marianeiti

I'm an academic geek girl with a twisted sense of humor. :D I study psychology in the university of Jyväskylä and gender studies in university of Tampere. I have a girlfriend who's into swapping decos and stuff as well. :)

queer/not easily offended/neurotic/cheerful/anxious/obsessive/enthusiastic/lazy/messy/stalker/overly curious/weird

I love instant photography and all photography really, drawing, painting, swapping decos, books, libraries, crafting all kinds of things, religious kitsch, typewriters, sewing, energy drinks, jewelry, thrift stores..

Nine inch nails, Tori Amos, Goldfrapp, Porcupine tree, Tool, VAST, IAMX, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, The Smashing pumpkins, Massive attack, Placebo, Bat for Lashes, A Perfect Circle, Björk, Laika, Muse, Portishead, Sigur rós, Peaches, Queens of the Stone Age, The Black Keys, Ladytron, Interpol, I was a Teenage Satan Worshipper, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, Beirut, The White Stripes, Emiliana Torrini, Sneaker Pimps, Depeche mode, Rammstein, múm, Mew

David Lynch's movies, especially Lost Highway, Blue velvet and Mulholland drive. Also The Virgin suicides, The Nightmare before christmas, Fight club, Totoro, Kill Bill 1&2, Inglorious Basterds and other Tarantino's movies, Innocence, Donnie Darko, Spirited away, Sleepy hollow, Girl interrupted, Amélie, Edward Scissorhands,Trainspotting.. and so many more, mainly I love twisted movies and some dark humour. And Studio Ghibli animations! Independent movies, short films and film festivals are love.

My all time favourite tv show is Twin peaks! I also love Carnivàle, Six feet under and OZ. Other favourites are Dexter, CSI (the Las Vegas one, though it isn't the same anymore without Grissom..), Criminal minds (Spencer Reid is the best!), True Blood, The L word, NCIS...

And I love watching good scientific documentaries. Some time ago I saw an exellent documentary about lobotomy. And I must admit that I watch some awful social porn documentaries about weird medical conditions and twisted families. :D Ahem.

Jeffrey Eugenides, Donna Tartt, Margaret Atwood, Sofi Oksanen, Chuck Palahniuk, Tove Jansson, Claire Castillon, Nick Cave, Sylvia Plath, Edgar Allan Poe

Comics are great too, I really love Ghost world by Daniel Clowes, Red meat by Max Cannon and the works of Finnish comic artist JP Ahonen. I also love illustrations and art books, pin-ups, burlesque themed, surrealism, alcemy and mysticism illustrations and Pierre&Gilles.

I love good scientific books and articles: Michel Foucault and Judith Butler, gender studies, queer theory, psychological stuff, history of medicine and psychiatry, phamacology, sexuality, old natural sciences books.

i'd really like to receive:

• religious kitschy stuff, especially virgin marys but i like jesuses, glittering buddhas an such too!
• knee high or over knee socks. mainly black, black&white or insanely cute. or rainbow! or just plain weird :D my sock size is the finnish (european) size 39-41, sooo... guh. well my feet are approx. 9 inches long so my uk size is something around 6.5, us size around 9. and i prefer socks to be a bit bigger than my actual size since they shrink a bit when washed. :)
• old photographs, no newer that from the seventies. the older and stranger, the better :D especially instant pics!
• jellybeans!
• anything cherry or polkadotted or skulls or black& white stripes!
• craft supplies! especially letter stickers and rub ons. or any kinds of alphabets. also any kind of brads and stamp pads. and any kind of weird or broken jewellery and board game pieces are welcome! deco tape is also nice and i love anything crafty with black and white diamond pattern (other colors are ok too, especially anything with black :D)
• vintage stuff like glass bottles, vials, jewellery, gears, steampunk..
• DYMO embossing tape! (or rotex) any size and any color.
• all kinds of playing cards, especially vintage/old ones, can be whole decks or just random cards.
• anything with Dita Von Teese and any kind of burlesque related stuff!
• retro style heart fabrics, mainly red and white, but brown, black etc too. and other cute interesting fabrics, I use almost anything really. And I use a lot of recycled fabrics as long as they are in a good condition.
• blythe doll things, postcards, buttons etc.
• anatomical illustrations, especially vintage.
• old medical stuff, books, pics, even medical paraphernalia. seriously, I'm obsessed.
• doll's shoes and other things like accessories or whatever for example barbies have.
• I really appreciate hand made stuff and I love to receive drawings, atcs, letters, art, crafts and so on made by you :)

DISLIKES: I don't like to write down a huge list of things not to send, since there are things i don't like that much but i know my friends like them so i can pass those things on. however there are some things i don't really like to receive.

• anything with spiders, i'm phobic.
• baby themed stuff, i just don't like babies, sorry!
• diddl, disney, twilight = not really my thing.

If i can't send a swap on time I contact my partner! If you haven't received my mail, please message me to be sure I haven't forgotten or it isn't lost. :) Also if there are any problems with the mail I sent, please contact me.

I've filled my profile with things I enjoy to give some hints what to send 'cos I think it's useful to read others' well filled profiles to get ideas. I really love surprises so feel free to send things outside my list! :) AND A SPOILER ALERT, I might add your mail to my flickr account, so if you want to be surprised..

And I'm into private swaps as well, just ask! ^__^