Cyber Goth Geek Chick

It's been an awfully long time since I updated this information though I can't really admit that a lot of the information has changed; an old friend of mine once said to me "Amaya in all the time I've known you you haven't really changed, and you're the only person I know who knew who they were completely at 14" and really it's not that unfair. But I have grown up, a little at least and so if nothing else then it would be nice to think that my website was written in an adult tone.

If you've bothered reading through this site there's a few things that will be immediately obvious...

One is that I'm a giant nerd. I grew up with computers and as the internet took off I took to it like a duck to water slowly becoming obsessed with each new technology, IRC, IM programmes and then the blogosphere and picked up plenty of graphic and web skills along the way. These days I tend to keep a steady 2 computers per member of my household and have reached addictive levels of internet use. I have a number of online groups I tend to spend time with though the majority of these are actually connected to groups I have befriended in real life. There is one exception ... the incenstuous, somewhat hilarious and always ecclectic Malkavian/Sluagh group a rare and wonderful thing; a close group of net friends whose friendship has spanned a decade.

Of course the internet isn't the end of my relationship with daft geek culture; comics, sci fi novels, obsessive TV serial watching, roleplaying games, consoles ... combine this with obsessive consumerism and my gadget collection tends to fill the space provided by any raise I ever receive at work. Oh and of course I work in IT.

My love affair with the gothic subculture is well documented and long term, now a sort of warm comfortable marriage than a hot fling. I grew up on goth rock and slowly moved from Retro Goth Vamp Wannabe through an affair with Industrial, EBM and Noise into the riot grrl rivet chick corp.goth girl I am today. My dedication to the scene comes from an instant feeling of familiarity the first time I hit a goth club, I'd never before realised there was a place for me in the world and nowhere feels like home like the first time I step foot in a new event, a new club, anywhere in the world. There are a lot of things I do for the goth scene because I love it so, I tend to help any event I can, support local music and clubs, shops and designers and this has led me into promotions and PR for a number of goth scene related events including editing Fiend Magazine the Australian goth magazine. If nothing else you'll still find me at every damn event I can afford to get to.

Surprisingly to many I'm also very into raving, though these days as industrial becomes more electronic my tendency to wear large pants and comfy shoes and stomp till I fall down is less shocking to many. My childish nature and tendency to collect shiney things and small toys makes the choice a little more obvious also. *cough*

My other subcultural leaning runs towards alternative sexuality; I spend a lot of time amongst the weird and wonderful. This combined with my mild fashion obsession means a lot of time fag hagging at gay and lesbian events, made a lot easier now I live in Sydney, home of the gay and lesbian mardi gras. I also spend a lot of time around the BDSM and fetish scenes and have seen, heard and experienced a great deal of things... not all pleasant but many entertaining.

These days I tend to have a slight tendency towards workaholism, I get bored easily and like to please people so saying no becomes problematic and I end up working till stupid hours and then not sleeping for days at a time. This... isn't a good thing, but I do get lots done. Consequently though my career has soared quite happily in the last few years and I'm a happy little corporate citizen working my way through various companies, on and up.

Many of you may remember my long term partnership with a tall and angry man called Mason, and sadly that went sour (though we're still good friends) and so after my life began to change I took to moving around a lot more and now spend a great deal of time travelling. You can usually spot stories of my travels in my blog and on the photo site for those of you interested and I take plenty of time to visit local events that may be of interest to many.

So... that's me. Mad, bad and dangerous to know, a little bit innapropriate and a lot public I wear my heart on my sleeve and my life on the web and with any luck you'll find some of that interesting.