Rudexvirus

If you have tagged me: Be aware that For the time being I will be sending out all of my mail on Tuesdays. so once a week I will be making a trip to the post office to get everything mailed out. I will let each person know when I respond, but be aware that if you tag me say tuesday night, it will be a week before I can get it out. :)

I am now 23 years old, There used to be a couple of different paragraphs here, but they where pretty outdated (By about a year and a half, somehow.)

I live in Maryland, USA with my boyfriend of almost three years, and Our Cat, Snickers. Life is pretty good out here, Although I do miss my friends and family a LOT. Someday I will be going back " home" to arizona. It took me 23 years to get out of that state, and I was well needed becuase it made me feel like I was drowning, but I know someday I will want to be near my family again, and I look forward to when I go back all grow-ed up. :)

At heart I am a Rude girl punk rocker who thinks she can take on anyone. I am not conceited or narcissistic. I simply salvage my own dignity and self image by throwing myself into situations and pretend I am Way hardxcore. I also rid myself of public shame by dancing my little heart out in the middle of large groups of strangers. Meet me at a show and you may never believe how little I actually value myself. Have a depiction of what I mean. The following two pictures are my inside mental image, of who I am at heart and who I want to be outside.

This, however IS me!

Me on my awesome old orange couch with my equally cool bright pink hair. Jealous aren't you? Don't be, My hair is brown now.( Oh, and not to mention the awesome face I am making. Can't help that, it just happens. )

Along with the Tattoo on my chest (Which is the word "friendship" in Latin, I also have one more. It is on My back, Off to the side. I love it, but often forget it is there. (as I can't see it unless I am twisting my spine looking at myself) I shall show it to you.

I already let you know Who I live with...Here is a picture of my sweetheart, His name is Trenton. He is the same age as me. He is an amazing artist (He draws better than I can, well, do anything) and plays video games when he is not at work/paying attention to me/our cat.

And of course, Here is a picture of my other roommate...Snickers! Someday I hope to get another cat or dog for her to play with, but it is simply not in the cards right now.

As time goes on My crafting likes and dislikes changes and grows. I love to scrapbook, Make collages, Cards and decorate and write lettersI like to draw a little bit, Just generally color and decorate anything I can write on.

I love to read through magazines and then cut out words, phrases, pictures and backgrounds from the pages. I keep them all in ziplock bags and use them occiasionaly. The words more than anything else, honestly.

I am basically into Papercrafts, Paper is my medium and I love it, and I almost always have more than I know what to do with.

I really enjoy working on journals as well. So much of myself goes into them. So much thought,effort, blood and sweat is needed to create something I am okay with sending to someone else. I also really really love knowing that I have something in my possesion that someone else has put that much attention into for me, I guess it makes me feel special.

I love writing on fresh paper, as well as working magic with stickers and cardstock, markers and stories, and everything else in my collection. If you are ever in the need to regift anything, I can always use some randomness. If you are still rapt for ideas after everything in my profile. Send me anything with pictures or words on it and I will find a use for it in this way. Or, If PM me to set up a private swap. I like those.

Just some things that I like to use.

The things in bold are the ones that I could use the most.

♫Any paper or cardstock, Including black!

♫Stickers! You can send me any that you wish, I will not be offended at any kind and they will be put to use. Howevver, I am asking that if at all possible you not include Sticker flakes, I have realized recently that I just don't use them, nor do I have enough organization at the moment to keep them seprate and they end up trashed. I am fine with partial sticker sheets, thats okay. Just not the character flakes.

♫Posterboard (Halves are okay, even ideal.)

♫Clever or witty phrases (whether it be stickers, cut outs,or magazine)

♫Files, manila folders, as well as ziplock bag.s for organizing

♫Sharpies or other brand marker

♫Stationary

♫Cute envelopes

♫Scotch tape

♫Deco tape

♫Any books by raold dahl that are not on the list below

♫Journals or notebooks (big or little)

♫ Stencils

♫ Paint markers

♫ Magazines.

♫ Address labels

♫ Pilot G-2 Pens.

♫ ANYTHING WITH BEES ON IT. This is a huge one! not only is My nickname Aly Bee, but I have come to love anything with one on it. This includes both cartoony as well as realistic.

Here are some themes that I enjoy when creating or receiving items or packages.If it falls under one of these, don't second guess it, go ahead and add it!

♥ Sea animals / Ocean / Under the sea

♥ Cheetahs / Felines

♥Alice in wonderland

♥Beauty and the beast

♥Anything with green

♥Frank Sinatra

♥Summer

♥Music

♥Frogs/turtles/Dinosaurs (P.s. I love dinos more than the other two)

♥Fairies

♥Anything Cartoony-cute and Girly-cute

♥Fantasy

♥Vampires

♥Punk ( Think Sex pistols, The devotchkas, The unseen, A global threat, etc)

♥Rebel

♥Nightmare before christmas

♥Anime

♥ Anything Freddy Kreuger. (This seems morbid, but its something ive loved since a kid, even when it gave me nightmares

Colors I love!

My top color is green ->

Followed by....

Pink ->

And Yellow ->

I really like bright colors, however, I just like color in general. Just becuase its not one of the above colors, does not mean I won't like it!

The pledge. :)

Just a few extra things I feel like you should know about me.

*I do smoke, I don't do it around my crafts or packages but I feel like my partners should be aware of this. Please let me now if it ever causes a problem.

• I drink a lot of coffee, I like all kinds. My favorites are dark roasts becuase That way I can still taste the coffee flavor even after I dilute it with creamer. However, I dont generally have a taste for tea.

