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Brett

BrettHelsham

About Me

I'm a global nomad... I am Australian American, born and raised in Hong Kong, grew up there (went to the French International School) then moved to Michigan, Ohio (i know...), South Korea (Seoul Waegokeen Hakio!), Belgium (ISB), Italy and now I live in NYC. NO i'm not military, very anti-that. I have a loud laugh that only embarassed those around me, i'm pretty impatient when made to wait, and am the worst speller on the planet. I appreciate good food and better wine, whether dining in with a movie or out and then dancing. I love to cook, only my kitchen is so small, I swear it's mainly there for looks. I love going on long walks with my dog Gustav and finding that hole in the wall cafe to call my own. I'm quite granola for a city girl. I love to wakeboard (taught that and boating at camp for several years), snowboard, surf, camp, hike, etc. I think my apartment is haunted. Apparently i have epileptoid disturbances of a purely mental character due to dissociative states of functional neuropsychosis. Oh..and I just completed my FIRST triathlon, THE MIGHTY MONTAUK! I ended placing third in my division :) GOO ME!

My Interests

Traveling, meeting people, a glass of wine, world domination, finding that good book and never putting it down, cooking, soup! chocolate chip cookies and peanut M&M's, late night diner adventures and early night dinner and a movie, kareoke!, competitive sports, writing, Chuck Norris, SINGING, acting, Yoga, west side street ball, Mr. Gustav von Ruff-a-Muffin, my west side park oasis, scrabble, the word fork.

I'd like to meet:

Those that can make me laugh and learn from; who keep me constantly smiling and keep me on my toes and sane. I'm done with the crazies. Those lost from my past.

Music:

Street to Nowhere, Arcade Fire, Mute Math, Citizen Cope, Cut Chemist, JET, Ella Fitzgerald, Sarah Vaughn, Billie Holiday, Etta James, Ray Charles, (big jazz fan)Janis Joplin, GreenDay, Panic!At the Disco, Goldfrapp, New Order, Air, STP, Straylight Run, The String Cheese Incident, Placebo, Pheonix, Paramore, The Donna's, Phish, Leftover Salmon, The Ataris, the Format, Snow Patrol, the Teddybears, the Virgins. Mostly anything I can sing along to or zone out to.

Movies:

Cinema Paradiso, Indiana Jones, Annie Hall, Wizard of Oz, East of Eden, Taxi, Il posto, Hotel Rawanda, Blue Velvet, Beaches, L'auberge espanol, The Goonies, Anything with the Brat pack, I am a Lord of the Rings fan yes, All About Eve, Diner, Little Miss Sunshine, Half Nelson, Chinatown, anything scorsese, When Harry met Sally...

Television:

Obvious: Greys... less obvious: extreme make-over - home edition. Guilty pleasure - Full House. Obession - SVU No Time for - Brother's and Sisters - DVR - Desperate House Wives. McGuyver rules, without question. Alongside kit in Knight Rider.

Books:

Currently Reading: Their Eyes are Watching God If you have any to recommend, please let me know. I SUGGEST: A THOUSAND SPLENDID SONS, Kite Runner, MiddleSex, Scar Tissue by Keidis himself. (same deal as all heroin stories...by page 300 you think he'd be dead) Shantaram by Gregory Michael Roberts (by far my favorite book....honest to god read it if you have not!), Life of Pi if you get past page 88 it's fantastic, seriously. Anything Burroughs, Salinger, Eco, I am Charlotte Simmons ...

Heroes:

RIP John, Nicole, Grandpa(s)