I AM ON HIATUS

• Nov 15 - making good progress on private swaps! Very behind on messages, but I haven't forgotten anyone. Thank you for your continued patience y'all!

• If I haven't rated you, I have not received your swap (EXCEPTION: I left two swaps at my parents' house [a tea swap and an angel from H.S.]; I will get them the next time I'm there and leave you a rating/comment!)

THE REST OF MY ABOUT SECTION DELETED! AHHHH!

• I owe multiple angels for swaps I have hosted; these will be taken care of after I get caught up with private swaps! I lost the list when my profile got deleted, but I will rewrite it and post here within the next week. I also have a couple pen pals to respond to, which I will attend to as I can.

Thanks again everyone for your kindness!

93

nature, especially mushrooms

kawaii, branded or otherwise

pastel colors, neon colors, black

occult / Halloween / ghosts / skulls (especially if cutesy or girly)

aliens / UFOs

bugs / insects

plague doctors!

anatomical illustrations, especially hearts or bones

anything related to chemistry or biology

all animals; rats, horses, dogs

Pokemon, Nintendo characters (Shy Guys!)

Totoro, Studio Ghibli

bicycles, especially track/fixed gear/vintage

tea cups / coffee mugs

maneki-neko / fortune cats

trains

outsider art

nazar (evil eye) beads / imagery

stationery (letter sets and memo sheets++)

washi / deco tape

blank postcards, any kind (no ad/free, tourist-y or offensive ok, vintage are great too!)

naked postcards, written on and stamped

blank notecards

stickers-- sheets or flakes (no teacher/reward)

handmade envelopes, any size

tea, especially interesting flavors, types unique to your country, dessert teas, rooibos

souvenir magnets

unique regional items

ATCs!

original art or writing

photographs, especially odd, experimental, multiple exposures, instant, vintage

old books/book pages for crafting, especially from textbooks

loose tarot cards

unused stamps (US) or used stamps from your country

blank ATC backings

ephemera

vegan / vegetarian recipes from your culture (I can provide Turkish ones!)

makeup

anything related to or referencing abrahamic religions

food items (other than tea) UNLESS it is vegan

fashion accessories (jewelry, hair accessories, etc)

Disney, MLP, Harry Potter

visibly used/dirty/broken items, unless vintage

not much else!

Aldous Huxley, Elfriede Jelinek, Soren Kierkegaard, Mikhail Bulgakov, Douglas Hofstadter, Aleister Crowley, Timothy Leary, Alexander Shulgin, Philip K Dick, Bret Easton Ellis, any: philosophy of mind, German Idealism, critical theory, logic, linguistics, history, occultism, Eastern philosophy, popular neuroscience and cosmology

My Goodreads to-read list (note: I don't update any shelf other than this one). If you want to read any of these books as well and do a swap about it, let me know!

My Bloody Valentine, Xiu Xiu, Salem, EMA, Slowdive, Dinosaur Jr, Carissa's Wierd, Astrobrite, The Jesus and Mary Chain, Hum, Polvo, Death in June, Have a Nice Life, The Angels of Light, Adorable, The Depreciation Guild, White Ring

Tim & Eric, Rick & Morty, Community, Jon Dore Television Show, Check it Out! with Dr Steve Brule, Community, Scrubs, Kitchen Nightmares

Enter the Void, I Stand Alone, The Piano Teacher, Funny Games, Terminator 2: Judgment Day, Man Bites Dog, August Underground's Mordum, My Neighbor Totoro, V/H/S, exploitation, found footage, foreign horror

In addition to pen pals, I'd love to get into private swapping. I'm mostly interested in brainstorming together to think of creative, personalized swaps that are a bit more labor-intensive than most on here. Let me know if you have any cool ideas (or want to humor some of mine!).

Right now, I am especially interested in:

New Age / spirituality / occult / paranormal / demonology / secret societies

dream journals

shrink plastic charms

ATCs

1's and 3's

All three of these ratings are from October 2013.

• 3 rating -- Fountain Pen Pal - Oct 2013

  This swap was initially flaked on due to personal reasons, but completed to specifications in June 2015. The 3 is not for doing the swap incorrectly, but for sending 2 years late.

• 1 rating -- 3rd Quarter Reading Log Swap 2013

  This swap was flaked on due to personal reasons and is still owed to user @Funsizedsteph who has not been active since April 2015. I am still attempting to contact her and periodically check her profile to see if she's returned.

• 1 rating -- ✉ Snail Mail Envie ✉ #6

  This swap was flaked on due to personal reasons and the user @B3ntButN0tbrok3n has been inactive since May 2015. I've contacted her off-site and sent out a replacement August 7.

Please let me know if my swap hasn't made it to you within a reasonable timeframe (2 weeks for domestic US, 4 - 6 weeks for international) and I will resend, though it may take a bit if it's a labor-intensive swap. I generally save my post office receipts/customs declarations for anything with expensive postage or of high value.

Please note that I can take a few days to rate, but always do. If you haven't received a rating within a few days of when your swap should have arrived, it means I didn't receive it. Contact me and we'll figure something out!

Also, if you are going to be late-- please just contact me. I understand that life happens, but courtesy and consideration go a long way.

My biggest swap-related fear is one of the participants in something I'm hosting leaving empty-handed. For that reason, I will always angel-- just keep in mind that it might take a while depending on the swap.

Don't hesitate to shoot me a PM about anything, basically. I generally reply same day.

Thanks for reading!