CHOWEFACE

Hi! I'm Michelle from the great Pacific Northwest.
I live with my boyfriend and our furry ones, 4 lionhead rabbits: Aro, Shmi, Vader & Ginny.

origin of my name: CHOWEFACE came from my baby sister. When she was small, she couldn't say michelle so it came out as "me-chow" which eventually just turned to 'chowe' (she added the E on the end). My other siblings picked up on it and basically nicknamed a nickname by adding 'face' to it but they ususally just call me Chowe.

I geek out with a lot of things, especially Harry Potter. I'm a Slytherin & Pukwudgie according to Pottermore :)

I've had the chance to meet the stars of Supernatural and that was amazzzing! Jensen Ackles is a dreamboat!

Hobbies: reading, watching tv, hiking, pub trivia, amateur spelunking, sightseeing (road trips), scrapbooking, cooking, eating (I'm a foodie) & of course, postcrossing.

Love Sports- here are my favorite teams:

• Soccer/Futbol: Seattle Sounders
• Football: New York Giants
• Baseball: Seattle Mariners
• College: Notre Dame & Gonzaga
• Hockey: Vancouver Canucks
• Basketball: Golden State Warriors (but Supersonic fan first)

I watch the Olympics too. I love watching Winter Olympics more- love ski jumping, curling, hockey & figure skating! Team USA!

Seattle's getting an NHL team! So excited!

HUGE MOVIE WATCHER so this is going to be a long section.. I watch a lot of random stuff, all genres. I like a lot of bro movies but also will watch those tearjerkers, I ALWAYS tear up for war movies and movies where an animal dies- even if it's a CGI or fake alien animal!

I absolutely love Scott Pilgrim vs The World & Forgetting Sarah Marshall. I could watch those 2 anytime.

I really enjoy watching Tropic Thunder, that movie cracks me up and I love everyone in it. So bad but so good.

I watch all the Disney/Pixar movies and know most songs. I love the music in Moana.

-anything from Edgar Wright! (love the Cornetto Trilogy!)

The Broken Lizard gang is pretty funny too. I watch Beerfest all the time even though I'm not a big beer drinker.

I'm a HUGE Marvel fan so I watch all those superhero movies. Marvel is better of course.

I LOVE the 3 Chris's - Thor (Hemsworth), Captain America (Evans) & Starlord (Pratt).

I also watch foreign films. I understand Tagalog so I watch a lot of Filipino films. I also watch Korean ones (with subtitles) - Train to Busan is really good!

Classic Favs: Abbott & Costello meet Frankenstein, Casablanca, SIngin' in the Rain

I love Scooby Doo and watch all the cartoon movies for it.

I'm also guilty of watching those Lifetime/Hallmark Christmas movies during the holidays. The cheesier, the better!

Can't end this list without mentioning some of my favorite sagas - HP, Star Wars and LOTR! I have lots of movie marathons with those movies.

I am currently doing the POPSUGAR READING CHALLENGE! Books Read: 18/40

HARRY POTTER! (I reread them a lot)

anything by James Rollins (met him once!) and anything by J.T. Ellison. I also enjoy Philippa Gregory novels (Tudor & Plantagenet).

FEEL FREE TO GIVE ME BOOK SUGGESTIONS WHEN SENDING A CARD!

Big fan of dystopian & YA. I also read war memoirs and celebrity biographies/memoirs/essays.

My favorite genre to read is Thriller/Mystery.

The books I read a lot when I was younger was 'Holes' and "Awake & Dreaming" so those are personal favorites.

I watch too much TV. I love my DVR and my DirecTV & Netflix.

Fav show of all time is I Love Lucy.

Ones I watch currently on air: Supernatural, Rick & Morty, Sweetbitter, iZombie, Younger, UnReal, Game of Thrones, Outlander, American Gods, Westworld, Timeless, Animal Kingdom, Hawaii Five-O, Bob's Burgers, Bull, Atlanta, Silicon Valley

I don't really care for medical shows.

My BF and I watch a lot of NatGeo & Animal Planet. We love the Planet Earth series.

I usually watch food travel shows too, like Bizarre Foods.

I watch almost everything on Food Network. Sunny Anderson should be my bff, I love watching her.

I know it's cheesy but I've been watching The Challenge series on MTV since 2003 & I love it & the drama. (always Team CT)

My favorite genre is bluegrass/country and folk/Americana.

I also listen to a lot of classic rock, mo-town, rap/trap, musicals & boy bands- BSB for life!

basically, I listen to all music except screamo.

I'm not really picky, I like most cards and have a wide variety in my collection but I enjoy tourist cards the most. I like seeing different places around the globe.

my favorites to receive:

• Sunsets/Sunrises
• Sports Stadiums
• Lantern Press or similar style
• US state maps
• montage of landmarks from a state with the state's name on the front (I have WA, ID, OR, GA, MD, PA, MN, NC, SD MD)
• all Hawaiian cards (they're sooo pretty)
• Harry Potter anything
• cards about Saratoga Springs, NY or Charleston, SC (love those cities!)

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Looking for: Cards from Marshall Islands, Samoa & Micronesia!

Looking for specific cards with city name ON FRONT:
Klamath Falls, OR
Fort Smith, AR
Farmington, NM
Amarillo, TX
Norfolk, VA
Gary, IN
Pocatello, ID
Sun Valley, ID
Pierre, SD
Montpelier, VT
Buffalo, NY
Bismarck, ND
Mobile, AL

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I'll also take Washington cards, even though I live here. I have a special box for all WA cards :)

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Cards I don't care for:

• Art cards
• Coloring cards
• Cards with blurry writing
• Ad cards
• Black & White - I love color!
• Quote cards

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I do a lot of the Scavenger Hunts and swaps involving multiple cards in an envie so here's a list to make it easier for people sending me cards:

• Animal Cards: arctic animals like walruses, wolves, orcas, polar bears & huskies! (though I'll accept dogs in general)
• Pixar: Brave, Coco
• Disney: Beauty & the Beast (Belle's my fav), Lilo & Stitch, Aladdin, Moana, Rescues Down Under, Emporers New Groove
• Christmas cards: religious or not- all ok!
• State Capitols: I have WA, AL, FL, IL, TX, NY, MO, KY
• State Maps: I need more of AK, CO, CT, ID, NJ, ND, RI & SD!
• Views: I prefer small town views over city views, like aerial views over farm towns, aerial views in general, oddball tourist places, weird town names, historic towns (like Tombstone)
• Landscape/Nature: beach views, Oregon Coast!, trees/forests, mountains/volcanoes, rivers, waterfalls
• Structures: dams, bridges
• UNESCO & National Parks
• Flower: daffodils, dahlias, ranunculus, poppies, peonies, bouquets
• Canada: I'd like to collect cards from all the provinces, cards with the province name or town in that province
• Europe: Norway, Sweden, Wales, Armenia, Hungary, Iceland,
• Asia: Cambodia, Laos, Middle East
• Africa: All countries
• South America: All countries
• Food: recipes, Taiwan food cards, Singapore food cards, beer/liquor
• History: WW2, Tudor history, military, naval ships, british royal family
• Zazzle: please no blurry writing or cut off photo ones! I don't like zazzle Lantern Press either. Otherwise, I'm ok with it
• Non-Traditional cards: Shaped, 3D, Glitter, Chrome, Cut-out, Wooden - love them all!
• Sports Stadiums/Vanues: All sports, baseball & football especially though (please no more Kansas City ones- I have them all!)
• College/University: any is ok!
• Sanrio: Sumikko Garashi, Gudetama, Pekkle, Pochacco
• Handmade: ones that are done professionally (zazzle, moo) are ok but I don't care for ones on cardboard

Country Specific:
- Russia: blue cats, Tarusov pin ups, Lena Gnedkova
- Taiwan: mailbox and jar shaped cards
- France/Germany: Lali Riddle

collectible cards in a series:
- PostcardMarket: Flags of the World
- Thomas Kincade: Disney Prints
- PostcardHouse: Icons of Countries
- Nisan Design: World Travel
- Etsy, WowCardShop: all cards from there!
I also collect Postallove Greetings From but I have most of those already :)

• Stickers: appreciated but not necessary. I will use them if you send though!
• If you're trying to get rid of movie ad cards, you can send them my way. If I don't keep them, I send them to my penpals overseas.
• Washi: I'm addicted. You can send samples if you'd like and I will use them!
• Stamps: I don't collect them by themselves but I do like them on my cards. I especially like the designs from Canada and the UK. If you're from there, I'd appreciate if you use cool stamps!

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I don't need any scrapbook papers, I actually give away what I have since I don't use them.

You do not need to send any tea either. Or chocolates, or anything of the kind- postcards are perfectly fine.

I do collect pressed pennies. If you're willing to send one, I'd appreciate it!