the way i am

I’m Terri, a girl young woman living out her life, slowly but surely. To cover the basics, I live in Melbourne (Australia) with my fiance Michael. Born on the 14th February 1988 (making me 20) in Tasmania, I grew up in a rural area with my mum, dad, younger brother and many, many pets. I moved to Melbourne in 2005 to live with my partner, and we moved into our own place in April 2007. Physically, I’m around 5′8″, with blue eyes, shoulder-length curly, naturally brown (but always different coloured) hair. I have ten piercings and two tattoos (as seen below). My interests include, but are not limited to, webdesign, music and podcasts, good food, shopping and anything to do with conspiracy theories, mythology and the Occult.

I love my fiance, hugs, kisses, singing, my kitty, the cinema, lollies, computers, piercings, peace, silence, the dark, relaxation, warmth, laughing, drinking, love, tattoos, the colour pink, and my friends.
I hate cheaters, backstabbers, intense heat, war, pimples, spiders, suppressors, hackers, periods, mushrooms, tomatoes, instant coffee, and celery.

losing my religion…(and gaining another one)

In 1999, I went through some shit that an 11 year old shouldn’t have to go through. I won’t go into it here, but basically it caused me to rethink my Christian beliefs. I thought if God couldn’t be there for me right now, who knows where He’ll be when I need him again.
I went on a search - a soulsearch, if you will - to find out who I was, and this was when I discovered Wicca. I will admit, like many people, I was initially attracted by the ‘hocus pocus’ of it all, but as I delved deeper into it and read more and more, I started to find that the general beliefs that Wiccans hold matched my own personal beliefs to a T. The belief in not just one God, but a God and a Goddess, and in many instances numerous Gods and Goddesses. This religion just oozed equality, tolerance and a belief for all that is real and beautiful in this world, and not focusing on where we will go when we die, but where we are now, and how we need to take responsbility for what we are doing now, before it’s too late.
I won’t go on and on here because I will just bore everyone, but you can take a look at my Wicca website, MerryMeet.org, to find out a bit more about my beliefs.

you’re my everything

I first met Michael in a chat room around September 2003, at which time I was going out with another guy. Michael and I clicked, and became good friends in a very short amount of time. Around two months later, my then-boyfriend dumped me. Through my stress, Michael was there for me as a shoulder to cry on. Feelings grew, and we started to like each other more than friends.

About a week or so later, I asked Michael if he’d be interested in a long distance relationship. He told me that he’d never done it before, but he was willing to give it a shot. We started ‘dating’ on the 10th November 2003.

In December 2003, Michael came to Tasmania to meet me in person. We spent a wonderful weekend together, and unfortunately it ended all too soon.

At Easter 2004, he came to stay with us and meet my parents. Michael talked my mum into letting me go back with him to Melbourne for four nights and meet his family and friends, then in August my family met his family. We made numerous trips back and forth, before I made the decision to move in with him and his parents in November 2005 and continue my schooling via correspondence in 2006.

On New Year’s Eve 2006, at midnight, Michael proposed to me. We are now engaged to be married, although we have no plans for the wedding yet.

April 11th 2007 strolled around, and we moved into our own place and we absolutely love it here - it’s really not hard to love your own space!

Michael has changed my life completely, we’ve has some really hard times, and some really awesome times. We’re there for each other, all the time, whenever, wherever, whatever. He’s shown me love and support through everything. So this section is dedicated to him, to thank him for the effort that he has put into this relationship, all the sacrifices that he has made, and for being the sweetest, most loving guy that I have ever met. This section is also here so that if we have an argument or something, he can come to know that I won’t be mad at him forever and that my love for him is unconditional and undying. We’ve been together for over four years, and this is only the beginning. So for my man, my ‘schmoopy’, my one and only, Michael - I love you.

doin’ it for the kids

Layla [DOB 6 Dec 2002] came into our lives on the 26th May 2007, as a 4-and-a-half year old. She is a black smoke coloured Devon Rex, which is the reason for her kitten-(and almost pixie-)like looks. Before coming to us, Layla had two litters of kittens whilst in the care of one breeder. That breeder then, unfortunately, was diagnosed with cancer, at which time she just couldn’t take care of the cats.

Michael’s mother and stepfather have a Devon Rex named Merlin, who they bought from another breeder when he was a kitten. We called this particular breeder because we had moved into our own place and were after a pet. She said she wouldn’t have any kittens available until the end of July/start of August 2007, which we were a little upset about. But then she told us that she had a 4-year-old Devon Rex who had had two litters but wasn’t producing any more babies, so she had had her spayed, therefore being no good for her. We said we’d come out and take a look at her.

On the morning of Saturday 26th May, we went out to the breeder’s place and met Layla for the first time. She was more beautiful than I ever could imagine and fell in love with her straight away. She had been spayed, vaccinated, fully-house trained and was an indoor cat - everything we wanted and more. And what’s more, she was 1/5th of the price of a new kitten, which was perfect for us because we just didn’t have the money to buy a new kitten.

Hendrix [DOB 22 Sep 2008] joined our clan on the 9th February 2008 at around 4 and a half weeks old after we decided it might be a good idea to get another kitty to keep Layla company while we were out at work and such. There’s not much to Hendrix - he’s also a Devon Rex, seal tabby point in colour (think Siamese markings). He is a very pretty cat, like Layla is. I love them both so much. Layla, needless to say, wasn’t too impressed when we brought him home, but I think she will warm to him and hopefully become a little more motherly towards him once she realises he’s also part of the family now.

So far, all Hendrix has really done has run around the house like an antelope, and snuggle up to people for warmth. I can’t wait to see more of his personality shine through.

Roman (top fish in the photo) and Vladimir joined us in November 2007, along with four other goldfish that passed away for whatever reason. These two have managed to stay with us and remain content in their tank. Roman is a bit of a bully; he likes to get to the food before Vladimir, leaving him just whatever he can’t gorge on. They’re really great to sit and watch - regardless of what anyone else says, fish do have their own personalities and you can see them when you actually sit and watch.

I don’t think we’re actually their owners any more, though - Layla has kind of claimed them by intermittantly taking perch on top of their tank. She has no interest in eating them or getting into the tank though.

where am i

So what the hey am I doing when I’m online but not working on my sites? I’ll usually be at one or more of the following sites:

Boards (all as ‘Terri’ unless otherwise specified):

• Lavish
• Wicca Forums (as Tahlea)
• EcstasyMB
• VertigoMB.org
• VertigoMB.net
• Vogue
• Quarantine (as Terri.)
• Stereo Shock MB

Other Sites/Projects:

• Inspirata Designs
• MerryMeet.org

Podcasts:

• The Dawn and Drew Show!
• Deo’s Shadow

more…

• wishlist
• book list