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Date Joined: September 7, 2009
Last Online: June 17, 2013 Birthday: July 6 Country: United States |
I am an elementary Art Teacher and I love my job, even when it's overwhelming.
I love to knit and spin.
I have a small collection of Back to the Future toys and a small collection of James Jarvis figures.
I have been married since 2005 and my husband recently graduated from the University of North Texas with a degree in Painting and Drawing. We have one daughter, born in 2006, and she also loves to draw. She is in a dual language program at my school where she is learning Spanish.
I lived in Germany as a child (in Schwetzingen, which is near Heidelberg) and would love to meet a German pen-pal around my age (I'm 31) with similar interests. I would appreciate any messages in German, actually. I can still read and comprehend without a problem, but I am out of practice speaking and writing.
I Like/Love --
Carl Sagan, Legos, Nanoblocks, Tacos, All things Back to the Future, Bears, Mid-century modern furniture, Scrabble, Funny Swatch Watches, Street Art, Coffee, Midwives, A good breakfast, Propaganda posters from WWI and II, Tetris, Harvest Moon, Zines, A good pen, Funny handmade creatures, yarn, feminism, human rights, global politics, Muppets, tiny robots, NaNoWriMo, Pen Palling, Texas History
Colors: Brown, Orange, Blue
I spin, knit, crochet, and dye yarn. I would love to take sewing classes. I have ''tagged' with some of my knittings and would like to do way more. I love street art of any kind. Sometimes I like to make mini-zines.
Favorite Artits -- Charles and Ray Eames, Roy Lichtenstein, Edgar Degas, Charles Demuth, Yoshitomo Nara, Margaret Kilgallen, Rene Magritte, Jacob Lawrence, James Jarvis, Edward Hopper, Robert Rauschenberg
If you can't tell by my list, I like Folk Art, and Art that contains visual puns and humor, juxtaposition, and irony.
Music -- Folk Rock like Neutral Milk Hotel, The Heartstring Stranglers, and Elf Power, 70's Punk Rock like the Buzzcocks and the Ramones. Also, Riot Grrrl bands, Matt and Kim, Nana Grizol, Your Heart Breaks, and the Ting Tings. Most recently into The Evens, Opossom.
Books -- Real World by Natsuo Kirino, The Tattoo Murder Case by Akimitsu Takagi, Knitting themed murder mysteries (I think I have read them all), I Know This Much is True by Wally Lamb, The Hotel New Hampshire by John Irving, Stones From the River by Ursula Heigi, The Little Prince, O Pioneers!, Lonesome Dove
Movies -- Popeye the Movie, Bottle Rocket, Hannah and Her Sisters, The Muppet Movie, Alice's Restaurant, Parenthood, Lost In Translation
TV -- Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations, Flight of the Conchords, King of the Hill, Project Runway, Fraggle Rock, The Golden Girls, Sherlock, Yo Gabba Gabba, Food Party, Bored to Death, All Creatures Great and Small, Rosanne, Magnum, PI, Freaks and Geeks, My So-Called Life, and Doctor Who
Postcards, Stationary, Pens, Buttons, Kool-aid for yarn dying, Yarn, Stickers, Knitting patterns, Random Legos
Hand-made jewelry, toys, paper,
Comments
Thank you so much for your marvelous letter and the enclosures! I want to keep the yarn out and fondle it, but I bet my cats do too ;) I'll will reply as soon as my brain & time allow.
I'm with you on the Zazzle PCs - a lot of our local stores are selling local artists' postcards that are printed via Zazzle or Vistaprint. It doesn't bother me, but I know some people feel very strongly about store-bought cards.
I just invited you to be a member of Classroom ATC. Have you ever thought it would be fun to have you kids trade art with other students from around the world. I'm an art teacher from Minnesota, USA and I want to do a ATC trade with other art teachers so we can have a professional conversation to see if Swap-bot might assist in Classroom ATC Trades. Join our swap and group if you want to learn more.
Nic Hahn Minimatisse.blogspot.com
I got your letter today! I will write back soon!
Hope, i apologize for not writing you back (after our postcard journal thing) - I think you're way cool and still plan to carry out my letter writing campaign. I HAVE actually started a letter, but I just can't seem to get my act together on finishing it... sorry I'm such a slob! Ann
Oh my! Thanks for the adorable mini zine you sent, angelling the pen-pal intro zine swap! It's so great (but I don't know what you meant when you said you used 'Pandora'. Eep! I don't understand American references sometimes)
(Also, I just about died when you said you had a friend who knew all the Elephant 6 guys!)
<3
Yes...I completely agree!
o.m.g. Baby-Sitter's Club postcard??? How did you... where could... that is just... !!! You are hilarious! I think we might be soulmates.
Just wanted to let you know I received the first postcard in the June Diary Postcard swap today - you sound like fun!
Thanks so much for the Theme a Day Journal you angelled for me! I've enjoyed reading it while waiting for my son to get out of school. As far as me participating in another one, I'm not sure if I'm going to. I kinda feel burned with journal swaps, always needing an angel and the like. Thanks again, truly appreciate it! You're truly an angel.