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Mel

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About Me

I am a 23 year old female paraplegic (complete T10 - I can not move or feel anything below my belly button, therefore confined to a wheelchair) from South Australia whose dream is to represent Australia at the 2008 Beijing Paralympics in the sport of Handcycling. This dream is now a reality!ITS OFFICIAL, IM GOING TO THE BEIJING PARALYMPICS TO REPRESENT AUSTRALIA IN FEMALE HANDCYCLING!!!!!There is currently a 12.3 time trial and a 36.9km road race held at the Paralympics in September. The Paralympics should be broadcast on SBS. Wish me luck!

My Interests

Music, Sport, People

I'd like to meet:

Maynard James Keenan, Billy Corgan, Kurt Cobain, Thom Yorke, Dexter Holland

Music:

TOOL, Foo Fighters, Pearl Jam, QOTSA, Radiohead, Millencolin, The Get Up Kids, old skool Offspring, Smashing Pumpkins, Frenzal Rhomb, Something for Kate, NOFX...My brain is frazzled and I'm lazy, check out my photos for a better idea of my music taste. I Much prefer going to live gigs over buying CD's but at the moment, cant afford either :-(

Movies:

Mr and Mrs Smith, Fightclub, all the Monty Python flicks, Clerks/mallrats (all the kevin smith movies) Bring it On, 10 things I hate about you, Harry Potter, Empire Records, The Crow, Snatch. Actually I haven't seen many recent movies - I honnestly hardly know whats out there. It just depends what mood im in.

Television:

Daria, Simpsons, Neighbours (I can't believe I admitted that!) Spicks and Specks, The Chasers War on Everything, JTV, rage, Bert's Family Feud and other bad australian game shows, Mythbusters

Books:

I don't read much. Every now and then I may pick up something but not often.

Heroes:

Louise Sauvage, Alejandro Albor

My Blog

it’s official

YAY! It's official. I'm going to the Paralympics!!! (although i have known this since january) I got my letter from the Australian Paralympic Committee in the mail today. This is despite the fact that...
Posted by Mel on Tue, 01 Jul 2008 01:22:00 PST

training hard

sorry Ive been slack with the blog but Ive been training hard as ive finished uni for the semester. Im off to a training camp in Perth on 7th August then off to the games in September. Wish me luck! M...
Posted by Mel on Fri, 27 Jun 2008 12:30:00 PST

Almost done at uni

Damn the year has gone fast... My uni for this semester has finished - well, the classes have. I still have one more assignment to hand up which I have done most of. It's due next week so it's just a ...
Posted by Mel on Thu, 12 Jun 2008 11:21:00 PST

Only 1 more week of uni

The last few weekends have been really good riding on the road from Hyde Pk to Semaphore and back as the weather has been great, but I'm a little snowed under this week as I have one more week of uni ...
Posted by Mel on Thu, 05 Jun 2008 10:12:00 PST

Training to Beijing!

Howdee, how is everyone going? I'm doing ok, just flat out at the moment. Stupid uni. I know it will be worth it when it's done, but at the moment it is just a waste of time. I have better things to b...
Posted by Mel on Tue, 27 May 2008 08:22:00 PST

Slack ass! (sorry)

Howdee, Sorry I have been so slack with updating my myspace, but I have been flat out. I've basically been training, eating and sleeping. If I am online, I have been slow at home (on dial up!) and jus...
Posted by Mel on Tue, 13 May 2008 04:52:00 PST

Nationals and Foo Fighters

Hi all, sorry I've been slack with blogs (nothing new there I know) but Ive been over in sydney competing in national road championships (where I won 2 golds) and then came back and went to Foo Fighte...
Posted by Mel on Sat, 26 Apr 2008 10:47:00 PST

I was a brides maid...

Hey y’all... here is my current account for training/racing status. Brisbane was cool. John (the guy that picked me up from the airport and ran me round etc) was really cool and helpful througho...
Posted by Mel on Thu, 10 Apr 2008 11:06:00 PST

Queensland state champs

Hi, hows everyone going? Races went well in brisbane. I won two golds (12km time trial, 33km road race) but dont have either of the medals on me as they took them back to get them engraved. I’m ...
Posted by Mel on Sun, 06 Apr 2008 01:36:00 PST

Hrmmm...

Ok, I realise that this is not the first time hrmmmm... has been my subject but I guess it will be my subject when im feeling ’blah’ and don’t really know what to say. Ok, so my road...
Posted by Mel on Tue, 01 Apr 2008 07:40:00 PST