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| User: | kapitankraut (4750675)
Our Man In Brisbane
The Adventures of the Man from Porlock
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| Name: | Haz |
| Location: | Brisbane, Australia |
| Bio: | The story of a Historian in Australia in the early years of the 21st century. Perhaps a diverting one, perhaps not. It's up to you to judge.
People And Places Frequently Appearing Here: A Guide
Very Important
Krista - ![[info]](http://p-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) gliriolielin, my girlfriend
Family
Simon - younger brother
Kit - youngest brother
Mark - older half-brother
Cathryn - older half-sister
Pete/Petes/Peter B - cousin
Friends
Kat - old friend, occasional comedic foil
Doug - oldest friend, comic relief, computer fixy person
Kellyanne - exactly 365 days older than me, friend who doubles as the devil on my left shoulder
Academic Types
Renee - The cause of my Middle Eastern specialisation
Bob - A Professor of Southeast Asian history whose job description runs to keeping me under control
Places
Work - an unnamed website
Uni - University of Queensland, St Lucia campus
Language Abilities
English - native first language
German - fluent, 10 years of study coupled with some travel (ILR-5)
Dutch - ILR-3, although a little rusty at times
Turkish - isolated understanding, one year desultory study (ILR-1 if I'm lucky)
Croatian - weak ILR-1 at present, with a goal of ILR-2 at least
Arabic - script legibility and isolated understanding, one semester of study
Minor knowledge of some other languages, mostly large Romance languages
Occasionally, I use phrases in other languages. Deal with it.
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| Memories: | 18 entries |
| Interests: | 143: africa, afrikaans, alan b'stard, albania, albanian language, allo allo, alternate history, amazing blondel, arabic, arguing, armenia, armenian language, baha'i faith, balkans, baltic languages, baltic states, bill oddie, blackadder, bob marley, brezhoneg, british comedy, bulgarian, carry on films, caucasus, celtic languages, chip esten, clive anderson, colin mochrie, comedy, comic operetta, conan o'brien, conlanging, conlangs, conspiracies, conspiracy theories, constructed languages, coupling, cyrillic script, d'oyly carte, die fantastischen vier, diplomacy, dutch, eddie izzard, europe, eurovision, eurovision song contest, farsi, folk music, foreign languages, foreign music, funk music, gaelic, george carlin, georgian, georgian language, german, german hip-hop, gilbert and sullivan, graeme garden, greg proops, harry turtledove, heresy, hip-hop, history, hobbes-sutcliffe hall, hugh laurie, isirta, islam, jack davenport, jack the ripper, jay leno, jazz music, jethro tull, jim tavare, john cleese, john sessions, kenneth williams, knights templar, languages, lee mack, leftist politics, linguistics, macchiavelli, maltese language, meticulous plans, middle east, mike mcshane, miles davis, monty python, mysticism, naughtiness international, niccolo macchiavelli, nick cave, norfolk island, norfuk language, one hit wonders, patois, persian language, philosophy, progressive rock, quakerism, rai, rap, reggae, religion, richard coyle, rik mayall, robin williams, rodney dangerfield, rory bremner, rowan atkinson, russian, ryan stiles, sangreal, sangrealism, schrammelmusik, semitic languages, ska, slavic languages, soul, soul music, standup comedy, stephen fry, sufism, tariq ali, the cat empire, the goodies, thrillers, tim brooke-taylor, tony slattery, travel, turkey, turkic peoples, turkish, turkology, turntablism, victor and hugo, victor borge, wayne brady, welsh, whirling dervishes, whose line, zydeco |
| Schools: | Coorparoo State School - Brisbane, Qld, Australia (1991 - 1997)
Redeemer Lutheran College - Brisbane, Qld, Australia (1998 - 2002)
University of Queensland - St Lucia - Brisbane, Qld, Australia (2003 - present)
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| Friends: | | 31: | 12daysofrain, bascarsija, biascut, ceciley, claque, dizzay, emmalina, fifteensixty, gillygoo, gliriolielin, henrys_creek, hkitsune, invisible_gurl, kali_kali, kamarate, linnon, mcgillianaire, mebfeather, mewtopia, mstumusings, neamaria, normandie_m, pappubahry, pete_austin, razorbutterflye, rockstarcowgirl, roseofmemory, sacredbean, sixth_light, tellingasecret, thedfm |  | 38: | 0_forum, 0o_backpack_o0, 80_songs, _whoseline, academics_anon, arabic, brisneyland, brisvegas_buses, britishcomedy, cafe_rene, catempire, conlangs, different_beat, eddieizzard, eruoshare, eurofever, eurovision, fmworldbeat, foreignlanguage, foreignmusic, free_palestine, gilbertsullivan, isirta, islam, jtull__aqualung, learn_languages, linguaphiles, ljtravel, mandatory_metal, metal_crypt_mp3, metal_mp3, onehitwonders, radio_alouette, travel_advisory, valhalla_mp3, volution, world_music, world_travel |
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| Mutual Friends: | 28: 12daysofrain, bascarsija, ceciley, claque, dizzay, emmalina, fifteensixty, gliriolielin, henrys_creek, hkitsune, invisible_gurl, kali_kali, kamarate, linnon, mcgillianaire, mebfeather, mewtopia, mstumusings, neamaria, normandie_m, pappubahry, pete_austin, razorbutterflye, rockstarcowgirl, roseofmemory, sacredbean, sixth_light, thedfm |
| Also Friend of: | 11: all2confusn, boots4me, harper_knight, indeigo, korhan81, mananath, ninyve, notmonster, sandralaura, sphinges, themooselet |
| Member of: | 38: 0_forum, 0o_backpack_o0, 80_songs, _whoseline, academics_anon, arabic, brisneyland, brisvegas_buses, britishcomedy, cafe_rene, catempire, conlangs, different_beat, eddieizzard, eruoshare, eurofever, eurovision, fmworldbeat, foreignlanguage, foreignmusic, free_palestine, gilbertsullivan, isirta, islam, jtull__aqualung, learn_languages, linguaphiles, ljtravel, mandatory_metal, metal_crypt_mp3, metal_mp3, onehitwonders, radio_alouette, travel_advisory, valhalla_mp3, volution, world_music, world_travel |
| Account type: | Basic Account |
