user7250

I'm a 20-year-old girl from Texas, about to start my freshman year of college

I am a writer, a musician, an artist, a photographer, a harpist, a rock-climber, a bicyclist, a collector, and a world traveler. I write short stories and poetry, but at the moment I also have multiple novels that I'm working on. One of these is almost ready for the final draft! People think I'm shy until they ask about my writing. :)

I sing in a choir and I've been playing the Celtic harp since early 2008. I love my instrument!

I love mythology and ancient cultures, archaeology has long been a favorite subject.

In addition to English, I'm almost passable in Spanish (3 years High School). I do pretty well with Morse Code, too. Trying to teach myself Latin and Egyptian Heiroglyphics, but frankly I just love languages and will probably add more to my list as time goes on.

I travel around the US a lot with my mom, went to Australia with People to People in '07 and recently got back from another trip with them to Peru & Chile (July '09). My dream is to explore the world, to experience it, to enjoy it.

My favorite colors are copper (that nice orangeish-brown), earth tones, sunset colors, blues, and elvish greens. (The soft, forest-leaf, greens.)Oh, and all shades of purple!

[what I pledged] (http://www.swap-bot.com/forums/topic/7681)

Ok, so I have a bunch of weird allergies. Weird as in I'm allergic to toothpaste. (fluoride)

The short list (things that would apply to swapping): --Perfume of any sort (except essential oils) --Artificial sweeteners (especially Aspertame) --Cigarette smoke --Red food coloring

And for those of you who are curious: --Chlorine --Benzene --a plethora of preservatives --Formaldahyde --hypoallergenic soap --laundry detergent

Favorite Objects:

--blank notebooks --postcards --atcs --tack pins --books --art supplies --words that just sound good --buttons --new pencils and pens --paper scraps and pieces --fabric --patterns for sewing --things that look like artifacts --suprises --teapots

Favorite Animals:

--dolphins --cats --squirrels --falcons --Jellyfish --eagles --lizards

Favorite themes:

--periods of history and cultures(Rennisance, Old west, Mideavel, Aincent Egypt...ect.) --Celtic knotwork --Fantasy --fairys --dragons --Arensbak Trolls --elves --vampires --Shakespeare --caligraphy and writing in interesting scripts

It depends on the moment, but mostly I like Celtic, folk music, classical, choral, and Gospel. I love Celtic Woman, The High Kings, and Blackmore's Night. Anything played on a harp, flute, or dulcimer makes me smile. Music from the Lawrence Welk show and the early days of radio is awesome... I love things with nice harmonies, with or without accompaniment.

I've grown up on PBS and old shows on dvd, so very few current shows appeal to me. I love cooking shows and documentaries. Sci-fi is one of my favorite genres, especially Star Trek, the original Battlestar Galactica, and Buck Rodgers. The Twilight Zone and other old anthology series are also a favorite. I like things with well-written stories behind them. Westerns make me happy, The Wild Wild West (the show, not the movie) is my absolute favorite because it combines western and scifi. I like mysteries in the vein of Columbo and Murder She Wrote, where the story and the mystery are highlighted and the shock value and gore and sex are practically nonexistant. The only current crime dramas I find interesting are Bones and NCIS, but I take both in spells depending on how the story progresses.

When I go places where cable is available, I invariably watch either Food Network or Discovery Channel. Dirty Jobs and Mythbusters are awesome!

I craft and make art of any sort that will hold still long enough for me to play with it.

I have an etsy store full of handmade jewelry. I love beadwork, and am quite addicted to beads in general.

I make a ton of ATCs, do other mailart when I can find my desk through the clutter of craft supplies, and experiment with any art or craft I can find. Right now my efforts are more towards journals, drawings, and crochetwork. I doodle and zentangle things, and I draw a sketchy little comic on occasion featuring arensbak-style trolls.

Knitting and Crochet are also favorites, along with hand-sewing and quilting, quilling, beadwork, and painting.

"Lord of the Rings", "Stargate", "Beauty and the beast", most older Disney films, "The cat from outer space", "Willow", Star Wars.