When I say “I’m not really a mystery”, I truly mean it. I am the opposite of mysterious - I’m so transparent and easy to figure out, I even find myself boring, but bear with me for a bit and you might see I have things to say and explain and express in my own strange way.

So first things first: I’m Tracey, I live in a sleepy little town on the Eastern Coast of the largest island in the world - Australia. I’m (almost) seventeen, a full time student with a casual job that I hate 95% of the time and relationship wise, I’m very unattached and quite willing to stay that way.

Being a student means I’m very stressed out, all the damn time. In thirteen weeks, I will be entering my last year of high school and taking my final exams. I won’t lie, I’m terrified. I have the highest expectations of myself and I don’t really know what I’ll do if I end up achieving results below my ideal. Nevertheless, there are some redeeming features about school - the handful of friends that I love to bits and pieces and would gladly skip all my classes to be with.

I like lots of things: Pretty Japanese boys (because they are simply so shiny and adorable), learning how to speak different languages (because I think it is so important to try and learn new ways of communication all the time - I don’t want languages to die and be overtaken by English!), walking around in the rain (because it’s just water and everyone seems to terrified to be caught in it), singing along to my favourite songs with the volume up really loud and all the windows open (because I know it freaks the neighbours out) and that feeling when I step out of Sydney airport and knowing that I am back home.

I also dislike lots of things, but I can’t be bothered talking about things that aren’t going to make me happy.

There’s only so much about me that I can squish into a couple of paragraphs, but you already know I’m easy to figure out. It’ll be a fun adventure, if you let yourself enjoy the ride.

Social networking

I think it’s hard to get to know people through blogs (even the oh-so-transparent me) because there’s always going to be something held back, and I really would like to be friends with all of you, so I’m giving you lots of other places that I hang around so we can interact and get to know each other just that little bit more! As long as you tell me who you are, I’ll be more than glad to add/friend/follow/whatever you back!

  • For things even more random than what I post in my blog, visit my tumblr.
  • I listen to music. Lots of it. Come have a look at last.fm.
  • I visit livejournal every single day. I don’t always post there, but nevertheless feel free to friend me.
  • I am on MSN all the damn time. Add me via this address: marionette_271@hotmail.com. I wouldn’t send any email there though, I don’t use it for anything other than MSN!

Last modified July 18, 2008

I use Chrasy for everything. Recaps of my favourite drama episodes, album or movie reviews, little musings on my life, links to sites I found of interest - anything, really. It started out as a personal site, in the traditional sense, with an autobiography and stuff like that but it’s less static content and more dynamic - more blogs, more constantly added information.

I suppose I like Chrasy to be a snapshot of my life. I’d like to be able to browse through the archives in ten years time and re-read a blog or senses entry and think “Oh, I remember that day, it was shattering” or “The way I feel about that song has really changed from what I thought ten years ago.” When that time comes, I’ll know that Chrasy was never a waste of time. I don’t think that anyway, but a little affirmation would be nice.

Winter/Spring 2008 Edition

You are currently viewing the Winter/Spring 2008 edition of Chrasy - I took something of a hiatus (that ran longer than expected) to try and get it ready and during my preparation for exams. It probably looks pretty awful in IE versions lower than 7 because there’s no PNG alpha-transparency support. I’m working on it, I promise.

Resources used in this layout:

For a list of sites tha influenced/inspired me and this layout, please refer to the post that I unveiled this layout in: “Comeback queen“.

The site runs on Wordpress which I alternately love and hate, with too many plugins to name - However, if you’re interested in how some parts of my blog work and if a plugin is involved, contact me and I will be more than happy to point you in the right direction.

Senses log vs. blog

There is a difference, there really is. In the way that people separate their blogs into asides and normal posts, I’ve done the same kind of thing. Things like drama episode recaps and reviews, music recommendations and previews, movie thoughts go into the senses log, they are things I experience with my senses. Why aren’t they grouped in with normal blogs? Because: A) I don’t want to subject people to things they won’t be interested in. B) They’re certainly composed of things I think about but they’re not really about me and they’re not about my life/things that happen to me which is what I want my blog to specifically be. These two sections have their own feeds, people interested in music/drama recaps etc aren’t necessarily interested in my life and vice versa.

Why del.icio.us?

Because I’m very, very lazy and it is so much easier for me to post links to one place and then have it automatically show up in another.

Last modified July 17, 2008