounded by faces as alien to you as you are to them. Maybe I should talk about what I believe in... That's easier that talking about my 'passions'. I believe in...the power of sunshine and laughter and chocolate and music. And words and big ideas. That's what makes me believe in people like Kevin Rudd and Barack Obama- because the way they talk puts my faith back in democracy and the power to change. Before I die I want to... know the world a lot better than I know the back of my hand (which wouldn't be very hard, since I don't know my hand very well anyway.) And I want to publish books, have experienced life long friendships, and friendships that last a night and to steal the words of Ghandi, be the change I want to see in the world. Also get over my habit of using the words 'like' and 'random' until I want to slap myself for sounding so idiotic.
Wow, I've ended up revealing a lot more of myself then I thought I would. Maybe in a couple of days I'll chicken out and take this profile down, but for now I think I'll leave it up here.
On a completely different note- if you read my writing- just, thank you. If you review, thank you even more! And to continue on this stories business-
The Story Behind The Story
Caught in the Rain: Actually, if you haven't read this, you shouldn't. I have it up here because I'm still strangely attached to it, but it'll never be finished. It began because I wanted to write about rich kids when I was fourteen. (If you do the math, that means I'm now, just about, 18! Gee, that came around quickly!) I created some sort of misty soup of a story- just about the only think I liked about it was the characters which led to...
Waiting on the World: This is my baby, just because as I say, I've been writing these characters for so long. Even when I wasn't writing, I'd have a thought and be like- that's exactly something Tyler would say! Or Noel or Noah or Freddy/Chas or whatever. Eventually all these random thoughts converged on me, and I was like- that's it! I must write this story because I'll regret it if I never do. I'll never publish it or anything- I think I have a long way to go before I get to that stage, but yeah, it'll be a good experience to finish something for once. Inspiration behind the characters... Tyler Durton's name is practically the same as Brad Pitt's character in Fight Club. (That's one movie where it's better than the book, I think.) The character himself is inspired by Sebastian Valmont in Cruel Intentions- Tyler looks like Ryan Phillipe in my head, but he is, thankfully quite different to Sebastian. Though they're both v. snarky. Emily is based off a girl I know- you know the irritatingly smart kind who is good at everything and obnoxious to boot. The girl I'm talking about is so self-absorbed however, that she would never be consciously malicious like Emily. She's too wrapped up in her amazing-ness and insulting other people without realising it. Yeah, don't like her much. Haha. Noel, when I first wrote her was an exaggerated version of me, but she's grown into someone quite different. Jet is also based on one of my best friends, who I've known since I was five. But she also, has changed quite a bit from how she really is in real life. So, I don't know if you can tell, but I am very much attached to this story. ;) I do have moments when I want to strangle it or consign it to the wasteland of abandoned dreams, but in the end I soldier on. So of course, it would be the shizz nit of awesome-o-rama if you left a review. Or even read it, really!
Beer, Spray Cans and Other Tools of Attraction: People get hit on in weird ways. My friend had a plastic glass chucked at her head. It's hilarious, I had to write a story about it. It's pure fluff and nonsense but you should check it out if you like that kind of thing. I made Saph, the lead, Bengali (Indiain) in heritage- as am I myself cos I think there should be more stories with different kinds of girls in leads. I might exend Byron and Saph into a long story when I finish WotW- if I'm still into writing Romance. The story would be about Byron and Saph as a couple... I do want to challenge myself and write something completely different (though of course, there'd still be romance involved, because that's how a story should be) but I'll see how I go.
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