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[bertiebob]

Obligatory introductory post is obligatory.

kate: 30, sydney-sider, vegan, BA (honours) in Philosophy, currently halfway through a Grad Psychology Degree @ USyd i've put my studies on hold, so for now i'm sort of just ... floating about, trying to figure things out. short, brown hair, brown eyes. bizarre quirky. people hating introverted. erring on the stranger side of strange. horse rider, singer, baker, gardener, origami enthusiast, very very very very proud puppy owner.

media: (tv) castle, parks + rec, once upon a time, smash, dr who, pushing daisies, torchwood, how i met your mother, gilmore girls. (music) bon iver, brandi carlile, david gray, billy joel, idina menzel, birdy, something corporate, jack's mannequin, florence + the machine, adele, funny things (like jonathan coulton, garfunkel + oates, bob + tom), zaz, lana del ray, matt nathanson - i should really stop now. (ridiculous human beings) stana katic, amy poehler, lee pace, hermione norris, john barrowman, sandra bullock, catherine tate.

addictions: tea, grey sweaters, dvd box sets, autobigraphies, green things, 80's ballads, roadtrips, gadgets, mix tapes, eco-tech, sleeeeep, NHL (LA Kings, baby!)

always happy to add new people :)

Comments

[ladydetective.livejournal.com]

I found your journal through mutual friends and interests (CSI:, The Office, Bones) - add me please?

[bertiebob.livejournal.com]

Well, your profile is a little hard to decipher ;) But the Bones banner certainly isn't. I'd love to be friends :)

[ladydetective.livejournal.com]

Thanks, and sorry about that - right now I'm in the middle of changing it and have yet to fill in my information for the scrambled stuff that the maker had in there.

[elsie.livejournal.com]

Ooh, pick me! I was pointed toward your journal by oceaneyed8, who uses your Ned/Chuck mood theme (and said you made another PD one, which I can has plz?).

Things we have in common:
-A liking for some of the TV shows you mentioned;
-Missing all things horse-related, although I was more of a Western-saddle, trail-riding, roughin'-it type of equestrian;
-I'm a former vegan! It was good while it lasted;
-A liking for coffee (you have my sincere condolences) and for swearing;
-Liberalism (US) and agnosticism.

And I like to think I'm not an asshat. But I do love the word asshat and use it often.

Am v. excited about your music posts, if you'll be kind enough to friend me back!

[bertiebob.livejournal.com]

Hi! *waves* That's the only moodtheme i've made, so far. And it sort of broke my brain a little, though i might do another one after christmas - depends how desperate i am for distractions ;)

although I was more of a Western-saddle, trail-riding, roughin'-it type of equestrian
Oh yay! I don't think i've got any other horseriders/ex horseriders on my list! :D I was a bit of everything. I used to be a bush-basher (though i always preferred a good AP saddle - i never found the western ones comfortable, my ass prefers the squishy seats ;), but then when i moved to a stable in the city i got into dressage, etc. Still, i miss all of it. I'm actually considering getting back into it in 2008, though i would only be able to do it once a fortnight, or something (because it's so ridiculously expensive nowadays) and i don't know if that would be enough. *ponders*

I'm a former vegan!
Aww, what made you give it up? I'm at the stage now where i don't think i could go back.

Coffee + swearing ftw. I actually meant to change that, cause i started drinking coffee again, but i never got around to it and now i've quit again! *lolz*

Well, you seem very un-asshat-ish. *nods*

I haven't actually done one in a while, but i've been listening to a lot of new/weird stuff at the moment, and i was considering doing a post-christmas mix in a few days, i'll have to remember to dedicate it to you ;)

Adding you now! ♥

(edited, because i've lost the ability to spell. *woe*)

[elsie.livejournal.com]

Ah yes, my friend later corrected herself; the non Ned/Chuck moodtheme was made by somebody else.

And she recently introduced me to the expression "ftw" ... looks like I've found where she learned it! :DDD

Ugh. If I had a car I'd get my ass to the stables on the outskirts of my city, but in the end I don't want to be a car owner. :( Am too poor to pay to ride, anyway.

I was vegan for about nine months when I was 16--actually, started right before my 16th birthday and my mother was sad she couldn't bake me a cake with eggs and butter and all, hee! And then was vegetarian for maybe another year after that, but I gave it up eventually b/c I'd lost the animal-rights fervor that had got me started. I do still care, but I lost the original passion, and, well ... I am a cheese addict. It was cheese that knocked me off the vegan wagon. But interestingly enough, up until the very end, I didn't find the diet restrictions too difficult.

i'll have to remember to dedicate it to you
Oh, you are such a doll.

