I am outgoing and fun-loving. I love being surrounded by like minded people - people who are entertaining, people I can bounce my craziness off. I am spontaeneous and often wind up in new places (example, once drove to the snow for fun - forgot my house keys and wound up staying at a friends for several days). For this reason I always keep a toothbrush and toothpaste in my handbag.
Whilst I love being "random" and "ecclectic", I also like to have *some* aspect of stability to my life. I am very close to my family - though they are 4000kms away. I enjoy my social life. I am not a heavy drinker, though I have been known to have a few from time to time.
I LOVE to dance.. particularly around the house like a fool. It's not uncommon for me to be standing out on the front verandah dancing to my iPod and having passers by think I am a little on the crazy side. Alternatively, I am a pretty decent hip hop/rnb/bellydancer so that tends to come in handy when nightclubbing.
I love the outdoors. I am allergic to sunscreen so am often inhibited during summer. Nonetheless, I will eagerly go camping, swimming, kayaking though I have found the past few years that I am most in my element when the sun is scarce.
This is why I now live in Melbourne.
I don't mean to brag, but I'm a pretty great cook. Whilst living in Queensland, I ran the kitchen of a dank little pub. I make a mean roast. I am pretty great at Italian food as well. Not so great with Mexican but I'm learning. I cannot make a curry to save myself, but that's what restaurants and friends are for! Growing up, mine was the kind of family who always ate home cooked meals together around the table.. so I have picked up a few nifty tricks in the kitchen off my ever-so-wonderful mother, grandmother and even grandfather.
I am a little bit obsessive with colour co-ordination in the home.. to the extent that if my shampoo runs out before my conditioner, I will buy both new and change all my soaps and everything at the same time - regardless of the amount I have left in the other bottles. I like my house to be homey. I love pillows and cushions. And incence!

I have not made any real decisions as yet. I am a master of postponing important events. Eventually, I plan to finish studying - psychology and criminology, because they interest me. Though I have not yet come to any career decisions.
In other respects, I take a lot of enjoyment out of volunteering my spare time (or at least that which I don't spend socialising) with kids and adults - especially those with special needs. I don't consider myself a hero for doing this, like so many others, rather I think it benefits both myself and the people I am working with at the time. I really enjoy working with the elderly also - volunteering in homes... everyone has something they can teach another person, as long as you're willing to take the time and listen.
Until recently I was working as a Nanny and have been off and on for a few years. It's a job I accidentally fell into then discovered that I really enjoyed. I've worked for 4 families and have thoroughly enjoyed 3 of them.
Which brings me to my next chapter - I love kids... not in a creepy way, but in the way that I am a very maternal person. With any luck I will one day have a couple of my own, though I don't think I was born to mass-produce. I really only want two or three. If in the situation where my partner or I could not have a child, I would happily adopt.. there are so many children in the world who go without because of situations which they cannot help. It's actually rather depressing.

Making other people feel good about themselves. I am a very loyal friend and I pride myself on my ability to judge people. I am quite picky with who I associate with, but once you've earned my seal of approval, it's difficult to be stripped of it.

I can't speak for other people though I would guess it is possibly my confidence.

Authors: Rohinton Mistry, Khaled Hosseini, John Saul, Stephen King, Dean Koontz

Movies: Donnie Darko, An Officer and a gentleman, Evita, Pulp Fiction, City of Angels, Looking for Alibrandi, X-men trilogy, DeJavu, American Beauty, Romeo & Juliet, Girl Interrupted, Serenity, Charlie Wilson's War, Clueless, Underworld I & II (the third was absolute tripe, in my opinion), Sweeney Todd, Eastern Promises, Jarhead, Forgetting Sarah Marshall, The Kite Runner, Memoirs of a Geisha, Walk the Line, Thumbsucker, Swordfish, Rock'n'rolla, Poltergeist movies, Omen movies, Pathology (messed up but I LOVE that movie), Pretty Woman, The Lost Boys, Lord of War, Jerry Maguire, Happy Gilmore, Hostel I & II, Fight Club, The Crow, The Castle (!!), Anchorman (and various other Wil Ferrell movies)..

Music: I have a wide taste including, but not limited to: Arcade Fire, ATB, Bond, Clash, Cold War Kids, Cops, Cut Copy, Dave Matthews Band, Dresden Dolls, Gyroscope, Grates, Hold Steady, Interpol, John Butler Trio, Josh Pyke, Kings of Leon, Klaxons, Little Birdy, Live, Louis XIV, Machine Gun Fellatio, Magic Dirt, Midnight Juggernauts, Modest Mouse, Panics, Placebo, Presets, Powderfinger, Queens of the Stone Age, Snow Patrol, Something for Kate, Spoon, Tegan & Sara, VNV Nation, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Ministry of Sound Club Music, Underground Euro Trance, JJJ and LOTS of hip hop and rnb... Jon Lajoie's music is hilarious..

Food: Homecooked. I don't eat lamb. I don't particularly like takeout.

My iPod
My friends
My family
A bottle of water
My purse
Tampons ...

~ Ways which I can help my friends out of tricky situations. I tend to end up being everyone's rock while they're in a hard place.

~Tomorrow.

~Something new and exciting to do to entertain myself.. My latest thought.. I have a friend who does kayak-polo.. in a pool.. Can't wait to get a piece of that...

I don't have a typical Friday night. Sometimes I will be out clubbing. Other times out having a night in with friends. Other times I will be tucked up in bed early, reading a book and listening to music.

I feel foolish filling this in.

You're NOT a sleaze and are a legitimate person who isn't just trying to get laid. Like I said, I like being surrounded by like-minded people, so if you want to get to know me then by all means, go ahead and message me.