any secret talents?

i play cello and accordion, and i can get hit by any sporting balls within a 1km radius.

any lack of talent?

i have dyscalculia, i can’t ride a bike, and i can’t drive.

what did you want to be when you grew up?

many different things! i wanted to be a a designer just like my mama, then a face painter, then a librarian, then i wanted to be in advertising, then i wanted to work as an art curator, then i wanted to be a makeup artist, then an interior decorator, then a designer. i still want to be all those things, come to think of it.

what DID you do when you grew up?

my first job was at toys ‘r’ us, then i worked with the curator of australian art at the art gallery in adelaide. i worked for the gallery’s friend’s society and also in their children’s holiday program too! then there was lots of waitressing, and being a hotel maid in england.

twitter follower @hacklocked asks two questions:

favorite ice cream flavor?

i’m lactose intolerant so its only recently that i’ve got some lactase tablets and eaten a ton of ice cream! my favorite flavor? its a three way tie between matcha green tea, thai coconut milk ice-cream, or full creamy delicious pecan maple (come to think of it, anything those flavors is my favorite!)

who had the biggest positive influence on your life

my mum, and her mum – my grandma rowie (roma). rowie raised my mama with the understanding that she was her own person, who had opinions and ideas of her own. she taught mum and then trusted her to do the right thing. my mum raised me in a similar way and although at the time it felt like she was a super hardass sometimes, i think she was a fabulous mother. she gave me so many opportunities and kept me on track when laziness or self doubt set in. now i’m a mother i try and follow the same ethos.

@katrinahigham asks

where is your “place to visit” if money was no limit and why?

hmm i can’t say there is just one place, i really want to visit everywhere in america: i want to road trip it all and thrift it within an inch of its life!!

and what is your prison/last meal?

the prison would have to get thai food from my old local. i’ll have the fish cakes, the really good vegetarian pad thai, the chill cashew duck, some salt and pepper squid, and some black sticky coconut rice for dessert. wash it all down with an a&w root beer float because i would replace my blood with that stuff if it were possible.

did i miss something you were dying to know? leave your question below and maybe i can do part two…

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