ABOUT

(Me.  This Site.  Whatever.)

Well, hi.  My name is Jules, I'm a Leo, born, bred and once again (after two years in Belfast, Northern Ireland) living in Perth, Western Australia.  I'm tiny, or petite, or small, or just goddamn short, whatever, being an enormous 155 cm tall and weighing in at 45 kg.  Eyes green, hair red-brown, wavy, currently shortish.  I'm in my mid-30s but most people think I'm in my mid-20s - one advantage of being small and baby-faced. 

I love reading, music, gym (weight-training, swimming, yoga, cycling, boxercise), Buffy, cooking and food and drink, travel, and hanging out with friends.  Relationship status; married.  Occupation; diverse, and subject to change - so far I've worked as a project support officer, researcher, policy writer, parliamentary assistant, administration officer in fields including politics, agricultural science, marine science, medicine/surgery, and education. As Sez says, my trouble is I can do everything, from the boss's job to the janitor's.  Makes me a trifle difficult to pigeon-hole, employment-wise.   I am currently medically unable to work full-time, have been on Disability Support Pension and hence unemployed - but there are a few little jobs and voluntary work projects in the pipeline to earn me a little pocket money and keep me from going insane.

I have never kept a diary or journal before, not even a hand-written, pimply angst-ridden adolescent one.  Currently I think my "journal" writing is incredibly self-conscious, cryptic, uninteresting, inarticulate and ditsy, but hopefully my style will improve - that's one of the objectives.  I can write a mean dissertation, essay, policy document, parliamentary debate, press release and have mastered the art of the sweet, polite yet brutally nasty letter so here's hoping.  This is also my first attempt at a website.  And I ask myself; how did I get here? 

I like swear words and swearing, and living in Northern Ireland only promoted this particular penchant and extended my repertoire - I am really quite articulate with a larger-than-your-average-bear vocabulary, honest, I just happen to find swear-words highly satisfying.  I also like talking about sex but will try to refrain from being too graphic and informative.

I use the Australian English spelling convention; hence colour not color, organise not organize, programme not program.  Please try to deal with it.

You can read some more vital stuff about me here.

You can contact me at jules@otterkat.net - I love getting emails!

All names (except the cat's and mine, and that's a diminutive anyway) are pseudonyms - see Who to work out who's who and where.

All material is original except where referenced, and appropriation of same (though why anyone would want to is beyond me) will result in miscreants having their arms ripped off and being beaten over the head with the bloody end (tm Aunty Jack).

Thank you.