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gogoringo

gogoringo
Birthday: July 12, 1982
Last Online: November 23, 2008
Country: Australia
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About Me

30th Sept - Nov 25th: I'm really busy with an upcoming exhibition at the moment, as well as travelling back and forth to help my father while he has chemo & radiotherapy. So please don't be offended if i don't join your swap/group. Also, if i forget to reply to a message, just re-send. Sorry but my brain is full of all kinds of clutter right now. Thanks for your patience :)

about

  • I (nearly) always send out on time & let you know when the item has been sent. I will notify you before deadline if something is up.
  • Please keep in mind the time difference, if i marked an item sent on the day i sent it, chances are the date on the postage is the following day due to australia being 10+ hours ahead.
  • If you are concerned about anything, please contact me before rating and i will do everything i can to rectify the situation.
  • What can't be mailed to australia

I'm a graphic designer/illustrator from Melbourne. I have one lovely boyfriend, one gorgeous 2 year old boy and one fuzzy kitty. I have lived in england and one day hope to open my own diner complete with home made apple pie and damn good coffee. I have been told i'm 'eccentric' 'irreverant' and 'weird' but hey, i'm just me doin' my thang. i used to look like enid from ghost world but now i'm older, wiser and less two-dimensional. I love music - listening to, dancing to, singing to, being silly to, falling over to. I also love friends, strangers, autumn, staying up late, lists, lying on cool grass, one-offs, spontaneity, a bargain, great gigs, reminiscing, walking in the rain, waking up with a song in my head, foreign things & people, charity shops, nice surprises, fancy dress, messing about with paint, wallpaper, useless facts, candy stripes, my design heroes include: beatriz milhazes, david lachapelle, tord boontje, tim biskup, verner panton, airside, rinzen, pierre et gilles, I also love the ukulele, typography, rotoscoping, mid century design, kaleidascopes, the thoughts, feelings and actions of my little family

I try and re-use envelopes/boxes when i can, but please know that i ALWAYS ensure your parcel is packed carefully and will arrive intact.

  • i love music. so much so i have no words left to describe my love for it.

  • Candy!!! popping candy (pop rocks), Tootsie Rolls, Good & Plenty, Twizlers, Mentos, Turtles, Double Decker bars, Cryst-o-mint lifesavers & other varieties, spearmint Altoids, Dime/Daim, Kinder eggs, Mentos, licorice, Anything cherry flavour. Send me something weird and unusual and i'll probably love it ;)

favourite flavours: Cherry, pink grapefruit, green tea, grape, spearmint, pina colada, cinnamon. Anything but Lime

  • Cram Cream is my favorite kawaii but i also dig San-X, Q-Lia, Pool Cool, Swimmer. Generally i like simple characters and designs!
  • NOT a fan of The Dog or real animals/babies etc
  • Ado Mizumori
  • Shinzi Katoh
  • i love miffy
  • cute earrings, charms, hair clips, bangles
  • David Bowie
  • my son and i adore Yo Gabba Gabba!
  • kitschy snow globes,
  • Tin Tin and Snowy
  • Marimekko/Scandinavian design/Orla Kiely
  • Mod/retro/sixties design and culture,
  • folk art and kitsch from india, russia, (like embroidery, scarves, wooden things, boxes, charms, trinkets dolls),
  • cute and/or strange stationary, stickers, erasers
  • icecreams
  • toadstools, deers, bunnies, woodland creatures
  • edward gorey
  • blind box & vinyl toys
  • four leaf clovers, lucky charms
  • Robots, rockets, tin toys
  • Barbarella, Beyond the Valley of the Dolls & other Grindhouse-type movies
  • my Blythe, Mrs Retro Mama - she's a FOX!
  • anything with apples or pears on it!
  • Mexicana (dias de los muertos, virgin mary, sacred heart, Virgin de Guadalupe),
  • Bento stuff
  • Tattoo graphics. (anchors, hearts, mermaids, swallows, etc)
  • Rococco glitz and ornate decoration
  • Bright eyeshadow, eye liner and nail polish
  • Coloured stockings or fishnets, also arm warmers
  • Glam, baby, GLAM! Glitter and glam.
  • Kitsch, kitsch, kitsch and MORE kitsch. I have lawn flamingos and I'm very proud of them.

colours i like: bubblegum pink, bright red, icy blue, aqua, kelly green, anything bright, really!

