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frankcheez

frankcheez
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Last Online: June 2, 2012
Birthday: October 13
Country: United States
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Hi there! My name's Jenny.
My whole life I have gone by Jenny, and I totally despise being called Jen/Jenn. It's a big NO-NO! I'm a 25-year-old Florida Native. I graduated from Florida State University in April 2008 with a BA in both Anthropology and Classical Civilizations (ancient Greece and Rome). I now live in Savannah, GA and am currently working full-time as a trolley-driving tour guide!

I have a wonderful boyfriend of 7 years with whom I love living! I'm interested in lots of things, love to make things, love getting mail, love meeting new people. I have a 30 gal fish tank with a few little aquatic buddies in it right now. I wish more than anything I could have a cat, but my man is allergic. My boyfriend and I adopted a Treeing Walker Coonhound named Abby from the Humane Society in April 2010. She will be 1 year old on Sept 30th, so she's still a ridiculous puppy.

My Swapping Habits:
I am really good about sending swaps on time and sending quality swaps. That's what counts with me. I almost always go above and beyond in my swaps, so I'd really appreciate a heart rating from you when I do so. I reuse packaging, so if you get a recycled envelope from me, it's not because I don't care enough to send you new ones. In fact, I care so much about you, that I want to decrease the waste I put on the planet you live on. I often spruce up these reused envelopes so they are something new again. Hope you don't mind! I appreciate you rating me when you receive my swaps, and if you ever have a question, comment, or concern about something I have sent you, or something you think I didn't send you, please just email me and ask. It is no problem at all. If you genuinely did not get something from me, I will do my best to re-send.

Postcards...

I LOVE postcards! I collect them and have a ton of them. I only collect storebought postcards, not handmade ones. I really love touristy postcards from places you've been. I love map postcards, courthouses, monuments, statues, museums, native flora and fauna, bridges, forests, road signs, lighthouses, natural formations, rocks/gems, roadside attractions, hotels, motels, restaurants you ate at, etc. I also like pretty art cards, or kitchy, funny cards including postcards from Pomegranate or Chronicle books, ones with cartoon or comic book characters, paintings, illustrations (especially children's book illustrations), fairies, pets, holidays, etc. I like pretty much all postcards, so long as they're not handmade ones, k? ;-)

Books, Books, Books...

I love books. I think books are so super important. I grew up with books books books everywhere you look. Both my parents read to me every night since as long as I can remember. My grandparents read to me when I spent days at their homes. And sometimes when I'm sick or feeling sad, I have my boyfriend read to me to make me feel better. My aunts all have more books than you can imagine and I can remember when my aunt Cathy would come down to visit us, she would bring with her a big tote bag stuffed full of picture books she'd checked out of her library just to share with me and my sister. I still have a soft spot for these children's picture books and have continued to collect them throughout the years. I have tons of books! A library discarded book sale is a glorious and dangerous thing! Picture books make everything seem so REAL, and especially when you're a kid. Reading some of these books again now, I can remember the images seeming larger than life back then, like I could climb inside them and look around, and I still cherish that.

Some of my favorite books include:
*My Side of the Mountain and Julie of the Wolves by Jean Craighead George
*The BFG, The Twits, James and the Giant Peach, and Matilda by Roald Dahl
*Number the Stars and The Giver by Lois Lowry
*The Last of the Really Great Whangdoodles by Julie Edwards
*From the Mixed-up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler by E.L. Konigsburg
*A Wrinkle in Time, A Wind in the Door, A Swiftly Tilting Planet, etc. by Madeleine L'Engle
*The Little House books by Laura Ingalls Wilder
*The Good Dog Carl books by Alexandra Day
*The Harry Potter series by J.K Rowling
*The classic Grimm fairy tales
*Winnie the Pooh by A.A. Milne
*Through the Looking Glass by Lewis Carroll
*Hamlet, Macbeth, Richard III by William Shakespeare
*The Baby-Sitters Club series by Ann M. Martin
*A Walk in the Woods by Bill Bryson
*Still Life with Chickens by Catherine Goldhammer
*Books by John Katz about his dogs

Stuff I LOVE...


