SilverDreamer

Hello, I'm Victoria! Currently I'm a part time student and part time worker and I love dabbling in crafts! I'm experimenting with amigurumi, and polymer clay (not together though), and I've had a long time love for origami and paper folding.

Other than crafts, I like drawing (but I'm not very good), cooking, reading (mainly manga now days), video games (RPGs and mmos) and web designing. I'm a newbie to swapping and pen pals, but it sounds like a lot of fun!

I'm also really into Japanese culture. Yup, I'm one of "those." I kinda have an excuse though, I'm half Japanese so it's only natural for me to be interested in it. I like goth lolita and visual kei fashion, the food, kawaii things (like stationary, stickers, deco tape, etc) and a bunch of other stuff! Language, ghost stories, customs and traditions... Not so much the history, unless it's ancient history.

I love Japanese rock, mainly because I can appreciate the music and if I like it then I can look up the lyrics and appreciate it even more. And the music sounds a little less angry to me for some reason...

I also like groups like Nightwish, Kamalot, and Nickleback. My sister listens to country so I'm used to it and like the majority of what I hear. The only genres I don't care for are R&B and American rap. Rap inother languages is cool, but I don't care for the lyrics sung by American artists.

I make origami figures, paper (lucky) stars, and staw stars. I'm fairly new to straw stars, but I like how they look. Any paper would be appreciated no mater how small! Ok, actually if it's smaller than a key on your keyboard I probably can't use it.

I like cooking! I'm most exposed to Hawaiian style Japanese food (meaning it's sweeter and not nearly as authentic). I would appreciate recipies and small cooking items (sprinkles, cookie cutters, food coloring etc).

I'm getting into making small polymer clay charms. I think they're super cute, but I'm not very good at making them myself...

ATCs look like a lot of fun, I attempted a simple one to try it out and I like how it turned out. So anything (including just reccomendations) for that would be helpful!

I read more manga than anything now days. I enjoy Godchild, Fruits Basket, Death Note, and Card Captor Sakura.

I haven't picked up a regular chapter book in years so I'm kinda stuck between young adult and adult. I like Harry Potter, His Dark Materials, Interview with the Vampire, The Da Vinci Code. Fiction is what I usually end up reading, other than instructional books for drawing or something.

Overall I like dark or fantasy books. Oh! And ghost stories! I love those! I haven't really read many though. And childrens stories from other cultures.

Colors: red, black, purple, silver, white, gray

Tastes: salty, sweet

Food: bubble tea, sushi, mochi, okonomiyaki, carrot cake, tempura, green tea, salt ice cream, dark chocolate, any other type of tea, strong coffee, almonds

Stuff: Kawaii stuff (I'm not picky), manga, j-rock, stationary (letter sets, memo pads, earsers, pencils, pens, anything), stickey notes, stickers, hats, goth stuff, plushies, glow sticks, books, supernatural stuff, pins/buttons, cell phone charms, old fashioned looking skeleton keys, star paper, Chinese zodiac, origami paper, scrapbook paper (12"x12" and not folded please)

"Brands": Skelanimals, most Sanrio characters (Kuromi, Badtz Maru, Choco Cat are my favs and I'm not the biggest Hello Kitty fan in the world), Crux, San-x, Q-lia, Pool Cool, Studio Ghibli

Styles: Goth, punk, steampunk, grunge, kawaii

Animals: dragons (I know they don't exist, but who cares), penguins, cats, horses, bats, turtles

Colors: Orange, brown

Tastes: bitter

Food: bananas, mushrooms, bacon, white chocolate, gummy candy

Stuff: scented stuff, earings (I don't have pierced ears), key chains, Disney, retro, "country" (like amish), make-up (never learned how to use it)

Animals: pigs, bears (pandas and red pandas are ok though), insects (spiders especially)

Penpals, Book/manga reccomendations (I prefer fiction but am open to non-fiction too), Mix CDs, Something handmade by you, Recipes

Last Updated: November 20 2009

Currently looking for: Kawaii emoticon like stickers. Stuff that can be used for ATCs.