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So, you're interested in finding out who I am... Well, my full name is Michelle Harmer. Don't have a middle name, never have, probably never will...which means I have to spend less time filling out forms, anyway!! I'm 15 right now, turned that on March 27th. I've always been the younger one in my friendship group - mainly because although all of my friends are all about to turn 16, I am up to their age mentally. Sometimes even beyond, according to people I know...but at least I'm now at the physical age where I can legally get a job. Yeah, I'm Australian too - not a koala-hugging, beer-drinking Australian, but I was born in this country and have always lived here so I guess I have to live with the image. I kinda feel Scottish in a way - my mother is Scottish, and I just have this really weird feeling that I come from there. Strange but true. As for the family, I have my Mum, Olga, my Dad, Bruce, my sis Ren�e and step-Dad John. I have heaps 'o' pets too - 3 cats (Lucky, Smokey, Tiddles), 2 dogs (Jack, Ben), and my sis has a guinea pig (Peter). Makes for a huge family...which means that no matter what mood you're in, there's always someone to turn to, even if they can't speak back... I play guitar a lot, and write poetry which often gets turned into songs. The themes are often pretty dark as I write most commonly when I'm in a bad mood. All the poems I have written so far deal with relationships & love (You're Never Gone, Together, Did I Ever Say...), obsessions (Celebrity), drugs (Bleed, Darkness, Miss Innocence), alcohol & rejection (Get Out), abuse (Untitled) and even loss of a family member (Every Child Has A Hero). Sometimes I have been told that I shouldn't write so negatively, but my poems are a creative way of releasing all my unwanted tension. Others don't have to read them, so why should it hurt anyone? I like to express my opinions freely quite often - I am learning how to stand up for myself, not just for others, and being a very left-of-the-middle person, this has helped a lot. For example, when my friends are shopping for expensive jackets in designer stores, I will be going around the 2nd-hand shops for some funky shirts. When they dye their hair a rich red or warm blonde colour, I'll do mine blue, pink or green. I hate being categorized by people, so if I have to go to extreme measures to be independent, then I will. But not via smoking, drugs or alcohol. That's just not my fort�, thankyou very much...been there, seen too much, don't like it. Speaking of opinions, people have likened me to silverchair singer/guitarist Daniel Johns lately because I have been dressing like him, gradually cutting meat out of my diet and have been wanting to get an eyebrow ring for some time. Well, despite my involvement with the band since 1997, I am not influenced wholly by Daniel. Maybe slightly, but the majority of decisions are made by me and me alone. And that's how it should be, yes?
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