CariadElska

6/2 i just found out my husband is divorcing me so my life is complete chaos. please bear with me while i get through this rough time

these are always so hard! i'll start with the basics. i'm 36 and married to probably the most awesome guy i've ever had the luck to meet. we have two dogs and a cat - one little pitbull (only 60 lbs and she's so short!) named draya, a brindle pit-shepherd mix named bronx and an orange tabby named windom - that was mostly a case of picking the name before we knew she was a girl! it suits her thought. My husband is a staff sergeant in the air force, he does mainly ammunition inspections and such. We've been here in vegas going on three years now and it looks like we could be here for another five - sounds like hell for a girl who needs trees and rivers and gardens!

i listen mostly to punk and hardcore, with some metal and other things mixed in. in constant rotation this week:

fleas & lice - up the punx

off with their heads - clear the air

lana del rey - born to die

propagandhi - how to clean everything

pitbull - the boatlift

blood for blood - serenity

in cold blood - s/t

lemuria - the distance is so big

this is going to be hard! i have so many, and i know i'm going to leave some out, but here goes:

until i find you - john irving

a short history of nearly everything - bill bryson

the house of mirth - edith wharton

sex&violence - carrie mesrobian

the demon-haunted world - carl sagan

my side of the mountain - jean craighead george (yep, i still read kids books. in abundance.)

i read a lot of YA and outside of that, most of what i read is non-fiction of some sort - memoirs, biographies, anything is fair game.

phew. this one's a little easier.

pretty in pink

amelie

the darjeeling limited

bloodsport

movies that i will shamelessly watch every time they come on tv:

blue crush

bring it on

under the tuscan sun

rambo: first blood

shooter

i love television. i'm too embarrassed to tell you guys just how much, so i'll just list a few.

new girl

parks and recreation

american horror story

orange is the new black

arrested development

psych

project runway

i don't really watch a lot of reality tv, except the afore mentioned project runway. and i have several guilty pleasures, most of which run on the CW. i think this might mean i still have the brain of a 15 year old!

i work mainly in mixed media pieces, both paintings and shrines (i looove making shrines!) i have, in the past dabbled in crochet and knitting, but those are really hard on my wrists so i had to stop. my other favorite is making paper cuts. i guess what i'm trying to say is, i'll try anything once! :) i always need paints, inks, stamp pads, knife blades - anything like that.

as far as mail art goes, i love almost anything, but my preference is for handmade postcards, zines, and even envelopes - things that give me lots of space to make a mess on, basically. :)

-peacocks

-hedgehogs

-vintage poodles

-old ephemera, especially odd photos, papers of unknown origin and etchings of diagraims/schematics

-cool socks

-mix cds

-postcards, especially handmade

-anything kawaii

-adventure time

-day of the dead-themed items

-small items to be used in creating shrines

-glitter! glitter! glitter! (and crystals and beads)

-vintage kitsch

-zentangles

-pit bulls

-decorated or handmade envies to use

-milkglass anything

-beads, crystals, sequins

-the color peacock blue

-anything to do with hinduism

-anything indian or the more eastern asian countries

-watercolors

-super cool scrapbooking paper

-decoupaged jesus plaques

-sakura micron pens (.05 is my favorite)

-washi tape

-cool, dimensional stickers

-art postcards

i love chocolates and candy but it's already too hot in vegas to ship them safely, so please don't include them in your package - i will just have to live vicariously through you!

-a lot of the mainstream scrapbooking papers

-the color orange, except in the right context (but i won't hunt you down if you include orange in a swap!)

-poor quality swaps - i take a lot of pride in my work and it sucks not to see that reciprocated

-anything disney or loony tunes

-clowns

i'm pretty easy going, really! i'm just happy to receive a package someone has put together for me!