vanima

I'm on a Swap Bot hiatus for a while!! I'm taking this time to focus on my pen pals. ^_^

I'm a quiet, shy 33 year old gal who is a massive fan of all things cute (kawaii, if you prefer~). I just started to swap actively about 2 years ago and have found it to be (mostly) rewarding! I love to read, watch movies, play Warcraft, craft, spend time with my boyfriend, swap kawaii stuff and penpal..

I love writing - I have been penpalling for 16 years now, and I can't imagine not having my penpals. They are my best friends and I love learning about their lives and their cultures. I love to send cute, decorated mail. A cute, colorful letter will always bring someone a smile. ♥

I am ALWAYS looking for new pals, so if you think we have something in common, please feel free to message me! I'd love to write to you. I'm addicted to long, decorated letters and would love to meet new friends all around the world (female only, sorry guys)! I love to get to know my pals and send small gifts every once in a while. :)

Making necklaces Friendship books and Decos making bracelets Scrapbooking making matchboxes

all brands of Kawaii~ Roses Sweets Pink and Purple colored things Gloomy Bear Long, creative and pretty letters FBs and decos Glitter Rement Pullip dolls Eyeshadows and eyeliner Anime Berserk All Miyazaki's movies Penguins Pandas Harajuku Lovers Tokidoki Henry Rollins books Harry Potter videogames, esp. CastleVania, fighters, Megaman Anthropology and Archaeology Nesting dolls stars and hearts stickers Blind Box Toys gel pens of all kinds and colors cute knitted hats soft, clean scents silver jewelry documentaries sweets Edward Gorey journalling DragonLance Lucky stars cute glass bottles kawaii cell charms rubber stampers cute purses my pen pals animals pretty trimmings border stickers cute hair accessories Post Secret

Lucky Stars Deco Tapes Letter Sets Sticker Sheets Sticker Flakes Memos figures small cases small plushies cell mascots cabochons

Homekoro Pomeranian Mamegoma Rilakkuma Kawaii skulls Kawaii sweets Kawaii foods w/faces Miki Awawachan Cafe Cafe Purin Mushrooms Alice in WonderLand Strawberries

Apocalyptica Spanish (Mana, Cafe Tacuba, Shakira, etc.) Rock/Metal (Bring Me the Horizon, Haste the Day, As I Lay Dying, Trivium, Asking Alexandria, System of a Down, In Flames, Alice in Chains, Skillet, I ould go on and on..) Japanese (j-rock/pop mostly, Gackt, Ayumi, Megumi Hayashibara, BoA, Malice Mizer (older stuff), Dir en Grey, Glay, Koda Kumi, etc) Pop (Lady Gaga, Katy Perry, etc) Nightwish/Tarja Within Temptation Classical Music (I loooove baroque style music) I basically love everything except jazz, country, rap, and the like..

Game of Thrones Crime documentaries Documentaries about Ancient Egypt, Aztec, Maya Bizarre Foods What Not to Wear RuPaul's Drag Race Fatal Attractions Hoarders Clean House Our America Jackass (guilty pleasure..) American Beauty The Virgin Suicides She-Devil The Color Purple Black Swan The Royal Tenenbaums The Life Aquatic Inception The Duchess Sense and Sensibility What Dreams May Come Requiem for a Dream Sin City American History X Fight Club Ghost World Labyrinth The Dark Crystal Legend Watchmen Dracula V for Vendetta Little Children Harry Potter Lord of the Rings I love fantasy, Indie and Drama, with a light smack of comedy and love here and there!

These things make me unhappy and I hate to get them, so please be kind and don't send me:

• Diddl, Diddlina, etc.
• Stationery with "real" kids pictures
• Nickelodeon characters
• Looney Tunes
• Bugs
• Disney
• Plain stationery
• Sloppy FBs
• Erasers
• Pencil caps
• Pencils
• Hello Kitty stuff (I have more than enough Hello Kitty items!)
• Religious items
• anything that smells like gardenia (makes me ill)
• used, smelly, dirty items -- don't send me anything that smells like cigarette smoke..