• I love most kinds of chocolate, except for dark and anything beyond regular dark. It tastes too bitter for me :)

• I love granola bars.

• I love red licorice but hate the black kind.

• I have no allergies

I won't get angry if you send these things, I just feel like they would have a better home than mine, no fear though, if they end up in a package i will send them to someone who could use them :)

♠ Beads

♠ Used stamps ( I don't collect them, so see the above note on postcards)

♠Yarn

♠Earrings - I do not have my ears pierced so there is no way that I can make use out of them.

♠ Colored pencils- I hardly ever ever use pencils compared to markers and pens

♠Feathers.- Not that I see this as something that would come up, however, I feel the need to make sure it is on my profile just in case, The reason being, My cat likes them. She takes them, and hides them/makes piles of them and then eventually eats them. These are something I just don't want her trying to digest.

These are just some examples, I am sure that reading even this short list you will get an idea of the sort of things that i PROBABLY wont love as much as someone else would. If I come across them they will most likely be passed along so please dont be upset if this happens when you send me one of these items!

I will add to this list as well as i think of things. My profile will probably always be in progress.

Friendship books and Slams

I don't make them for myself nor do I personally Swap for them, however, if you would like to include them in a package you sent to me I will always, gladly send them along for you if you wish for them to circulate.

Things I haven't seen

• Chunky page

• Zine

• amigurumis

• bottlecap shrine

*captured fairy

*row house

If you make any of the above, and would like to make a private swap in exchange for something I can do, I would love you forever for it. I would LOVE to see all of these in person.

** Note about groups **

If you suddenly find that I am not in a group that I was before, Don't take it personally. I probably decided it wasnt quite the right fit for me. :)

Private swaps

I enjoy private swaps, If you come across my profile and are interested in one, Throw me a line. Chances are, I am up for it. :)

Types I am currently LOOKING for :

-Journals -Letters -Collages -Stash switching. (I love to receive things I don't get to see day to day, as well, Some things are really cute, but dont catch my eye quite enough for me to spend money on personally)

I have pledged myself to swap with good habits and better manners. I enjoy making others happy just as much as I enjoy opening my mailbox to a surprise package, envelope, etc.

I will send on time, Unless a real emergency comes up, and If that happens I promise I will be in contact. I do not wish to disappoint others.

I will send packages that I myself would enjoy opening.

THAT being said, If you notice me swapping with any Bad Habits By all means feel free to call me on it, to call me out and set me straight. I am human, I am not perfect.

Am I messing up? Call it out, and it will more than likely set me straight. Don't be afraid of upsetting me by it. We are a community and we rely on each other to keep ourselves in line, myself included.

A Ace of base - Anti Flag - Aerosmith - Aquabats - A global threat

B Ben folds - Ben folds five - Bad credit - Beck - Bush

C Cranberries - (The) Cure

D Dan potthast - Dresden dolls - David bowie - Disturbed - Dixie chicks

E Eagles, Eels

F Five iron frenzy - Forces of evil - Foo fighters - Flogging molly

G Goldfinger - Guttermouth - Gwen steffani - Gorlliaz - Garbage

H Hot hot heat

I Incubus

J Jay-z, Juliana theory

K Kill hannah - Katy perry

L Lady gaga - Linkin park - Live - Lagwagon

M Mike park - Mu330 - Moldy peaches - Matchbox 20

N No doubt

O Operation ivy - Our lady peace - Orgy

P Plain white t's

Q

R Reel big fish - Riahnna -Rob thomas - Red hot chili peppers

S Save ferris - Social distortion - Suburban legends - Smash mouth - Smashing pumpkins - Smiths - System of a down

T Troys bucket

U Unwritten law - (The) Unseen

V (The) Virus - Velvet revolver - Verve

W Weezer

X

Y

Z

Favorite Books and Authors

Reading is one of the many things I do a whole lot of. It stimulates my brain, and I thrive on that. If you have any recommendations for me, in any genre, they are always very welcome.

My favorite author is Anne Rice, and has been for a while. One of my favorite books by her is Pandora.

What I enjoy most is fantasy. When I read I like to be taken away from this world and into another, So that I can escape. Insert, Piers Anthony and his Xanth novels, Anne Rice as said above, Steven king, Dean koontz, and others.

I read a lot, I believe its good for the mind as well as the soul. Not to mention I need something to do while I smoke.

Television

Right now the shows that I watch the most (as far as regular American tv..) are

♪Heroes

♪ House

♪ Family guy

♪ The simpsons

♪ How I met your mother

I will add any that i think of in the future. And as a sidenote. I watch almost all of them on Hulu.

~ ~ Anime ~ ~

-Soul eater (Even though the series is over it was pretty epic)

-Gurren Lagann

-One piece

-Full metal alchemist (old and new)

-Vampire knight and Vampire knight guilty.

I would LOVE anything related to any of these shows, with any of the characters names or faces on them!! If you can find it and send it my way, I will reward you handsomely

Roald Dahl

I started on a mission about a year ago to collect all works published by Roald Dahl. Below you will find a list of the books that I Have in my possesion. Want to send me a REAL suprise? Find me one I don't have. :)

♥Tales of the unexpected

♥Book of ghost stories

♥Switch Bitch

♥Two in one: charlie and the chocolate factory/charlie and the great glass elevator

♥The witches

♥Boy

♥James and the giant peach.

♥Three in one; The bfg/Matilda / George's marvellous medcine

I also have "James and the giant peach: the book and movie scrapbook" by Lucy Dahl.