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Look how pretty she is, when she falls down... And there's no beauty in bleeding mascara

About Me

I like to pretend I'm really hardcore... But I cry every time I watch Titanic so I think I'm living a lie.
I tend not to accept random friend requests from bands, unless they are either from Adelaide or I like their music. I always look at their profiles, but if they're not from Adelaide I generally deny them. Unless they're the kind of band that makes me want to fight someone.
I work with my Dad and his music management company… If you are one of those bands that desperately needs my attention, then click here and add that site.
I used to be the girl on the door at The Cavern every Thursday night with the live bands. There are some crazy people that come through that door. I was almost impaled on an old guy’s thumbnail once. That was an experience.
My real job is at Stellar in Adelaide on North Terrace. I answer phones. High five.
It sucks. So I might get a better job. Depends. I need enough money to see Killswitch in March 2008.
I'm a qualified personal trainer, but meh. I also run after-school programs at Primary Schools for the Australian Sports Commission when I'm not working.
I don't know why so many good bands play at Fowler's. I hate Fowler's.
I have an incredible boyfriend... Words could not even begin to describe how much I love him. He makes me smile even without meaning to. And I think he is only person in the world who has ever managed to forget his own name. Yep. That's Scotty :P
But really... There is nothing I could say that could do justice to the way I want to be able to tell him how I feel about him. End of sickening paragraph. I apologise.
My friends are my entire world, and they had better damn well know it. Thank you all so much for every time you put a smile on my face - the moments I look back on are the ones that you guys made memorable. I love you so much.
And that's all.
Meagan has decided I'm probably the clumsiest person she knows... And I think that looking back on all of this... She's probably right. I fell over at school for no reason more often than anybody else that I ever saw. So she made a list of all the stupidest things I ever did.
I was walking through the creek with her, and fell. As I fell, I grabbed Meagan, and pulled her down with me.
I ran full-on straight into her during a game of basketball... When there was nobody else around me.
I walked into the exit scanners in the library, when there was obviously enough room to go through either one of two doors.
I was running top speed towards a classroom yelling at all of my friends to come and see something, and the door was closed. They were watching me through the window at the top of the door. Just as I got there, I rolled my ankle and fell. So They saw me running towards them, and then I disappeared. When they opened the door, I was lying inside the door frame with blood pouring down my knee, unable to move my ankle.
On my way to a class one day, we were walking through the playground. I managed to attract everybody's attention as I was about to pull of an incredible stunt which involved running, jumping, and grabbing onto some bars. I ran, jumped, and missed the bars.
A YEEEEEAR... Don't ask.
We watched two people smack each other in the head during a play rehearsal in Year 8, and one of those people ended up bleeding. Apparently we were the only ones who saw it happen, and as such were sent outside, still laughing.
Mr. Rosier used to throw textas at our heads.
We witnessed a bird flying top speed into a window in the AV Room... Blood and feathers went everywhere. Possibly the most disgusting thing I have ever seen.
We stuck all manner of crazy things into the ear of a sleeping person at one of Meagan's birthday parties. God I hope that girl doesn't remember that...
We also used to play eraser hockey in Mr Whenan's Science class.
At one point, I was running late for a lesson. I was carrying my school bag and PE bag, and sprinting through the grounds. Then, for absolutely no reason at all, I fell over. It was MASSIVE. I managed to send up a huge cloud of dust, and take all the skin off my knee. This was probably the only crash that Meagan wasn't there for. But Jared and Tim both saw it, and dutifully pissed themselves. So then, when I tried to get up, I realised that I had managed to hook my foot in the strap of my PE bag. So I couldn't move.


My Interests

I Love:
Smiling
Maccas
Music
Teddies
Steven Gerrard
Dancing
Sleeping
Chocolate
Flowers
Being different
Guitars
Privacy
Surfing
Scott
Internet
Summer
Hugs
Water
Black and Purple
Live Gigs
Soccer
Kurt Cobain
Tazzie Devil
Liverpool FC

I Hate:
Crying
Labels
People copying me
Manchester United FC
Brown, Yellow or Orange... Yuck
Centipedes
Spinach
People listening in to my conversations
Lying
Backstabbing
Tweety. Die, you stupid, stupid bird.
People saying they understand things they clearly don't.
Everton FC
Being used. And knowing it's happening but letting it continue anyway.

I Miss:
My old house
Katie
blink-182
Dave... More than anything...
School
Nirvana

I'm Scared Of:
Sharks
The Dark
Balloons popping near my face
Angry people
Losing the people I love

My Favourite:
Flower: Purple Iris
Place: Moonta Bay
Colour: Purple
Animal: Penguin
Food: Spaghetti
Number: 37
Band: blink-182
Song: Going Away To College
Actor: Adam Sandler
Movie: Titanic
TV Show: Rock Star

I'd like to meet:

People in bands I like, or people who have had a major influence on the music industry.

Also, people who have brought underground music to the mainstream.

Winston McCall.

Michael Crafter.

Jesse Leach.

