Music!!! Umm...Movies, Shopping, Reading (historical/fantasy fiction mainly), playing viola, composing music, MSN Messenger chatting, doing stuff on the computer, photography, Japanese stuff (speaking it, anime/manga/ culture),writing, photography, being around those close to me.
Music
Where do I start?
Basically anything except for crap rap, R&B, country and music with no point.
I am a rock/alternative/classical/jazz chick. Deal with it.
I love MUSE, Powderfinger and Silverchair.
In alphabetical order-
Anime Music
-Astor Piazzolla
-Apocaplyptica
-ACDC
-Aerosmith
-Alannis Morrisette
-Alex Lloyd
-Arethra Franklin
-Asian Kung-Fu Generation
-Atomic Opera
-Audio Adrenaline
-Audioslave
-Australian Chamber Orchestra (ACO)
-Basement Jaxx
-The Beatles
-Bee Gees
-Beethoven
-Bruch
-Brahms
-British India
-Bach
-Ben Folds
-Ben Harper
-Bernard Fanning
-Bethany Dilon
-Billy Joel
-Blessed Union of Souls
-Blur
-Bon Jovi
-Bond
-CHOPIN (my classical love)
-The Calling
-Carlos Santana
-The Cat Empire
-Christina Aguilera
-Clare Bowditch and the Feeding Set
-Coldplay
-The Cranberries
-Creed
-Crowded House
-Daft Punk
-Daddy Cool
-Dave Brubek Band
-Dido
-The Dissociates
-Disturbed
-Elgar
-Emerson String Quartet
-Enya
-Eskimo Joe
-Eurythmics
-Evanescence
-Everlast
-Everclear
-Foo Fighters
-Five for Fighting
-Franz Ferdinand
-George
-Gipsy Kings
-Glenn Miller Band
-Goo Goo Dolls
-Gorrilaz
-Green Day
-Grieg
-Grinspoon
-Harry and the Potters
-Holst
-Imogen Heap
-Incubus
J-Rock
-Jacqueline Du pre
-Jamie Cullum
-Jamiroquai
-Jars of Clay
-Jeremy Camp
-Jet
-Joan Jett
-John Mayer
-Josh Groban
-Josh Pyke
-John Butler Trio
-Judgement Day
-Kelly Clarkson
-Killing Heidi
-Korn
-Led Zeppelin
-Lifehouse
-Linkin Park
-Live
-The Living End
-Louis Armstrong
-Maher
-Maroon 5
-Matchbox 20
-Maximo Park
-Metallica
-Michael Buble
-Michelle Branch
-Midnight Oil
-Missy Higgins
-Motor Ace
-MUSE
-My Chemical Romance
-Nickleback
-Nightwish
-Nirvana
-No Doubt
-OASIS
-Orange Range
-Outcast
-Pink
-Pink Floyd
-Paul Colman/Trio
-Pennywise
-Perfect Circle
-POWDERFINGER
-Porno Graffiti
-Puccini
-Queen
-Queens of the Stone Age
-ROCK!
-Rachmaninov
-Radiohead
-Rage Against the Machine
-Rammstein
-Ravel
-Red Hot Chilli Peppers
-REM
-SHOSTAKOVICH!!!
-Silverchair
-Simon and Garfunkel
-Slipknot
-Smashing Pumpkins
-Snow Patrol
-Something for Kate
-Spin Doctors
-The Strokes
-System of a Down
-Taxiride
-Train
-Trapt
-Travis
-U2
-The Used
-UVERworld
-Vanessa Carlton
-The Vines
-The White Stripes
Movies
The Lord of the Rings Trilogy, Pride and Prejudice (BBC Version…Darcy’s wet shirt….mmmm hehe) the new one is good too, Underworld 1 and 2, Memoirs of a Geisha, Phantom of the Opera, Pirates of the Caribbean 1, 2 and 3, Harry Potter, Ever After, Chicago, The Matrix, basically anything really… except for movies involving anything to do with Hilary Duff, Lindsay Lohan or someone similar in some dodgy movie with a pointless plot just trying to advertise and waste time, heh.
Television
Lost, House, The Chaser, Thank God You’re Here, Spicks and Specks.
Books
Off the top of my head, here’s some…
My absolute Top 3 are
1. The Lord of the Rings Trilogy-J.R.R Tolkien
2. Pride and Prejudice- Jane Austen
3. Memoirs of a Geisha- Arthur Golden
The Three Muskateers-Anthony Dumas
Emma- Jane Austen
Sense and Sensibility-Jane Austen
The Lioness Quartet- Tamora Pierce
Shakespeare
Inuyasha/Fruits Basket Manga
Artemis Fowl Series-Eoin Colfer
Little Women- Louisa M. Alcott
Harry Potter Series-J.K Rowling
The Count of Monte Cristo-Anthony Dumas
Heroes
Captain Planet, the Chaser Team and Jesus! Yeah!
