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About Me

Try the BEST MySpace Editor and MySpace Backgrounds at MySpace Toolbox ! In the book 'Peter Pan' it is said that fairies are so small that they can only hold one emotion at a time and so they express emotions much more strongly than human beings. I think that describes me. Once upon a time I wasn't quite the cheerful thing I am today, not at all in fact! But I believed in happy endings and I found one. I'm not overly optimistic, I just know that no matter how bad things are, there is always a happy ending, it's just up to you to decide when and how the story ends! I talk a lot am rather hyper and can't handle my drink. I am an outreach support worker for people who have learning disabilities, it's a fun and rewarding job! I really love Japan and Japanese culture. I'm studying Japanese and really enjoy it though I suck at languages so I'm sort of chasing my tail here! It's good fun! I also have really weird dress sense. It used to be quite normal but about 2 years ago I discovered I like childrens' clothes better than adults. They suit me, probably because I look a bit like a kid, they fit me better 'cos I'm short, they cost less and there's so much more imagination goes into them! Oh, and I wear cat ears a lot too, even at work!I am Pagan by religion and have been for quite some time now (11 years if you must know). It's a way of life for me but never gets in the way of fun and friendships. My friends are very important to me. I had to learn how to love people and it was a hard lesson but one of the best things to ever happen to me. As hard as it was to learn, I really, really do love people these days, especially those who love me too! I believe in faeries. It doesn't mean I go skipping around all the time and have pictures of glittery little people all over my house. The kind I see look nothing like the ones in story books I'm afraid. But I do see them and so I believe. Myspace Falling Objects

My Interests

I love reading, writing, Japanese culture, animals, yoga, gardening (especially herbs), wild plants, music, singing, painting, vegan cooking, socialising, catching raindrops on my tongue and... oh.. the list goes on... I spend a lot of time in a place on the astral called Rotokia. I bring back all kinds of stories from there. It is briefly introduced in one of my blogs.

I'd like to meet:

Any one. I really do like most people. I used to be a judgemental cow but now, I just like 'people' generally.Anyone who speaks or is learning Japanese would be cool to meet!Don't they say a stanger's just a friend you haven't met yet?Old friends too, trust me, you already mean the world to me so don't be shy!I'd also like to meet that girl on the otherside of the mirror, you know, the one that looks like me but back-to-front. I have loads to ask hera japanese song

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Music:

Music is fab. I like all kinds really but hip hop makes me grumpy and I don't like dance or techno because they give me a bad head. I listen to a lot of celtic music as well as general 'chilled out, easy listening' but I'm not shy of a good dose of punk! Gackt Redemption (English Subs)

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Movies:

Mirrormask, Princess Mononoke, Pans Labyrinth, (but the violent bits make me sad) Spirited Away, Finding neverland, What Dreams May Come. Dark Crystal, you know, that kind of thing. I also like disney movies (sad I know but I do!) Don't ask me why but this is my fave Disney song...

Television:

Black Books, Dr. Who Care Bears, Rainbow Brite, Moon Phase And all the other stuff I like. Not soaps because if I need the drama of everyday life I'd rather live it!

Books:

I adore books. Books are living things. They have their own spirit. Everyone with a soul should read. (animals and plants can't read but they still tell each other stories. I overheard a lily storying a pot of nasturtiums last year, didnt understand a word of it but I sat with a can and listened to the whole thing!) Fiction The Onion Girl, Widdershins, The Good Faeries of New York, Peter Pan, All Discworld novels, Hitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxy, Harry Potter... whatever I happen to be reading tends to become my 'favourate book ever!'Non Fiction Good Faries/Bad faries The Witches' Way and Eight Sabbats for Witches (apparently reproduced now in one volume called 'the witches' bible'-who knew?) Japanese for busy people (books I,II and III). Pricey but great series of textbooks. I'm sure its impossible not to succeed in learning Japanese with those books, they're like, idiot proof! The origin of Species.

Heroes:

Jilly Coppercorn= fictional but I love her for showing me it's actually okay, in fact rather cool to be me. Rusty = For being a great friend, wise teacher and passionate lover. You made all the bad in this world seem far away and let me become who I am today! Thank you Rusty. Tender Heart Bear = The name speaks for itself! Yoshimitsu of course.

My Blog

Wondering Girl - My adventures in Japan

Well I have tried several times to upload some of the pics from Japan (not all of them as I took around 190) but my laptop keeps freezing or MySpace decides it doesn't want to play so I've given up. I...
Posted by Once Upon a Time... on Tue, 15 Apr 2008 03:52:00 PST

J-girl

Well today’s the day. I’m all packed and just waiting for my Aunt to pickme up and take me down to London. I’m so excited to be going back to Japan. My friend Mina ...
Posted by Once Upon a Time... on Mon, 31 Mar 2008 02:32:00 PST

Naked Girl - on nudity, confidence and lazytown

I have decided to try to blog more so I thought I'd start now. There always seems to be something happening in my life and at the moment I am waiting to sort out a date to start as a life model...
Posted by Once Upon a Time... on Tue, 04 Mar 2008 08:24:00 PST

Electric Girl - Mel and Jem's uni pikachu language!

Okay, I've told people about this in passing, I have laughed with Mel as we walked down memory lane remembering it. But I have finally found a written copy of the 'pikachu' language that Mel and...
Posted by Once Upon a Time... on Sat, 05 May 2007 05:53:00 PST

Manga Girl -trying to learn Japanese

Well May is here (as marked by my absolute FAVOURITE sabbat, Beltane!) so 4 months have past sinse I made my New Years Resolution to speak conversational Japanese by 2008 and I thought an update on my...
Posted by Once Upon a Time... on Thu, 03 May 2007 05:00:00 PST

Dreamland Girl -About Rotokia

At first I thought this might be too personal to put in a blog. But when I thought about it a bit, I have never denied Rotokia. No matter who I speak to, no matter how much I think they're bound to j...
Posted by Once Upon a Time... on Sun, 22 Apr 2007 04:15:00 PST

Broken Girl - Dark Shapes (story I wrote a long time ago).

Okay, since so many of my friends are writing and we're sharing stuff, I've decided to try again to post this story. It's not the most recent thing I've written being like, two years old ...
Posted by Once Upon a Time... on Wed, 20 Sep 2006 11:06:00 PST