• Chai tea (still)
• The National's album - High Violet
• Sex with M. Lots of it. More please.
• Memories of the British India gig. Can I have that night again?
• Textured stockings with boots
• Still being 2kg lighter
• New doona cover
• Bulmer's cider. Even if it makes my belly hard and round and upset.
• Having my ipod speakers in the kitchen for music while cooking. Why didn't I do this earlier?
• Did I mention sex with M. How he looks in his black skinny jeans.
• Laughs with L as always.

• Road construction worker
• Mechanic
• Farmer
• Builder x 5
• Carpenter x 5
• Electrician x 3
• Engineer
• Unemployed x 3
• Student x 3
• Lawyer
• Geologist
• Plumber
• Environmental consultant
• Airforce officer
• Doctor of Philosophy
• Writer
• Salesman x 2
• Personal trainer
• Chemical engineer
• Industrial designer
• Fireman

• If death meant just leaving the stage long enough to change costume and come back as a new character, would you slow down? Or speed up?
• Game shows are designed to make us feel better about the random, useless facts that are all we have left of our education.
• Did perpetual happiness in the Garden of Eden maybe get so boring that eating the apple was justified?
• If you don't know what you want, you end up with a lot you don't.
• More and more, it feels like I'm doing a really bad impersonation of myself.
• Our Generation has had no Great war, no Great Depression. Our war is spiritual. Our depression is our lives.
• Sometimes the past seems too big for the present to hold.

• A thin face (I cannot be attracted to a man with a round face!)
• A "square" mouth with long teeth (Sounds weird but a majority of men have square mouths... will find a pic)
• Blue eyes, especially ones that crinkle when smiling
• Dimples
• A mouth that always has a smile playing at the lips
• Stubble or a short beard
• Height! Over 6' makes me notice
• Tattoos - I pretend I don't care about them but a man with an arm sleeve of tattoos makes me go a bit funny
• Shaved head - low maintenance on a boy is best
• Large hands that are a bit hard from a lot of physical work
• Strong, broad shoulders, muscular arms, stocky legs

• R surprising me with an unplanned date on the 5th!
• Constant contact from R, our dinner date, and our conversation (initiated by him!) about not seeing anyone else
• Honest and kind conversation with T about not seeing him anymore
• St Kilda Festival - seeing Mess Hall and You am I!
• Valentine's Day text from R
• Hanging with the girls at St Kilda festival
• Wearing my new 5" heels to the races and towering over at least half of the men there
• So much fun time with the girls - loads of laughs
• Work still going swimmingly - solved the staff shortage smoothly
• Fun at the races with the girls & watching the Fashions on the Field comp

• Noel Crane (Felicity)
• Eric Northman (True Blood)
• Jason Stackhouse (True Blood)
• Jax Teller (Sons of Anarchy)
• Mark Sloan (Grey's Anatomy)
• Smith Jerrod (Sex and the City)
• Charles Duke of Suffolk (The Tudors)
• Jesse (Breaking Bad) I'm a sucker for cute and dumb!

• Joel Battersby (The Fumes)
• Henry Cavill (The Tudors)
• Ryan Kwanten (True Blood)
• Alexander Skarsgård (True Blood)
• Eric Dane (Grey's Anatomy)
• Eric Bana (Actor)
• Ben Cousins (AFL star Richmond Tigers)
• Scott Foley (Actor)
• Jason Lewis (Actor)
• Sam Worthington (Actor)

• London
• Paris
• Florence
• Bangkok
• Chiang Mai
• Phuket
• Penang
• Kuala Lumpar
• Sydney
• Melbourne
• Whitsunday Islands
• Perth
• Hobart
• Johannesburg
• Cape Town
• Durban

I've decided that my 2010 is going to be dedicated to live music. Seeing/seen...

