spaceanddeath

I'm 36 years old and have a career in a very thinky and technical profession. I have a degree in English and Cultural Studies with five years of deep immersion in theatre.

I have a strong drive for social justice, am an outspoken feminist and am interested in a lot of social action work, from charitable giving to building houses, from microfinancing to soup kitchens and food banks. Having lived and worked abroad in developing countires I also have a strong interest in international aid and development.

I am very into games, especially roleplaying and board games. I play, and design them and am interested in game theory and it's applications/implications. I am also interested in solo games puzzles like suduku and crosswords.

I have a habit of throwing myself into new creative hobbies for the interest, mastery and heck of it. I came to drawing, leatherwork, masking, origami, papercraft and rubik's cubes this way. I thought swap-bot would provide interesting opportunities and new avenues for exploration.

• Anything by Miyazaki/Studio Ghibli
  • Almost anything by Shyamalan
  • Bring It On
  • Six Feet Under
  • So You Think You Can Dance
  • Survivor
  • Supernatural
  • The Tudors
  • Dexter
  • Battlestar Galactica
  • Dead Like Me
  • The Wire

• Foucault's Pendulum
  • Any early Jeanette Winterson novel
  • Toni Morrison's Bluest Eye, Beloved
  • Michael Chabon's Kavalier & Clay
  • The Secret Garden
  • Children's Lit

• Women in Aviation, especially anything Amelia Earheart
  • Creative acts that change the world
  • Roleplaying Games
  • Board Games
  • Cultural studies, sociolinguistics
  • Crafting
  • Terrariums
  • red pandas and platypodes (platypuses!)

• (Not judging your likes/beliefs/fandoms, just not my thing so I don't want to receive things in these categories or to debate on these either....)
  • Harry Potter
  • Twillight or vampire stuff in general
  • Celebrity Gossip / Worship
  • Overtly religious Christian items (e.g. baby Jesus Christmas ornaments, angels, or cross stitched prayers are unwanted however ironic or design-intent motifs like the florid, extreme baroque, styles borrowed from Spanish Catholicism (e.g. bodega candles) would be OK)
    • prefer non-pastel colours

I am a good swap-bot citizen, and generally aim to send out my swap items within the first few days of assigning partners. If I were ever to be delayed, you would be contacted. So if the deadline is past due and I haven't contacted you, something has gone wrong in transit. Please message me before rating. I will do my best to make things right.

Also, I aim to rate everyone right away, but in case I have missed you, please feel free to nudge me in reminder.

I am very active on swap bot but not always very active in the forums due to time constraints. If you really need me, please PM me.

I give hearts for things I really love. Sometimes the heart is for the item itself, sometimes a thoughtful extra - but it's never just because there were extras in the package.