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I am 34, live in California and was born on Halloween (yes, I enjoy Halloween themed things). I am married with no children (although if my mother had ownership of my womb, she would have a grandchild by now). My fur baby is a rescue named Cali (which we extended to be Calico Ghost Dog since my landlord does not allow pets). I am on this site mainly for creative writing projects (including penpals, fiction, journaling and prompts) and to learn new crafts.

I used to work for a local newspaper for almost 8 years and was laid off for the 3rd and final time (due to company financial issues, it being a newspaper and all) in August, 2011. I hope to someday find a job that will fulfill my financial needs as well as my need to contribute to the welfare of my surrounding community.

I fully support Camp Ronald McDonald and if you get to know me, you may hear me rave about it. SEND ME YOUR SODA CAN TABS if you'd like. They go towards raising money for the Ronald McDonald House Charities (a portion goes to the camp which is for kids with cancer and their families).

Music Gods: Tom Petty, David Bowie, DIO, Danny Elfman

Random list of bands/artists I like:
Igor Spectre
Oingo Boingo
Stray Cats
Tom Petty
Third Eye Blind
DIO
Heart
Cursive
Megadeth
Bread
Paramore
Adele
No Doubt
Collective Soul
Of Montreal
Foreigner
Journey
Pat Benetar
Dresden Dolls
Within the Eddy
B-52s

Bands I quickly change the station on (dislike for the most part): Metallica, Sublime, and most rap.

Movies I can quote: Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, The Labyrinth, Little Nemo, Hook

Favorite Romance: Life is Beautiful

Others I love:
The Dark Crystal
The Sand Faerie
The Neverending Story
Mario Brothers (the live action movie)
Phantom of the Opera
Rocky Horor Picture Show
Jurassic Park
Airplane
Whatever Happened to Baby Jane
But I'm a Cheerleader
I'm a Cyborg But That's Ok
Seven Psychopaths
Seven Pounds.

I enjoy psychological movies/thrillers such as Identity, 23, 1408, Momento.

Harry Potter
The Giver
The House of the Scorpion
The Basic Eight
Burnt Toast
The Girl With the Silver Eyes
Gerald's Game
Firestarter
Tuck Everlasting
The Hunger Games trilogy collections by Shel Silverstein

I have a great story for a book that I started and never finished. Woe is me.

Steven Universe Arrested Development
Parks and Recreation
Chowder
Archer
Solitary
The Oblongs
Family Guy
The Misfits
Gravity Falls
Grimm The Riches
Ru Paul Drag Race
Parenthood
Hoarders
(all of Gordon Ramsay's cooking shows)
Documentaries - mostly about animals and psychology.

*The color green!

*WHITE apparel! I think white is so plain, empty and too easy to mess up (with stains and such)

*Religious items. I'm not religious and I wouldn't want to re-swap the items because I don't want people to assume I am religious and start the circle all over again.

*Scarves. I've never worn a scarf, I like my hoodies, they work just fine.

*I'm not super big on candy.

*MINT and Cinnamon! Yuck, please don't send me mint tea or mint candies. I also don't like how they smell. I have to buy toothpaste that tastes less minty because I hate toothpaste taste. I like vanilla toothpaste. :D

NOTE: I'd prefer not to get things that smell like cigarette or cigar smoke. It causes me to have to separate them from the rest of my swap things because I don't want to smell to contaminate everything. :(

PURPLE is my favorite color

Ballpoint pens/felt tip pens/colorful markers (gel pens are hard for me to use since I'm left handed and they smear very easily as I'm writing)

Labyrinth memorabilia (the movie with David Bowie)

Aluminum pull tabs (like from soda cans)

Kawaii or regular stationary (if it's full size pages, I'd prefer lined paper - I write so crooked without guidance), preferably larger than memo size.

Kawaii food! (basically portrayal of cartoony food with human features like eyes, mouth, etc.) ((not real food, just like paper or stickers or pencils with them on it))

Steampunk

Diddl stationery - I cannot find it and really love the grid layout

Journal swaps

Penpals

Creative writing swaps

(mainly writing things, I am not very artsy)

+++SEEKING ANGELS, FLAKED ON BY+++

• Phimu4ever
• Pashanista

+++ANGELED BY+++

• catsandscales was my first angel, for a Harry Potter Series swap in April, 2012.
• Savannahjan angeled for a February 2013 journal swap.
• anandatashie angeled for a March 2013 penpal letter.