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empy

I am here for Friends

About Me

I like to read good books while soaking in a hot bubble bath
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My Interests

Music
Urban exploration
Movies
Human Anatomy
Physiology & Pharmacology
Writing
Avoiding doing my minor thesis as much as possible
Pretending to be a forensic pathologist

I'd like to meet:

People who are open minded and aren't afraid to discover that everything that they ever believed in was wrong

Music:

Music I love that I am open about telling people about:
Artic Monkeys
David Bowie
MUSE
Led Zep
Doors
NIN
Deva Premal
Midnight Juggernaughts
VAST
Wolfmother
Eskimo joe
The Doves
Foo Fighters
Nirvana
Beatles
The Church
MOS Chillout
Goldfrappe
Pulp
Radiohead
RHCP
Pearl Jam
Smashing Pumpkins
Pink Floyd
Jeff Buckley
Neil Young
Eric Clapton
Derek Trucks Band
Music I like that I dont bring up in general conversation
Sting
Andrew Lloyd Webber musicals
Chopin
Beethoven
Mozart
Grieg

Movies:

American beauty
LOTR
Pans Labyrinth
Dark Crystal
All the Bonds
Labyrinth
Princess Bride
Star Wars (mainly 4-6)
Human Traffic
Fight Club
Donnie Darko
Anything by Quentin Tarantino but especially Kill Bill 1 & 2
Shawshank Redemption
Zoolander
From Dusk to Dawn
American Beauty
The Illusionist
The Simpsons movie

Television:

BUFFY SEASON 8 WOOHOO!!!!!! (too bad it's only in comic book format :()
Dr Who
Torchwood
XFiles
The Others
Buffy
Angel
Simpsons
Family Guy
Twin Peaks
Blackadder
Bottom
Young Ones
Black Books
Ab Fab
Alias
Stargate
Supernatural
House
Futurama
Heros
Invader zim

Books:

Anything by Arthur C Clark,Frederik Pohl,Piers Anthony,Stephen King,Issac Asimov,Margaret Attwood,Ursula LeGuin,Sara Douglass,Ben Elton,Laurell K Hamilton, Jennifer Fallon.Into Harry Potter ATM. I prefer novels from the scifi & fantasy genre but basically I'll read anything if it's put in front of me. Recently discovered the joy of graphic novels

Currently reading:
1) Warlord by Jennifer Fallon
2) Mostly Harmless by Douglas Adams
3) The Harlequin by Laurrel k Hamilton

My current top 5 novels ever:
1) Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams (all 5 installments)
2) Gateway by Frederik Pohl
3) Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad
4) The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood
5) The Abyss by Orson Scott Card (I know it's pretty sad to have a movie novilisation as a fav but it is deluxe :)

Heroes:

SPIDER PIG!
Cpt Jack Harkness-if I was going to be immortal I would want to be him
Dr Who: what a man (or time lord, or whatever his species is)

My Blog

The Checklist (empy style)

My mate Randall posted his personal list of things to do before he died not long ago and it really struck a nerve in me that I really hadn't compiled a list of things I really wanted to...
Posted by empy on Sat, 06 Oct 2007 03:20:00 PST

Totally Addicted to Torchwood

Well it's time for another confession from the depths of my soul. Well, I don't know whether to call it a soul or not, perhaps it would be more apt to describe it as parts of my consciousness that I c...
Posted by empy on Thu, 09 Aug 2007 04:33:00 PST

Exist or live

"Time - He's waiting in the wingsHe speaks of senseless thingsHis script is you and me boysTime - He flexes like a whoreFalls wanking to the floorHis trick is you and me, boyTime - In Quaaludes and re...
Posted by empy on Sun, 15 Jul 2007 05:42:00 PST

Procrastination Masturbation

I cannot believe how lazy I am. It has been an uphill battle to attempt to motivate myself to get on and get things done but I seem to be languishing in the land of not caring. I really do care, but e...
Posted by empy on Wed, 25 Apr 2007 09:15:00 PST

The Fine Line

It's a fine line between connoisseur and snob. We all experience moments in our lives where we have this crystalline clear view of ourselves from beyond our normal perspective. It grants us an opportu...
Posted by empy on Sat, 17 Mar 2007 05:45:00 PST

Opening a scary door...

I'd like to come out of the spiritual closet. In fact, I'd like to go as far as tell you that I am in fact bi-spiritual. Wow. Now this may not seem like a great issue, like when someone tells you they...
Posted by empy on Thu, 08 Mar 2007 01:18:00 PST

With a little help from Jack Daniels

Drinking. It's a perfectly acceptable pastime in Australia. It is used as a rite of passage for so many of our cultures celebrations and ceremonies. But does drinking improve us as a culture or is it ...
Posted by empy on Sun, 04 Mar 2007 12:01:00 PST

Oh the humanity

I love the flawed human. I think so much of our lives are dedicated to pretending that we are perfect or making ourselves perfect that we forget that sometimes it is the contrast between perfection an...
Posted by empy on Fri, 16 Feb 2007 03:22:00 PST