sketches of the mind

Foolishly, when I signed up originally I missed the first commandment and was banished for my stupidity. I’m not one to repeat mistakes so here is my introduction.

I stumbled upon this community from another, and immediately liked what I saw. The thing that caught my eye, other than the mildly popular Babes section, were the varied and well-designed signature images (or banners if you call them that). I like to play around in Photoshop once in a while so it was great to see.

I hail from down under and the home of the 2000 Summer Olympic Games. Here you’ll find what is fondly known by the locals as the ‘Coathanger’, as well as a distinctly unique house of spherical-sectioned shells. Having spent two months travelling around Western Europe last year, and gaining a small insight into living life in other countries, I would still not call any other place ‘home’.

Once a great fan of video games (Tetris, Street Fighter 2, Street Fighter 2: Champion Edition and Puzzle Bobble rank highest on my list of favourites), and for a time absorbed in the online gaming worlds of Counter-Strike and Warcraft III, I no longer have the time or patience to invest in them.

These days, its basketball on Saturdays, gym three days a week, and weekends spent socialising or simply relaxing. On the odd occasion I may be found developing alcoholism (I prefer spirits but I seem to be drinking beer a lot these days).

Music? Give me electronic – be it trance, breaks, electro, chillout, progressive trance/house or other. Otherwise pop, rock, punk, classical, r’n’b, and almost anything will do.

As for films, I’m on a mission to watch as many modern-day classics as I can. The most recent (old) movie that I viewed was Al Pacino’s 1983 masterpiece Scarface. I found Pulp Fiction, Kill Bill, and Gangs of New York rather gruesome but at the same time fascinating. The same could be said for Fight Club. Other movies I rate include Requiem For a Dream, Trainspotting, The Matrix Trilogy, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Memento, and Lost in Translation (Scarlett Johansson is gorgeous).