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**Skye**

Let the world change you, and you can change the world

About Me

Hard-working fun-loving free spirit. Australian born, but moved to the US early on and raised in SLO. Now I'm back in Sydney and living the good life.I just got engaged to the most wonderful man in the world and have never been happier.

My Interests

Traveling, running, good food, good wine, good beer, and true love.

I'd like to meet:

Not you, so fuck off. And no bands. But if you already know me, feel free to drop me a line.

Music:

Bon Jovi, Jonny Lang, U2, Big Band Jazz, Hair bands, Powderfinger, the Cat Empire, Dave Matthews Band.

Movies:

Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels, A Bug's Life, Fight Club, Finding Nemo, The Usual Suspects, The Lord of the Rings movies

Television:

THE SIMPSONS! Will and Grace, Queer Eye, the News, Arrested Development, Scrubs, The Family Guy, Late Night with Conan O'Brien, The Daily Show.

Books:

So many books, but really anything by Marian Keyes. Just finished One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Cat's Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut, and Confessions of an Economic Hitman. Next on my list is the Poisonwood Bible. When I'm travelling around the country, I get a lot of reading done. I should really be reading my masters material though since classes recently started again.

Heroes:

Bill Clinton, Nelson Mandella, my grandmother and my parents. And Adam, because he's the best.

My Blog

Two dogs!

I now have two dogs!  Max and Sunshine. This is Max. Both dogs came from Doggie Rescue, so we've given them a new lease on life.  I got Sunshine in February and Max two weeks ago.  The...
Posted by **Skye** on Mon, 13 Nov 2006 01:14:00 PST

What I've been up to

Hi there!  I really only check this thing every month or so, so if I don't answer your messages right away, don't be sad.  I probably still love you and will get around to answering you when...
Posted by **Skye** on Wed, 22 Mar 2006 11:53:00 PST

Common Sense is Dead

November 2, 2004: the day common sense died. Is the USA regressing, rather than progressing? If the collective population cannot be counted on to think rationally, then our democracy is doomed. Fea...
Posted by **Skye** on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

Sydney Rocks!!!

I can't even begin to say how happy I am that I moved to Sydney. There are only a few things I miss about the good ole' USA: Super Big Gulps and going to a grocery store where I don't have to park in...
Posted by **Skye** on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

I'm moving to Sydney!!

I knew it would happen one day, but I didn't think it would happen so soon! My goal was to move back to Australia within four years of graduating college. Almost exactly one year after graduating, I...
Posted by **Skye** on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

I found my addiction

Some of you may have read my post "A little political discussion..." from a while back.  That post doesn't even begin to cover my thoughts and feelings about the current state of politics in this coun...
Posted by **Skye** on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

Out of Hibernation!!

    It's official: I'm NOT a winter person.  Being a life-long fair weather dweller has made my body unable to tolerate temperatures below 50 degrees.  THANK GOD it final...
Posted by **Skye** on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

Skye's Favorite Out-Of-Context Quotes!

"That's just my horn in my pocket" - Joey "Where are my pants?" - Bryan "Forhöja! HEY!" - Skye and Dave "Dammit Dave! You just farted on the Rolos!" - Skye "Dave is all over my balls" - Ryan "Th...
Posted by **Skye** on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

Dude...what happened to my ankle?

This weekend I officially made good on my new year's resolution to drink more. I'm not going to go into too many details, but Dave now calls me his "little Puke Monkey." Lovely. Perhaps I should ...
Posted by **Skye** on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

A little political discussion

It's no big secret that I lean to the left politically. Well, lean might be an understatement. I am a democrat, straight up. I don't think anybody reads these but I feel the need to sound off about...
Posted by **Skye** on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST