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Magdalena

You know you ain't quite right..? ... That's the popular theory

About Me

I am a 39 year old nanny from Melbourne, Australia, who has finally succumbed to the MySpace phenomenon and found my very own space to fill with my stuff...I collect wombats... yes, wombats... adore 'Firefly' & 'Serenity' so I am, therefore, a Browncoat, a member of the 76th Battalion and completely insensed that F&#x took the best thing ever made for TV off the air before it had a chance to gain an audience...I adore my .. friends, who'd have thought that I would make so many meaningful connections on line... and I have lots of wonderful people in my real life too... so I am very blessed!A trained actor and experienced thespian, graduate of the National Theatre Drama School, Australia, and have performed on stage in Australia and New Zealand... I have a passion for history... I have explored Australian, Melbourne (local) and family history in general as well as the American Civil War and Napoleonic Wars... but my passion is for Medieval European history with all it's intrigues, inter-royal-family marriages and network of power between the Church, Monarchy and Parliaments of Europe... ****************************************************** Which famous Shakespeare play are you?
Hey, wake up! You're 'A Midsummer Night's Dream!'
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You Are a Chimera
You are very outgoing and well connected to many people.
Incredibly devoted to your family and friends, you find purpose in nurturing others.
You are rarely alone, and you do best in the company of others.
You are incredibly expressive, and people are sometimes overwhelmed by your strong emotions. What Mythological Creature Are You?

My Interests

making jewellery, photography, chatting on line, working on fan fiction for the first time ever... Firefly/Serenity of course!! Watching it whenever just brightens my day! Your results:
You are Kaylee Frye (Ship Mechanic) Kaylee Frye (Ship Mechanic) 100% Derrial Book (Shepherd) 75% Zoe Washburne (Second-in-command) 60% Dr. Simon Tam (Ship Medic) 60% Malcolm Reynolds (Captain) 55% River (Stowaway) 45% Wash (Ship Pilot) 40% Inara Serra (Companion) 35% Jayne Cobb (Mercenary) 15% Alliance 10% A Reaver (Cannibal) 5% You are good at fixing things.
You are usually cheerful.
You appreciate being treated
with delicacy and specialness.
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Which Firefly character are you?
You are Kaylee, the ship's mechanic. You are cute as a button, chipper, cheerfull and optimistic, though you panic in a fight. Engines make you hot and you prefer having sex next to a big, humming thing.
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Quizilla | Join| Make A Quiz | More Quizzes | Grab CodeOh... I am so very Kaylee!!

I'd like to meet:

Joss Whedon, Mark Shepperd, Ron Glass, Dame Judy Dench, Colin Firth, Alexandre Dumas, Charles Dickens, Josiah Wedgewood, my great-great Grandmother - Hannah Maria Mason/Lilleyman, My great-gr-gr-gr Grandfather - Josiah Small (Sergeant in the Cavalry at the Battle of Waterloo), any of the Big Damn Hero's... Browncoats... The 76th Battalion... Magda Subanki... oh there are so many - too difficult to think at the moment...

Music:

Pink Floyd, the Traveling Wilburys, Prince (well, that's what his mother called him), Thirsty Merc, Gwen Steffani, Dragon, Fleetwood Mac, Wishing Well, Kiss, Billy Joel, Cold Chisel, The Angels, Duran Duran,

Movies:

Serenity, Strictly Ballroom, The Matrix, The Lake House, Raise the Red Lantern, Dreamgirls, Little Miss Sunshine, Dirty Dancing, Gettysburg, Bull Durham, The Matrix,

Television:

Firefly - nothing will ever come close... Oh, I guess I watch Bones, The West Wing, Supernatural, House and BBC dramatisations as well as any British murder mystery... Who's your male Buffy soul mate?
Xander Harris.
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Books:

currently reading "The Seer and the Sword" by Victoria Hanley - brilliant, especially for younger readers! also... "Love Letters of an ANZAC" published in 1915 when the ANZACs were still at Gallipoli - it's moving and interesting to see the different way we expressed ourselved back then... next book will be 'Killer Angels'...
You scored as Hufflepuff, You have been sorted into Hufflepuff. Good for you! That means you're 'patient, true and unafraid of toil'.

Hufflepuff


80%

Gryffindor


60%

Ravenclaw


55%

Slytherin


25%
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Which Hogwarts house will you be sorted into?