[bertiebob.livejournal.com]

I'm considering making a completely random fandom mood theme, just for my own amusement. Maybe i'll just make icons instead. Hmm. There was a really good general PD mood a while ago, can't remember where though.

Hahaha. Ftw had me confused for SO long. Also, ftf (for-the-fail), though it's not as widely used ;)

Which city do you live in, if you don't mind my asking? There are a few within the city here, and a few on the outskirts, but nothing really within decent driving distance (at least nothing that's affordable on any kind of regular basis). I don't know what i'd do without my little car. *hugs it*

Hee. My mother was/is oddly supportive, but she worries that it's too restrictive and i just won't eat anything at all. But she's totally gotten into the vegan baking and whatnot, which is so incredibly cool - she makes almost all my food :)

I think my lack of meat/cheese love is why it isn't that hard a change for me. I'm not a big fan of food, in general, and i prefer raw/fresh food than junk, so there isn't much that i miss. Mostly it's the non-food stuff that's a struggle for me - i have really long really high maintenance hair, so buying decent products that are vegan is PRICEY and a bit of a nightmare. Still, i started last New Years, so it's been almost a year (and i've only slipped off the wagon one or two times, with random things like cheese and potato chips ;) And i still drink diet coke, but that's a big of a vegan grey-area, so until there's something definite it's staying on the menu. *lol*

I'm going to do it today. *determined* Otherwise it won't get done. Lol.

[elsie.livejournal.com]

Ah, I can't reveal my location in a public post, but I shall tell you that I live in the Southeast US and there aren't any real cities around here except Atlanta. Which is not where I live. So there's just not much public transportation that would make my life easier. Southerners SUCK at doing anything modern and progressive. I stick to downtown mostly, where I can walk. Yay walking!

[musicandmisery.livejournal.com]

Do you mind if I add you?

[bertiebob.livejournal.com]

Sure :) Mind if i add you back?

[musicandmisery.livejournal.com]

Please do :)

[andsheloves.livejournal.com]

THAT PICTURE IS HILARIOUS.

ALSO; your tv section seems to be missing something BIG.

[bertiebob.livejournal.com]

IT'S US, IN TEN YEARS. FTW.

Ooooooooooooooooops. *goes to fix* Thank you, thank you.

[andsheloves.livejournal.com]

WHO'S WHO? (AND WHY ARE THERE THREE? WHO'S THE THIRD? CAN WE HOLD AUDITIONS?)

Well, good, then. :)

[ginger-tea.livejournal.com]

I actually came across your journal via someone's userpics... do you post icons? We have a few similar interests so I'll totally friend you too. LOL to "prison break (sans S3)" -- exactly! :)

Adding you, I think is what I'm trying to say here.

[bertiebob.livejournal.com]

Hello! I don't really post icons, no - simply because i'm not that organised ;) But i do make icons and then use them myself, and other people occasionally use them.

I've been a bad Prison Break fan this season - i've only downloaded the first two so far. *hides* But yes, season three will never be spoken of. *lol*

Mind if i add you back?

[ginger-tea.livejournal.com]

Ah, I see. :) No, I don't mind. Add away! :D

I am also a bad PB fan -- or at least not a real, "wait each week with trembling heart for the next episode". I just can't take the suspense. Dvds, all the way! (Or downloads, I watched s1 and s2 in a matter of a couple weekends way after they'd already aired. Now, I guess Hulu.com will be my new source. :D)

[bertiebob.livejournal.com]

Done :)

Oh, me too! I watched them all in a week, well after the S2 finale had aired. I like having it all there in front of me, you know? Rather than waiting impatiently each week. I have zero patience. *lol*

I'm back home for a few days before heading off on holidays for another week (i just got back yesterday), and i'm terribly tempted to download the ones that i've missed to watch while i'm away. Then again, i've got a bunch of Doctor Who Confidentials to watch, and the new Pushing Daisies ep. And you know, four or five uni assessments. And that IS listed in order of importance, btw ;)

[gemmi-joo.livejournal.com]

Hey! I stumbled across your journey through cecism and noticed that we share a lot of the same interests. Friends?

[bertiebob.livejournal.com]

Absolutely! Hi! :D

(and oh my, the sheer amount of Cate prettiness on your journal nearly made my head explode. *lol*)

[gemmi-joo.livejournal.com]

Yay! Added you back. :D

(why thank you - her prettiness is of such amounts that it should be almost a crime to not ~exploit~ it! :P)

[sometimesartist.livejournal.com]

I've changed my username from cnnjunky to sometimesartist. In the process I've got deleted from all my mutual friends please add me back.