My Mood Board

ood board

Favorite Music

the clientele, belle and sebastian, the go-betweens, goldfrapp, david bowie, the decemberists, serge gainsbourg, the field mice, frank zappa, elbow, the arcade fire, jens lekman, hefner, the beatles, XTC, pulp, the smiths, josé gonzález, donovan, the go! team, architecture in helsinki, george brassens, the magnetic fields, badly drawn boy, lemon jelly, scott walker, the postal service, the shins, mike keneally, kate bush, camera obscura, joanna newsom, new order, lou reed, iron & wine, the new pornographers, tindersticks, blur, the B-52's, british sea power, nick drake, babybird, the flaming lips, kings of convenience, gang of four, lloyd cole and the commotions, cat power, television, junior senior, the olivia tremor control, calexico, the stone roses, jonathan richman, life without buildings, the rolling stones, the sundays, aztec camera, the velvet underground, lambchop, teenage fanclub, talk talk, st etienne, os mutantes, machine translations, the cure, orange juice, cibo matto, pixies, le tigre, suede, velvet underground, blonde redhead, T. Rex, pale saints, josef K, stereolab, the beach boys, burt bacharach, ride, the dears, love, patrick wolf, the free design, the high llamas, the zombies, shugo tokumaru, turin brakes,

Favorite Television

the colbert report, 30 rock, the mighty boosh, the soup, the daily show with john stewart, in treatment, arrested development, yo gabba gabba, the office, late night with conan o'brian, i am not an animal, dexter, father ted, the league of gentlemen, spaced... oh dear. i like a lot of tv!!

Favorite Movies

most of woody allen's movies, barbarella, breathless, yellow submarine, buffalo 66, beyond the valley of the dolls, allegro non troppo, zoolander, easy rider, monsters inc, the thomas crown affair, withnail and i, shaun of the dead, velvet goldmine, anchorman, hot fuzz

Favorite Books

i don't get much time to read these days :( mostly magazines like juxtapoz, grafik, how. But i do have a frightening amount of art and design books that i flick through for inspiration.

i have, in the past, enjoyed the work of bukowski, burroughs, vonnergut, tom robbins, and 'a confederacy of dunces' is my favourite book. no wait, jitterbug perfume is.. no wait.. etc. hahaha

If anyone wants to send me a 1960s/70 childrens encyclopedia or picture book i'd be very willing to do a swap!

My Dislikes

I'm not a picky person, but obviously i do have some dislikes:

  • Loony Toons, Disney, Diddl etc

  • spiders, bugs and snakes

  • teddy bears

  • Emily the strange

  • The smell of smoke

  • Clowns

  • patchouli, musk & sandalwood scents

  • Nag Champa incense

  • Lime flavoured stuff

Groups & Swaps I'm Hosting

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Ratings

goldfish rated for Bubblegum Femme Blog Link Swap ~ on Nov 14, 2008
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Comment: Great links...thanks!
holmesgal rated for I Love My Shirt! (Postcards) on Nov 10, 2008
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Comment: Thank You
Response: you're welcome! thank you for your patience :) was that the original or the resend that arrived??
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Comment: Lovely, lovely earrings! Please give the seller nice feedback as well. Thank you so much and thanks so much for sending on time! Big surprise for me! A beautiful sweater just showed up to match the earrings. I wish I could give you 3 hearts! Thank you, thank you, thank you!!!
lolita rated for Bubblegum Femme Blog Link Swap ~ on Nov 3, 2008
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Comment: Thanks for sharing the cute and fun links!! :D I really enjoyed reading them and looking at the photos! I especially loved iCiNG's blog!
ArtsyAmy rated for Bubblegum Femme Blog Link Swap ~ on Nov 3, 2008
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Comment: super cute blogs ty!
SABR rated for Bubblegum Femme Blog Link Swap ~ on Nov 2, 2008
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Comment: Thanks:)
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Comment: WOWZA--I love everything, expecially the pods, we became instantly addicted!!!!
Response: hehehe pods are a major weakness of mine! I'm glad you liked it all :) good to see you back 'round this way
knitmom7 rated for I Love My Shirt! (Postcards) on Oct 31, 2008
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Comment: Read "around the world in 80 days"?Me neither! Evidently your card rewrote the book!! Still cute! Thanks for thinking of me!!brenda '
Response: wow it finally arrived?! thats ridiculous!! anyway i'm glad you got it and thank you for the generous rating.
colorfizz rated for Paper Doll Me on Oct 28, 2008
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Comment: Beautiful! Absolutely amazing! What a wonderful package to receive from you! I am so in awe of your work! <3<3<3
Response: awww thanks so much! i'm glad you likey :) it was a great swap i had SO much fun :D
aly rated for La Catrina Doll swap on Oct 27, 2008
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Comment: OMG! She is beautiful! It so made my day to get your package today. I loved the robots and Alice too!
Response: yay! i'm glad you like her & the extras :)
smallfry rated for Dance Like No One's Watching CD on Oct 21, 2008
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Comment: Awesome Awesome Awesome!
Response: awesome. ;)
iamred rated for Dandy Man & Imp Girl Swap 3 on Oct 18, 2008
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Comment: finally, its letting me leave you a RATING! =) first off, this has to be my favorite swap from you soo far! i mean all of them have been spectacular! =) but this one is just spectacular x1000000000!!! maybe it was the super cute petit babie deers, or the cram cream deer deco tape or maybe the beautifully made SB postcards or super fun fabric or or or all of it!!!! or maybe it was all the candies and soo many cherry ripe bars! but man! when i got this parcel, it totally made my day pilgrim! thank you soo much! =D i love swapping with you and i love your messages and emails! =) you are a fun, wonderful person, and i am glad that you are in my life in one form or another! =) thank you again for the wonderful parcel and swap(s)!
Response: AWWW!!!! you're too sweet!!! i'm glad we're swappin' buddies too :) Heres to many more fab swaps! ((((hugs)))
mutiny rated for Glytter Kytten Postcard & Quote Swap! on Oct 15, 2008
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Comment: Loooooved it, anything Blythe makes me a happy bunny. :)
niss rated for Refresh, Recharge, & Relax on Oct 13, 2008
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Comment: thank you Pilgrim so much, i love it all... choc's are gone already!! :)
Response: Great! :) enjoy yourself!! mmm chocolate...
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sunrooms rated for Music for Fabulousness! on Oct 6, 2008
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Comment: so nice to receive another package from you! thanks for the cute stationary and HK pen. :) I recognized a few of the songs on your cd (Pull Shapes makes me feel so happy, and I always dance!). Can't wait to listen to it!!
Response: awesome! i'm glad it arrived safely and i hope you like my mix. i saw the pipettes live back in january and they were so good live. if you get a chance, go see them. its a super fun show :)
Krazyquilts rated for Krazyquilts & Gogoringo swap! on Oct 6, 2008
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Comment: Seriously, you deserve a million hearts for this package! (Especially considering how much it cost you to ship this! Yikes!) The magazine are amazing and perfect! I've never seen either one of them, so I can't wait to read them! TimTams, and Milo, Malteasers - oh My! I cannot even believe the sheer amount of chocolate and candy you sent! If I listed all of it, it would fill the entire page! Wow! Oh my goodness! WOW!!!!!!!! And the sheep measuring tape is sooooo cute!!! I just love him! Thank you so much for everything! You are an incredible swapper! Thank you!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Response: wow! you're welcome! what a glowing rating :) i'm really pleased you liked it all, next time don't look at the postage hahah i was worried someone might steal it so i sent it express.
OniGiri885 rated for We <3 Jeffree Star on Oct 4, 2008
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Comment: Thanks soooo much for all of the wonderful things!!!! All of it is soo great! You deserve a million hearts; the nail polishes, the hair extention, the stickers, the faux eyelashes (!!!!!!) the sprinkles, EVERYTHING!! Thanks soooooo much!!! <3
Response: awww yay!!! i'm glad you liked it. you were super easy to buy for so it was lots of fun :) enjoy!
TerryF rated for ML: Outside of the Box on Sep 15, 2008
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Comment: Thank you for the nature doll set - great idea to do a tree, owl and strawberry! Hugs, Terry
Response: you're welcome! i had so much fun making them. When i saw your profile listed nature and fairies as a 'like' i couldn't resist making a lil woodland nymph!
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Comment: WOW!! If I could give you 10 hearts I would =) The Barbie is amazing, she looks so good and a huge thank you for the extra bits and the magazine!!!! Thanks so much for a great swap =)
Response: yay! i'm glad you like her & your mag etc :) the only thing is she's in that outfit for good haha.. so tell her not to spill any red wine on herself!

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Comments

iamred on Nov 19, 2008:

xoxoxoxo! =D

neopostretro on Nov 17, 2008:

I love it! Thank you!

P.S. Boys do stink!

Erdbeersternchen on Nov 14, 2008:

joinSailor Senshi Club

neopostretro on Nov 4, 2008:

WOO-HOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

neopostretro on Nov 4, 2008:

Mmm...enjoy your cupcakes!

neopostretro on Nov 4, 2008:

I'm dying to know how Prop 8 is turning out in California, too!

neopostretro on Nov 4, 2008:

I think it has something to do with not pissing off any religions by holding elections on their "holy day." I honestly don't know the answer, though.

neopostretro on Nov 4, 2008:

Every state gets to set its own rules, but when I voted here I found it very easy. I did early voting. It took a whole 10 minutes. It was on a little touch screen computer. We seriously need some standardization on how we vote. Plus, I really feel that election day should be a national holiday so you don't have to worry about trying to vote before work or during your lunch hour.

neopostretro on Nov 4, 2008:

Texas as a whole is absolutely Republican, but my county is pretty 50/50. I was just watching the local ticker at the bottom of the TV and 51% of my county that has reported so far voted for Obama.

Do you have the option to do a write in candidate in Australia?

neopostretro on Nov 4, 2008:

Yes! We're up to 102 electoral votes! Too bad my dumb state will give 34 votes to McCain!

Someone had said on the forum that in Australia you have to vote or you get fined. Is that right? If so, I am totally for that in the US.

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