• ✔ NYE at the Espy (many bands)
• ✔ Children Collide
• ✔ Laura Marling
• ✔ Fink
• ✔ The Laneway Festival
• ✔ St Kilda Festival
• ✔ The Dead Weather
• ✔ The Mess Hall
• ✔ Eddy Current Suppression Ring
• Groovin the Moo festival
• ✔ British India
• ✔ Mumford & Sons
• ✔ Lloyd Spiegel
• ✔ Band of Skulls
• ✔ Laura Marling
• Children Collide

• Men with long finger nails
• People who pull their trousers up too high
• Hands too small for the body, Arms too short
• "Front eaters" - people who chew their food right at the front of their mouth!
• Men wearing sandals
• Used bandaids (Ok maybe not surprising, but the strength of my disgust may be)

• New Fang - Them Crooked Vultures
• No Regrets - King Khan & The Shrines
• I Know What I am - Band of Skulls
• Animal - Miike Snow
• Home - Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros

• Chai tea
• Girl with a Dragon Tattoo (book)
• Two doonas on the bed
• Ugg boots
• Masterchef
• Weeknights at home
• Breakfast with T
• Tomato, avocado, cheese and rocket on crackers
• Being 2kg lighter!

• Wears pajamas or any clothes in bed
• Bakes, sews or enjoys cleaning or keeping house
• Is nervous about sex
• Is shy about nudity
• Wears flat shoes (only my flipflops and trainers)
• Likes sensitive, bookish men
• Buys practical clothes
• Speaks when spoken to
• Accepts a drink from a guy I'm not interested in
• Detests sport
• Nags
• Dumps her friends for a guy
• Dreams of a wedding
• Wants children (No I'm not a freakish child hating bitch. I love my nephews and niece)
• Is scared of dogs - even if they growl
• Needs advice when shopping

• When the wind makes my hair stick to my lipgloss then fly across my glasses, leaving them smeared with gloss. Grrr
• When a lightglobe blows - I always feel like I made it happen by being too rough with the switch
• When people walk too close behind me and stand on my flipflops - They're asking for a punch in the nose
• The word "Cougar". Stop disempowering women by inferring that women over 30 shouldn't have a sex drive and shouldn't go out and have fun. Over it.
• When I realise I left my car at the train station and have to go walk to collect it. I left it there but I'm still mad.
• When my ipod earphones get tangled (basically everytime I use them)
• When ordering a takeaway coffee I hate it when the barrista asks what size. If I didn't say, give me the regular size! Yo...

• The postsecrets blog
• The bartender who toyed with me and humilated me for his own amusement
• Sons of Anarchy Season 2
• Realising that things weren't going to work out with R

• KT and the Falcon Reisling
• The XX
• Maha bar and grill
• Kit Shadow insurance
• Sia's song Breathe Me
• R's ring
• New outfit combo with purple dress
• Shogun restaurant in city
• Wearing ugg boots again
• Mess Hall's song Switch

• I scored Joel Battersby's drumstick at New Years Fumes gig!!!!
• Watched Seasons 1-4 of the Wire and am in awe
• Emiliana Torrini gig - completely breathtaking. My friend and I both cried.
• Night out Friday which turned into a huge adventure filled with so many laughs I hyperventilated
• A call from T - a 2009 crush - a date is planned!
• R suggested to come and visit for a weekend - lovely. Could be very fun
• First day back at work after holidays was surprisingly good
• Work going brilliantly.
• Hilarious Friday nights - 3 of them - huge and hilarious
• Found an apartment we want to bid on at auction!
• Date with T was fun and hot

• ✔ Band of Skulls
• The White Stripes
• Bright Eyes
• ✔ Fink
• Ray LaMontagne
• Kasabian
• Regina Spektor
• Radio Moscow
• The Shout Out Louds
• The Vines
• The Eels
• ✔ Mumford & Sons
• The Strokes
• ✔ Emiliana Torrini (again)
• Lady of the Sunshine
• Carina Round
• Cake (again)
• Kings of Leon (again)
• King Khan & The Shrines

• Pepsi Max
• Coffee
• Carbohydrates of all kinds
• Watching DVD TV series
• Going out to bars with friends
• Live music
• Fashion
• SMS
• Stiletto heels (3"++)
• Men

• My morning coffee
• When the colour of my boots matches exactly to the autumn leaves on the ground
• Making my friends laugh
• Finding a new band I love
• Pancakes
• Music
• Lying on my floor rug watching a great TV series on DVD
• The sound of my nails on the keyboard
• Buying the perfect gift for a friend
• My Dad's sense of humour
• Lying on the beach
• The latest issue of Grazia magazine
• The sound of opening a can of Pepsi
• Huge fluffy bath towels
• The smell of coconut
• My gorgeous collection of stiletto heels
• Being able to walk and dance in my stilettos!
• Clean, blow dried hair

We all get one "car" to fill with 5 celebrities we despise and then push off a cliff. Wield the power wisely people...

