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Morgan Bell

Sydney, New South Wales, AUSTRALIA


Joined March 4th 2008

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Morgan Bell is a young Australian woman who is currently working as a professional freelance journalist.

Morgan was born in Melbourne, Victoria in 1981.

She attended primary school in the regional areas of New South Wales including the Northern Rivers and South Coast, and she lived in Newcastle during her high school years.

Morgan is university educated in engineering, town planning and literature and has lived in various sharehouses and apartments with a colourful array of friends, strangers and landlords since moving to Sydney in 2000.

Morgan is passionate about gay rights and has her finger on the pulse of issues affecting the queer community in Sydney, Newcastle and Melbourne.

Morgan enjoys socialising on the Oxford St scene and spent many years living in Darlinghurst and Surry Hills and maintaining a diverse network of gay, lesbian, bisexual, asexual and transgendered friends.

Morgan enjoys the visual and performing arts and can often be found at a stage show, cinema, gallery, or drag routine, she enjoys independant music and film, contemporary dance, musical theatre and dining out at cafes and restaurants in the city.

Morgan is a self-professed feminist and nerd and enjoys writing about developments in science, IT and communications, and the role of women in engineering and other non-traditional vocations and fields.
Favourite quote
"It often happens that the real tragedies in life occur in such an inartistic manner that they hurt us by their crude violence, their absolute incoherence, their absurd meaning, their entire lack of style. They affect us just as vulgarity affects us. They give us an impression of sheer brute force, and we revolt against that. Sometimes, however, a tragedy that posesses artistic elements of beauty crosses our lives. If these elements of beauty are real, the whole thing simply appeals to our sense of dramatic effect. Suddenly we find that we are no longer the actors, but the spectators of the play. Or rather we are both. We watch ourselves and the meer wonder of the spectacle enthralls us."

from "Dorian Gray" by Oscar Wilde

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Top 40 Films of the Last Decade (2000-2009)

January 11th 2010 19:43
Here are my Top 40 films of the last 10 years; the decade spanning 2000 through 2009.

1. Adaptation (2002)

Adaptation


2. Atonement (2007)
3. Dogville (2003)

Dogville


4. Last Days (2005)
5. Garden State (2004)

Garden State


6. Broken Flowers (2005)
7. Capote (2005)

Capote


8. Hedwig & The Angry Inch (2001)
9. Stage Beauty (2004)
10. Friends With Money (2006)
11. Transamerica (2005)
12. Gosford Park (2001)
13. Factory Girl (2006)

Factory Girl


14. Mulholland Drive (2001)
15. Wonder Boys (2000)
16. Mysterious Skin (2004)
17. Walk The Line (2005)
18. A Knights Tale (2001)
19. The Queen (2006)

The Queen


20. Death Proof (2007)
21. Iron Man (2008)
22. Revolutionary Road (2008)
23. Pans Labyrinth (2006)
24. Party Monster (2003)
25. Kinky Boots (2005)
26. Girl With A Pearl Earring (2003)
27. Stranger Than Fiction (2006)
28. Step Brothers (2008)

Step Brothers


29. Zoolander (2001)
30. Mean Girls (2004)
31. Down With Love (2003)
32. Ghost World (2001)
33. The Duchess (2008)
34. Lara Croft: Tomb Raider (2001)

Lara Croft: Tomb Raider


35. The Dark Knight (2008)
36. Sin City (2005)
37. Aeon Flux (2005)
38. Identity (2003)
39. Charlie & The Chocolate Factory (2005)
40. Intolerable Cruelty (2003)

Intolerable Cruelty













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Knights of the Soundtable Ride Again

January 3rd 2010 20:01
Three days in and 2010 is already shaping up to being an awesome year . . .

Soundgarden are reforming!

The reunion has officially been announced, the band will be reunited in 2010.

I'm chuffed . . . no, I am beyond chuffed, I'm barely able to contain myself . . . I am a HUGE Soundgarden fan . . . I feel like I should call someone, someone important, maybe Barack Obama, or Jon Stewart, and just let them know: the boys are back!

*cartwheels*

Chris Cornell announced on his Twitter on the 1st Jan that Soundgarden will be reforming in 2010:

The 12 year break is over & school is back in session. Sign up now. Knights of the Soundtable ride again! www.soundgardenworld.com

Chris posted the same announcement on his website ChrisCornell.com on new years eve.

CLICKHERE to visit the new site Soundgarden World

Soundgarden: The 12 Year Break is Over and School is Back in Session


Hey baby, what’s your disease
My hearts bleeding
I’m dying to leave

Don’t worry, everything’s clean
Road worthy, hungry and mean

With a swarm of motor flys
Under the cola colored sky
Where the metal river bleeds
Where you never will believe
Where the water turns to steam
With a suicide machine

Get on the snake

Soundgarden
Soundgarden









What does Wiki say?

