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hayley

The dog really did eat the catalogue... and where did my sock go?

About Me

vegetarian ~ middle child ~ single ~ right-handed ~ pesto-lover ~ never had a filling ~ but did have braces ~ speak indonesian (just) ~ can sort of translate arabic into the roman alphabet ~ I can double roll my tongue ~ I really like the dictionary ~ I'm more popular on facebook than here ~

Myspace For Girls Only - MyGirlySpace.com

My Interests

CHINA ~ playing in my garden ~ online CD shopping ~ feeding the chickens ~ charcoal drawing ~ flirting when insanely drunk ~ saying I want a boyfriend when in all honesty I don't think I do ~ evading home work and essays ~ ignoring reality ~ going for big walks by myself ~ shopping and spending my hard-earned cash ~ cooking ~ reading the newspaper ~ travelling ~ gym ~

I'd like to meet:

Christian Bale ~ a person who gathers new entries for dicitionaries ~ Remus Lupin (what do you mean he doesn't exist????)~ anyone willing to give me articles or return ticket to China ~

"Chairman Mao is the red sun in our hearts"

Music:

Antony & The Johnsons ~ The Whitlams ~ Sophie Koh ~ Claire Bowditch & The Feeding Set ~ Beth Hart ~ Larrikin Love, Babyshambles (f*** forever!), The Libertines & Pink Grease all thanks to my London git of a brother ~ Lior ~ Martin Sexton (can't stop thinking 'bout you) ~ Triple J Hottest 100 CDs (I'll get them all one day) ~ Ben Lee ~ Ben Kweller ~ Beck ~ Lady Sovereign ~ Missy Elliott ~ Lauryn Hill/Fugees ~ Jim Croce ~ Elton John (tiny dancer & rocket man days) ~ Frank Sinatra ~ Billie Holiday ~ Ella Fitzgerald ~ CocoRosie ~ Emiliana Torrini ~ Sarah Blasko ~ Handsome Boy Modelling School ~ Cat Power ~ Modest Mouse ~ Josh Groban (classic geek but cute) ~ Foreigner (I want to know what love is!) ~ M.I.A (if you f*** with me I'm gonna dash my curry) ~ Rufus ~ Ray Charles ~ The Knife ~ Cat Empire (miserere from Two Shoes I love) ~ Split Enz/Crowded House ~ Damien Rice ~ Holly Throsby ~ Texas (he he he...) ~ Au Revoir Simone ~ Kanye never goes astray ~ Australian Crawl ~ Ciara is good for the gym, as is Beyonce and such ~ The Pigeon Detectives ~ Hot Chip ~ all I can think of at the moment

Movies:

To Kill A Mocking Bird (Gregory Peck version) ~ X-Men I, II & III ~ Hellboy ~ Sense & Sensibility ~ Constantine ~ Matrix ~ Little Women ~ Finding Nemo ~ The Little Mermaid (but Eric is so not hot and I do not condone marriage at the age of 16- maybe it's different for merpeople) ~ Quentin Tarantino movies ~ Shooting Fish ~ Hulk ~ Sin City (what is it with me and comic book adaptations?) ~ Adaptation ~ Shawshank Redemption (as if everyone doesn't love that movie) ~ Harry Potter movies (prefer Richard Harris' Dumbledore, though) ~ Half-Baked ~ Dazed & Confused ~ Monsoon Wedding ("stupid Australian idiot!!") ~ Italian for Beginners ~ Stigmata (because I love Gabriel Byrne) ~ End of Days (for same reason- he released two religious movies at the same time playing a priest and a devil, figure that out) ~ Dogma ~ Stealing Harvard ~ Roman Holiday ~ The American President ~ Beauty & The Beast ~ Ghost World ~ The Big Chill ~ Stand By Me ~ Now & Then ~ True Lies (I don't know why...maybe I just like the lines, "Have you ever killed anyone?"..."Yeah, but they were all bad.") ~ The African Queen (Katherine Hepburn at her best) ~ Doctor Dolittle (the original, with Rex Harris- he was kind of cute) ~ Yentl (because I like the soundtrack- a weird Barbra Streisand obsession there) ~ Sister Act (but not so much the second one) ~ Labyrinth ~ Willow ~ The Dark Crystal ~ Encino Man ~ Basquiat ~ Buffy The Vampire Slayer (the original with Kristy Swanson and Luke Perry) ~ Drop Dead Gorgeous ~ Best in Show ~ Stranger Than Fiction (very awesome!) ~ Phantom Of The Opera ~ Transformers ~ 28 Days Later ~ The Shining ~ Ghostbusters ~ Two Hands ~ The Castle ~

Television:

Grey's Anatomy... but now I've watched all of Season 3 thanks to my Chinese rip-offs, and so I don't have anything to look forward to.

