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leona.

they sounded like children being slaughtered

About Me

i'm leona and i like lots of things. and sometimes i like to do lots of things all at once. sometimes i just like to do nothing. i like frolicking.

its all about fortune cookies. what you think you know, you probably don't really. i also know how to break arrows with my neck. and i really enjoy a good piece of cheese.

you're almost there.

My Interests

singing. writing songs/poetry/stories/other stuff. piano. music/radio. coronas. really awesome desserts. exploring new laneways/alleys. books. breakfasts out. old melbourne history. seeing live bands. mental illness. travelling. meeting others. people with manners and good grammar. flowers/anything nature. things that glow in the dark. vegie patch gardening!

I'd like to meet:

nice people. my memory as it leaves me quite frequently. tori amos. michael leunig. edvard munch if he wasn't dead.

Music:

'lovecats' by the cure is my favourite song. regina spektor. orange blossum. fiona apple. eels. jeff buckley. pj harvey. tori amos. elliot smith. radiohead. the mars volta. portishead. the cure. nina simone. tom waits. any experimental jazz that includes saxophones and random percussion. i love percussion. lots.

Movies:

american beauty. crash. life is beautiful. the constant gardener. fear and loathing in las vegas. donnie darko. a scanner darkly. cabaret. empire records. alice in wonderland. girl interrupted.

Television:

love my way. family guy.

Books:

he died with a felafel in his hand/the tasmanian babes fiasco by john birmingham. k-pax I-III by gene brewer. the rum diary by hunter s. thompson. the happiest day of my life by marc schattner. i like reading.

Heroes:

the guy who thought up 'lentil as anything'.

My Blog

ponderings

so. loving life in the swan st internet cafe. a delightful little place filled with edgy vibe, posters of culture including a number of gig advertisments i wish to put on my living room walls, cut and...
Posted by leona. on Thu, 15 Mar 2007 07:11:00 PST

indochina trip/muses/lovings/forgiveness

i haven't been this inspired for a long long time. i wish i could bottle what i'm feeling at the moment and give it to someone who's having a bad day so they can open it and let it envelop them in lov...
Posted by leona. on Fri, 09 Feb 2007 06:27:00 PST