* Stickers
* Postcards
* Owls
* Fairies, gnomes, elves, pixies
* Kawaii - Sanrio, San-X, Q-Lia, Kamio, Crux, Pool Cool, Diddl, etc.
* Dragonflies
* Baby-Sitters Club books
* Lisa Frank - esp. vintage, not the new girls
* Fun earrings
* Books, picture books
* Dolls - Barbie, Pullip, etc.
* Cats & Dogs
* Mushrooms (but not to eat, ever!)
* Littlest Pet Shop
* Bento * Pez
* Nintendo DS - I have a pink one
* Shakespeare
* Frogs
* Cheese
* Stationery - lettersets, notepads, etc.
* Nice pens
* Tea - NO green or mint tea please
* Jewelry - cute/crazy earrings especially
* Strawberries
* Cell phone straps/charms
* Hedgehogs, squirrels, bunnies
* Incense
* Yarn and knitting needles
* Candles
* Movies
* Kashmir boxes
* Japan
* Pretty/cute fabric
* My Little Pony
* Salty snacks
* Fruity candy
* "Nature" - leaves, rocks, trees, etc.
* Feathers
* Aztec/Maya cultures
* Greek culture
* Linguistics
* Mythology
* Cookies
* Puzzles
* Thrift stores
* Makeup
* Glitter
* Hayao Miyazaki films
* Deco tape
* Hearts

Please Don't Send Me...


* Green, white, or mint tea
* Lavender scented items
* Baby items - not having any babies
* Christian items
* Angels
* Tomato - omg barf!
* Spicy foods
* Dirty, stained, or ripped items
* Dora the Explorer
* Thomas the Tank
* Spongebob Squarepants
* Hannah Montana, High School Musical, Camp Rock, Jonas Bros, or any other stupid Disney show
* Chocolate - it melts in my metal mailbox in the Savannah heat

Favorite Crafts

I enjoy sewing, making softies/plushes, doing cross stitch and other embroidery, making jewelry, doing crafts with Perler beads, making magnets, and occasionally painting.
I learned to knit about 3 years ago and have been enjoying that very much. I really like wool yarns best, especially alpaca wool. I don't particularly care for 'novelty' yarns. I also dabble in photography, but mostly just enjoy taking pictures of things around me.

Favorite Music


Hanson, Delta Rae, Fiona Apple, Sarah McLachlan, Regina Spektor, Imogen Heap, Queen, Billy Joel, Pink Floyd, Melissa Etheridge, Lady Gaga, Rooney, The Hush Sound, Feist, The Decemberists, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Gnarls Barkley, Cake, Tori Amos, Brandi Carlile, Franz Ferdinand, Emerson Lake and Palmer, Utada Hikaru, Morning Musume, Britney Spears (yeah, I said it), Beach Boys, etc...I listen to pretty much anything except gangster rap and Christian music.

Favorite Movies

Labyrinth, Man on Fire, Lion King, Across the Universe, Howl's Moving Castle, Brother Bear, Hamlet, Fern Gully, all Harry Potter movies, Legend, Mr. and Mrs. Smith, The Professional, Spirited Away, Mists of Avalon, Sweeney Todd, Princess Bride, all Jurassic Park movies, Seven, Everything is Illuminated, The Dark Crystal, My Neighbor Totoro, The Cat Returns, Nightmare Before Christmas, Ghostbusters, Marie Antoinette, Stardust, Home Alone, Hot Fuzz, Juno, The Prestige, Transformers, Secret of the Kells...I LOVE movies. I'm a very visual person.

Favorite Television


Shin Chan, What Not to Wear, Planet Earth, Project Runway, How Do I Look?, Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends, Jeopardy, The Dog Whisperer, How It's Made, Clean Sweep, How Clean Is Your House?, America's Next Top Model, CSI Miami and Las Vegas, X-Files, Fraggle Rock, Pee-Wee's Playhouse, Pushing Daisies, Keeping up with the Kardashians, Hoarders, American Pickers...I watch a lot of crap TV cuz there's usually nothing good on. Thank goodness for Netflix, eh?

A Survey...