Books:

Any kind of dictionary ~ A Prayer For Owen Meany, World According to Garp, Hotel New Hampshire and The Fourth Hand all by John Irving ~ To Kill A Mockingbird ~ The Tomorrow Series ~ Lord of the Rings ~ Harry Potter ~ Pride and Prejudice ~ The Importance of Being Earnest ~ The Soul's Religion by Thomas Moore ~ Wilbur Smith books ~ Shakespeare plays and sonnets ~ I HATED the Sound of One Hand Clapping ~ Tim Winton books ~ The Universe in 365 Days (a coffee table book of photos) ~ Necessary Illusions by Noam Chomsky ~ My Hubble Space Telescope ~ The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold ~ A New Earth by Eckhart Tolle ~

Heroes:

People who live ethical, spiritual lives- it's so hard to these days. They inspire me to be a better person and live for myself, my earth and my people.

My Blog

I was a boy who yearned to be a covergirl

So... I've written a biography for a uni mate and a high school mate. Now, onto a family member. My brother, Scotto. Name: Scott Thomas Pearse How long have you known him? Most of my life, if not all....
Posted by hayley on Mon, 20 Aug 2007 04:57:00 PST

In her kingdom by the sea

Ah yes, the time has come again for another unauthorised biography. And who is this one about, I wonder? I'll do this Sale Of The Century style... I was born in Melbourne, sometime in 1984. In fact, o...
Posted by hayley on Thu, 02 Aug 2007 01:25:00 PST

Women - Climb The Tree As Fast As Monkeys

I just saw that fantastic bit of Chin-glish on the wall beside me. It pops up everywhere, from caution signs such as 'slip carefully' or a translation of a picture, as the above subject line was refer...
Posted by hayley on Sun, 08 Jul 2007 03:29:00 PST

Let A Hundred Flowers Bloom

Okay, so... The last time I was on here (when I posting comments on people's pages), I was also writing a blog. A really good blog, too. And as I come to find out in China, everything is unreliable, i...
Posted by hayley on Wed, 04 Jul 2007 02:15:00 PST

Hayley's Musings: Billy

I'm not very good at writing blogs. I'm bad at telling stories (as everyone, particularly Faith knows) so really, the only appropriate format I can write in so my audience doesn't get bored would...
Posted by hayley on Sun, 17 Jun 2007 07:15:00 PST

Billy's Veg Pledge

This blog is dedicated to Billy. Once I finish you'll understand why, but I'm sure anyone who reads this will find Billy's journey interesting. It started in a very productive class of Equity & Tr...
Posted by hayley on Fri, 18 May 2007 10:03:00 PST

12 hours

Well.... 12 hours later I'm back in Perth. This is from a girl who thought traveling to Donald (3 1/2 hours away from Geelong) was bloody boring. Surprisingly, 12 hours in a car isn't that bad. So why...
Posted by hayley on Sat, 15 Jul 2006 10:45:00 PST

Atticus Finch

As of yesterday I am now a proud part-owner of a little flea bag by the name of Atticus Finch ("Atty" for short). Despite the apparent stuck-up name, those of you who have read To Kill A Mockingbird w...
Posted by hayley on Sun, 04 Jun 2006 03:14:00 PST

the inconsistencies of business

Having come from a work meeting on Friday about a possible promotion for me, and then being told no, there is no room at the moment, I get a phone call from my boss saying he'd like me to work in the ...
Posted by hayley on Mon, 01 May 2006 08:57:00 PST

a survey I took that did not enlighten me at all.

TELL ME ABOUT YOURSELF - The SurveyName:HayleyBirthday:08/08/84Birthplace:Melbourne, AustraliaCurrent Location:Geelong, AustraliaEye Color:brown/hazel?Hair Color:brown with some white foilsHeight:172c...
Posted by hayley on Fri, 21 Apr 2006 03:38:00 PST