vintagepix

I do local history research and live in the Milwaukee area with my significant other and his two bossy cats.

I'm an Anglophile. Favorite authors are Jane Austen and Terry Pratchett. Not into cute/kawaii unless it's ironic. Love the art of the Pre-Raphaelites and Joseph Cornell. I trade at ATCsforAll.com also under the username vintagepix.

Listen to more books-on-tape than music, but my back up audio includes Loreena McKennitt, the soundtracks to Bend It Like Beckham and Monsoon Wedding, and the Nordic Roots sampler CDs.

The original Star Wars trilogy (not the disastrous prequels)- Monty Python, Shaun of the Dead & Hot Fuzz, Bend It Like Beckham, The Princess Bride, Local Hero.... I will see any movie with Bruce Campbell in it before I see all the "Best Picture" nominees. Bubba Hotep, anyone?

All those Jane Austen adaptations; the British murder mysteries that don't take themselves to seriously. The Daily Show & Colbert Report--watch a lot of BBC America and Sci-Fi Channel - guilty pleasures include The Soup (on E!) and Best Week Ever.

Altered art, collage, quilting - general messing around with paint, colored pencils, scissors, paper, fabric, glue and my Bernina sewing machine - I tend to work with vintage images and photos a lot.