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i'm in my early 30s, but remain a kid-at-heart. an american expat who moved to the uk for love. i'm a vegetarian who wants to be a vegan someday, but probably won't become one until i learn how to veganise french macarons. i love turtles, owls, and pandas. my favourite colour is purple and colour combination is various shades of purple/chartreuse or apple green, and brown. i collect momiji dolls, turtle and owl things, retro kitchenalia, and old children's books from charity shops. i used to collect pez dispensers and am thinking about starting up again. other things i love are singing, dancing, vampires, faeries, reading children's and teen/young adult books, moomins (especially snufkin), tea (especially specialty loose varieties), snow, rainy days, art nouveau (klimt, charles rennie mackintosh, glasgow girls, etc.), hello kitty and kawaii, gashapon, charlie and lola, polka dots, toadstools, indian food and culture, images of krishna, robots, meomi/octonauts, and anything scifi or fantasy. one day i'd like to be a published author of children's and YA (young adult) books or failing that, owning my own children's bookshop or becoming a children's librarian would be nice.

indiepop, folky stuff, '60s girl groups, the lucksmiths, belle & sebastian, camera obscura, of montreal, sufjan stevens, the pains of being pure at heart, rose melberg, the softies, go sailor, stereolab, hong kong in the '60s, je suis animal

mo willem's elephant and piggie books, mo willems' pigeon books, the little prince, going bovine - libba bray, the gemma doyle trilogy by libba bray, how i live now - meg rosoff, holy cow - sara macdonald, an abundance of katherines - john green, silver kiss - annette curtis klause, owl in love - patrice kindl, the wind blows backward - mary downing hahn, the mortal instruments trilogy by cassandra clare, tithe - holly black, soulmate - lj smith, sloppy firsts - megan mccafferty, blankets - craig thompson, boy proof - cecil castellucci, the queen of cool - cecil castellucci, stargirl - jerry spinelli

buffy the vampire slayer is the greatest television show, ever!, angel, doctor who (sniff, sniff, i mss you david tennant), pushing daisies, battelstar galactica, the 4400, basically i'll watch anything that smacks of scifi or fantasy, currently enjoying glee

amelie, monsoon wedding, the labyrinth, like water for chocolate

i'm new to the world of crafting/diy, so as of now i can't really say that i have a favourite. i would love to become a pro at knitting, crocheting, and sewing though. i have a new sewing machine, but i'm too afraid to use it!