kymm00

(was gone from swap-bot for all of 2011, but i'm back now and doing some catching-up)

I'm located on the island of Guam, a territory of the U.S. and can often be found running after stray cats in a desperate and pathetic attempt to pet them. I was able to successfully catnap a couple, and now spend my evenings biting them by the scruff so I can feel the vibrations of their purring through my teeth. The last half of that previous sentence is a lie.

Other interests: driving with no destination in the twilight zone, space cadetting, mixing through 8tracks, stroking vintage fabric, smelling newly striked matches, gargling, getting lost, staring out into the endless night sky, frequenting the post office, laughing at the wrong times, eating the fog, and drowning in my glass of water.

35mm film, the avant-garde, the crackle of dusty records, bright full swollen moons, bass and baritone voices, the bizarre, buttons (metal or brass and the occasional odd plastic button), bpal, cats, cigar boxes, candles, castles (not the cutesy kind), dream catchers, dark chocolate, dark comedy, envelopes, fashion, feathers, foreign snacks, glow-in-the-dark, handmade items, introvertism, linen, little curiosities, marzipan, musical dissonance, mix CDs, mail art, miniature perfume bottles, miniatures/dollhouse-sized items, the night, nonsensical letters/notes, nag champa incense, old surreal cartoons, obsolete technology, postcards, puns and wordplay, postage stamps, scents: pumpkin and clove, re-ment, soymilk mustaches, space, subliminal messages, subverted dream worlds, sealing wax & stamps, snail mail & surprises, tea parties, unusual finds, vintage items, vinyl records, zines (art and humor).

musicals, anime (although I did like Cat Soup), gluten/wheat (allergic), melon flavors/scents, neon colors, competitive sports, snakes, glitter.

My taste is constantly changing and evolving. Putting my music on shuffle is like going through a flurry of mood swings.

In general...
genres: post-punk, psychedelic, experimental, avant-garde, dark ambient, lo-fi, minimal synth/wave, new wave, darkwave, garage, industrial, progressive, trip-hop, classic rock, electronic, old country, the blues, big band, crime jazz, noise, and some unclassifiables.
Last.fm: http://www.last.fm/user/cat-dentures

I'm open to almost anything EXCEPT for modern rnb, modern mainstream country/pop/rock, j-pop/j-rock, and emo/screamo.

The surreal and the hilarious (intentional or unintentional)

Dead Man, Buffalo 66, The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeouisie, Inland Empire, The 400 Blows, Bottle Rocket, Rich and Strange, The Darjeeling Limited, Stranger Than Paradise, Ghost Dog, Permanent Vacation, Melancholia, Midnight in Paris, Coffee and Cigarettes, The Weather Man, Throw Momma From The Train, Asylum Seekers, Young Frankenstein, The Man Who Wasn't There, Alice Sweet Alice, Night on Earth, Four Lions, Broken Flowers, La Residencia, Paperhouse, The Shining, The Living Wake, Mystery Train, Thank You For Smoking, I Heart Huckabees, A Serious Man, Down By Law, Artois the Goat, The Lady Vanishes, Punch-Drunk Love, My Favorite Brunette, Dummy, Nest of Tens, Matchstick Men.

Animalia by Graeme Base
Bartleby, The Scrivener by Herman Melville
Nausea by Jean-Paul Sartre
No One Belongs Here More Than You by Miranda July
Sylvie and Bruno by Lewis Carroll
The Elephant Vanishes by Haruki Murakami
The Fall by Albert Camus
The Schwa Was Here by Neil Shusterman

I've started getting back into collecting postcards again, and am looking for mostly non-scenic/non-touristy pcs.
If you have anything even a little bit unusual, I'd love it. So far, the most unusual ones I have are a vintage holographic Japanese Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs pc (from happypup, received through the Wishlist group), and a wooden Native American pc that my dad sent to me in 1996.

Other cards I like are: art or design, anything to do with space or the moon, interesting architecture, vintage (not a fan of those cartoon cards, though), and altered.
or you can check out my Postcrossing favorites to get an idea of what I like.

If you're not sure what to write, try something funny. Make the postman laugh! or cryptic. Make the postman wonder...

Oh, and please don't send me any oversized postcards. I keep my pcs in a special little box and would be sad if it didn't fit inside. haha.

For tea swaps, I prefer tea in bags since I like to collect the envelopes and tags. (although I won't turn down matcha)
Some favorites are Darjeeling, Matcha, Spiced Orange Pekoe, Assam.
Dislike Chai, Earl Grey, Lemon and Ginger, and anything with mint or barley.
Other than that, I'm open to trying out new or unusual flavors!

Special requests (if anyone has):
Lahaina Spice by The Hawaiian Tea Company
Premium St. Valentine Tea by Czar Nikolas II
BOH Cameronian Gold Blend

I always send out my swaps. If I will be late, I will send you a message to let you know.
If you receive my end, and there are any problems at all, please send me a message so we can work things out.

Below, I have some misc items that were either given to me and not my taste, or just items I no longer need or want so they're up for grabs/swap:
(prefer to keep heavier items like books within the U.S./Canada though, due to postage)

Books
Bad Cat: 244 Not-So-Pretty Kitties and Cats Gone Bad (paperback)
Blindness by Jose Saramago (paperback)
Eleanor Rigby by Douglas Coupland (hardcover)
Kira-Kira by Cynthia Kadohata (hardcover)
No-No Boy by John Okada (paperback)
The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho (paperback)
The Thoughts of Chairman Miaow by Andrew Davies (hardcover)

DVDs
Falling Down
Pump Up the Volume
The Good Son
Where the Truth Lies

CDs
Bauhaus - Mask
Bauhaus - Go Away White (mint cond.)
Gene Loves Jezebel - Immigrant
Gene Loves Jezebel - Kiss of Life
Gene Loves Jezebel - Promise
Silverchair - Neon Ballroom
The Sisters of Mercy - First and Last and Always
The Sisters of Mercy - Floodland

Etc
A stack of colorful 5.5x5.5cm origami paper
A deck of magic blank cards
Also have a bunch of new, used, and vintage clothes and accessories ranging from sizes extra small to large. Ask if interested, and I'll give you links.