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about the author ::
The Basics
+ My full name is Aeryn Eliza Brown, and my
nicknames are Ezza and Ez.
+ ‘Ezza’ is the typical nickname in Australia
for girls and women named ‘Erin’, no matter the spelling. This is in keeping
with the Australian penchant for shortening first names, despite the name
‘Erin’ and the nickname ‘Ezza’ being composed of four letters apiece.
+ ‘Ez’ is the short form of my main nickname. I
use it to sign comments I post on LiveJournal and the odd email.
+ I’m 27 years old. I was born on June 5 1984.
+ I share my birthday with, among others,
comedian Ross Noble, Screaming Jets frontman Dave Gleeson, Pete Wentz of Fall
Out Boy, Sébastien Lefebvre of Simple Plan, and Harry Potter character Draco Malfoy.
+ I was born in the Wollongong City suburb of
Warrawong, New South Wales, Australia, and have lived in Albion Park, New South
Wales, Australia, since the middle of March 1990.
+ I am severely nearsighted, to the point where
without my glasses I am unable to see clearly beyond a couple of inches in
front of my face, and have worn glasses to correct my sight since the end of
September 1990.
+ I am a dual Australian-English citizen, by
virtue of my father and paternal grandfather both having been born in England,
and have citizenship rights in both countries. My heritage is Turkish, Greek,
German, Norse, Norman, English, Irish, Welsh, Manx, French, Spanish and
Australian, and my ethnicity is Australian, English, Welsh, Irish and Spanish.
+ I identify as bisexual, having come out at
the end of March 2006.
+ I am also an atheist, and have identified as
such since January 2000.
+ I currently have three piercings in each ear,
and have an eyebrow piercing planned for some point in time.
Favourites
Music
+ My favourite genres are rock and punk.
+ My favourite bands are 30 Seconds To Mars,
Fall Out Boy, My Chemical Romance, Birds Of Tokyo, The Temper Trap, Pendulum,
John Butler Trio, Muse, Porcelain, Green Day, Bluejuice, The Fray, Snow Patrol,
Nickelback, Good Charlotte, Pearl Jam, OneRepublic, Hanson, Bon Jovi, Queen,
INXS, Evanescence, Linkin Park, Scissor Sisters, Nirvana, The Offspring, Powderfinger, Thriving Ivory and
Smashing Pumpkins.
+ My favourite singers are Sarah McLachlan,
Billy Joel, Ladyhawke, Jimmy Barnes, Natalie Merchant, Josh Groban, Sara
Bareilles, David Bowie, Tori Amos, Shannon Noll, Kelly Clarkson, John
Mellencamp, Bruce Springsteen and Kasey Chambers.
+ My favourite songs are Forever Lately (Vertigo), Give
A Little (Hanson), You Raise Me Up
(Josh Groban), Fader (The Temper
Trap) Desert Dressed In Lights
(Porcelain), Getta Kick (Diesel), Finale B (Cast of Rent), Imagine (John
Lennon), Closer To The Edge (30
Seconds To Mars), Misty Mountain Hop
(pondlife), Everybody Hurts (R.E.M.),
Always And Ever (Southern Sons), Elvis (I Remember) (The Screaming Jets),
Defying Gravity (Idina Menzel and
Kristin Chenoweth, from Wicked), Chasing Cars (Snow Patrol), The Resolution (Jack’s Mannequin), Rain (Dragon), Angel (Sarah McLachlan), Hold
On (Wilson Phillips), Nullarbor Song
(Kasey Chambers), Dreams (The
Cranberries), Love The One You’re With
(The Chantoozies), Lay Down (Candles In
The Rain) (Max Sharam), Liberty Bell
(Noiseworks), The Honeymoon Is Over
(The Cruel Sea), Where The River Flows
(Collective Soul), Don’t Dream It’s Over
(Crowded House), The Anthem (Good
Charlotte), Little By Little (Abi
Tucker), Peacemaker (Green Day), America’s Suitehearts (Fall Out Boy), Zydrate Anatomy (from Repo! The Genetic Opera), Tell Me A Story (1927), and Watercolour (Pendulum)
+ My favourite albums are This Is War
(30 Seconds To Mars), Shout It Out (Hanson), 21st Century Breakdown
(Green Day), Leave This Town
(Daughtry), Danger Days: The True Lives Of The Fabulous Killjoys (My
Chemical Romance), A Thousand Suns (Linkin Park) and Sugar (Tonic).
TV and Film
+ My favourite genres are cyberpunk, animation,
fantasy, science fiction, thriller, comedy, action and anime.
+ My favourite actors are Robert Downey Jr.,
Jared Leto, Jared Padalecki and Jensen Ackles, and my favourite actresses are
Scarlett Johansson, Rebecca Gibney, Keira Knightley and Shannyn Sossamon.
+ My favourite TV shows are Supernatural,
Death Note, Sanctuary, Charmed, The Late Late Show With Craig Ferguson, The Big Bang Theory, Doctor Who, The Amazing Race, Mythbusters, Packed To The Rafters, Farscape, Good News Week, Firefly, Torchwood, Red Dwarf, Moonlight, South
Park, The NRL Footy Show, The Simpsons, Australia’s
Funniest Home Videos, Prison Break,
Spicks And Specks, Futurama, Family Guy, American Dad,
Aqua Teen Hunger Force, Modern
Toss, How I Met Your Mother, My Kitchen Rules and Fraggle Rock.
