Beck

I'm taking a bit of a break while I'm in the process of moving across town. I'll be back soon!

what I pledged

I'm very much into Deco Friendship Books, so if you have one lying around, please PM me and I'll give you my address! I can make one for you in return if you'd like.

I currently live in Florida but have moved around a lot. I've been a licensed massage therapist since 2003. Hopefully I will earn my BA in English sometime soon (life got in the way of a traditional 4-year college stint, but I think I appreciate the chance to attend classes more than I would have had I gone straight through).

If it's a post card swap, I'd rather you send it through the mail directly and not in an envelope; it's got more of a "mail" feel to me.

Matchboxes, handmade postcards and chunky books.

I Capture the Castle, Garden State, Elizabethtown, the Brave Little Toaster, Pride & Prejudice.

Isabel Allende, Jane Austen, the Bronte sisters, Billy Collins, Charles Dickens, Emily Dickenson, Thomas Hardy, Dee Henderson, Angela Hunt, Henry James, CS Lewis, Elinor Lipman, Adrienne Rich, Lauren Weisberger, Edith Wharton...

Norah Jones, the Beatles, Moby, Beck, Jennifer Knapp, Cake, Third Day, Reliant K, Ben Folds, Glenn Gould, Queen, the Shins, Spoon, Yo la tango...

Ecclesiastes 4:9-12 "Two are better than one, because they have a good return for their work: If one falls down, his friend can help him up. But pity the man who falls and has no one to help him up! Also, if two lie down together, they will keep warm. But how can one keep warm alone? Though one may be overpowered, two can defend themselves. A cord of three strands is not quickly broken."

Psalm 42:5 "Why are you downcast, O my soul? Why so disturbed within me? Put your hope in God, for I will yet praise him, my Savior and my God."

1. I love reading and writing, libraries and bookstores, words and their history, books old and new, books on CD, magazines, literary magazines, movies based on books and basically anything literary you can think of.
2. Traveling & reading about places I might want to visit someday.
3. Traditional-looking oriental designs. No Hello Kitty or Anime.
4. Blue!
5. The beach: seashells, sunshine, the ocean, palm trees, bright fish, birds, etc.
6. Freebie advertisement pens like you get from hotels, seminars, political campaigns, corporations, etc. I recently received some awesome pens featuring literary magazines!
7. Tastes & scents I enjoy include cinnamon, gingerbread, citrus (lemon, orange, mango, etc), sugar cookie, any berry, chocolate, white chocolate, caramel, mmm my mouth is watering now!

1. Foods: coconut, coffee, and I'm allergic to bananas (though I used to like them).
2. Allergic to floral scents.
3. Allergic to wool.
4. Chewing gum (what can I say, I listened to the dentist when he said don't chew gum!).
5. Stuffed animals.