marilavado

Updated 27th October, 2009.

My grandpa is in hospital. He has had several strokes and the prospects are not too good. He lives at home with us so this is affecting me quite a lot. I will be late on some swaps until this is over. Please keep him in your thoughts.

My computer has broken down. That means that I can not print new images until it's fixed and I can be less time online (only when I can use my brother's laptop). I hope to get it fixed soon!

This year I will be working less hours, seems like the financial crises is affecting private English classes too. This means, less money, so I will have to cut out my swaps.

I'm often absent during the weekends as I usually spend those at my boyfriend's place. So please bear with me, I may take a bit longer to reply than usual. Thanks!

what I pledged

Please notice that I send from Spain. This may mean you get my package a bit later than usual if you are overseas. Some packages I have sent have arrived in 1 week, others in 1 month. Nothing I can do about that. Thanks for understanding.

I AM NOT A FLAKER. PLEASE MESSAGE ME IF YOU HAVE NOT RECEIVED SOMETHING BEFORE YOU RATE, I WILL GLADLY RESEND. THE SAME APPLIES FOR TAGS AND GAMES.

ALSO, I ALWAYS RATE AS SOON AS I RECEIVE. PLEASE BE FAIR AND RATE TOO!

I'm 27, Spanish, an English teacher. I love nature, collecting stuff, reading all kinds of books, watching movies, listening to music...

I live with my family in the North-East of Spain. We have quite a few pets: 2 dogs, 4 fishes, 3 birds... I absolutelly LOVE animals! Also I have a wonderful boyfriend, we've been together for ages.

I am not the typical girl. I hate going shopping just because (but I love to do it at my own rhythm -fast- and with a good friend), gossiping, and romantic movies in general (unless the movie has a good script). And you probably will have a hard time to see me with high heels, skirts or make up (unless it's black make up!).

My favourite colours are green and purple. I also like yellow,red and orange. LOL, I like most colours! And the combination of purple and yellow makes me go all smiley! Not one that I really dislike as I think they all have their meaning...

I am fascinated by everything oriental and specially Japanese. I am a big fan of anime, manga, geishas, kawaii and Nintendo for the geek in me!!!... ^.^

I LOVE everything handmade! ATCs, bookmarks, altered journals, pendants, jewelry, dotees... I just love the unique feeling in each one of them!

My sizes: T-shirt - S, Socks - European 35 - 36, Panties - S, Rings - 5 or 6 (depending on what finger I wear them on).

Depeche Mode are my favourite band. I simply love all their albums. But my tastes are quite eclectic really. I like eighties pop, rock, hard rock, classical music, balads... I only dislike country and hip hop, and hardcore techno!

Some of my favourite groups and singers: DEPECHE MODE, Queen, Moby, Nightwish, Pet Shop Boys, Iron Maiden, Madonna, HIM, ABBA, Björk, Duran Duran, Mika and many others. I listen to different things depending on my mood.

This can be a long list...

• The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath (she's my big inspiration).

• Heroes and Villains by Angela Carter.

• The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood.

• Twilight series by Stephenie Meyer. I adore Jasper!

• The Lord of the Rings by J. R. Tolkien. Simply epic. I love it!

I also like comics, chic-lit (M. Keyes is so funny!), historic novels... I read anything I get my hands on, basically!

I love watching anime, nature and science docummentaries and watching my boyfriend play video games (weird, I know).

Some of my favourite TV series are:

• House MD

• Lost

• Heroes

• The Big Bang Theory

• The IT Crowd

• Dexter

And some of my favourite movies are:

• Totoro, Spirited Away or any other Miyazaki movies.

• Amelie.

• Bringing up baby.

• Blade Runner.

• Aliens.

• Any by Monty Python.

• ATCs.

• Personalized things.

• Purples and greens.

• Handmade things.

• Second hand.

• Etsy.

• Kawaii.

• Owls.

• Squirrels.

• Japanese candy or crafts.

• Frogs.

• Geeky things.

• Retro.

• Altered journals.

• My dog.

• Sylvia Plath.

• Nintendo.

• Harry Potter & Twilight.

• Reading and bookmarks.

• Badly treated things.

• ATCs that are only a picture or sticker on cardboard.

• Barbies, baby blue, pastel pink or girly things in general.

• Things that smell of smoke.

• Animal tested products.

I like to send long before the deadline whenever it's possible.

Also, I'm usually open to private swaps, so don't be shy and PM me. =)