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NEWS! 2011 AUGUST

I've been gone for a while. You may have noticed I have not even signed on all this time. Everything that could happen, happened. A very dark time for me.

I am trying to come back now. Even if your swap was angeled. Please let me know if I owe you something. I will attempt to look back and see what I owe and get things sent out. I hope things are settled so I can swap again. Because I do love this place!

Also I owe an Asian deco to MorgenSter through our deco group! ( that'll be up till she says she finally receives it. Hopefully soon!

Hi! I'm a 30-something gal that enjoys such an odd variety of things! I work with trouble youth ages 8-17yrs old and I also do tutoring college students on the side. I have been with my significant other for about 14years. In case it bothers anyone, yah we aren't married and live together. The fact that my mother is religious and accepts me for it, is all that I need to live peacefully.

Oddly enough I'm a strange egg. I love oil painting and I like weird beautiful things. If you've seen the movie " The Fall" it's my favorite movie. It's odd enough, poignant enough and gorgeous enough to have me written all over it. At the same time I really enjoy zombies! It's* not the gore*, but the idea of humans being monsters in an obvious sense. Also the survival factor! But know it's not about the gore. I hate movies about people who kill other people in the woods or movies about torturers or anything like that. I like zombie ones because the zombies don't think. They are more like a force of nature. I also ask myself would I be brave enough to go find my family in that chaos as scattered as they are? Would I survive such a thing? I like to think I would, but time could only tell if that ever happened.

Anyways! I love reading, writing, animals, art, asian culture ( I'm from there ), Europe ( cause I never been there!!), Actually all cultures!, sociology, true crime, poetic lyrics..

As for swaps I'm a bit open. I like ones that require more artistry like decos or atcs. I'm just starting back into it slow, because I don't have tons of time so I don't want to be slow on swaps.

OH AND I LOVE TRAVEL!

Also I think felt desserts are divine!! o.o They are so pretty! I can't make any yet, but I would like to try one day! Also my Japan and Korea blog are above. I'm horrible at writing in a journal but there's pictures in them. I take a million pictures I never really put up. I hope to travel again and perhaps live in a foreign country for a year.

Also got to add the fact I love that Japanese like to reproduce food as cell phone charms and pillows hehe. Also that they can make a character that is cute even if the real animal is totally not cute. One thing, animals that are not hurt or anything, but in weird things like a sandwich.

I am very into the concept of the flaw being the beauty. I do not believe in in Utopia. I believe in a beautiful imperfect world full of less than perfect people. Clumsy, scarred, tossed around by life, our survival of these events and strength to carry on are far more beautiful than the flawless porcelin dolls.

Any oldies( even 40s - to present), I lean toward oldies R&B, Smashing pumpkins, Thursday, Ivy, Gold frapp, heart, instrumentals from moviesetc.

Not really into rap, some country, some classical ( I like melodious adagios), holiday music ( gets jammed in my head, even in july)...

Dead City by Joe Mckinley, Forest of hands and teeth, some Brian Keene books, Kim Harrison, Charlaine Harris, Laurel K. Hamilton, anything about fey ( the dark and light type), myths, zombie books, remade fairy tales, teen fantasy, some adult fantasy, true crime, sociology, autobiographies ( holocaust survivors, rape survivors, eatting disorders, etc)

Sakuran, Kamikaze girls, THE FALL( MY FAVE), My sassy girl ( korean version), grudge, 28 days later, Tale of two sisters, labyrinth, the last unicorn, stardust, legend, any ghibli movies, 200lb beauty, Too beautiful to lie, Mirror Mask, The trouble with angels, judy garland movies, the long long trailer, etc

Tarsem's " The Fall" - One of my fave movies

Various Asian tv shows - Princess hours, (kdrama) Full house, coffee prince, My girl friend the ninetailed fox, baby face, The switch(chinese)

Law & order victims unit, true blood, the walking dead ( when it comes out this oct 2010), what would you do, my name is earl ( love it), king of the hill, dead like me, man vs food, Merlin, Mr. Ed, Green Acres, Bewitched, I dream of Jeanie, I love lucy

Japanese felt dessert crafting book
Japanese knotting craft book or supplies
Copic markers
zines ( personal only )
comics ( good art, interesting)
Moon Jellyfish
capybara-chan
Kogepan
Zombie books
Embossing powders or pens

Color: Blue, Red, pale green ( sea green/mint green), turqoise coupled with brown

Food: Seaweed soup, pizza, cheesecake

Images: stars, birds, cages, hibiscus, scattered beads, sunset clouds, sunrise, cities reclaimed by nature ( think I am legend, with deer running through the city), cemetary angels, sacred heart, cockatiels, guinea pigs, horses, mustang, falling glitter, colored hair, skull beads, starfish, moon jelly fish, a dark form of the story Red Riding Hood, origami stars, shadows, hands trailing in water, ophelia, hamsters, feathers

Animals: Horses, birds, guinea pigs, otters, Moon Jellyfish, dragonflies, lamb, hamsters, capybara, alpacas, deer, fawn

Subjects: Altered/dark fairy tales, normal fairy tales, fey( the real ones in superstition and stuff),

Don't be afraid to let me know if you sent and didn't receive rating. I rate right when I get your item. I rarely let it go more than 2 days, so I don't get behind or forget.

I also give opportunities to message me if you haven't sent your item yet.

ALSO pls contact me before you give me a low rating! I think flakers are horrible! I will make up as much as possible for anything I made a mistake on. I am part of groups that have rating requirements. So I definitely try to work hard to keep it together and keep good communication. I am human so please give me a chance. THX!

Lotion - Natural, not strong smelling **

YES: oatmeal, almond, goat's milk, unscented, green tea, banana, beeswax, orange

NO: Victoria secrets, any flower scents especially lavender, patcholi or like scents, sharp berry scents, candy scents, perfumy*

Teas-

YES: chai, fruit flavors,matcha green tea, blueberry

NO: chocolate, english breakfast ( or those type of teas), no caramel, no candy flavor