"In 1997, the band broke up due to internal strife over its creative direction. However, Cornell announced on January 1, 2010 that there would be renewed activity from the band, though no details have yet been released."






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Thanks 2009

December 22nd 2009 13:23
This year I am thankful for:

1. Being able to move back to NSW.

2. Getting my cat back.

3. Having my pet registration fine withdrawn.

4. Completing my course in Training & Assessing.

5. Having my parents move back to NSW.

6. The on-going survival of my car and it's air-conditioning system.

7. My radio spot on Hawksbury FM.

8. Seeing Marilyn Manson chuck the most epic hissy fit live in concert.

9. Afternoon beers with the boys at home.

10. Wednesday night Project Runway/Americas Next Top Model.

11. The Young Turks on YouTube.

12. Bejewelled and FarmTown on Facebook.

13. Brideshead Revisited (UK mini-series), Dead Like Me, and Oz.

14. Unpacking all my belongings from storage.

15. City Chic belts.

16. Strawberry Passion Pop.

17. The case of Coronas I was given as a gift.

18. Dinners, drinks, movies, shows, and phone conversations with family and friends.

19. Uninterrupted sleep.

20. Insulated living quarters, never too hot, never too cold, always just right.

21. The late night chemist.

22. Listening to MGMT in the car.

23. My Mt Annan adopted family.

24. Finding a new Avon lady.

25. Photographing Sienna Miller.

26. My new fridge, microwave, and electric wok, and all other donated kitchen items.

27. Soda water.

28. Holidays in Melbourne.

29. The Orble community.

30. Time by myself.

gratitude





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REVIEW: Paranormal Activity

December 8th 2009 17:31
Summary: Worst movie EVER. I want a refund.

Directed & Written: Oren Peli


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Get excited about life!

December 3rd 2009 09:13



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Got questions?

November 25th 2009 13:00
Ask a question.

Make a suggestion.

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Suggestions

November 25th 2009 07:58
Recommend an artist, or ask a question about the arts.

Artist Quirk welcomes Reader Questions


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Questions?

November 25th 2009 07:42
Do you have a Science Question?

Do you have a suggestion for topics you would like to read more about on Science News


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Get Involved in the Tweet Bomb!

November 5th 2009 17:02
Atlanta, Los Angeles, and New York, 12 noon Thursday 5th Nov 09, local time, CNN studios, there is going to be a protest for the Public Option in healthcare.

CNN Atlanta


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Lavender

November 1st 2009 12:18
A few years ago on MySpace I read an inspirational short tory called "Lavender".

The full article is now available at Brizzle's Basket by William A Browning (aka Bill Brizzle


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Comment by Morgan Bell
on US soldier 'waterboarded' daughter, 4, because she couldn't recite alphabet

February 8th 2010 04:15


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For some reason, I have decided to check my subscription notifications and here I am at your post.

You should talk about God more.

Or the Saints.

Molly Meldrum would.

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on The Wit and Wisdom of Sarah!

February 7th 2010 09:52


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apparently she invested a lot of Republicn donations into buying her own books to get them on the best seller lists

Comment by Morgan Bell
on Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps TRL

February 6th 2010 11:57


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and we all thought Michael Douglas was old in the original

Comment by Morgan Bell
on Google Friend Connect??

February 5th 2010 10:23


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yeah you need widgets that are in HTML code, there are heaps out there, and just insert them into your sidebar post like you would a video

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on Are Bloggers Depressive?

February 5th 2010 08:26


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i think people who are isolated and/or unsatisfied in their real life will spend more time on the net, if they have access to it

but regular net users are only really ever going to be from the middle and upper class, you are not going to see homeless or poverty-stricken net junkies

you need a stable home, a computer, a phone line, an ISP contract, and the finances and good credit rating to acquire all these things, so the people with the most severe problems probably dont even mingle in the blogosphere

Comment by Morgan Bell
on My Scoring is Changing!!!

February 4th 2010 10:04


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i never score my reviews, maybe i should start

you, sir, are a trendsetter!


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on Sydney Table Roast Chicken

January 31st 2010 06:09


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im so glad this wasnt a recipe for the whole chicken in a can

also $60 for food? thats amazing, im sure i spend well over $100

Comment by Morgan Bell
on Australia 'most sinful' country on earth

January 31st 2010 06:05


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oh yeah Salinger died, although it was one of those deaths where i thought he was dead already

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on What time is used for pre-posts?

January 29th 2010 04:34


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if you live in Sydney the Orble time is usually about 12 hours out of sync, im not sure which time zone that correlates with, i just inverse the AM and PM in my mind

Comment by Morgan Bell
on Google Friend Connect??

January 29th 2010 04:30


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if you want to use any HTML code you have to write it with "HTML3456" before your code, and "/HTML" after

use square brackets eg: [ ] instead of speech marks eg: " "