this looks fun ...
3-7: crazy kid, I was a little bubble of energetic craziness, I used to bite people and all saught of mischefous stuff
7-12: rollerblade kid/bike kid, that pretty much says it all (although when I was nine I began to question things, in a very confused way, but I am cetain that is what has made me who i am today)
12-14: hmmm, I don't remember, but what followed could have something to do with that
14: first smoked pot, it was a novelty, would get stoned and laugh non-stop for hours
15/16 got into skateboarding, listening to hip-hop, continued to smoke each weekend, was having a generally fun-time, but underneath it all I felt something was up, was questioning society a little bit (but had no understanding or logic to what exactly it was I was questioning, just felt a little bit like neo)
16: smoking/ drinking continued, until a few friends died in a car accident (well i kept it all up, but something inside me changed) ...I seriuosly began to question life at this time.. grew up a lot, but not completely
17... a few weeks after my 17th birthday I took ecstasy for the first time, wooah that was amazing, it was at a lighthouse (byronbay) .. and me and my friends saw ufo's (seriously!!!) .. well ok, I still don't know what we saw, but they were moving randomly and we ALL saw them, so yeh it was amazing, the sun came up and it was just beautiful !
went down to sydney soon after this and went to my first rave (and probally last), GODSPEED!... was a pretty good night overall, but I started coming down at 6 in the morning and I realised how much I couldn't stand that music straight, it was too hardcore! to much ... bang bang, not enough oinky-woinky, random sonic-stimuli (ahhh, psytrance, the next step along the path)
when I got back up north I started going to doofs ... bush parties that play 100% psychedelic trance, were the people are real, they think, they are nice, they are a generally beautiful bunch of human beings. (clubbers, please don't take offense, i have just had bad expereiences in smoke filled night clubs ok, I obviously don't think you are all like that) but as far as my existence in this consumer driven, image driven society, this seems to be the most compassionate and down to earth sub-culture I have been involved with. if you have been to a rave, imagine that connection you are feeling with the universe ... IN THE FOREST, on acid .. wooah it is simple bliss !!!
so this is where I am now ... i went to tribeadelic for new years eve (3 day open air psytrance festival in the vistorian bush) .. I had a moment on new years morning (around

clock) on the dance floor, and i new that for the rest of my life I wanted to dance in the bush !!! (hahah, I guess if you are reading this your probally thinking, FREAK! .. but so what, if a freak is some one who takes certain substances and enjoys bonding with universe/natural environment .. then I am a freaky freak !
so, im turing 18 in a few weeks .. and everyone is going ... wooah I bet you can't wait to turn 18 .. so you can buy piss ... go clubbing .. bla bla ... well it simply doesnt mean anything to me actually ... i went to a few clubs last year after my godspeed experience .. and each one has reminded me of how ugly the scene is .. how commercial it is ... and how superficial the music is .. errrg, not my cup of tea !
oh, btw ... i actually haven't had a drink of alcohol for almost 8 months ... and I have no desire too ... and if your thinking ..."well you probally take a shit-load of drugs to enjoy yourself in the forest" you are wrong.. I will have one tab at a doof one weekend ... go straight the next ... take a pil the next .... you don't really need to be completelly dosed up on drugs to enjoy yourself in the rainforest ... the beauty is all around you
the future for me, hopefully... finish hsc, work, save, travel ... hopefully have one of those shaman experiences, that sounds nice ... smoke DMT in the jungle somewhere ....hmmm, whateva this beatiful world brings, i'm in
I also feel that I should give something back for how wonderful my life is, so still thinking about it, maybe volunteer work in 3rd world country, not sure ... any suggestions ???