Sooty2Shoes

Please note: I have a new mailing address! Make sure you are sending to the Milwaukee address! Thank you! :)

"To be nobody but yourself in a world

which is doing its best night and day

to make you everybody else,

means to fight the hardest battle

which any human being can fight

and never stop fighting." — e.e. cummings

I'm a 25 year old single mother of one. I'm an easy going, nature-loving and peaceful person/poet.

I have a huge love of Japan and everything surrounding the culture. The culture intrigues me to no end.

And that's about all there is to me. I'm not complicated in any way.

My current obsession: YARN! I LOVE yarn of all sorts (except fun fur/novelty and lace & sock weights). My favorite yarns have hemp and bamboo.

Favorite Colors: Bright, bold colors are my favorites. I'm not a fan of black and brown/tan.

I enjoy the Blues and Jazz, Classic Rock (LOVE), Alternative and Indie music. I love opera as well.

I love horror, suspense, drama and movies that make you think.

Korean and Japanese horror flicks are the best.

I love older sitcoms.

Some of my favorites:

Roseanne, Golden Girls, Cosby, Murder She Wrote, Hank Hill, CSI: The Original and NY, Criminal Minds, Big Cat Diary, Namaste Yoga, RENO 911!, Forensic Files, Don't Forget the Lyrics! and many more.

I watch (or rather listen) while I knit and crochet.

I just ordered my very first spinning wheel!!! So excited!!

I can crochet nearly anything. My favorites are hats and headbands.

I love all kinds of yarn except sock weight and lace weight. :) And please, please NO fun fur/novelty yarns.

I can knit as well. :)

Currently: I'm making mini zines and notebooks! I LOVE them! :) And to go along with this - I like digital collage sheets (that are NOT girly/whimsy/children-esque/etc - ANYTHING adult related / sex related is great.)

And here they are...

• JAPANESE CANDY/CHOCOLATE! I ABSOLUTELY LOVE THE CHOCOLATE COOKIES/BISCUITS! AND THE GRAPE GUMMIES! AND, YEAH! LOVE JAPANESE CANDY!! (You WILL get hearts for sending me Japanese candy!)

• Anything hippie.

• Bold jewelry.

• Big beads.

• Books, books, books.

• Bookmarks.

• Bjork.

• Bandannas.

• Cats

• Candy.

• Cool colors.

• Crocheting.

• Crocheting hooks.

• Criminal Minds.

• CSI: The Original and NY.

• Crafting.

• Cute stuff!

• CHL.

• Creating stuff.

• Cowls.

• The Doors.

• Documentaries.

• Elephants (sooo cute!).

• Etsy!!!!

• England.

• Eyeshadow.

• Geisha.

• Glitter.

• Hats (hand-made)

• Hand-made items.

• Head bands.

• Head Wraps.

• Head Scarfs.

• Horses! :D (I'd love to move to Virginia and live on a "farm" with horses and kitties and puppies.)

• Japan anything. LOVELOVELOVE Japan!

• Journals! (ANY kind of journal. I love them all.)

• Knitting.

• Knitting needles.

• Love.

• London.

• Mugs, mugs, mugs! (Coffee cups!)

• NHL.

• Ninjas! Cute ones, of course!

• OHL.

• Plushies!

• Penguins.

• Poetry Books.

• Pens.

• Paper (Pretty paper for letter writing).

• Pencils.

• Pen Pals.

• Poetry in general.

• Quilts. (Handmade)

• Rainbows.

• Skirts (especially wrap skirts and patchwork skirts!).

• Scarfs.

• Silk.

• Silly stuff.

• Socks.

• Scotland.

• Stuffies.

• Silk Yarn.

• Totem Poles.

• Unidentified Flying Objects (I want to believe).

• Warm weather.

• Winter, too.

• Warmers (legs).

• The X-Files (LOVE Mulder and Skully).

• Yarn! (I prefer super bulky to worsted weight. =))

• Yoga and anything related to it.

• Zines! (LOVE Mini Zines!)

- Dried fruits, candies with any kind of fruit in them, white chocolate. :)

- Used goods (unless they are in great condition). :D

- Gifts and packages that have no thought put into them.

- People who don't send items that they are suppose to.

- Strong floral scents.

- Hello Kitty!

- Politics.

- Filled candies.

- Romance novels.

- Cartoon characters in anything. I don't like Disney or any of those other characters on fabric and etc. Kawaii is not cartoon-y, so it's okay. :D

If you're going to send me soap, lotion, incense, candles, etc - here are my favorite scents:

Anything Patchouli!!!! You WILL get hearts for getting me anything with a Patchouli scent. It's my absolute favorite.

Sandalwood is also one of my favorites.

I love woodsy, "hippie" type scents. :)

I also like any scents Indian (from India) inspired.

I do not like floral scents. They are too strong and cause my skin to break out.

Favorite Books and Authors:

• THE MRS. MURPHY BOOKS by Rita Mae Brown (I don't have the most recent ones (the last 3) and then some of the older ones. Feel free to ask if I've got it before sending if you're sending me a book from Rita.)

• The Aunt Dimity Series by Nancy Atherton (I have the first 5 books.)

• The Anita Blake Series by Laurell K. Hamilton (There are 17 books and I have NONE LOL I've borrowed and read them from my friends and I would love to have my own copies of the books.)

• The Savannah Reid Series by G A McKevett (I have none of these books, either - I've read them in passing from the library and friends. I'd love my own copies.)

• The Harry Potter Series by J.K. Rowling (It took me a long time before I would agree to read the books. I'm glad I have. I LOVE them. The movies are great, too. I do not like Twilight, though.)

• The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown (And all of his books, really.)

• I also like Ed McBain's 87th Precinct books. I have none of those, either. I've read them through the library and would love copies of my own.

Those are just some of my favorites. As long as you do not send me any romance, science fiction. fact, anything politics/war/government or conspiracy (unless it's religious conspiracy - I'll read those!) books, I'm happy.

Some of my favorite topics: Vampires, Witchcraft, Potions, Herbal Medicine (basically, making your own oils - incense - healing "potions"), mystery, horror, History (not the boring stuff - I love reading about the history of dark times/ages and stuff along those lines), Wizards, Nuns (being evil!)... Anything dark. I like historical fiction. Also - poetry and erotica are great, too.

And anything on Buddhism will get you hearts!

So, yeah.

Books make me happy.