Why do you like the music you listen to? I know this is a cheesy answer, but I like it because it makes me feel good. I use to like different music when I was younger, but I find that that music makes me feel awful when I listen to it, so I don't listen to it anymore.

What are your favorite colors? In order of preference: Green and purple firstly. Also nice burgundy, maroon, garnet colors; golds and coppers; turquoise, royal blue.

What fires you up? stupid drivers, stupid questions, poor grammar

Do you collect anything? Postcards, Littlest Pet Shop toys, Pez dispensers, Owls, fairies, Lisa Frank, kawaii, stationery, Baby-Sitters Club books, Pyrex dishes...

What are five things you always keep with you? My cell phone, a jacket (I get cold easily), my wallet, a pen, and my keys.

What's your dream job? To own a little shop with handmade items, and a shop cat, or a used book store (oh the delicious smells). But more realistically I'd like to work for US Fish and Wildlife Services or the National Park Service as a park ranger, or in a natural history museum.

Favorite Cosmetic: Avon Magix face perfector; awesome stuff. . Also, I love pretty much every color of eyeshadow, so you can never go wrong there! I love bright, vibrant pinks, purples, greens, turquoises, etc.

Favorite Scents: Sensual Amber from Bath and Body Works. Naroli Jasmine from The Body Shop. Midnight Pomegranate from Bath and Body Works. Pearberry from Bath and Body Works. Amy Brown's perfume 'Forget Me Not' (it's not made anymore). Dragon's Blood, Nag Champa, Patchoulli, earthy scents, and fruity or baked good scents.

Favorite Flavors: Cheese! Pear, strawberry, cranberry, raspberry, butterscotch, salty, black licorice

Favorite Magazines: I receive 5 fashion magazine subscriptions - Elle, Marie Claire, Bazaar, Allure, and Glamor. I also get Audubon and Archaeology magazine.

Favorite Piece of Jewelry: Simple, slender, elegant, silver diamond band ring that belonged to my great-grandmother. Also, my carved whale bone pendant from New Zealand.

Favorite Holiday: It use to be Halloween, but Halloween has kind of sucked the last few years (since I've been too old to Trick-or-Treat). Honestly, my fave holiday is my birthday! :)

Favorite Season: Fall, I'm an October baby. Fall just feels different - and smells different.

Favorite High School Subject: English my senior year (best teacher ever). Shakespeare = Love

College Majors: Anthropology and Classical Civilizations, though I was an Environmental Studies major for a while there

What do you prefer to drink in the morning? Orange juice, NO pulp

Where would you go on vacation if you could go anywhere? Costa Rica, New Zealand, Peru, Oregon, Ireland, Alaska, and North Carolina is ALWAYS a favorite

Do you have children? Certainly not, and don't plan to ever have any. "Cats, not kids!" is the bumper sticker on my car! I will only have fur babies, and fish babies.

Do you like to cook? Depends on what day you ask me. Usually I find cooking an awful chore, but sometimes it's fun to make new things.

What do you look forward to in the future? Hopefully going to graduate school someday, owning a house someday, having a cat again, getting married eventually...

