Tagged and then some

unbeknownst to me, there's some kind of system in place that bloggers are inflicting on other bloggers to expose the inner flesh of those that hide behind the anonymity of a QWERTY keyboard and a user-friendly interface.

The aim is to reveal 5 things about yourself that not many people would probably know, then nominate another 5 people to tag and so forth.

so, thanks to Age from In My Atmosphere, it's my turn to let everyone in on some secrets. Well, maybe not secrets, but.. well, you know. and i'm not really that secretive, so this is gonna be painful.

top 5 reasons to keep my mouth shut

1. i hitchhiked with my 14 year-old sister to the northern beaches of Sydney on new year's eve in exchange for a cone-piece.

i haven't smoke pot for a ridiculously long time, but there was a time when i may or may not have been in the posession of smoking paraphernalia. trying to get a cab from Macquarie Uni after the fantastic Summersault festival to my hobbit hole in Frenchs Forest was impossible, so i rocked up to two girls, who were going to smoke out at Narrabeen beach and organised the deal. My sister and I got home in one piece, they got their fun and my mum was none-the-wiser.. until we let it slip last night reminiscing about old times!

2. i droped out of a science degree.

straight out of school, i started studying science at Sydney University, after moving from Melbourne the day after my last VCE exams. I had never done biology or physics, so struggled through my lectures, never went to biology which was on a monday afternoon after a 4 hour break and generally hated it. so i dropped out after 3 months. i'm college drop out! woo hoo!

3. i voted for Bronwyn Bishop in my first chance to vote.

what a fucking waste huh!! this is coming from a girl who is regularly jumping up on quite a left-wing soap box, loves to hang shit on any Liberal MP at the first opportunity and would not be caught dead within an inch of a blue-ribbon seat! What can i say, i was young, influenced by the chatter of my folks, and mistakenly thought that a woman being my local member would be better than a "stupid male". I have made my peace, done my penance since then, but it's still pretty shithouse, right?

4. i used to play bass guitar.

i saved up and bought my first guitar when i was 18. I shared it with my flatmate who also wanted to play guitar. it was solid wood and heavy as a muthafucker. my second bass is now currently the bass used by Jamie from Run For Cover. I exchanged it for a video of Tank Girl, one of my favourite films.

5. I can't touch velvet.

You know that feeling you get when someone scrapes their fingers down the blackboard, or cracks their knuckles, or whatever makes your hackles stand up on the back of your neck. well, the feel of velvet (or anything similar, like valour, flock or other materials in that genus) makes me get like that. i shiver, shake and jump around. ick. gag to many, not so much fun for me.

now that i've completely exposed myself to the vultures of the bloggin' world, here's my next top 5:

top 5 people who i'm taggin'

1. The Artswipe - Art bloggin' diva.

2. Ampersand Duck - A letterpress printer who works part-time at an art school, and the rest of the time as a freelance graphic design hoor and wannabe artist.

3. The Wooster Kids - rad street art collective blog crew. Anyone of them will do.

4. Banksy - i know he's way too busy to be doing silly little lists of self-disclosure, seeing as he's all about anonymity, but i'd still like to see it

5. Jade Pegler - an ace friend and a super-rad paper artist.

have fun kids!!