meganimal

SAHM with 2 teenagers. Eternal optimist. Love to laugh, read, sew, dream, craft and create, spend time outdoors and play games with my kids. :) We live on a farm, complete with chickens and horses and I love animals, especially the odd ones (Think armadillo, Hedgies, squirrels, owls, possums, etc.) I'm a Girl Scout Troop leader of 35 middle school/High schoolers and we do lots of camping, orienteering and the like. I tend toward to odd/wacky/unusual...anything that makes me laugh!

I LIKE: Emily the Strange, odd Japanese stationery and kid stuff, monkeys, skulls/Dia de los Muertos stuff, Edward Gorey, Mark Ryden, Kawaii, Hello Kitty, fairies (ones with attitude- NOT the Disney kind!), classic pin-ups ( Elvgren, Page, etc.), candy (especially Jelly Bellies and banana flavor LaffyTaffy and runts-Yum!) :) Favorite colors: blue and black, but I love jewel tones too.

DON'T LIKE: color yellow, religious stuff (unless it's super quirky and tacky), "country style" anything, clowns

I have eclectic tastes in music and love just about anything except opera. :) Some of the stuff I like includes Jack Johnson, John Mayer, Lyle Lovett, AC/DC, Joe Walsh, Tom Waits, Norah Jones and anything Blues. (Did I mention eclectic??) :)

I love to read...I have too many favorites to count!! I do tend towards genres of fantasy/sci fi though. Of most recent reads however...I liked the Charlaine Harris Sookie Stackhouse series, Christopher Moore (anything by him...but just finished Fool), Carl Hiassen, etc. I'm also an art/craft/sewing book junkie...I'm amassing quite the collection! :)

Favorite movies: Wizard of Oz, Mars Attacks, Braveheart, Pirates of the Carribean (Mmmm...Johnny Depp!) ;) Lord of the Rings, Nightmare Before Christmas, Beetlejuice, (Jeez- anything Tim Burton!), and Princess Bride (Hello...My name is Inigo Montoya....lol!) ;)

CSI, Law and Order SVU, Dexter, Heroes, True Blood, reruns of Dead Like Me (so sad that isn't on anymore!), MST3K, BSG, and The Tick (the animated series and comic (Spoon!!!) ;)

Again...eclectic! I don't care for anything "cutsie" craft-wise, ( for example crochet angels, tole painted cows or "country" themed anything) but other than that... I have become addicted to ATC's lately but I do everything from sewing clothes and quilts to stamping, cardmaking, watercolors...you name it, I've probably at least dabbled in it! :)

Please know I take my sign-ups seriously and will NEVER flake on a swap. If I sign up, I WILL send , and always prior to the deadline, so let me know if you don't get something a reasonable amount of time, it'll likely mean something has happened to it en route. (So far, so good-I haven't had any problems with the USPS-even out of country) :) Also, I always rate as soon as I get things, so if you have not gotten a rating in a reasonable amount of time, it means I have not gotten what you sent, not that I was lazy and didn't rate you. :)

Thanks to Jinnah- my angel (first ever!) on the bookmark swap-Thanks so much!! :)