strobehearted

11/2/07 New update: I have to apologize to all my fellow swapbotters for the major flakage that occurred for me during the whole month of October. I am very very very sorry. Things just got to be too much for me in general (lost jobs, minor surgery, relatives with cancer), and I let swapbot drop, but I am going to make it up to folks and catch up on packages and ratings by this Monday, and then just "log off" for a while until things improve for me. I am really sorry I haven't been a better swap partner & maybe in the future I can make it up to folks.

I am on the verge of turning 29, and I'm still in college. (thanks to my own early independence) I work with special needs children, and one day I'll be an epidemiologist. I own 3 cats and one rabbit; my partner is not looking forward to it, but I want a dog. I rescue things. I have too many things. I want to share them and get different things. I love things.

Things I love: lit, poetry, theory, science, robots, pretty rocks, paint, yarn, random odds & ends, plus size clothes, size 9w shoes, journals, foreign candy, new experiences, weirdness, delight of any kind, photos, rollerskates, queer anything, autism information, expanding my musical brain, zaftig principles & more

amy winehouse, dusty springfield, betty davis, magnetic fields, laura nyro, busysignals, jenny lewis, rilo kiley, postal service, agf, karen ann, joanna newsome, beck, bell & sebastian, the decemberists, the bloodthirsty lovers, braid, brazillian girls, the breeders, the pixies, caitlyn cary, midtown dickens, charles latham, the wigg report, the dirty little heaters, cat power, curtis mayfield, dismemberment plan, pj harvey, fionna apple, the gossip, public enemy, hefner, nick cave, tom waits, hem, jackson hall & the mules, james brown, laurie anderson, the kinks, velvet underground, nico, kate bush, k., le tigre, the butchies, mates of state, the rosebuds, matt pond pa, workclothes, neko case, ryan adams, whiskeytown, afghan wigs, otis redding, the ravonettes, rainer maria, sam cooke, sly & the family stone, wire, solex, xiu xiu

high fidelity, geek love, how to be good, the unbearable lightness of being, cats cradle, orlando, extremely loud & incredibly close, house of leaves, any volume of decent poetry, any alternative comic

the science of sleep, all about my mother, talk to her, amelie, resident evil, shaun of the dead, romy & michelle's highschool reunion, kill bill 1&2, afterlife

anything that teaches me something, especially science stuff, lost, heroes, venture brothers, house

knitting, crochet, t-shirt surgery, sewing, bag-making

stripes, stars, polka dots teal&brown, red&lightblue, ivory&black (and these colors separated)

Tofu with nutty sauces, coffee, tea, mint, baking smells (pie, cake, cookies, vanilla, pumpkin, spice, etc) and fruit-you'd-put-in-a-pie-smells (peaches, cherries, blackberries, blueberries, etc.) not a huge citrus fan. but citronella candles are always appreciated. because dude i live in the muggy south and mosquitoes think I am tasty.