kaeldra

I went to school for wildlife biology but now, two years after graduating, am working as a graphic designer, and I love it! I'm your typical humanist green party gal in lifestyle. I'm enamored with funky fashion (I am swayed very easily by steampunk, and wind up wearing weird old lady clothes a lot) so I adore thrifting and make my own jewelry. I spend a lot of time drawing, mostly digitally, and used to be super into photography (want to get back into it). Making mixes and preparing packages are some of my favorite things. I've been working on and off on a book I wrote during Nanowrimo 2003 ever since...one day I'll stop rewriting it! Other things I enjoy doing: baking, making lists, reading comic books, hiking, being outside.

Beading/making jewelry, drawing, making mix CDs, collages, photography, decorating packages

Indie, classic rock, hard rock, blues, reggae, big band, bad 80's new wave...

Modest Mouse, Islands, The Bird and the Bee, Aqueduct, Spoon, Suzanne Vega, The Dears, The Decemberists, Garbage, Steely Dan, Pulp, Genesis, Gomez, Emerson Lake and Palmer, The Who, Ladytron, Dire Straits, Alan Parsons Project

Hyperion, Fables (comics), