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Pooky

Pooky
Birthday: April 20, 1984
Last login: October 10, 2008
Country: United States
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About Me

  • I'm an entomology graduate student. I'd like to be a forensic entomologist.
  • I live in Maine.
  • I'm straight-edge.
  • I have an obsession with hamsters and capybaras.
  • I like wearing really bright clothes, especially neon orange.
  • I like Decora fashion.
  • I like insects and science stuff.
  • I play video games. I love my DS, and especially Animal Crossing and Chibirobo.
  • I read comic books.
  • I like piercings (I have 10) and tattoos (none yet)
  • I love tea! But not the herbal varieties.
  • I wear a size small womens tshirt, or a large in childs sizes.
  • I grew up on an organic farm, and work with organic methods of pest control so organic things make me happy!
  • I have one very precious syrian hamster named Cassandra and tons of Madagascar Hissing Cockroaches.
  • I love super-cute & kawaii things, but not things that are overly girly and pink.
  • My favorite fruits are peas and mangos.
  • I love Chuck Taylors.
  • My favorite artist is Salvador Dali.
  • I have very, very short hair so I can't use things like hairties or headbands.

Favorite Crafts

I make adorable animal hats, and other accessories using faux fur and other fun fabrics.

Some things I use in my crafts:

  • stickers
  • charms
  • buttons, especially bright colored and oddly shaped ones
  • beads made of natural items (bone, horn, clay, etc.)
  • jewelry clasps
  • 5x5 inch squares for quilting
  • felt

Favorite Music

Queen, The Queers, Ani DiFranco, The Ramones, Clem Snide, Nerf Herder, David Bowie, Electric Six, The White Stripes, Johnny Cash, Self, Tom Jones, Horrorpops, Save Ferris, The Epoxies, The Offspring, The Andrews Sisters, Crispin Glover, Osaka Popstar, Nirvana, Bobby Darin, Weezer

Favorite Books

Choke by Chuck Palahniuk, As I Lay Dying by William Faulkner, Johnny Got His Gun by Dalton Trumbo, Fight Club by Chuck Palahniuk, Even Cowgirls Get The Blues by Tom Robbins, Haunted by Chuck Palahniuk, Rant by Chuck Palahniuk, Blindness by José Saramago, Life After God by Douglas Coupland,

Favorite Television

Six Feet Under, Family Guy, Pinky and the Brain, The L Word, The Simpsons, the Wuzzles, Mythbusters, Taz-mania, American Dad, Sugar Rush, Grey's Anatomy

Favorite Movies

My favorite actors are: Jimmy Stewart, Crispin Hellion Glover and Helena Bonham Carter.

My favorite director is Takashi Miike.

A Clockwork Orange, Wallace and Gromit: Curse of the Wererabbit, Fight Club, Harvey, American Beauty, the Rocky Horror Picture Show, Donnie Darko, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Meet the Feebles, The Island of Dr. Moreau, Soylent Green, Sin City, Talk to Her, Audition, Happiness of the Katakuri, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, Irma la Douce, Harold and Maude, Kiss Me Stupid, Little Miss Sunshine, Shaun of the Dead, Wild Zero, Cool Hand Luke, Party Monster, Battle Royale, Bartleby, Willard, Joe's Apartment, American Psycho, Psycho (1960), The Nightmare Before Christmas, Party Monster, Hard Candy

Things I Love!

  • Anything hamster related
  • Anything capybara related
  • Anything related to aphids, colorado potato beetles and ants (or any insect really)
  • corgis!
  • Snails
  • Orange things
  • Halloween and the Day of the Dead
  • Things having to do with Pooky (Garfield's toy bear! Or Young Art's Pooky, or anything with 'Pooky' on it for that mattter! )
  • Nyan Nyan Nyanko
  • Tokidoki
  • Rilakkuma (Relax Bear)
  • Gloomy Bear
  • Hamtaro!
  • Onigiri
  • Fingerless gloves, armwarmers and legwarmers
  • Fun, colorful bracelets!
  • I love candy, and candy shaped accessories.
  • cute adhesive strips ('band-aids')
  • stickers
  • glow-in-the-dark things

Things I don't like

  • Disney things (I hate Disney)
  • Winnie the Pooh
  • pink
  • girly stuff
  • gum (I'm not allowed to have it)
  • peppermint flavored things (other mints are okay)
  • superheros
  • No ATCs for me, please
  • Spongebob
  • St. Patricks Day
  • crosses (I'm not very religious, though I do like Catholic imagery and rosaries)

Favorite Patterns and Colors

  • Houndstooth
  • Plaid
  • Black & White checkerpattern
  • Skulls (especially non-human)
  • Spiders and spiderwebs
  • Neon Orange
  • Orange
  • Neon secondary colors together

Wishlist

  • I would love an Amigurumi creature to take traveling with me! A 'creepy' critter would be the best thing ever!
  • Bento accessories
  • Chopsticks with a hamster design!
  • Cell phone charms for my DS!
  • 5x5 inch pieces of fabric
  • Italian charms
  • adorable rings
  • if anyone knows where I can get a hamster-themed bento, please message me!

Things I have to Trade:

  • Plain Bottlecaps w/ Gold Backs
  • Filled Matchboxes
  • Mix CDs
  • Old book pages for crafts
  • Handmade Envelopes
  • handmade felties
  • sea glass from the coast of Maine

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Ratings

asmom rated for Tea and a Surprise - US only #5 on Sep 8, 2008
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Comment: Loved everything!! Thanks for the tea and all the goodies!
minders rated for 2-tone Matchbox Swap on Aug 4, 2008
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Comment: Thank You so Much for such a great swap!!
sassyheather rated for 2-tone Matchbox Swap on Jul 25, 2008
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Comment: Everything is fantastic!
Invisible rated for Tea and a Surprise - US only #4 on Jul 23, 2008
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Comment: Thanks so much!
catsmeow rated for Reusable Grocery Bags on Jul 18, 2008
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Comment: Thanks Pooky for my bright green & purple bag with the cat on it, yes it would have been great for the kitty to be darker, but it will work the same! Ozzie has already stolen the toy, he must like it! I can always use fabric and cat stickers. Great job.
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Comment: Thank you so much Pooky for a great package. The chocolate barely made it out of the wrapper.
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Comment: Your owl is so bright and cheery! Thank you! And thanks so much for the extra primate goodies for my daughter--she loves them!! (and of course my son will use his chopsticks!) blessings, Gypsy
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Comment: Thank you sooooo much! Love everything!
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Comment: The matchboxes are beautiful and I love all the extras! Thank you!
AnniePhil rated for Tea and a Surprise - US only on May 5, 2008
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Comment: Thanks for the fun package with so many goodies to discover! The Garden of the Andes tea looks especially good! I LOVE the little felt owl- so cute! And thanks for the candle and the stamps, too!
Superchou rated for OPPOSITES Matchbox Swap on Apr 12, 2008
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Comment: thank you so much for the lovely matchboxes and all of the fun extras inside. very cute!
keymistress rated for Pouch with crafting surprise on Apr 12, 2008
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Comment: A lovely parcel that arrived so quickly! I love the things Pooky put together for me, especially the pink Sharpie! Thank you so much! <3
rugilla rated for Surrealist Postcards Exchange on Apr 1, 2008
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Comment: thanks for your postcard:)
VJP rated for Spring Flowers - 32 ct matchbox on Mar 7, 2008
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Comment: Thank you!
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Comment: fantastic letter, and beautiful envelopes!
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Comment: You did a great job on the haiku book about bugs...Thanks so much for everything, especially the groundhog...I LOVE HIM!!!...
jeannine rated for Filled Matchbox on Jan 29, 2008
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Comment: Thank you for the fun package! I like the assortment of matchbox goodies and the crafty and sweet extras will definitely come in handy.
LaLaLove rated for Scary Matchbox on Jan 24, 2008
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Comment: Thanks for the matchbox. The "enter if you dare" sticker made me chuckle :) Oh, and the Fight Club pin so rocks!!! I LOVE Chuck, and I see you do, too. I actually met him a few years back in Cambridge, Mass...so awesome.
anouk rated for Sunflowers & Ladybugs Matchbox on Jan 16, 2008
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Comment: thanks for the extras
Timeless63 rated for Matchbox - Loud and Garish on Jan 8, 2008
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Comment: My Word! The dolphin pin you sent me is the best thing i have ever gotten in a swap i my life! I adore it! Thank you so much! I would give you 5 hearts if i could! And that matchbox! It was certainly loud and garish! I really like the papers you sent me too. Thanks so much for everything! God bless :-)

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Comments

Bucket on Oct 10, 2008:

Thanks for the collage stickers and magazine cutouts! I really appreciate it!

ladyb on Sep 24, 2008:

Thank you for granting my wish for stickers. My daughter claimed quite a few of them. Thanks again. :o)

cobaltgypsy on Sep 21, 2008:

TeaNi on Sep 19, 2008:

THANKS SO MUCH for the great addition to my map postcard collection!:)

PennyArcade on Sep 16, 2008:

HIYA..... I saw that you hosted a zombie swap last year, and it looked pretty rad. How did that go, and are you doing it again? If not, do you mind if I hosted one for this year?

carterXchan on Sep 10, 2008:

Hello, Pooky! I enjoyed receiving the collage images and magazine articles yesterday for the Sept Wishlist group! I read them over coffee this morning . . . very interesting!

paflip25 on Sep 3, 2008:

Thank you so much for the envie of collage images from the wishlist group. They are exactly what I was looking for and I love them all. I just received them yesterday after returning from vacation and it was a wonderful surprise. :) All the best, Erin

giraffeandrabbti on Sep 3, 2008:

Thanks so much for clicking on www.thehungersite.com, I really appreciate it and I know I'm not the only one! :3

solarts on Sep 2, 2008:

Hello, If anyone is interested in the two or one of the Oct. Halloween swaps here they are: Halloween Spooksville Fun Mail! http://www.swap-bot.com/swap/show/20560

Boo! Halloween Swap!

http://www.swap-bot.com/swap/show/19880

Courtney on Sep 1, 2008:

Thank you! I have enjoyed making them.

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