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Knitting/crochet (esp. Japanese super cute patterns), re-styling clothing, shrinky-dinks, needlepoint, letterpress printing. I've also been experimenting with crocheting with thin wire and making sculptures.

I'm very inspired by patterns, colors, clothing and design from, the '30s-'60s.

I'm currently in grad school full time so I don't know when I will be able to get back to swapping

I love my dachshund Frankie, who is awesome. I've been a vegetarian for about 13 years, and animal welfare is very important to me.

I've been into underground comics for a while, some of my favorites are: Love & Rockets, Dave Cooper, Dame Darcy, Craig Thompson,Chris Ware, and Dan Clowes.

I also collect vinyl/art toys (which my kitten finds awfully fun to knock over).

Favorite colors: teal, aqua, gold, grass green, pink, sky blue, black

I'm also very into recycling/reusing/conserving in crafty ways. Right now I'm searching tips from the depression and WW II on saving around the house.

A Supposedly Fun Thing I Will Never Do Again, Infinite Jest (we miss you dfw), Black Hole, Oryx and Crake, Valley of the Dolls, Haunted, 50s and 60s Better Homes and Gardens cookbooks

The Big Lebowski, Night of the Hunter, Fight Club, Adaptation, Babe: Pig in the City, Office Space, Ghost World, Myra Breckenridge, Idiocracy

The embarrassing ones; Gossip Girl, Real Housewives,True Blood

The better ones; It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Mad Men, True Blood, Project Runway, ATHF, Californication, The Office.

Aesop Rock, Buck 65, The Gossip, Feist, Modest Mouse, Immortal Technique, Jae-P.

I love musicians that combine different types of genres. I've never been into metal though, it makes me edgy for some reason.

*Vintage wrapping paper, esp. from the '50s or '60s *Cute animal stickers *Kawaii *Amigurumi patterns *Neat shotglasses/vintage swizzle sticks *Candy or gum from other countries *Handmade books/zines *Owls, hedgehogs, dachshunds, whales, birds, elephants, pandas