Ratings

handmade2 rated for Easy PC Swap - SBOnly on Nov 7, 2011
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bluehairedmary rated for P.S. Write Back Postcards #13 on Sep 25, 2011
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Comment: Got them! Thanks! I'll send yours back asap!
ColoradoKate rated for P.S. Write Back Postcards #13 on Sep 24, 2011
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Comment: This seems like such a strange swap to flake on, so I'm hoping there's been some misunderstanding. I messaged you on September 10, 2011, and as of this rating 15 Sept), I haven't gotten a message back. This swap also hasn't been marked as sent. It doesn't look like you've been on SwapBot since the 9th though. I hope all's well. :/ EDIT September 24 - I received your lovely note today. Thank you so much for the extra postcards and sincere apology. If I had gotten this on time, it would've certainly been a 5 with a heart. I hope things have settled down now. I'll get the card into the mail to you today.
madsquirrel rated for Boo-Boo swap on Sep 12, 2011
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newrule rated for 2011 Postcard swap #8 - August on Aug 24, 2011
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Comment: Thanks for the card!
user5311 rated for A Postcard from - FLORIDA! on Aug 22, 2011
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Comment: Thanks.
cindynvb rated for 5 Partners; July 2011 on Aug 19, 2011
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cindynvb rated for Recommend a band - SBOnly on Aug 19, 2011
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Comment: i'll check them out, thanks
WestMichiganGuy rated for Waterfalls Postcard on Aug 18, 2011
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Comment: That's a beautiful pc.
choke rated for 5 Partners; July 2011 on Aug 14, 2011
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Comment: Thanks for the new addition to my postcard collection, great choice! I hope things are looking up :)
Sweetlatte2427 rated for 5 Partners; July 2011 on Aug 11, 2011
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Comment: Lovely house! I would want to pretend I live there too. hehe :) Thank you!
MrsHonniB rated for Food, Drinks or Recipe Postcard 2 on Aug 11, 2011
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Comment: Thanks for the great recipe PC, Never ate Low Country Boil, I'll see if I can come up with something like that, can get everything overhere I guess .... but I don't know what Crab boil mix is, seasoning maybe??
Tinker60 rated for ---->R<---- on Aug 11, 2011
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Comment: What a beautiful PC!!! Now for our world geography lesson : ) Resko is in Poland, on the Rega River, with a population of 4,436! Now you know. . . and so do I because I had no idea where it was but when I read your message I thought I'd look it up and no, I don't think they have pirates : ) Thanks for the great card. . . I always like getting ones from overseas because I always go on-line to see where they are ~ my way of traveling so I have now been to Resko, Poland! Thanks so much ~~
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Comment: That is how I was taught to make fried chicken!! Thanks for the great card!
hippofairy rated for ---->Q<----...or not :P on Aug 10, 2011
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Comment: thank you for the very interesting recipe! i can't say i'll try it, since we don't get armadillo roadkill out here in my Southern California city, but it's an awesome postcard!
hippofairy rated for 5 Partners; July 2011 on Aug 10, 2011
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Comment: thanks for the beautiful Napali postcard! i love Kauai. :)
michst74 rated for 5 Partners; July 2011 on Aug 9, 2011
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Comment: Love the Seattle postcard that you sent! Even had my husband smiling as he brought in the mail (armpit of GA had us chuckling, too)! Thanks for the laughs!
choke rated for Plazas or Squares - SBOnly on Jul 21, 2011
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Comment: Thanks for the great card :D
Gwenelle rated for This Postcard made me laugh-USA on Jul 20, 2011
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Comment: Hahaha! This postcard is hilarious. I love it! Thanks :)
jnolan05 rated for Pink or Purple - SBOnly on Jul 19, 2011
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Comment: very pretty :) thanks

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Comments

choke on May 15, 2012:

Good to see you at least logged on :) I hope you're ok!!

choke on Jan 5, 2012:

Thinking of you and hope you're doing well! I miss seeing you in my mailbox :)

Merimax on May 30, 2011:

Thank you for the lovely book from the HAW tag! I am sure my daughter will like it a lot!

tishous on May 9, 2011:

Thanks SO much for sending my Golden Gate Bridge card back to me! That doggie carnival sounds like a lot of fun :)

Ruthshi on May 1, 2011:

Just dropped by to say that I like your profie. :)

Aria on Apr 12, 2011:

Hi, received the Edward Hopper PC yesterday. (For the Passioned for Postcards tag). :D

Thanks! It's really cool.

Tinker60 on Apr 12, 2011:

Thanks for the great 'seasons' PC in the This X That RR Group 2 ~ I lived in South Dakota and had relatives in Minnesota so I know how the snow can be in that area of the country ~ this is a great depiction of the winter season in MN!!!

Artistic on Apr 3, 2011:

Glad you enjoyed the Take Me There package. Let me know if you come for a visit. Lots to see and do in Hampton Roads.

LindyLuLu on Mar 29, 2011:

Thanks for the "Hopper" postcard tag! Sorry it has taken me so long to say thanks...just got my repaired computer back today! Have a great week!

choke on Mar 29, 2011:

Thank you for the 'I Offer' Tag card, it's great!

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