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My friend Liberty

A storm in the form of a girl

About Me

me.
yeah, me.
it's all about me.

[ student ]
Working on my MA(Ed). Sometimes.

[ teacher ]
Kindergarten variety.

[ radio producer ]
Yep. I push peoples buttons.

[ poet ]
Such A Lesbian.

[ ex pat ]
Rock my kiwi socks. Chur.

[ audiophile ]
Current obsessions being Amy Kasio, Tiki Taane, Macromantics, and Kaki King.

In short:
a storm in the form of a girl

Foamy Ed - Drink

My Interests

Loves for reading, writing, listening to music, watching movies, drama, sleeping... jesus, it's all pretty run-of-the-mill stuff really... I've got much loves for Clea Duvall, Leisha Hailey, Gina Gershon, and Tegan Quin... deep loves, too, for styling old school rollar skates - hands up if you wanna join my rollar skating street gang! Much respect for people who do what they do because they love it and to hell with what everyone else thinks - where's the fun in slotting yourself into whichever boxes other people have created at the expense of your freedom and individuality??

I'd like to meet:

The kinds of people I'd respect.

I'm not too sure what form they'd take.

Music:

12 Rounds, Alex Parks, Alix Olson, Amy Kasio, Ani Difranco, Anika Moa, Beth Orton, Bif Naked, Bikini Kill, Blondie, Boyskout, Brooke Fraser, Carina Round, Coco Lee, Courtney Love, Denise Ho, Elemeno P, Fast Crew, Faye Wong, Fefe Dobson, Flip Grater, Foamy Ed, Frou Frou, Fur Patrol, Hole, Imogen Heap, Joan Jett, K's Kelis, Kaki King, Kittie, Lacuna Coil, Lady Laistee, Lady Sovereign, Lauryn Hill, Le Tigre, Lucid 3, Macromantics, Marilyn Manson, Me'shell Ndegeocello, Metallica, M.I.A., Minuit, Mirah, Missy Elliott, Northern State, PJ Harvey, P-Money, Pink, Placebo, Pretty Girls Make Graves, Regina Spektor, Sarah Callander, Sarah McLeod, S.H.E., Shoot the Genie, Sleater-Kinney, Supergroove, Tegan and Sara, the Butchies, the Juliana Theory, the Murmurs, the Organ, the Scowlers, the Superjesus, Tiki Taane, Tom Petty, Tori Amos, Triple Creme, Tracy and the Plastics, Twins

Movies:

10 Things I Hate About You, 28 Days, All Over Me, American Beauty, Beaches, Better Than Chocolate, Big Fish, Bound, But I'm A Cheerleader, D.E.B.S., Detroit Rock City, Drop Dead Fred, Girlfight, Go Fish, Gray Matters, Hackers, Hedwig and the Angry Inch, Hero, Hitch, Imagine Me & You, Kissing Jessica Stein, Labyrinth, Life Is Beautiful, Rent, Saving Face, Show Me Love, Spider Lillies, The Basketball Diaries, The Breakfast Club, The Count of Monte Cristo, The Laramie Project, V For Vendetta

Television:

Amazing Race, Boston Legal, Exes & Ohs, House, Pimp My Ride, Queer As Folk, Queer Nation, Scrubs, South of Nowhere, Sugar Rush, The L Word, Veronica Mars, Weeds

Books:

The Good Women of China by Xinran, The Midnight Club by Christopher Pike, The Notebook by Nicholas Sparks, The Satanic Bible by Anton Szandor LaVey... anything by Amy Tan, Claire McNab, Toni Morrison... Oh yeah, does Jim Mahfood's Grrl Scouts count as a book?

My Blog

A series of unconnected ramblings

A year and a half since my last attempt to blog. Hmmm. It's frickin weird that people think Donaldson's Dairy is a farm. If it was supposed to be a farm the book would be called Hairy McClairy from Do...
Posted by My friend Liberty on Mon, 28 Apr 2008 10:36:00 PST

Hell! I'm gay too!

Meh. I'm bored. The wife sent me a link. I thought I'd share.
Posted by My friend Liberty on Wed, 13 Sep 2006 11:11:00 PST

Who we are (without pretenses)

I had a flatmate a few years back that descibed herself as open-minded and accepting. A demonstration of how open-minded and accepting she was: "I get on with everyone," she said one day, "except for ...
Posted by My friend Liberty on Wed, 13 Sep 2006 09:40:00 PST

Culture shock - sucks to be a kiwi

It's not just me having trouble with understanding things outside of NZ... I read this and thought it was hilarious. From http://www.wildsiderecords.com/: Living in Los Angeles has not always been sun...
Posted by My friend Liberty on Wed, 12 Jul 2006 09:06:00 PST

Melbourne peeps - come hang!

Keep July 23rd free for... *drum roll* Girls Rock Out! What: A heap of amazing female performers raising money for 3CR. Featuring Yoka, Rosie, Soula G, Jemima Jones, Yana Alana and the Piranhas, Tast...
Posted by My friend Liberty on Tue, 04 Jul 2006 05:04:00 PST

Tom gets busy!

Tom has a livejournal of his own... click on the pic to check it out!...
Posted by My friend Liberty on Fri, 05 May 2006 06:03:00 PST

Mix tape loves

My Go Grrrl Mixaka. My New Songs For Dykes On Mics Mix 01. Alix Olson - Built Like That02. April March - Chick Habit03. Melissa auf der Maur - Follow the Waves04. Bikini Kill - I Like Fucking05. ...
Posted by My friend Liberty on Sun, 30 Apr 2006 06:08:00 PST

April 26... a truly auspicious occasion

Check it - my baby had her baby! Ana was in labour for 27 hours *passes out at the thought of it* and had Nathan this afternoon at 12.50. So terribly exciting. Not so exciting is the realisation that ...
Posted by My friend Liberty on Wed, 26 Apr 2006 11:50:00 PST