My closest buddies, if I didn't have them, I don't know how I'd survive and be more insane than what I am now...I love and treasure you guys so much...Erin, Sarah (my sister), Kate, Emily, Leah, Elise, Jono, Carrie, Matt, Jillian, Ned, Kat, Chadi, Lisa and Ken, Emma, Cassie....yeah, you all rock!
About me: In 750 words or less (am I kidding myself), what do you need to know about yours truly?
• I'm the youngest, most outgoing, and most extroverted Newhouse-a total 90s kid
• I'm a Christian but respects those who believe in something-no matter what religion
• I have type 1 diabetes...yes...TYPE 1...aka diabetes mellitus
• I cannot live without my insulin pump, literally...and my viola, music, phone, camera and books
• I play (in order of age started) violin (5), clarinet (8), my main instrument viola (11), keyboard (15-ish) and sing (for a band, 17)
• I'm at Wollongong University studying Bachelor of Arts (Japanese)/Bachelor of Media and Communication Studies (Journalism)
• I works part time at Shoetalk Camden and Tahmoor
• I am Lead Viola of the Bluescope Steel Youth Orchestra
• I attempt to speak Japanese, whilst being intrigued by their uber-culture
• I like to dance like there's no one watching
• I like to turn up my music and shut the world out
• I'm a licensed viola/redhead propagandist
• My life is a soundtrack filled with genres from Powderfinger to Puccini to Piazzola
• I Wish I lived in times where there were true gentlemen
• I feel naked without clear nail polish, single ring and bracelet and obviously, clothes
• Secretly, I am a very good masseur
• I fear psycho maniac killers, freaky old men, failure, not being happy, rape, Lycra, 80s and being lonely.
• I get drunk off Maison-according to various sources
• I think Polish/Russian...overall European string players are the bomb
• I love the smell of old books/new books, candles and the feel of silk, fingernails and viola
• I prefer to think that everyone is smart in their own way-having unique talents and intelligence
• I own my own Evenstar for her own Aragorn…one day…
• I am OCD about reading the paper every Sunday and watching the news-inner journo moments
• My name means “joy”, or in Japanese calligraphy “beautiful mind, always smiling”
• I love to write heaps and essays, as proven by my “About Me Section”
• I could stay in bed all day with my headphones in and the covers pulled up over my face, buried in my cushions
• I like to smile at strangers
• I like people who make me think and contemplate what I think
• I like to dress up, or stay in my pyjamas all day
• I have many crazy forms of procrastination
• I like to compose for strings in minor keys with harmonics
• I like wearing noisy yet comfortable shoes
• I find religion, history and different cultures fascinating
• I like to express myself through writing
• I become too emotionally attached to book and movie characters
• Give me coffee, chocolate or V/Red Bull and I am your friend.
• I can save the world by playing the viola
• I am a musician by nature, not profession
• I will be a journalist/translator, but secretly wished to be a geisha
• Put on dodgy old-school party music and I become a dag...well more of one
• I am crazy, random...on the verge of sanity
• I hate how judgemental people can be
• I try to judge people by who they are now, not by who they were
• I believe in the equality of men and women
• I am feminine, but not an extreme feminist
• I am a nerd of many sorts, and love it
• I am so unco-ordinated and clumsy
• I am a redhead, therefore superior and special :-D
• I will get my Ps...one day
• I am searching for my identity and what I believe in
• I need my own space, and am considering moving
• I hate dishonesty, manipulation, suffering and cheats
• What has happened to me is to make me stronger, not stumble
• The world would be nothing without art
• I have never been in love, but am patient and love my friends
• God is my strength, refuge and support through anything
• I could not survive without my biological sister, my spiritual sister, my art sister, and my rockabilly sister.
• Black and Red is true simplistic genius to me.
• Striking chords on a piano is an emotional release to me
• The world and the trouble it is in scares me everyday
• I believe you can make the world pretty by wearing a dress.
• You're either wasting my time or asking for a long conversation if you ask me about music or Japan
• I am so intrigued by anything medical, psychological, historical, cultural, or musical
• Can be such a contradiction and crazy girl
• But you know you love me :-P
Who I'd like to meet: The Chaser team-in particular Andrew Hansen! Umm...God would be interesting..MUSE, Evanescnce, Incubus, Powderfinger, Various fictional characters-like Aragorn, Mr Darcy, Jack Sparrow, Anyone who can think or has an interesting way of thinking...Umm...my soulmate would be nice, my Auntie Deborah in England would be great too.