• Mariah Carey
• Lara Bingle
• Eddie MacGuire
• Angelina Jolie
• Tony Abbott

Subject to change without notice

• Baby Darling Doll Face Honey - Band of Skulls
• Horehound - The Dead Weather
• Sundancer - The Fumes
• The West Rider Pauper Lunatic Asylum - Kasabian
• Brain Cycles - Radio Moscow
• As Day Follows Night - Sarah Blasko
• Them Crooked Vultures - Them Crooked Vultures
• Lady of The Sunshine - Lady of the Sunshine

• Reading my text messages secretly behind the head of a man I was kissing outside Bar Open
• When the above man asked for my number he got his phone out and I just stared at the screen. He finally said "This is where you say your number"
• He called me immediately in order to give me his number, I looked at my phone and said "Who would be calling me now?" Hmmm blonde.
• Being crash tackled onto the road by a random stranger
• Punching the security dude at the pub in the arm every time he passed and still not getting thrown out. He eventually asked like a kid "Why are you punching me??" "For fun"
• Bumping into B's brother unknowingly and then slowly working it out throughout the conversation. Admitting that I called h...

My favourite thoughts of BH

• Having sex on my living room rug to Regina Spektor, The Fumes, Jeff Buckley...
• Singing Presidents of the USA songs together in my bed one morning. Who else would do that with me?!
• Downing copious shots of Jager while watching The Dirty Secrets belt out a terrible gig
• Clinging to me all night in bed after he split his head open. The romance outweighed the blood all over my pillow.
• Telling all his friends about my fabulous taste in "everything"
• For starting every story "Three weeks ago..." and then joking "Wow that was a really busy week three weeks ago!"
• Finding my story about the electric sander adorable
• Getting along famously with all my friends at the Mess Hall gig

Idea inspired and generously donated by Jixee

• Listen to indie music - lots of it - and be interested in the bands I like. Respect my taste in music.
• Be handy at fixing things, building things, and having a go at trades you were never even trained to do. A capable man wins my heart.
• Make me laugh so hard I ask you to stop
• Understand why Juno is a great film, enjoy watching it with me, but never feel the urge to hire such a DVD on your own
• Think my friends are great. But not too great.
• Have a high libido
• Be proficient at Australian Rules Football
• Keep fit, sloths are boring
• Think funny girls are great. Think I'm hilarious

• Gemma - Sons of Anarchy
• Nancy - Weeds
• Carrie - Sex and the City
• Anne Boleyn - The Tudors
• Joan - Mad Men
• Tara - True Blood

• Breaking Bad Season 1
• The Wire Seasons 1-5
• Gossip Girl Season 1

• Jack White (Musician)
• Emiliana Torrini (Singer)
• Jonathan Brown (AFL star)
• Chuck Palahniuk (Author)
• Jane Tyrell (Singer)
• Ben Cousins (AFL star)
• Kelly Slater (Pro Surfer)
• Kate Moss (Party girl extraordinaire)
• Any ballerina in the Australian Ballet

• Fight Club
• Life of Brian
• Stranger than Fiction
• Juno
• Napoleon Dynamite
• Cape Fear (Scorsese's version)
• The Piano
• The Breakfast Club
• Parenthood

• True Blood 1 & 2
• Weeds 1-3
• Tudors 1-3
• Sons of Anarchy
• Mad Men 1 & 2
• Entourage 1 (I know, I'm behind the times)

• The Fumes x 2
• Children Collide
• The Mess Hall
• British India
• Bertie Blackman
• Sharon Jones & The Dapp Kings
• Big Scary
• The Black Keys
• The Big Day Out (festival)
• Apollo Bay Music Festival
• Jordie Lane
• Sound Relief Concert (Kings of Leon!)
• Tame Impala
• Dirty Secrets