About
About Lisa
Hi, my name is Lisa. I’m 22 years old and live in Melbourne, Australia. I have a tiny scruffy dog called Rylee, and a much bigger cat named Rissa. They’re learning to get along, slowly.
I have a Flickr account and (try to) regularly post what I’m doing on Twitter. Feel free to add me; I’m very friendly. In a totally non-sexual way. Let’s just be friends, ‘kay?
There are an awful lot of things that I like doing, and if you have read even one post on this site you will have figured out already that me liking something does not necessarily mean that I do it well. Nevertheless, here are some of the things I like:
- Writing
- Reading
- Stationery
- Web design
- Blogging
- Creating stuff in Photoshop
- Playing UO, GW, and TS2
- Typing in acronyms so no one knows what I’m talking about
- Television advertisements
- Bags (Handbags, backpacks, clutches; I love ‘em all.)
- Making lists
I am currently studying Professional Writing & Editing at RMIT, and although that sounds fancy, I get the feeling that most people actually hear, “I’m learning how to hang around at coffee shops and write angst-ridden poems.” even though I don’t even want to be a writer. I’m in my second (and final) year, and hope to find work at the end of 2009. Preferably not at McDonalds, since that would defeat the whole purpose of, you know, going to school.
About Tempered Fragility
I have been through a great many website/blog names, but I ended up choosing Tempered Fragility because I liked the contradictory phrase it created. Tempered means “made hard, or flexible, or resilient” and Fragility means “the condition or quality of being fragile”. I happen to be quite a contradictory person, so I feel that the title suits me.
TF was created on the 25th of September, 2006. The site used to be hosted for free by 50Webs and powered by Thingamablog. Now, it is hosted by MD Web Hosting, and powered by Wordpress.