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Ruthyf

Life's journey is not to arrive at the grave safely in a well preserved body, but rather to skid in

About Me



I got my layout at Cleanupmyspace.comI was born in Queensland and have lived here most of my life, with the exception of two years living in Tasmania. Currently just doing casual work after working a very long time on a permanent/full-time basis. Really love casual work. So nice to have some flexibility for a change, and not be tied down to a job so much.I'm just starting to get in to myspace and livejournal, and quite enjoy having my own pages.Want 2008 to be a learning curve year, learn new things, and do new things - things I haven't done before. Should keep the year interesting I think.I've also recently signed up to be an Administrator on the Torchwood Australia Fan Club website/forum and that has been so much fun. (Link for TW Aust forum - check it out) http://torchwoodaustralia.com/forum/YaBB.pl

My Interests

Going to shows and concerts, bushwalking (love the Tasmanian wilderness),reading, music, playing on the internet, doing stuff with the family. Wouldn't mind taking up learning guitar (learnt piano for years in my long lost youth, but never had the true natural talent for it unfortunately). Would love to travel and finally get to the UK and Europe - I guess it is never too late for that to happen. Pity it takes so much cash to achieve it, especially flying from Australia. Where are you going? Create your own travel map! View Ruthyf's TravBuddy Profile

I'd like to meet:

Gareth David-Lloyd, John Barrowman, Springsteen, Phil Collins, Annie Lennox - they would be my top five. So many interesting people in the world though, the list could be endless.

Music:

Heaps of performers that I love - Blue Gillespie, Springsteen, U2, Good Charlotte, Eskimo Joe, Pink, Crowded House, Rogue Traders, Phil Collins, Annie Lennox, The Eagles, and can't forget John Barrowman....the list goes on and on. I love all types of music and don't limit myself to just a few genres. One cannot forget the best Aust. performers, those of Classic Rock! Like AC/DC, Australian Crawl and The Angels - now they know how to do rock! I've seen most of my faves in concert (hate to think how much I've spent on concert tickets over the years).

Movies:

Loved the Lord of the Rings series. Really like action, romantic comedy, and some drama, but always prefer something fairly light when I'm going out for the evening. Looking forward to the upcoming X-Files 2 movie. Also loved the Bourne series of films.

Television:

Like a lot of sci fi like Torchwood, new generation Who, Supernatural, Smallville, plus other stuff like All Saints, The Amazing Race, Survivor, Greys Anatomy...again another long list. Really loved previous programmes like Alias and the X-Files. Oh and mustn't forget stuff like Vicar of Dibley - love the English comedies....now they know how to do great comedy!

Books:

Currently reading a series of novels set in war time France - really interesting story about a family group. Have a pile of VC Andrews books to read. John Barrowman's biography is awaiting me also. (Edit - finally read it, refer to blog) Have just started Torchwood - The Twilight Streets....and of course I read stacks of online fanfic.

Heroes:

Hero is such a strong word - don't know if I really have one of those. *thinking, thinking* I guess there are a number of people I admire, but not sure if you would call them heroes. I think the quiet achievers are the ones we really ought to admire. You know, people who volunteer to help with charity organisations, or for overseas aid. I guess they are the real heroes of the world.

My Blog

Petition time

Mmmm, I posted this before as a blog and now it has disappeared....no idea why..... I posted this Bulletin and wanted to share it on my public blog as well...read on.... Ok, I've broken my myspace h...
Posted by Ruthyf on Wed, 08 Oct 2008 07:06:00 PST

Myspace/Facebook hiatus

I've just posted the following as a Bulletin, but in case you missed it......... Hey guys, I'm going to be stepping back from Myspace and FB for a few weeks....I've been neglecting it anyway, and re...
Posted by Ruthyf on Mon, 06 Oct 2008 07:20:00 PST

New photos - Brisbane and Riverfire

Well we spent the weekend in the city of Brisbane for Riverfire....Riverfire is a huge half hour fireworks display that is set up at around 18 different localities on the Brisbane River, off bridges, ...
Posted by Ruthyf on Mon, 01 Sep 2008 06:13:00 PST

Torchwood - "All I Have" (Jack/Ianto)

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=Nu1wYziW5is Well my co admin on the Torchwood Aust site, has made a fantastic Janto fanvid.... If you love Torchwood as much as we do, check this out....it i...
Posted by Ruthyf on Sun, 17 Aug 2008 08:44:00 PST

Musical taste....(or lack thereof perhaps :-)

(I posted this recently on the Torchwood Aust website forum, as a general chat thing.......) Well I've been thinking of posting this for awhile on my myspace and LJ....thought about all these games w...
Posted by Ruthyf on Sat, 16 Aug 2008 08:03:00 PST

She’s back.......

Well I'm back here on myspace.....been a bit quiet I know....life has just been so frenetic lately and really hard. I've got heaps of stuff to catch up on, but hopefully can sneak on to myspace a lit...
Posted by Ruthyf on Sat, 16 Aug 2008 05:44:00 PST

Exciting Torchwood News for Aussies!

Ok, all us Aussies are flying around in total excitement..... Yep we've finally got a TW Season 2 airing date - coming on Ten HD 1st Sept, 1st ep will be shown at 10.30pm. Oh I know, I know, most of u...
Posted by Ruthyf on Sat, 16 Aug 2008 08:03:00 PST

Underworld - Underneath The Radar (1988)

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=O5vQP_RFccY I LOVE this song....and I am a totally unashamed 80's baby - love my 80's music (stop groaning everyone).....as far as I'm concerned, they were the ...
Posted by Ruthyf on Wed, 30 Jul 2008 06:26:00 PST

Doc Neeson/The Angels

Ok to finish off my other blog post (I ran out of room on that video just posted).... A bit of background for you - Doc Neeson fronted the 70's Australian Band The Angels, and to say they are a bit of...
Posted by Ruthyf on Tue, 08 Jul 2008 07:57:00 PST

Old Aussie Rockers never die! Rock on Doc!

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=z87GJiNA7dE Ok, here is Doc Neeson singing a classic Angels song. And for those of you OS, the link below takes you to the original song from around 1976. BTW...
Posted by Ruthyf on Tue, 08 Jul 2008 07:52:00 PST