selfcallednowhere

ABOUT MY 1's: I do have two 1's. One of them was just because something got lost in the mail (if you look you will see all my other partners for that swap gave me 5's) and one is because I've been having a lot of mental health issues this past year and got very behind on some things. I offered to send replacements for both of these (admittedly some time after the swap dates) but my partners didn't agree to it. I'm able to be keeping up with things much better now and you will see that the vast majority of my ratings are 5's. ABOUT RATINGS: You'll see some comments about me not leaving ratings as well--sometimes I just get scattered and out of it and get a little behind, but I do rate every swap I receive even if I'm a little late with it. I'm now caught up on all those ratings and I've worked out a system to make me more on top of it, and I definitely realize it's important to do. ABOUT ATCs: I have gotten some lower ratings on ATCs--I have just started making them and am still definitely figuring out what I'm doing, and I'm not exactly a great artist so it's harder for me sometimes, but I think as I'm getting more comfortable with it and learning more about it they're getting better (I hope!) and I think my ratings should be reflecting that.

Hello! I'm originally from Houston, Texas but I live in Seattle now with my boyfriend and our kitty. I write poetry and fiction and I have two zines. I do a lot of photography and am randomly crafty. I graduated from Smith College in May 2008 with a degree in English and a minor in Psychology. I have way too many books and I'm always trying to learn new things. I am Wiccan, vegetarian, and liberal but I try to have respect for everyone's beliefs so long as they do the same. I plan to eventually hopefully be a full-time writer and stay-at-home mom.

Sloan, U2, The Beatles, Warren Zevon, Bob Dylan, Bruce Springsteen, XTC, John Vanderslice, The Velvet Underground, Simon and Garfunkel, Steely Dan, Shonen Knife, Barenaked Ladies, Ani DiFranco, Candy Butchers, Trachtenburg Family Slideshow Players, Weird Al, Eels,Harvey Danger, Of Montreal, Regina Spektor, Rufus Wainwright, Elvis Costello, David Bowie, Talking Heads

The Bell Jar, The Dharma Bums, Desolation Angels, The Catcher in the Rye, Breakfast of Champions, Cat's Cradle, Sometimes a Great Notion, Lolita, Catch-22, Dandelion Wine, The Illustrated Man, Wuthering Heights, Love is a Mix Tape, The Sun Also Rises, The Great Gatsby, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Girl, Interrupted, Prozac Nation, Cannery Row, Naked, Rabbit, Run, The Phantom Tollbooth, Harriet the Spy, The Outsiders, The Cat Ate My Gymsuit, A Wrinkle in Time, The Westing Game

Harold and Maude, Lolita (original version), Casablanca, Ghost World, Rushmore, Donnie Darko, Annie Hall, Raising Arizona, Vertigo, The Maltese Falcon, Napoleon Dynamite, Fargo, Trees Lounge, Big Fish, Amelie, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, The Purple Rose of Cairo, Gamera, The Big Chill, Sunset Blvd., As Good as It Gets, Gigantic, Brain Candy, Rattle and Hum, A Hard Day's Night, Pippi Longstocking, Singing in the Rain, The Blues Brothers, But I'm a Cheerleader, The Music Man, Guys and Dolls

(Fanatical), Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien, The Kids in the Hall, (Current), The Office, The Simpsons, Desperate Housewives, House, Doctor Who, Torchwood, 30 Rock, Monk, SNL, Cash Cab, (Dear departed), Frasier, ER, Arrested Development, The Twilight Zone, Mr. Show, Monty Python's Flying Circus, Mystery Science Theater 3000, Gilmore Girls, Seinfeld, Six Feet Under, Newsradio, Dragnet, Sports Night, Ed, Dr. Katz, Hey Dude

sewing, knitting, scrapbooking, making collages, making things with stamps and stickers

postcards, mix tapes and CD's, pencils, keychains, magnets, stickers, stamps, coins, candles and candleholders, buttons and pins, stuffed animals, Jones Soda labels, fortune cookie fortunes, bottlecaps, matchbooks, Peanuts, devils, dogs, cats, unicorns, suns moons and stars, tarot cards, typewriters, accordions, raccoons, Celtic things

writing, reading, zineing, crafting, writing letters, going to concerts, cooking, learning to play accordion, learning to play guitar, learning German

poetry, writing, libraries, typewriters, zines, puppies, kitties, animals in general, animal rights, vegetarianism, feminism, Wicca, environmentalism, bisexuality, mental illness, Paris, England, Ireland, accordions, Converse All-Stars, drinking too much coffee, large vocabularies, literary babes, irony, nerdiness, death, mix tapes, not straightening my hair, penpals, photography, self-deprecation, Houston Rockets, Houston Astros, vintage anything, thrift store fashion, ampersands, dead boyfriends, progressive political activism, being from Texas but not being there anymore, having lots and lots of books, random stupid things that no one else thinks are funny, having crushes on everyone, making lists, naming inanimate objects, dollar stores, office supplies stores, photographing everything, not suffering fools gladly,warning signs and labels, barely speaking German, 1980's childhood nostalgia, Hello Kitty, Snoopy, road trips, pico de gallo, the macabre, keeping a journal, being a girly-girl (sometimes), photographing carnivals and cemeteries, hot people in glasses, Bitch, Bust, Ms., British spellings, Canada, chapbooks, collecting things, etymology, knitting, sewing, NaNoWriMo, travel, Jones Soda