Simone on the move

Matt tagged me with the 8 things you didn’t know about me meme, and yonks ago Gary tagged me for 8 random things… so this will be it. I don’t believe in fairies, so stuff the rules. Don’t know why I haven’t done this before, I love the word random…

1. I was in the circus, age 10 to 14. Circus Freefall in Bridgetown… We did shows at schools and festivals in and around Bridgetown, and once at a tourist convention in Fremantle, and stayed the night at Bizircus headquarters in the Old Customs house! I can juggle 3 balls/clubs, ride a unicycle and do some other random stuff. I hate stiltwalking. I’ve also done a bit of theatre, but I’ve never been a performer. I always preferred working back stage.

2. I have scanned all our family photos from 1987 (when we moved to Australia, I’m Dutch) until 1996 (when we left Australia) and some more. See flickr… I enjoy linking to them when I’m telling random stories ;)

3. I’ve lived in 12 different houses for 10 months or longer, a migrant centre (in Perth) for 7 weeks, and a campervan for 4 months going around Australia (doing distance education for year 1). Two of the places were remote communities in north western Australia; Bidyadanga (La Grange Mission) and Nullagine. There are many random things from those periods…!!

4. The first concert I attended was BoyzIIMen at the Entertainment Centre (I’m only admitting this because it was actually my brother who was a fan at the time!), the last was the BDO with Rage Against the Machine. The ones in between have been mixed. One of the highlights was Pinkpop 2000, with Pearl Jam, Live, Muse, The Counting Crows and more.

5. I’m more of a n00b on the web than you think… I’ve never used ebay. I hadn’t even heard of blogs until mid 2005 (and was appalled I hadn’t!!) . I’d never used instant messaging at all until last year. And I’m sure I have more shocking stuff that I can’t think of right now…

But I now hack wordpress occasionally, so apparently that makes me a geek. I think Geek in Training is more appropriate. Just don’t call me a nerd… even if I did win the Library Award when graduating from primary school…

6. My favourite colour is purple. Don’t ask me why this blog is orange and snot. My second favourite colour is blue, and I’d mention black if it was a colour.

7. I’ve never had to stay in hospital (well, except when I was born, I was too early). Worst thing that’s happened to me is some broken bone in my elbow, which happened when I fell of my bike because mum and I were biking next to each other and our handle bars intertwined…duh. Was the day before starting high school in the Netherlands, so it wasn’t just my aussie accent which made me stand out, unfortunately.

8. I have never drunk coffee, and don’t need caffeine to stay up late.

But on that note, I guess I better act normal and go to bed now. Oops, too late.

You can all go tag yourself :p