Howard Jones.

Adam Dutkiewicz.

Tim McIlrath.

All the guys from underOATH.

The Liverpool FC Team. Especially if they all morph into Steven Gerrard. So I meet 20 different versions of him.

I think that's all.

Music:

Hardcore. Post-Hardcore. Metal. Techno. Trance. Punk. Pop Punk. Electro. Post-Punk. Emo. Screamo. Dance. Depending on who I'm with, and how intoxicated I am. I'd rather get kicked in the face at a gig than fall over and smash it on a doorframe from too much alcohol. Then again... Too much alcohol helps when you do actually get kicked in the face.

I listen to bands who have talent. I want a band who has something totally different to the rest of them - maybe it won't be a huge difference - it could just be the way they interact with the crowd. It might be the way they dress. It could be a riff that gets every nose in the crowd smashed. Either way, I've only ever found 8 bands who have ever really done that for me. Alexisonfire, Carpathian, I Killed The Prom Queen, Killswitch Engage, Parkway Drive, Rise Against and underOATH. You guys are fucking Gods.

Pretty sure I'm in love with Winston McCall and Michael Crafter. In the way you can be in love with two guys you've never held a conversation with and probably never will - you guys are just fucking insane.

Check out this list for a stereotypical emo chicks music playlist...

That was a joke. Fuck you.

36 Crazyfists
Abandon All Hope
AFI
Aiden
Alexisonfire
The Amity Affliction
Anberlin
As I Lay Dying
Atreyu
Bayside
Behind Crimson Eyes
The Bled
Bleeding Through
blink-182
Bullet For My Valentine
Carpathian
Coma Lies
The Devil Wears Prada
Eighteen Visions
Embured
Emery
Escape The Fate
Evergreen Terrace
Every Time I Die
Funeral For A Friend
The Getaway Plan
Hatebreed
Hawthorne Heights
I Killed The Prom Queen
It Dies Today
Killswitch Engage
Liability Of My Own
Lostprophets
Parkway Drive
The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus
Rise Against
Saosin
Scary Kids Scaring Kids
Silverstein
Story Of The Year
Take The Crown
Taking Back Sunday
Thrice
Thursday
underOATH
Unearth
The Used
Vanna

Rose of Sharyn

Killswitch Engage


Numb and broken

Here I stand alone

Wondering what were

The last words I said to you

Hoping, praying

That I'll find a way to turn back time

Can I turn back time?

What would I give

To behold

The smile, the face of love?

You never left me

The rising sun

Will always

Speak your name

Numb and broken

Here I stand alone

Wondering what were

The last words I said to you

It won't be long

We'll meet again

What would I give

To behold

The smile, the face of love?

You never left me

The rising sun

Will always

Speak your name

It won't be long

We'll meet again

Your memory is never passing

It won't be long

We'll meet again

My love for you is everlasting

I mourn for those

Who never knew you

It won't be long

We'll meet again

Your memory is never passing

It won't be long

We'll meet again

My love for you is everlasting


Movies:

Comedies, Romance, Action. I can't do horror movies. Although on multiple occasions I have been dared to sit through them. And my dreams have suffered as a result.

Pretty much anything with Adam Sandler, Paul Walker, Vin Diesel, Ben Stiller, Jim Carrey or Owen Wilson in it is good...

Anything about soccer, cars or just romance movies that make me cry.

Television:

NCIS
CSI
House
Medium
Criminal Minds
Rove
Thank God You're Here
Spicks & Specks
Late night Rage lol

Books:

I read lots. And I had a big list here but half my MySpace codes died so I'll do it later.

Heroes:

All my friends. I know everybody writes that on their MySpace... But I truly mean it. I love you guys.
Jamil - Thank you for making me laugh at any given time whether I expect it or not. Thank you for putting up with me making terrible Arab jokes at your expense, even though you sometimes sound more Australian than I do. Thank you for being the one person I could talk to about absolutely anything, and not judging me. I love you more than you could ever know.
Donna - What can I say about Donna. Probably the most unintentionally hilarious girl I know. Donna, you are so much fun to be around, and I'm sorry I impersonate your laugh so often. It just makes me laugh so much. You are a beautiful person and I am so glad you're with Jamil. Seeing my two best friends in the world this happy is the best thing ever. I love you for just being you, whether you mean to or not. No matter how many people get scared along the way.
Nick - I apologise for having stolen your best friend. I'd offer to give him back, but he'd cry. I miss spending time with you like we used to... I guess people become a little busy when they start working, hey. I promise I will come around for that Star Wars marathon. Soon. Haha you are a fantastic person, and I won't forget those times I started venting to you and then just didn't stop... For a while... And you just listened. Thank you so much. I love you for the fact that you tolerated my ignorance of Persian history and changed the subject to cats. Actually I just love you for the fact that you tolerate me in general haha.
Pete - POUNCE POUNCE POUNCE POUNCE!! I don't give you enough credit for anything Pete, and I truly am sorry for that. I take some things for granted a bit too much, and I shouldn't. You have done some things for me just because you wanted to that I wouldn't have even considered that you would do. And I don't know what I can do to make that up to you. But I love you Peeder... Just for being there when I needed a friend more than anything. You're awesome. POUNCE!!
Storrie - You've been there longer than anybody else. We don't talk as much as we used to, and that's my fault. I know it is. And I'm sorry. I do miss you. But I won't forget all those times that you were the person who made me feel better when I was upset. When I cried you gave me a hug (in fact, those were the only times you ever gave me a hug haha we were the worst best friends ever) and it made everything OK... When someone did something to me you had to be kind of restrained or you might have hurt them a little bit too badly... Thank you for being there for all those years. You were probably one of the best friends I had. But never, EVER get me as drunk as you did that night we went to the Grand together. Ever.
Joely - Roley. Poley. I love you for just putting up with that ridiculous name. You are a fantastic guy, and I'm sorry I embarrassed you so much haha. It was funny, come on. Nah Joel you're an awesome person. I loved being around you. But where the hell are you now?? Roley.
Garion - Gosh how I miss you. I think you're the only person who knew how I was feeling most of the time, and could always make me smile. Plus you're the only person I could possibly have pulled off those touchdowns with. Our rugby was incredible, especially seeing as we were playing against an invisible team. Thank you for trying to save me from the mandarines thrown by the Ninja Mice in their Mini Van from the Himalayas... You tried. I love you, for just being you. Even though most of the time you're not you, you're some alias of yourself. I love them too haha.
Amanda ... Ashleigh ... Jayden ... There really isn't much I can say about you guys that you don't know. I think you're all fantastic, and as you can tell I'm running out of room to write everything. I just never see any of you as much as I want to!! Argh!!
I love you all so, so much. xoxox

My Blog

New & Revised CD List. Yay!

The new and revised edition of my list of CD's, for when you people desperately need a song that requires too much effort involving the double clicking of Limewire and the typing of the title& Those o...
Posted by ♥ ..x[[bRoOkE]]x.. ♥ on Thu, 16 Aug 2007 06:46:00 PST

I got bored so I did this.

I saw this in the newspaper a while ago, and I loved it, it was awesome. So now I just feel like challenging myself and seeing how many of the things in the picture that represent different rock bands...
Posted by ♥ ..x[[bRoOkE]]x.. ♥ on Wed, 15 Aug 2007 01:12:00 PST

Jamil wrote me a poem!!

Jamil wrote me a poem! Because I told him that he had to write a happy poem... And that he should write one about me... So he did! And I've posted it here for the world to see haha. Yay!!!   BROO...
Posted by ♥ ..x[[bRoOkE]]x.. ♥ on Wed, 09 May 2007 11:50:00 PST

About A Boy... Why am I still awake?

Every time he smiled at me, was it real... Every time he said he loved me, did he mean it... Every time he touched me, did he really want to... Every time he spoke to me, did he say what he really mea...
Posted by ♥ ..x[[bRoOkE]]x.. ♥ on Thu, 22 Mar 2007 11:42:00 PST

My online Autobiography lol

Part 1: The Birth of Brooke Skewes.Were you a planned baby?: I was, yes. Mum and Dad wanted 3 kids, and I was the first one. They didn't plan that I was a girl or anything though. Were you t...
Posted by ♥ ..x[[bRoOkE]]x.. ♥ on Tue, 21 Nov 2006 03:46:00 PST

The School Quiz!!

This is made entirely for the group I hung out with at school, just to see how we see each other now that we've been out of school (and in some cases out of touch) for a year now&   Answer each q...
Posted by ♥ ..x[[bRoOkE]]x.. ♥ on Thu, 09 Nov 2006 02:46:00 PST

I miss this girl. More than anything.

Hey y'all.  I wasn't going to write anything like this on here, but I just found this in the archives of my good ol' MSN space... It's something I wrote last year when I was really upset.  B...
Posted by ♥ ..x[[bRoOkE]]x.. ♥ on Mon, 04 Sep 2006 08:09:00 PST

Just a random thought... TRINITY PEOPLE!!

I was just sitting on the couch the other day, and I wondered how other people who didn't really know me had seen me. I had always made an effort to talk to the kids who didn't seem to have any friend...
Posted by ♥ ..x[[bRoOkE]]x.. ♥ on Tue, 22 Aug 2006 08:55:00 PST

Ross' driving experience... And my car.

Well... Everything started yesterday morning when Scott came over because we were going to Moonta.  He got to my place at about 10, and we were all set to take my car down there.  But all of...
Posted by ♥ ..x[[bRoOkE]]x.. ♥ on Fri, 28 Jul 2006 05:03:00 PST

I need a home...

Hey hey. I don't normally use this as a blog, I use my MSN space for things like that, but I feel like using this today.  Or this morning really, seeing as it's 5:30. What am I supposed to do abo...
Posted by ♥ ..x[[bRoOkE]]x.. ♥ on Tue, 25 Apr 2006 01:08:00 PST