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ALYS

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About Me


Recently moved back to Australia after living in Japan and the US for over 3 years. Happily married, and have a beautiful daughter.
I have recently rediscovered my passion for music, the making of it, and performing. It's taken me a long time to finally do something about it again, so now that I have, I don't plan to let it go by the wayside anymore...
Before this, riding and racing motocross was (and still is) my (other) passion but since I left Australia in 2003 I have only ridden a handful of times. I rode a bit in the States but not as much as I would've liked. I have missed it like you would miss a leg if it wasn't there anymore...
I lived in Japan for almost 2 years. I miss all my friends over there. Then moved to LA, but my heart is still in Austin, TX where most of my friends are...
I love all kinds of art and wish I had more money to collect a lot of it.
Aussie chick, like to have fun, like to sleep in. I'll give anything a go.. I'd rather make a fool of myself trying something new, than not try at all.
I miss going to karaoke box with Michelle and having all you can drink for 2hrs for $20 and getting so wasted that we have to sit on park benches on the way home and lean on each other to stay upright.
I love being outside. I love skateboarding, surfing and snowboarding even though I suck at all of them. I love hanging out at the beach. I am dying to go snowboarding again... even though I love summer and hate the cold.
I'm a real person, I don't see the point in pretending to be someone you're not, so if you're one of those people who pretend, don't waste my time please.
I don't lie, I HATE being lied to, I have a big heart, I care about people and animals. I always have time for good people. I love to run amuck with my friends, I'll do anything that's fun (just give me 5 minutes to grab my sunnies!) and especially love sports that are heaps of fun and make you work hard.
I'm easy going and don't like to spend too much time with highly strung people. I like dressing casual but I also like dressing up for the right occasion or going out... not at the motocross track like so many girls do these days...
And I can't live without music!

My Interests

Riding and racing motocross. Basically I love to race anything. GOOD tattoos, getting tattooed, MUSIC MUSIC MUSIC, snowboarding, skateboarding, surfing, my dogs, horse riding, live shows, all kinds of art, singing, dancing (especially on the chairs in karaoke box), I like using my brain, I can't eat meat- it makes me violently ill, funky clothes, funky hair, funky shoes, anything interesting and a bit left of centre, good friends, real people, travelling and living in foreign countries, speaking or learning other languages, Ferrero Rocher chocolates, Milo, PB&J sandwiches, Jack in the Box chicken burgers, vegemite, tofu (but the tofu in america sucks), eating cold udon and soba in summer, soy chocolate ice cream. My iPod.

I'd like to meet:

-Musicians (Actual people, this doesn't mean I want to add your band if I don't know you!)
-I want to meet people who are into the same things as me, especially girls. Or people who have similar interests.
-People who aren't afraid to be themselves.
-People who have diverse music taste (but GOOD music taste) and who feel music rather than just "listen" to it.
-People who don't complain about things they are too lazy to change.
-People who can teach me something (or to DO something) I don't already know.
-People who aren't too embarrassed to do something BADLY (in front of other people even! Wow, imagine that!)
-People who will try things regardless of what "others" might think.

Music:

I like all different sorts of music, pretty much a bit of everything- old, new, slow, fast, chilled out, going crazy, it's all good. I can get into anything with a good sound and a good beat. I'm not really into Emo or heavy metal (the screaming type)... Here's some of the ones I can think of: Jane's Addiction, Sublime, System of a Down, Disturbed, R.H.C.P, Ben Harper, Queens of the Stone Age, Audioslave, Jack Johnson, Air, Nick Skitz, Basement Jaxx, NoFX, White Zombie, RobZombie, Rancid, Sex Pistols, Cypress Hill, Bob Marley, misc reggae and reggaeton, The Kills, Incubus (old stuff), RESIN DOGS, Fuel, Groove Armada, Full Fathom 5, The Waifs, Violent Femmes, Evanescence, my Aussie radio station JJJ, Pink, Morcheeba, Soundgarden, Bad religion, Bic Runga, Beastie Boys, Jurassic 5, De La Soul, Aesop Rock, Nirvana, NIN, PJ Harvey, No Doubt, Dido, Portishead, Metallica, AC/DC, The White Stripes, Mars Volta, At the Drive In, Led Zeppelin, The Doors, Cyndi Lauper, The Beatles, U2, Prodigy, Kate Bush, Mudhoney, Sonic Youth, Aretha Franklin, Miles Davis, The Doors, Creedence, Eagles, Janis Joplin, Crosby Stills & Nash, Hendrix, Nelly Furtado, Alicia Keys, Blink 182, The Datsuns, Van Morrison, Primal Scream, Rage Against the Machine, Sheryl Crow, Long Beach Dub Allstars, Snoop, Atmosphere, The Roots, Pennywise, Garbage, The Cure, Massive Attack, Underworld, PJ Harvey, Chemical Brothers, POD, Ladysmith Black Mombazo, Bessie Jones... I could go on forever and still not be done.

Movies:

THE LONGEST YARD- Damn that was funny... Tapes of the outdoors or SX, Totoro, Amelie, Mallrats, Clerks, Pulp Fiction, Girl Interrupted, Memento, Scent of a Woman, Fifth Element, Kiss of the Dragon, stuff by Michael Moore, Star Wars (all of em), Studio 54, Green Mile, Fast and the Furious, Shawshank Redemption, Jerry Macguire, Notebook, Blankman, Spiderman, Disney movies (Lion King etc), Jackie Chan movies, Shrek, Sixth Sense, the Young Ones, anything with Adam Sandler or Bruce Lee or Jack Black, Leon, Le Grand Bleu, that's all i can remember right now...

Television:

Crime fiction shows (CSI, Bones etc), Southpark, Family Guy, The Simpsons, The Goodies, Fraggle Rock, Japanese anime, Here's Lucy, car chases on the news, I love documentaries on just about anything.

Books:

I like all kinds of books. I can't remember which ones... The Celestine Prophecy series, The Alchemist, Napoleon Hill, Robert Kiyosaki, Michael Moore, motocross magazines, tattoo magazines, I like fiction and non-fiction. I've been known to read university science textbooks for fun.. what a dork! lol... :)

Heroes:

I do have heroes, I just can't think who they are.

My Blog

Getting fat now!

I finally had to get new pants. I think the baby had a big growth spurt in the last 6 days.... Now I can't get ANY of my old pants done up. It's all good.
Posted by ALYS on Thu, 17 Aug 2006 07:44:00 PST

The things you realize....

So it's been quite a while since I left Australia to travel and live in other countries. I was really happy in Japan until the last 6 months and by the time I left I was so happy to get out, it felt l...
Posted by ALYS on Wed, 23 Nov 2005 11:06:00 PST

bored?? DO ME!!!

1. Who are you? 2. Are we friends? 3. When and how did we meet? 4. How have I affected you? 5. What do you think of me? 6. What's the fondest memory you have of me? 7. How long do you think we w...
Posted by ALYS on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST