creepyweirdo

I made a swap! Short story e-swap! Come join! [It will cost you no postage at all, promise.] (http://www.swap-bot.com/swap/show/92927)

So I finally figured out my mail! YAY. I look forward to swapping with all of you again. :)

Hi! I'm new here. Feel free to message and/or friend me. :D

I doodle obsessively. (In fact, I hope to be able to make a living off of it.) I do a lot of vector illustration and pen illustration. Mostly vectors though.

I play with words. I write the most awful poetry and short stories with no story arcs but with awesome descriptions. I guess that makes them more like scenes.

I love languages. I'm very slowly teaching myself Cantonese. Slowly. As of now I know 3.5 languages, and I hope to speak at least 5 fluently before I die. AT LEAST.

I have an affinity for science-fiction. It started with the Terminator. T2 has and always will be one of my favorite films. Also, I wear Doc Martens. I've worn boots since I was eight-years-old.

I'm an independent/amateur filmmaker, so I guess that means I like... tape?

Oh, and I'm a queer anarchist feminist, anti-binary, cut-and-pasting DIYer. I like to alphabetize lists.

Here are some self-portraits:

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I like making paper crafts, crocheting, digital art, music playlists, scarves, bizarre jewelry, postcards, and zines.

I love handmade things, upcycled things, things that are different, strange, and utilitarian.

I'm an atheist, but being a Mexican in Los Angeles, I have amazing access to Roman Catholic charms, icons, and related objects. If you'd like to private swap for some, let me know. ^_^

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• black
• candy
• Cantonese
• collage/decoupage
• French
• glitter
• gray
• ink/pens
• kawaii
• leaves
• markers
• paper
• patterns
• rainbows
• SCIENCE!
• sci-fi
• sketchbooks
• Spanish
• TAPE
• Victorian clip-art
• 'Zines

Want list/private swap

• art zines.
• aprons.
• strange coin purses.
• DIY books.
• European chocolate (chocolate SUCKS in the US).
• vegan eyeshadow.
• feminist paraphernalia.
• handmade or bizarre jewelry.
• hair accessories.
• handmade prints.
• cute ice cube trays.
• illustration pens (especially really thin ones).
• journals.
• nail polish (I'm cafe-au-lait colored, so no browns, plz.)
• pens.
• paintbrushes.
• queer paraphernalia.
• vegetarian recipes.
• screenprints.
• super-cute socks.
• stationary.
• nylons/thigh-high stockings (US size Q).
• truly badass mix-CDs.
• yarn.
• pretty much anything vulva-inspired

or anything else amazing you can think of. (Also check the book wish list.)

If you're interested in a private swap, let me know!

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MAGAZINES

• Bitch
• Communication Arts
• Computer Arts
• Juxtapoz
• make
• Wired

Graphic Design magazines, art magazines, geek magazines, illustration magazines

I'm too poor for magazine subscriptions, so if you have any old ones of these, I'd be happy to get them off your hands. :)

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AUTHORS

• Kobo Abe
• Charles Baudelaire
• Sandra Cisneros
• Laura Esquivel
• Gabriel Garcia Marquez
• William Gibson
• Toni Morrison
• Vladimir Nabokov
• Octavio Paz

Magical realism, violence, existentialism, and the romantic.

Book Wish List

• The Animal Lover's Book of Beastly Murder by Patricia Highsmith
• The Box Man by Kobo Abe
• The End of Alice by A. M. Holmes
• L'Étranger by Albert Camus
• Fleurs du Mal by Charles Baudelaire (especially in French-English)
• Hieroglyphs of Desire by Octavio Paz
• Memories of My Melancholy Whores by Gabriel García Márquez
• Nostalgia for Death by Xavier Villaurrutia
• Overqualified by Joey Comeau
• Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson

• The Wind Up Bird Chronicle by Haruki Murakami

• any design books on color theory or combinations

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Amanda Palmer, Bikini Kill, Die Antwoord, The Distillers, Fiona Apple, Jason Webley, Massive Attack, M.I.A., MSI, Nina Simone, Peaches, Snake River Conspiracy, Trent Reznor

Accordions, female rappers, queer musicians, industrial, poets, the musically instrumental/experimental, and oh yeah, punk.

I am NOT into: Country, smooth listening, freeform jazz, "adult alternative" (whatever that means), or songs that make people sleepy (you know what I'm talking about).

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Um, right off the top of my head, A LOT.

Action, animation, existential arty crap, foreign, sci-fi, porn, ridiculous satire.

Pretty much any B-side movies (Demolition Man, Escape from New York) or Hong Kong kung-fu (Chow-Yun Fat, Jackie Chan or Stephen Chow).

Actually, pretty much every genre. I'm really picky. I hate everything and love a lot. Maybe I should stop writing now.

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• Anime
• Cute Animals (I like illustrations though.)
• gelatin, aspartame, sucralose, palm oil
• Hot Topic
• Overly garish patterns (unless they're on socks)
• Romantic-comedies
• Trance music

Also, I'm a vegetarian. As far as crafting is concerned, pretty much vegan. No feathers, beeswax, bones, or bits of leather.

What I mean to say is, I would be considered a vegan if I could just stop eating cheese.

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