Hallo, I'm Shirlee Catherine, the SnowChild, SnowDustChild, the SnowEmpress, the silly one from Australia and owner of this little corner of the web :) I run this site, post on TW sometimes, contribute to Elizabeth Allen's Jareth Realm sometimes and draw sometimes! Lizzie A, Stacy B & Fairy Glammy & the "Bowie Baroness" & loads of other Laby mistresses are my friends.

I starting creating this site way back in 1999 because for some silly reason in September, due to really wacky circumstances, I ended up watching Labyrinth and I fell in love with the movie. I wasn't asking to, it just happened. I first saw this movie at the theatre when I was a really little girl and it had meant so much to me then, so I wasn't surprised at all. Actually, it seemed very natural because I had Labyrinth when I was struggling to deal with huge changes in my life back then, and I had Labyrinth again during this time around when I was at a stage when I needed to grow up again, for the second time.

I believe that without this movie, I wouldn't be who I am and I wouldn't be as strong as I am today. It really helped me to cope, open my eyes and pull me up from some horrible depths I was going to sink into. I still can't believe something as simple as a movie can have such an effect, but true and simple, it has. It is probably the biggest thing that has ever happened to me, it changed everything, absolutely everything in my life and everyday I think about the books I read, the thoughts I think and the things I watch and believe that this could not be happening if it weren't for Labyrinth. I would have passed David right on by and just kept on walking.

I loved Labyrinth intensely for more than two years, but suddenly this year, I found myself growing out of it and then one day I just walked up to the gate and walked on out. I am no longer an obssessed fan. I am sad in a way, but I'm happy also. I think things come to us for a short while and then they leave again so that other things may come. I walked in with Jareth and walked out with David. I've more or less become a Bowie fan. But if there's one thing I won't do and that's abandon this site. It's my baby and I will not close it down. I thought about doing it just recently because I was getting tired and it was sometimes embarrassing. But now I have absolutely nothing to be ashamed of. I owe a debt and if this movie means as much to anyone out there as it meant to me, then I will be happy just to run this site for you. It still blows my mind how many people suddenly discover this movie! I will keep this site for you and occasionally I will just drop in to update it, just so you know I'm there :) I'm out, but you're in and I will support you :)

My Labyrinth stage was the happiest and content time of my life. It was difficult, but I remember feeling so well throughout, I still have fond memories of printing that huge novel transcript from school and then reading it on the lawn under a tree, where in the distance you could see a lake, it was so surreal, so Labyrinth! But of course I am no longer in school, I no longer dream about Jareth, things have changed so fast, but I can never fully leave. I know too much for one thing - I know this movie backwards and forwards and even though I haven't watched it for almost a year, I can still quote EVERYTHING! It is still my special movie no matter what :) If you visit any old Labyrinth site I honestly think you can feel the energy, the feelings and the nostalgia. Trapped within the spell of the Labyrinth is a beautiful place to be.

Thank you so much to all the people who have supported my site and visited, I am absolutely speechless, all I can say is wow! Thanks! So who is the real me? Um, I'm just a weirdo. A bad student, a movie bunny, a villain supporter! That's it really and you can check out my Teenage Wildlife profile below because that's got more interesting stuff in it.

Gosh I love you all! Thanks for making this happen!

Shirlee Cathy Cheng-Mah

Email: snow_empress@hotmail.com

Teenage Wildlife Profile: SnowChild