+ My favourite films are Rent, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2,
Repo! The Genetic Opera, He Died With A Felafel In His Hand, Despicable Me, Centre Stage, Iron Man 2, Mr. Nobody, The Rocky Horror
Picture Show, Happy Feet, Van Helsing, V For Vendetta,
The Matrix, The Fifth Element, The Craft, The Crow,
The Breakfast Club, The Big Chill,
St. Trinian’s, Silence Of The
Lambs, Moulin Rouge, The League Of Extraordinary Gentlemen, A
Knight’s Tale, Pirates Of The Caribbean: The Curse Of The Black Pearl,
Lilo And Stitch, Joe’s Apartment, The Exorcist, Finding
Nemo, A Clockwork Orange, The Three Musketeers, Constantine,
Spirited Away, Kiki’s Delivery Service, Bicentennial Man, The
Nightmare Before Christmas, Cowboy Bebop, Little Nicky, The
Hitchhiker’s Guide To The Galaxy, Donnie
Darko, WALL-E, and Charlie
And The Chocolate Factory.
+ My favourite directors are Alex Proyas, Chris
Columbus and Tim Burton.
+ My favourite film soundtracks are Rent, The Nightmare Before Christmas and Repo! The Genetic Opera.
Literature
+ My favourite genres are science fiction,
fantasy, dystopian fiction, historical fiction and non-fiction.
+ My favourite books are Hitchhiker’s Guide
To The Galaxy (Douglas Adams), The Unusual
Life Of Tristan Smith (Peter Carey), Harry Potter and the Deathly
Hallows (J.K. Rowling), The Case of the Vanishing Corpse (Kel
Richards), Anansi Boys (Neil Gaiman),
House Of Leaves (Mark Z.
Danielewski), The Ultimate Aphrodisiac (Robert G. Barrett), Artemis
Fowl and the Atlantis Complex (Eoin Colfer), Angels And Demons (Dan
Brown), The Little White Horse (Elizabeth Goudge), To Kill A
Mockingbird (Harper Lee) and Jennifer Government (Max Barry).
+ My favourite authors are Douglas Adams, J.K.
Rowling, Robert G. Barrett, Neil Gaiman, Eoin Colfer, Dan Brown, and Max Barry.
Other Entertainment
+ My favourite comedians are Danny Bhoy, Tim
Minchin, Tripod, Judith Lucy, Hannah Gadsby, David Strassman, Cal Wilson, Eddie
Perfect, Eddie Izzard, Kevin Bloody Wilson, Wil Anderson, Scared Weird Little
Guys, Adam Hills, Paul McDermott, Tom Gleeson, Mick Meredith, Billy Connolly,
Carl Barron, The Umbilical Brothers and Dave Hughes.
+ My favourite video games are Guitar Hero World Tour, Mario Kart Wii, SingStar, Harry
Potter: Quidditch World Cup, Spyro: Enter The Dragonfly, Tekken 5,
Buzz: The Music Quiz, Cooking Mama
2, Animal Crossing: Let’s Go To The
City and Phantasy Star Zero.
+ My favourite computer games are Princess
Maker 2, Need For Speed Underground 2, Ultima 8: Pagan, and The Sims 2 Apartment Life.
+ My favourite musicals are Rent, Avenue Q and Chicago.
Hanson Favourites
Album: Shout It Out
Songs
Overall: Give A Little
Boomerang: Lonely Boy,
Don’t Accuse and The Love You Save
MMMBop: Soldier and River
Middle Of Nowhere: Speechless, Where’s The Love, Yearbook and I
Will Come To You
Snowed In: Christmas Time and Silent Night Medley
3 Car Garage: Soldier and River
Live From Albertane: Ever Lonely
This Time Around: This Time Around, Dying To Be Alive, Sure
About It and A Song To Sing
Underneath Acoustic: Penny & Me,
Love Somebody To Know and This Time Around
Underneath: Dancin’ In The Wind, Penny & Me, Lost Without Each Other, Get
Up And Go, Crazy Beautiful and Believe
Live & Electric: Optimistic, In A Little While and Penny
& Me
The Walk: Great Divide, Been There Before, Georgia, Blue Sky, Tearing It
Down, Something Going Round
and Your Illusion
Middle Of Nowhere Acoustic: Yearbook
Take The Walk EP: Follow Your Lead
and Hope It Comes Soon
Strong Enough To Break: Wake Up,
Let You Go, My Own Sweet Time and Out Of
My Head
Stand Up, Stand Up EP: These Walls, Waiting For This and World’s On Fire
Shout It Out: Waiting For This,
Thinking ‘Bout Somethin’, Carry You There, Give A Little, And I Waited,
These Walls, and Me Myself & I
The Best Of 5: I Will Come To You,
This Time Around, Lost Without Each Other, Great Divide, Thinkin’ ‘Bout Somethin’, and Give
A Little
Non-Album/EP: Coming Back For
More, Wondering Why, Cried, Every Word I Say, We All Know and I’ve Been
Down
Covers: Livin’ On A Prayer
(Bon Jovi), Change In My Life
(Rockapella), Peace Train (Cat
Stevens), Never Been To Spain (Three
Dog Night), Desire (U2), Optimistic (Radiohead), Magic Carpet Ride (Steppenwolf), In A Little While (U2), The Love You Save (Jackson 5) and Long Train Runnin’ (The Doobie Brothers)
Music videos: Thinking ‘Bout
Somethin’, Lost Without Each Other, Penny & Me, I Will
Come To You, Weird and This Time Around
Live performances: MMMBop on TTMON; Weird on The Oprah Winfrey
Show (February 1998); If Only and Magic Carpet Ride on Live
At The Fillmore; MMMBop and Penny & Me on Good Morning
America (April 16 2004); the Enmore Theatre concert, Sydney, Australia (May
28 2005); Never Been To Spain and Long Train Runnin’ on Howard Stern (May 14 2007); Shout It Out at the Gramercy Theatre,
New York City (April 30 2010)