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The Smiths, The Cure, Placebo, Depeche Mode, R.E.M., Interpol, Franz Ferdinand, Editors, Morrissey, Death Cab For Cutie, Bauhaus, Joy Division, The Killers, My Bloody Valentine, Nine Inch Nails, The Smashing Pumpkins, David Bowie, Manic Street Preachers, Radiohead, Echo and The Bunnymen, The Jesus and Mary Chain, Puressence, And Also the Trees

Donnie Darko, Blade Runner, Memento, LA Confidential, Sommersturm, Gattaca, Hellraiser, The Lord of the Rings, Brokeback Mountain, Lost in Translation, Miller's Crossing, Sleepy Hollow, Alien, The Company of Wolves, Chinatown, Remando al Viento, Rebecca, Lost Highway, Exotica, Elephant, Maurice, The Last of England, Arsenic and Old Lace, Life of Brian, Dark City, The Prestige

Lost, Grey's Anatomy, Prison Break, Dexter, CSI, Merlin, Doctor Who, Torchwood, Bones, Heroes, Queer as Folk, Mad Men, Pushing Daisies, How I Met your Mother, Sherlock, American Horror Story, Downtown Abbey, The Big Bang Theory

My name is Soledad, I'm Spanish and I've been penpalling for over 20 years and swapping for almost 15 (fb's, slams, decos, lyrix, viewcards, stationery and some more things).

Some random facts about me:

• I'm superstitious. Some things give me bad luck and I feel I have to rid of them.

• I'm afraid of spiders (big ones, not the long legged)

• I write short stories which I usually left unfinished.

• I can't swim.

• Apart of Spanish, I speak English and French. I tried German but it defeated me. Now I want to learn Japanese.

• I'm quite useless at crafts. I only make some decos, slam covers and things like that. However, I've tried some ATCs and I quite like it :)

Fantasy, books, music, movies, writing, tea, incense, chocolate, stationery, history, languages, pens, art, Victoria Francés, Luis Royo, Yoshitaka Amano, Kukuxumusu, Amy Brown, Emily the Strange, Harry Potter, manga, yaoi (esp. Youka Nitta, Mika Sadahiro, Kazuma Kodaka, Shimizu Yuki), cats, perfumes, cheap jewelry...

Favourite scents: lilacs, musk, apple, evergreen, cinnamon.

Favourite colours: dark red, purple, black.

Favourite flavours: cherry, apple, strawberry, watermelon, capuccino, tiramisu, blackberry, amaretto, marzipan.

Favourite animals: cats, bats, newts and dragons.

J.R.R. Tolkien, Anne Rice, Neil Gaiman, Paul Auster, Nabokov, Rimbaud, Baudelaire, Oscar Wilde, E. A. Poe, Stephen King, Terry Pratchett

• gel pens (marble coloured wanted, I can't find them here), fountain pens or any funny ink pen

• rubberstamps

• tea infusers/balls

• hair accessories (hair pins, clips, bands, barrettes, etc)

• perfume samples (like the ones you can find in any magazine)

• small note books and journals

• deco tape (see my etsy wishlist)

• tourist guide books and maps

• hole punchers

• bookmarks (handmade also welcome)

• snacks

• necklaces (gothic, victorian style, flowers, butterflies,.. but nothing too big or ethnic, please)

• anything on Victoria Francés (stationery, calendars, t-shirts, cards, etc)

• Disney stuff (some classic movies are ok, though)

• Religious or patriotic stuff...

  And that's all I think, I'm not allergic and I'm not too picky :) I love receiving things from different countries, especially if they're things I can't get here.

I have many postcards for trade, especially from European cities, so if you want some private swap, just PM me :)

I'm especially looking for:

• Postcards from United Kingdom and Ireland

• Gothic/Romanic cathedrals and churches

• Medieval castles or ruins

• Art cards

• Forests, natural parks, rivers, lakes and waterfalls.

• Fantasy themed cards, especially by Luis Royo, Victoria Francés, Brian Froud or Amy Brown.

Tea: I love Earl/Lady Grey, chai and fruit flavoured black tea. Any black tea is welcome, even plain ones (English Breakfast, etc) but if you're sending green tea, I prefer flavoured ones. Rooibos and herbal teas are welcome too, specially anything with chamomile, lemongrass, ginger or cinnamon :) I don't like liquorice or jasmine.

My current top ten:

• Nordqvist - Tiger's Daydream

• Lipton - Vanilla caramel

• Bigelow - vanilla

• Twinings - cherry

• Twinings - apple and pear green tea

• Pickwick - Winter tea

• Pickwick - Orange & spices

• Pickwick - cherry with yoghurt flavour

• Pickwick - strawberry & cream

• Stash - Holiday chai

Drink mixes like coffe, kool-aid, etc are also welcome :D

Chocolate: any milk or white chocolate. No plain dark chocolate, though. Specially looking for Cadbury bars (I used to be addicted some years ago, but now I don't find them anywhere).

Other snacks and candies:

Cereal/muesli bars

Cheese flavoured crackers

Nut mixes

Crisps. I love Lay's, onion, vinegar, mushrooms, spiced,...any flavour except tomato or ketchup

Not much into hard candies or gum. Jellies and marsmallows are ok.

Cookies, my favourite are butter cookies

The things in this list are just suggestions. In fact I'm pretty much open to anything as I'm sure there are a lot of wonderful flavours out there I've never tried, so feel free to send me something new.