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Jay

And so it begins.....

About Me

What's there to know? My friends and family would say that I'm pretty quiet and shy at first, but I tend to break out of my shell once you get to know me.......so I guess you need to get to know me & see.
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My Interests

Movies, Writing, Music and Cooking.

I'd like to meet:

People with common interests.

Music:

Across the board, except R&B and folk music. E.g. Lisa Gerrard, DJ Shadow, Cambion, Aphex Twin, The Smiths, Joy Division, Depeche Mode, The Clash, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, Rammstein, The Darkness, Sonic Youth, Jane's Addiction, The Pixies, Mozart, Vivaldi, The Piano Soundtrack, Requiem for a Dream Soundtrack, Fight Club Soundtrack etc.

Movies:

Alfred Hitchcock films are my all time favourites. Other classics too, like Casablanca, Maltese Falcon and The Big Sleep. More recent films such as, Fight Club, Requiem for a Dream, Lord of the Rings Trilogy, The Proposition, Lantana and Jindabyne and pretty much anything with Johnny Depp in it.

Television:

Recent: House and Medium. Old School: Get Smart, Bewitched, Wonder Woman and Warner Bros cartoons (especially Daffy and Marvin Martian).

Books:

Books of short stories: Minimum of Two, Expressway and Swamp Foetus. Novels: Cloudstreet, The Raiders, The Hobbit, Lord of the Rings, Kafka on the Shore, Perfume, Joy Luck Club etc.

My Blog

New Zine Accepting Submissions

Something else from a myspace friend of mine: New Zine Accepting Submissions ON THE NIGHT HIGHWAYS is accepting fiction submissions at this time.ON THE NIGHT HIGHWAYS is going to be a quarterly zine ...
Posted by Jay on Sat, 10 Feb 2007 04:15:00 PST

Wilfred on SBS - March 19th, 10.00pm

A new show that I worked on is being broadcast on SBS in March. Some of you may know the short film of the same name that it's based, which was screened in Tropfest.Wilfred on SBS - March 19th, 10.00p...
Posted by Jay on Thu, 08 Feb 2007 07:10:00 PST

A couple of questions for writers.

On another subject all together.  As you all would've guessed, I like to write.  I love words, even the misuse of words, by me or anyone else I enjoy.  It's my favourite hobby (aside fr...
Posted by Jay on Sat, 03 Feb 2007 04:39:00 PST

Big Words or no Big Words?

Thanks to Ourspace for their contribution to the Big Word 2.  GIMCRACK is a kind of "thing-imi-gig".  The meaning is - noun: A trivial mechanism; a device; a toy; a pretty but useless or wor...
Posted by Jay on Sat, 03 Feb 2007 04:20:00 PST

Big Word 2

Well I'm off on a cracker start on this big word game.  3 of you made some kind of response.  I like to think that I'm a bit of an optimist, so I'm going to continue with this game a bit lon...
Posted by Jay on Fri, 02 Feb 2007 06:07:00 PST

Big Word of the Day - Quiz

I've decided to post a big word of the day.  If this catches on, then I'll keep going. I'm going to give you guys a big word and I want you to come up with the most creative, made up meanin...
Posted by Jay on Thu, 01 Feb 2007 01:39:00 PST

The Writer's Chatroom Writing Contest!

One of my myspace friends told me and their friends about this, so I thought I'd pass it on too: The Writer's Chatroom Writing Contest!PRIZES:1st place: $25.00 Cash, Publication in The Writer's Chatro...
Posted by Jay on Wed, 03 Jan 2007 11:02:00 PST

Bushfires in Australia

Just a special note:Give a special thought out to the volunteer fire fighters working hard to put out the bushfires in VIC, NSW, TAS & WA, Australia.Every summer there are bushfires in this countr...
Posted by Jay on Wed, 13 Dec 2006 12:42:00 PST

LOCATION SCOUTING/MANAGMENT FOR FILM/TV/STILLS IN MELBOURNE

Just wanted to let those of you in the film & television industry know that I work for allformat locations.  A location scouting/managment company in Melbourne.  So if you're ever in the...
Posted by Jay on Sat, 28 Oct 2006 02:15:00 PST