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About Me

My hometown is Penguin, Tasmania but I recently moved to Melbourne, to become a public servant. I'm still adjusting to all the paperwork, but I'm in an interesting department. I've spent the last few years going to Uni in Hobart. I majored in Political Science and Public Policy. I'm a little left of centre inclined, but I'm also a realist. I spent the latter half of last year traveling around the country in a campervan. I saw lots of red dirt in the NT, some awesome beaches in Queensland and lots of German tourists. I didn't like the isolation of the outback, I find comfort near the coast. My favourite destinations were the Great Ocean Road, Daintree Rainforest and Whitsundays. I like drinking with friends, Tassie beer, live music, traveling and procrastinating on the internet.

My Interests

Live music; politics; my lovely lady friends; trivia; international justice and environmental issues; most cars made in America between 1955 and 1959; tattoos; vespas; animals.

I'd like to meet:

Peter Costello so I could whipe that smirk off his face.

Music:

Fast, short, energetic, with lots of yelling. Against Me! The Unseen, Rancid, Nekromantix, Tiger Army, Refused, Bouncing Souls, A Wilhelm Scream, Badly Baked Babies, Zombie Ghost Train, The Auralees, Rise Against, The Reverend Horton Heat, Johnny Cash, Billy Bragg

Movies:

Napoleon Dynamite, Sin City, V for Vendetta, Walk the Line, A Clockwork Orange

Television:

Oz, Black Books, The Chaser, the Simpsons, Futurama

Books:

I like non-fiction.

Heroes:

Eleanor Roosevelt, Peter Benenson, Anita Roddick, Gough Whitlam, Aung San Suu Kyi, Mikhail Gorbachev

My Blog

overseas

I'm going to Hobart this weekend. I'm excited. I haven't been there since December. There are so many new things; a Nando's, La Porchetta and even a new pub. I won't even recognise ...
Posted by mel on Wed, 01 Aug 2007 04:12:00 PST

MCG

When I moved to Melbourne, something I wasn't prepared for when I went out every weekend was the presense of thousands of people in football apparel swamping the public transport ar...
Posted by mel on Sat, 21 Apr 2007 10:10:00 PST

2006 in hindsight

1. What did you do in 2006 that you'd never done before? heaps of stuff. I lived in a campervan for 3 months, tried snorkeling (but I couldn't master it), walked around Uluru, went to a strip club, ov...
Posted by mel on Tue, 02 Jan 2007 01:34:00 PST

questionnaire thing due to lack of things to do

I read Soph's and I felt like self indulging : WHAT MADE YOU SMILE YESTERDAY? talking to aaron, watching rose cook short bread Q: WHAT WERE YOU DOING AT 8 THIS MORNING? watching sunrise, procrastina...
Posted by mel on Fri, 22 Dec 2006 01:38:00 PST

Victorian election

I hate being on holiday somewhere where an election is looming because I have to endure all the propaganda but I don't have the ability to vote out the bastards who annoy me the mos...
Posted by mel on Thu, 23 Nov 2006 01:55:00 PST

100 or so questions

105 Facts About You1. EVER BEEN GIVEN AN ENGAGEMENT Ring?I'm working on it.2. LONGEST RELATIONSHIP?4 years.3. LAST GIFT YOU RECEIVED?beer.4. EVER DROPPED A CELL PHONE?a couple of ti...
Posted by mel on Sat, 18 Nov 2006 03:24:00 PST

update on australia tour

For those people out in myspace land who care about my whereabouts, I've been travelling around Australia for the past couple of months. Aaron and I started in Melbourne, then heade...
Posted by mel on Sat, 04 Nov 2006 09:30:00 PST

escaping

Aaron and I have booked our tickets on the boat, we're vacating Tasmania in September.
Posted by mel on Sun, 02 Jul 2006 03:43:00 PST

no friends

Why do people from other countries try to add me to their friends list? I don't want to be their friend
Posted by mel on Fri, 23 Jun 2006 06:16:00 PST

Stupid internet quiz, please don't beat me up

So I'm bored at home on a Saturday night, with myself and the internet to keep me company. I did a stupid quiz thingy, it was pretty lame.TELL ME ABOUT YOURSELF - The SurveyName:Mel...
Posted by mel on Sat, 03 Jun 2006 04:45:00 PST