Luthien07

I am Mandy.I'm new to swaps. :)

I was a technical theatre major

I am a Gemini

I am a dreamer

I am a photographer

I am a wayward Victorian girl

I am a music lover

I am a flute player

I am a movie lover

I am a bookworm

I am a theatre geek

I am a listener

I am a friend

I am me.

"All I can do is be me. Whoever that is." -Bob Dylan

"The beauty of life is not how happy you are, but how happy others can be because of you."

I love many many different types of books. Lately I've been drawn to YA books and historical fiction (especially books set in Victorian times/steampunk or Egypt), reading other people's letters and journals. I also love reading about old time royals like the Romanovs, Marie Antoinette, Cleopatra, Elizabeth 1.

Some favorite books/aurthors:

Lord of the Rings trilogy, first 3 books of Anne Rice's vampire chronicles, Bloody Jack series by L.A. Meyer, Libba Bray's A Great and Terrible Beauty,Harry Potter series,Alice in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass by Lewis Carroll,May Sarton, The Mists of Avalon, Tithe by Holly Black, Shel Silverstein,

P!nk, Billy Joel, The Dresden Dolls, Amanda Palmer, Jimmy Buffet, Elton John, Emilie Autumn, Madonna, Manoel Felciano, musicals,

movie soundtracks I love: Finding Neverland Pirates of the Caribbean-At World's End Fellowship of the Ring new Peter Pan The Lion,the Witch,and the Wardrobe Fur

Pirates of the Caribbean, older Disney movie musicals like A Little Mermaid and Hunchback of Notre Dame, The Prestige, Anne of Green Gables, Auntie Mame, The Mummy, Amelie, most all of Johnny Depp's work, Peter Pan(new one with Jason Issacs), The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe, A Little Princess, Ever After, Sin City, Star Trek XI

MASH, Batman:The Animated Series, NCIS, Mythbusters, The Big Bang Theory, Once Upon A Time

I love imps from BPAL.My fav from there at the moment is March Hare. Eventually I hope to try the entire Mad Tea Party scents. I highly recommend them if you've never tried thier scents. The descriptions are so much fun to read and they always send you little extras with your order. http://www.blackphoenixalchemylab.com/

Bath & Body Works vanilla bean noel (I buy a bottle of lotion every year), Victoria Secret's Slice of Heaven.

Scents I like in candles and the like: food scents like watermelon,Christmas cookie, crème brûlée, fresh scents like ocean and rain.

My current favortite lip gloss flavor is strawberry.

Photographers: Sally Mann, David Hamilton, Annie Lebowitz, Ansel Adams,

For painters I love the Romantics, Gothic architecture, ancient Egyptian art, and Degas.

colors- blue, purple, forrest green,

drinks-I love a good hot chocolate. Mint teas are my favorite but I'm always looking to try new ones though I'm not too fond of green teas.

animals- cats (large and housecats)

candy-peppermints,candy corn, Hershey's chocolate,watermellon lolipops

As I've already mentioned I love photographer. Right now I have 4 cameras. A digital Kodak Z740, a One Step Polaroid,A 120mm Lubitel, and another 35mm Yashica FX-2 that was my Dad's and is from 1976! If you have film you don't use or it's expired I'd love to get it! Especially if it's black and white!

-musicals

-anything Victorian or steampunk

-Alice in Wonderland

-journals

-comics (these days I'm mostly reading Avengers and the occasional Batman)

-Shel Silverstein

-peppermints

-Ancient Egypt

-Robin Williams

-yoga

-flute and violin music(together or seperately)

-photography

-info about Goddess/pagan religions

-photo boothes

-Pirates of the Caribbean

-Charlie Chaplin

-Juliette Low/Girl Scouts (happy 100 years!)

-stationary

-lists! Especially with random facts about oneself or your favorites

-pretty pens

-quotes!