OVERVIEW:

Family:            Adrian (man), Poppy (dog) & ...watch this space

Roots family:    Women mainly.  mother, sisters, nieces... dad's in the Philippines

Dayjob history:   Babysitter, elderly carer, retail assistant (supermarket, health food shop, ice-cream shop), tram conductor, telemarketer, market-researcher, courseware developer & help-writer, receptionist, internal sales administrator, public servant.

Education history:   St Vincent De Paul's primary school, Essex Heights Primary School, Mt Waverley High School, Kildara College, Melbourne Uni (Bachelor of Arts, dropped out of honours), Deakin Uni (1/2 Graduate Diploma in Journalism)

Musical Journey:   1980s = AMEB Piano Grade 8 & Musicianship Grade 5, 1990s = singing & presentation @ Australian College of Entertainers, singer in duo "Face Value" (1997), singer in wedding band "5 Hits & a Miss" (1997-2000), resident singer/pianist at "Cafe Bohemio"(1997-1999), Melbourne Fringe Festival show "Amazonian Lady" (2000), 1st prize for "When I Lived Alone" in Australian Songwriters Association Competition (2001), Shortlisting for "Loose Ends" "Pity & Disgrace" & "Tiny Blue Flame" in Australian Songwriters Association Competition (2007), Loose Ends album release (2008), Australian Songwriters Association Awards (2008) = nomination 4 prestigious "Rudy Brandsma" award 4 songwriting excellence, 7th Place "Loose Ends" Country category, 9th place "Fire In My Mind" Contemporary category   

Politix:                     can't say due 2...well just can't say @ present time

Public figure:            as above              

Look:               Neat.  Matching.  No labels.  Plain colours, no prints.  Fitted black pants & coloured tops (dont like shirts) Fitted dresses (dont suit skirts), patent leather shoes, heels 4 nighttime, cherry dox 4 dayjob.  Hair = long, dark blond with bonde highlights, naturally curly or blow-dried straight @ the front.  Short buffed fingernails, painted toenails.  Glasses 4 dayjob & hanging out @ home, contax 4 social events/leisure outings.  Makeup = sparingly (foundation only 4 special ocassions).  In short & in my mother's words I like clothes & taking care of my appearance but I dont like "fashion".

Flaws:      Where do I start!!!   shortsighted, cervical rib, vertically challenged, prone to worry & anxiety, iron-checker (did I leave it on? - no I never do), hyper-sensitive, introverted, indecisive, late-night eater, relaxing is a challenge, mind on constant overdrive, giddy metabolism (I need lots of quiet time 2 refuel), don't like change, 4 all my ambition and effort I may not appear 2 have gained much worldly achievement

Pluses:   I try really really hard, always striving 2 do my best, 2 learn & grow, 2 contribute 2 society.  Honest.  Earnest.  Organised.  Funny.  Disciplined.  Open-minded.  Slim.  Tidy.  Well-red.

LIKES:

Colour:   red

Food:   dark chocolate, chocolate chocolate chip icecream, peanut butter & cucumber sandwiches, all asian cuisine especially Thai, melted tasty cheese on most savoury dishes (bar aforementioned asian), goats & fetta cheeses, sundried tomatoes, baked kumera, roasted salted cashews, big tasty adventurous salads...

Drink:      Australian Shiraz, expensive French champagne, Saxby's Gingerbeer, large (I'm talking soup bowl size & I'm not joking) piping hot milky coffee/tea/hot chocolate

Movies:   Westside Story, Walk The Line

Musos:   Dolly Parton, The Carpenters, Ben Folds, Norah Jones, Dixie Chicks, Jewel, KT Tunstall

Songs:   So many!!! Here are a few that I have been obsessed with during particular life stages (in chronological order)

Summer of '69 (Bryan Adams), Against All Odds (Phil Collins), Can't Let Go (Mariah Carey), Like A Prayer (Madonna), Army (Ben Folds), Ghost (Indigo Girls), China (Tori Amos), Ball & Chain (Martha Wainwright), 

Authors:   Jane Austen, Kerry Greenwood, Stephanie Dowrick, Lionel Shriver, Virginia Woolf

Books:      Tess of the D'urbervilles (Thomas Hardy), Middlemarch (George Eliot), The Universal Heart (Stephanie Dowrick), The Service of Clouds (Delia Falconer)

TV:            "House", "Australian Story"

Animals:   Love them all but dogs the most, especially small dogs & especially pug dogs

Other:       Yoga, Bushwalking, Sunset, Dinner time, Rain, The Age Newspaper      

 FEARS:

1.   That I will inadvertently cause harm 2 myself or loved ones, or anyone else 4 that matter  

2.   Global Warming 

3.   Not fulfilling my potential ie not "contributing" what I feel I should/could/ought 2 society

HATES:

1.   Cruelty 2 animals

2.   Violence

3.   Humankind plundering the environment