3 names I go by:
1. Heather
2.
3. Anything if it involves the possibility of food
3 jobs I have had in my life:
1. Project Administrator
2. Data Entry person
3. Outreach intern (does this even count as a job?)
3 Places I have lived:
1. Emu Plains, NSW
2. Arlington, VA
3. Taigum, QLD
3 Favorite drinks:
1. Fair-trade tea
2. Fair-trade hot chocolate
3. Smoothies
Three TV Shows that I watch:
1. The Soup
2. And that's it.
3. Really.
3 places I have been:
1. Sydney, Australia
2. Vancouver, BC
3. Nelson, NZ
3 People that text me regularly:
No one. I hate my mobile, and carry it only out of necessity. Please stop calling me.
3 annoying things about me:
1. I tend to complain. A lot.
2. I'm terrible at keeping in touch with people. Doesn't mean I don't care about my friends, I just don't see distance as a barrier to a good friendship. But send me an email sometime and we'll go out to dinner. Trust me, I'll say yes.
3. I'm hardly ever wrong. Actually, this item is the only thing I've ever been wrong about.
3 of my favorite foods:
1. Muesli with a pink lady apple, pecans, sunflower seeds, raisins, cinnamon, flaxseed, rolled oats, shredded coconut,honey, and vanilla yoghurt.
2. Delicious sweet green grapes during February and March in Aus when they're in season.
3. Pineapple
3 Things I am looking forward to:
1. 5 minutes from now when I finish this -- I'm going to sit down and either re-watch Airplane! (for the forty-thousanth time) or the Brittas Empire.
2. Tomorrow. I've the entire weekend ahead of me! And a fridge full of ingredients!
3. This time, next year. I get giddy every time I think of it.
Hell, I'm looking forward to every day here on. Why wouldn't I?
3 "if money was no object" wishes:
1. Buy the land my parents own in Putty, NSW, build a tiny eco-friendly home and live off the land. If chickens, goats and strawberries can be involved in this, all the better.
2. Go to culinary school.
3. Make Bob Brown PM
3 biggest regrets
1. That I wasted the first 20 years of my life because I didn't know who I was.
2. Stuff this regrets thing -- I can't think of any more. I am so endlessly glad that I discovered a fondness for cooking. I don't know why I enjoy it so much, but I appreciate that I do because it's given me such simple and accessible joy.
3. Another non-regret: I've met so many wonderful people in my life, and I'm continually amazed that just one decent and genuine person can undo the negativity caused by 10 unpleasant individuals. I love all of you -- you're amazing.
3 worst memories or experiences
1. 10th, 11th and 12th grade of high school.
2. Finding out my mum had cancer.
3. Finding out my dad had cancer.
3 fondest memories or experiences
1. Sitting in the bright sun in my living room in Australia, reading the Guardian Weekly, listening to the kookaburras outside, a light breeze blowing through the house, the smell a mix of my gardenias on the back porch and baking bread in the oven.
2. Going out for dinner with Amy Zahi sometime a year or two ago. We spent 3 hours and $120 between the two of us eating sushi and talking about everything. It was just one of those spontaneous events where everything just went right.
3. Hearing Enya's 'Orinoco Flow' for the first time and staying up all night to listen to it. No drugs involved, just 7 straight hours of no sleep and the same damn song over and over again.
4. (Meh, bite me, I can't pick just three) Walking to the grocery store in Australia when it was middle of summer, 32C and humid as hell; the dirt on the ground had combined with the sweat on my legs to form a nice layer of caked on mud around my ankles, my groceries felt like they weighed 40 pounds and were going to rip my arms off, and I had to hold back the tears because I was so happy to be home. Pure unadulterated happiness. Makes me sound like such a dork but fuck it, it's a true story and I don't care what anyone thinks.