patabear

I am a 4th year university student studying to become a mechanical engineer. I've already had a couple research jobs and I'm also a waitress in a somewhat fancy sushi restaurant and at my family's Chinese restaurant (the family one is small and informal). Oh man, won't the insanity stop? I love swapping because it keeps me sane. I've been a member and swapping for a little over 2 years. I try to choose my swaps carefully because school comes first. Sometimes I will be late in sending out the swaps because of exams, please bear with me.

Though given all that, I have a bit of a Peter Pan complex: I don't really want to grow up!

I really love cute things. I like to sign up for kawii swaps, penpals, felt toys, and fun crafty things. Please see the bottom of my profile to check the kawaii specifics (Don't worry I'm mainly pointing out my favorites)

I have a crazy unexplainable love for:

~Fairy tales: This ranges from all different storytellers like Perault, Hans Christian Anderson, Disney, peasants.

~Hauntingly beautiful circus related things like music, clothes, books, and I really like human oddities; I do not like creepy clowns. Haha, I would love it if you could feed my obsession :D

List of Random Likes: Engrish (I think it's hilarious!) sushi, pandas, hippos, dinosaurs, dark chocolate, fruit flavored candy, ♥ Nightmare Before Christmas ♥, Alice in Wonderland and the Mad Hatter, cute cartooney things, Asian desserts, pirates, harry potter, comics (superheros and the Japaneses manga are all good), DIY jewelry, polymer clay, homemade toys, video games and Mario characters, hair accessories, pins, Disney villains, Robin Hood, tea, coffee, hot chocolate, soft yarn

List of Dislikes creepy clowns, candy with liquid fillings, white chocolate, incense, heavy scented perfumes or lotions (i like light fragrances), Tinkerbell

I'm pretty easy to please :D

I love music! The best shows I've been to have been ska shows. I am pretty into jrock and become very excited with just simple magazine clippings. I listen to a lot of foreign music and musicals as well. I don't like country music.

I'm always on the lookout for this genera I made up called "Haunted Circus Music." If the song sounds creepy and it's something you could imagine a circus playing... I would love to hear it (and I know this is really weird)!

Jrock/Jpop: hide, dir en grey, ellegarden, fake?, ayumi hamasaki, utada hikaru, zigzo, luna sea, pierrot, the back horn, shiina ringo, the candy spooky theater, hi-standard

Ska in any language: The Aquabats!, mustard plug, the pinstripes, kemuri, five iron frenzy, pain, brian's moving out

More Bands: gogol bordello, danny elfman, hot hot heat, weezer, rilo kiley, regina spektor, the mr. t experience (mtx), no doubt, la oreja de van gogh, queen, the kooks

(and you don't have to tailor to my likes for the themed music stuff. If the theme is your favorite music, please go ahead and put down YOURS even if we don't have the same tastes)

I WISH MY CD BURNER WORKED SO I COULD PARTICIPATE IN THE MUSIC SWAPS!!! If you like making cds, feel free to make one for me :) I would be soooo happy.

nightmare before christmas, big fish, the little mermaid, psycho, singin in the rain, modern times, robin hood men in tights, princess bride, charlie and the chocolate factory, kung fu hustle, shoulin soccer, ong bok, V for Vendetta, Spiderman, Pirates of the Caribbean (all), wallace and gromit, ameile

I love stop motion pictures!!!

I also like children's movies, musicals, comedies, kung-fu movies, and the occasional drama

I am a huge fan of Tim Burton movies... and Johnny Depp... and if danny elfman wrote ANY songs in it, I am all over it (example spider man and chicago)

courage the cowardly dog, animaniacs, best week ever, myth busters, most Xtreme (from animal planet), CSI Las Vegas, Scrubs, boiling point, House, Heroes, Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends

Yo Gabba Gabba! This children's show is directed by the MC BatComander from the Aquabats!

I really like polymer clay stuff, but i do not know how to make anything out of it.

Anything functional has a plus! Pins, jewelry, scarves, hats (i love hats), bags/purses/wallets.

But I loooove plushies!! Toys are awesome. XD I like a lot of DIY stuff, so don't stress it ♥

Things I can do: knit, crochet, sew, make felt pins, a little bit of wood shop, decoupage random things, make stencils, cross stitch, and needlepoint.

I love cute things in general. I usually join kawii swaps. I'm not a kawaii purist and like Korean, Chinese, European and US kawaii-ish items. There are cute things everywhere! I enjoy using my stickers and stationary to decorate things... like my friend's skateboard... and these random advertisement postcards haha.

As a result, I'm in a constant demand for stickers and stationary. I'm don't live near any good kawaii stores, so I occasionally buy things online... or make stuff from what I have. It's fun.

My favorite types of stickers and stationary are:

Monsters (Kappas, vampires, witches...), chubby children, long limbed people (like those Tokidoki girls), cuddly animals, Milk-kun, Pucca, cute common household things with faces (like pencils and bubbles), cute food... especially if they have spastic expressions. fairy tale related things.

It's a pretty board list! But my favorite types are monsters and fairy tales. I'm always on the lookout for the Sanrio brand character: Nyago (the cat that's always asleep).

I don't like Spotty Dotty, Deery Lou, Charmmy Kitty, gum and blah boring things, or those Blythe dolls. There's probably more... but that's all i care to put down at the moment.

In general, I like cute cartoony things, funny/spastic expressions, or elegant dramatic looking things like how many of the long limbed people are set up. I like a lot of things, just make sure it's in relatively good condition.

Since I'm a student, school supplies are always welcome. I go through erasers like nobody's business.