apurplerat

I always send my swaps so if you haven't received anything from me, please let me know. I am happy to resend!

My name is Tara but I like to make up nicknames for myself which include: Tarawr, pterodactyl (or Taradactyl), and arat.

I am a native Las Vegan. Nevada is a beautiful state but Las Vegas is ugly (to me!). I'm actually named after Tara Avenue here in town (my mom saw the street sign when pregnant!). I recently left my home state and moved to Rhode Island. I like it much better :)

My favorite color is purple.

I am 24 years old

I love office supplies, colored papers, making up words, antique and thrift stores, paint color samples, watercolors, making paper, stencils, brown paper bags, watching movies, journals, holga and polaroid pictures, bulletin boards, listening to music, going to concerts, japanese art, pterodactyls, pandas, giraffes, colors, ticket stubs, organizing, taking pictures, reading, writing letters, mail art and being silly!

The White Stripes, Modest Mouse, Bikini Kill, Sonic Youth, Radiohead, Rage Against The Machine, M.I.A., Metric, Bone Thugs-N-Harmony, Wu-Tang Clan, Butthole Surfers, R.E.M. Cake, Mindless Self Indulgence, CoCoRosie, Cat Stevens, The Dandy Warhols, Mirah, Death Cab For Cutie, Jimi Hendrix, The Beatles, Death From Above 1979, Dethklok, The Faint, Interpol, Grandaddy, Kanye West, Le Tigre, The Mars Volta, The Moldy Peaches, Pink Floyd, Neutral Milk Hotel, PJ Harvey, Placebo, Rilo Kiley, The Postal Service, System Of A Down, Serj Tankian, Tegan And Sara, The Walkmen, Tom Petty, Yeah Yeah Yeahs

Science Of Sleep, Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind, Finding Nemo, Trainspotting, Little Miss Sunshine, Punch Drunk Love, Ace Venture, Cable Guy, Human Nature, Amelie

The Jungle, 1984, Animal Farm, Survivor, Invisible Monsters, The Air-Conditioned Nightmare, The Bell Jar, Walden, Dangerous Angels, One Flew Over The Cuckoos Nest, Amazing Grace, A Class Divided

Project Runway, Scrubs, Metalocalypse!!, House, Gilmore Girls, Intervention, America's Next Top Model

I appreciate anything and everything I get in the mail but if you can't think of anything, here is a list to help! I really am not picky & I am not allergic to anything.

• Mix CDs
• Stickers
• Paper
• Postcards - any kind, really. anything weird/unusual, state postcards, mapcards, art, etc. I am easy to please!
• Pterodactyl ANYTHING (pictures, toys, books, etc)
• Watercolor pictures
• Letters about anything!
• PHOTOS :)
• Handmade items
• Tea
• Random scraps paper
• Buttons
• Maps! Scraps of maps, stickers of maps, actual maps, anything!
• Pens or markers
• Unused negatives (doesn't have to have a picture on it)
• Fortunes from fortune cookies
• Zines