estar23

I live in O.C., California, but inland, so not near the beach (boohoo). I work at Disneyland at the hotel. Lately, I've been missing New York City...you can take the girl out of NYC but you cannot take the NYC out of the girl. I love learning new things. Most recently, I've taught myself to crochet. I finished two scarves, and am trying to find easy amigurumi patterns, particularly for bunnies! I'm also trying to teach myself Japanese and the guitar. I love to read--mostly sci-fi/fantasy, essays, children's books. I used to be a poetry major, but I haven't read any in a long time, probably to my detriment. I love watching tv and movies, but what I love most is talking about them endlessly afterwards!

Likes: crochet, Veronica Mars, Battlestar Galactica, Bleach, Neil Gaiman, Philip Pullman, reading, playing the guitar, my NDS, Naruto Shippuuden, hiphop dance movies, Octavia E. Butler, Orson Scott Card, anything with Shia LaBeouf, freshly baked chocolate chip cookies, calligraphy (especially Asian), stars!

Dislikes: wet socks, sushi, humidity

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Veronica Mars, Battlestar Galactica, Bleach, Naruto Shippuuden, The Dresden Files, The Colbert Report, 24, Lost, Bones, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Angel, So You Think You Can Dance, Numb3rs, Psych, Prison Break, Scrubs, How I Met Your Mother, anything with Batman in it

Ender's Game and series by Orson Scott Card; Dune by Frank Herbert; His Dark Materials series by Pullman; Dresden Files by Butcher; Temeraire series by Novik; essays by Anne Lamott and Donald Miller; anything by Octavia E. Butler, Louis Sachar, Tamora Pierce, Garth Nix, Robin McKinley, Neil Gaiman or Jerry Spinelli; Bruce Coville's Magic Shop series

anything with a hiphop dance storyline, i.e. Drumline, Stomp the Yard, Honey, You Got Served; Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon; the Rush Hour movies; anything with Shia LaBeouf or Matt Damon; action movies starring Clive Owen; anything with Batman, but particularly Christian Bale; Lilo & Stitch; anything by Pixar; the Karate Kid; Transformers, both versions

The colors and patterns I like: sky blue, avocado green, lavender, black, silver, argyle, polka dots, stripes. kawaii

The colors and patterns I don't like: plaid, checkerboard, orange, purple, yellow, gold, dark green, floral, batik, tie-dye

I love to crochet. I'm going to try to learn how to knit this summer. I love to work with paper. I'm thinking of designing my own greeting cards from now on. I just bought a sewing machine, so I am looking forward to making stuffies and reconstructing my own clothes. I've had good results with freezer paper stencils for my own t-shirt designs lately, too.