Heroes:

serious heroes are folk like Nancy Wake, Nelson Mandela and Weary Dunlop - but my personal heroes include my parents, my wonderful friends, my sisters and folk I met on line like, Tristan, MsG, Jimi-bear, Little Albatross & Phoenix Rose. I am kind of my own hero too - coz we all have challenges, and sometimes we triumph over them...


Your Kissing Technique Is: Perfect
Your kissing technique is amazing - and you know it.
You have the confidence to make the first move.
And you always seem to know what kissing style is going to work best.
Sometimes you're passionate, sometimes you're a tease. And you're always amazing! Are You a Good Kisser? What kind of witch are you?
You are a Light Witch! You are more powerful than witches of the Four Material Elements, but at first glance, its hard to tell. Ever calm and innocent, your soul shines bright and pure, and even the humans can see it. Though many may mistake you as a goody goody, you know otherwise. You fight to maintain the balance of nature, that above all else. Honor and duty are your driving force, and if that means you have to kill a thousand men, well... looks like you'll be leaving a lot of lonely women in your wake.Common Powers: Telekinesis- the ability to move objects with ones mind Invisibility- the ability to be unseenTelepathy- the ability to read thoughts, and plant them.Premonition- the ability to see the past or future.Light weaving- the ability to conjure and control light creatures, objects, and spells that nothing can destroy or kill but the user.
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"Yessir, Captain Tightpants." (Kaylee, Shindig)
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My Blog

Anyone had a ’first day in a new job’ like this...?

My first official day on the job! My employer has flown to the Netherlands on business before I got up at 6.45 this morning so I am completely in charge and for the first 15 mins of my day things went...
Posted by Magdalena on Mon, 21 Apr 2008 01:48:00 PST

Hilarious New Year Resolutions!

This was posted on the 76th by a friend who found it on the SEBC site! (SouthEastern BrownCoats) so now I am sharing it with more friends here coz it tickled me and I think a few of us can relate to i...
Posted by Magdalena on Fri, 28 Dec 2007 06:08:00 PST

Happy Christmas

Happy Christmas people!  ..:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /> My Christmas started poorly  I was trying to catch up on some last minute shopping (after spen...
Posted by Magdalena on Wed, 26 Dec 2007 07:48:00 PST

10 things...

Weird and wonderful things abound about me! 1. My pet dislike is toilet lids being left up and toilet doors being left open... the seat isn't even a factor people, the lid is there for a reason!!! If...
Posted by Magdalena on Sat, 20 Oct 2007 11:00:00 PST

I’m in the USA - Pt1.

I am here in Georgia with my friends Jimi and Ken and Ilse, at Ken's unit in Atlanta (well he keeps telling me it's Kennesaw, but as far as I am concerned it's part of Atlanta!) I had a pretty good ti...
Posted by Magdalena on Tue, 28 Aug 2007 09:58:00 PST

*SPOILER ALERT* Harry Potter and Where I was Right or Wrong!!

First of all - PLEASE DO NOT READ THIS BLOG UNLESS YOU HAVE READ "HARRY POTTER & THE DEATHLY HALLOWS" ...I do not want to spoil a damn good book for you!!! Last week I posted my predictions using...
Posted by Magdalena on Mon, 23 Jul 2007 02:26:00 PST

4 more sleeps Til Harry Potter!! *some degree of spoilerishness*

Thanks to my friend Mary I did the Mugglenet prediction questionaire... I thought it might be fun to come back and read after I have read the new book in 4 more sleeps!!! So here goes - my prediction...
Posted by Magdalena on Tue, 17 Jul 2007 06:53:00 PST

The roller coaster continues!

Whoah - to say that I have been on an emotional rollercoaster is an understatement... when last I posted I was really fine - honestly feeling strong and happy and well and that things were improving i...
Posted by Magdalena on Sun, 06 May 2007 12:10:00 PST

"Temptation"

OK... so some of you looked at the title of my blog and thought it was about giving in to something right? No!! It is about that quiz show I mentioned a couple of days ago... the show I taped on Satur...
Posted by Magdalena on Sun, 22 Apr 2007 11:39:00 PST

A different kind of moment...

Hey you all... As usual I have been just so amazed at the love I get when I post a blog - and since I get so little time online at the moment I thought I would post again to update you on those moment...
Posted by Magdalena on Fri, 20 Apr 2007 01:44:00 PST