Essie

The Basics

Name

Essie

Location

Brisbane, Australia

About Me

About Me

Girly girl who likes girls, bicycles, books, and blowing shit up.

Check All That Apply

Lesbian, Femme

Website/Blog/Tumblr

http://rainbowsleeve.tumblr.com

Twitter

essieteric

Looking For

Queer Friends in my Area, Queer Friends on the Internet

Relationship Status

Single

Virtues

Writer, classically-trained musician, gamer, badass student administrator.

Vices

a horrid sugar addiction.

Are You Out To Your....

Member(s) of Immediate Family, All Friends, School/Work

What I Like

Favorite Books

“Someplace to be Flying” (Charles de Lint), “Sub Rosa” (Amber Dawn), “The Autumn Castle” (Kim Wilkins), Black Jewels Trilogy (Anne Bishop), Kushiel’s Dart (Jacqueline Carey). Collector of far too many comics – currently reading Wonder Woman, Batwoman, Animal Man, Batgirl, Secret Six and Suicide Squad.

Favorite Movies

Anything Studio Ghibli, Garden State, Gypsy, Suckerpunch, Star Wars original trilogy, Tangled.

Favorite Documentaries

Stephen Fry “In America”.

Favorite TV Shows

Stargate SG-1, X-Files, Daria, House, Bones, Grey’s Anatomy, Black Books, Big Bang Theory.

Favorite Music

I’m a sucker for orchestral music – Telemann, Bach, Reinecke, Stravinsky. Also currently listening to Marian Call, Bess Rogers, Lelia Broussard.

Favorite Sandwich

Vegemite. Shaddup – it's an acquired taste.

Favorite Quotes

“Free your heart from your mind. Embrace wonder for one moment without the need to consider how that wonder came to be, without the need to justify if it be real or not.”
– Charles de Lint, The Ivory & the Horn

Favorite Writers

Jacqueline Carey, Charles de Lint, Gail Simone, Kim Wilkins, Sara Douglass.