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Jo

so much world, so little time...

About Me

I'm a born-again backpacker faking it as a public servant until I get the money together for my next jaunt. Travel is my bitch (or perhaps I am travel's), and I love to hear stories of people's adventures in strange places. I exercise my creative side with the odd bit of writing, and if you get to know me, I _will_ get you hooked on an Aussie band of some kind.

My Interests

travelling, bush walking/hiking, rock climbing, karate, escrima, tai chi, cycling, sci-fi/fantasy, politics (of the non-conservative kind), environmentalism, music, books, movies.

I'd like to meet:

Travellers. People who use their brains as more than something to fill the space between their ears. Creative types. Those who enjoy life and living.

Music:

The Whitlams, My Friend the Chocolate Cake, David Bridie, Crowded House, Neil Finn, Weddings Parties Anything, Deborah Conway, The Black Eyed Susans, REM, Ben Folds, Bare Naked Ladies, The Watchmen, Coldplay, Travis, Moby, Everything But The Girl, Gus & Frank, Laura Imbrulglia...

Movies:

Lord of the Rings, Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon, Momento, He Died With A Falafel In His Hand, Pirates of the Carribean, Kill BIll, Hong Kong martial arts films, Ken Loach, Truly Madly Deeply, The Princess Bride, Some Kind Of Wonderful.

Books:

Neil Gaiman, Tolkein, Spider Robinson, Terry Pratchett, John Pilger, short storie, biographies, crime thrillers, Ursula K LeGuin, Naomi Klein, Tanya Huff, Diana Wynn Jones, John Birmingham.

My Blog

So this is where I left you.

I had some Major Problems with my computer which resulted in the loss of all my bookmarks, and so I lost this particular corner of the Net since I couldn't for the life of me remember what the site wa...
Posted by Jo on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

Past is present is future

I've been thinking about time a lot lately. About how the past year has been _nothing_ like I wanted. About how everything is taking so much longer than I anticipated. About how what's happened in the...
Posted by Jo on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

And there I am!

It occurred to me that there are plenty of photos of me online from various gatherings, plus Walkabout (although only the first month or so is up, as Gerg hasn't put the rest up yet). So I went trolli...
Posted by Jo on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

Technical difficulties.

See, I need access to a scanner so I can put some photos up in this thing. That being the reason why Liz chose this particular format in the first place. Of course, buying one would solve the issue, b...
Posted by Jo on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

Making progress

So, this weekend I went out on the first proper date I've had for a good many years. Go me. And you know what? I had a really good time. There was no pressure, no expectations, no sense that I'd h...
Posted by Jo on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

New ground

Okay, so another online journal. This one, however, has the difference of being more anonymous than the other. There's no expectations, no prior identity to get in the way. Those who would actually kn...
Posted by Jo on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST