KoalaMuffin

Hi. I'm a 25 year old New England native (north-east region, USA). I'm close to the coast and love to walk the beach. I enjoy keeping busy, but savor my downtime. I can be out and about singing at karaoke or hiking the local trails or I can be sitting on my window seat reading a book or in a field meditating. I try to keep my schedule full of variety.

I love serendipitous moments.

I'm a geek. I'm a recently outed anime fan. I read and collect comic books (indie/local/mainstream). I play video and computer games. Strategy games are my number one pick, but I'm not adverse to other gaming. Board games are always up for play; Scrabble, Scattergories, Carcassonne, UNO, the choices are always expanding.

I only own "fun" socks, okay I own a few pairs of plain socks for formal/business attire purposes.

To sum me up, I'm me.

I am back into swapping on swap-bot after almost a year and a half hiatus & am trying to make amends for missed swaps and am starting out slow and easy with any new swaps.

• Cats. I've had cats my entire life. Found out I'm allergic as of July of 2007. That doesn't mean I love them any less, I just try to avoid long hairs as much as possible. Currently I live with 4 cats; 3 are my housemates and one is my own.

• Koalas! You could say I have an intense love for koalas. My stuffed koala collection alone comes in at an under estimated 43, that's just what I have in storage. I'm two-thirds of the way done with my koala tattoo, four and a half hours so far.

• Little lizards (i.e. geckos/newts). I have one leopard gecko named Giacommo. My good luck charm is a tiny lizard you'd get in a gumball machine.

• Rubber ducks. My second animal obsession.

• Penguins. A minor obsession compared to the others.

I like to mix it up.

Folk, Sixties & Seventies, Rock (primarily Alternative), some showtunes, Dance/House, comedy (i.e. Stephen Lynch & Flight of the Conchords).

Absolute Favorites: Cat Stevens, Joni Mitchell, Tegan & Sara, Vanessa Carlton, K.T. Tunstall, Lisa Loeb, Incubus, Ben Kweller, & Pink.

I can hear the mourning dove by James Bennett, Beauty Queen by Linda Glovach, But Inside I'm Screaming by Elizabeth Flock, Smack by Melvin Burgess, Darkly Dreaming Dexter by Jeff Lindsay

Mel Brooks' films, Harold & Maude, Kevin Smith's films, Dirty Dancing, Quentin Tarantino's films, But I'm a Cheerleader, Saved

Not that I have much of a chance to watch television, but when I do have the chance these are what I gravitate to most often.

CSI, CSI: NY, Dexter, The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, Scrubs, Law & Order, Law & Order: SVU, Project Runway, Top Chef

I love art of nearly any and all kinds. My primary creative focus being collage and photography. I have a plethora of scrapbook supplies and am slowly but surely using them for different projects.

I sign up for swaps I have interest in, so anything I receive is happily accepted.

I'm not a fan of black licorice or coffee (I am a fan of teas and chais and coffee flavored things) but know many people who will gladly take those items off my hands if I ever receive them.