Aww your poor hand :-( Yeah everythings ok. Perhaps I just got out of the wrong side of bed hehe, but yeah, everything just went wrong today. But its ok, I'm ok now. I think perhaps I should get an early night and tomorrow will be a better day :-) Must chat/get together soon, Jill oxox
Hey Rach! Yay, go the hill starts! Its a very nice feeling once you've mastered them isn't it!!! Ah, yes, I know what you mean about the need to relax, because I've hardly had time to relax this year up until now too. So that's what I've been doing so far all hols... I've been ok. I'm in a "grr" sort of mood right now for various reasons. But I'll get over it hehe. It's been one of those days... But yeah, I've been good. Jill oxox
I'm probably going to head down the dilly friday afernoon and stay down for saturday! We should catch up! And go shopping at Pretty & Twisted! I've been great! But busy! lol I miss you ladybug! xxx
well good luck in you guitar pursuits! tell me when you can play smoke on the water haha yeah, i have survived exams and gone suprisingly well! i haven't been able to make it to orchestra for a few weeks - but i am going tomorrow! xx
awwwwwwww...sounds like all is goin well for you...well...the g-o is: I know what I have to do for the con in syd as far as audition pieces go and all, but I don;t have an EXACT date and time for my audition, exact dates are comin clioser to the date/s end of november first week decem is audition period for con so I'll be goin there soon, errrrrrrrrrrrrrrrm
I still gotta look around at the tafe and see what I have to do just insace the con does'nt go so well (audition wise)
I soooooooooo badly wanna get into the con and I'm puttin in prac and all...I got my hsc music as well...performance and comp...I'm composing this new thing for four violins!! for my comp!! still in pregress I got three months for it till it's due...just finished a 6200 word ancient essay which is now handed in for marking and studying to come for trials
Haha yes - you really should drive down to our place for driving practice! Exams...heh, well, I've now received all my results except I'm still awaiting my music results. Some exams have gone ok. Some have not (i.e. english and maths - they were pretty shocking). Orchy is going ok. It has its moments but generally it is lots of fun. We seem to have lots of concerts coming up over the next few months. Anyway talk soon, and see you soon I hope, oxox
Rach! Heh, your housemates bulletin was so funny hehe. Go the fearless leader for killing the mouse haha. How is everything??? I'm sooo happy exams are over :D :D :D Heh, and it was insane last night, i felt the urge to do some composing because I haven't done any for so long. So I got out good old finale. So I did some post-exam celebration composing haha. Good fun. Anyway, talk soon I hope, xx Jill xx
I'm good thanks =] Yeah, it's been ages! Yep, we're in exams at the moment too. I have my first one next Wednesday and then another one the following Thursday and then that's it which is good! Haha yay for unibar! Ours has been closed for renovation since before I even started uni =[
I've just been living it up lately hey. Just been working, playing sport and going out really, how about you?
I know!! I am having withdrawral symptoms too!! and I got trials comin up so it's not gonna be for a while, the parentals are pretty strict now with hsc being so close and all grrrrrrr
looks like myspace/msn are our substitutes for now!! haha!! I went to a tigs fusion night and bumped into aneshka!!!! she gave me the biggest hug eva...I WAS MISSED!! LOL!!!!
I'm gonna be there at about 5:15pm to meet up and say a quick hello to elana...I'll be doin work at 4:30 at home for school...so I'll see you there at about 5:15??
Rach! Haha, when you said you're being REBELLIOUS by using myspace at uni, I was like "NOOOOOOOOOOOOO!" because our topic for this term in english is rebellion. And at the moment, I'm hating english. And I try to not think about english. And then you happened to say the exact word and all my english homework on rebellion came flooding back into my memory! Hahaha. Anyway, well, I'm stressed at the moment. I know, I know, it doesn't count for anything. But still... Once the exams are over, it'll be all good though. Wow, 2 months off! Uni must rock!!! And yes, we absolutely HAVE to catch up in those 2 months you have off. Really, that would be awesome. Talk soon, Jill oxox
I'm ok...not crash hot of late...just ok...school can go fuck a duck!!
well...myself on the other hand, I am glad I've left orchestra, I stand by my choice...although I do miss my select few of friends bahaha!!
I'm gonna be there this thursday to say a quick hello and give gaz a cd I've been meaning to burn...I'm gonna be there at around 4:30pm...so I'll meet you there and we can catch up!!
and say hi to elana if she's there early...fingers crossed!!
I will inform you on the school situation...ATM marks are surprisingly good!!
Rach! How are you? It's been ages since I've seen you... :-( How's uni? And life in general? Heh, last few days have been pretty stressful. I had 3 concerts to play at this weekend. And school has been really hectic with half yearlies coming up. But yeah, we had the gerringong concert today for orchestra. It went really well. There actually wasn't any stuff-ups at all. Heh, and we're doing dance demo in orchy again. So fun - love that piece sooo much. And. It was so cool on Friday when we were rehearsing it cause we asked nigel if us celli could stand up to play. And he actually let us! So it was so funny. Anyway, take care, Jill oxox
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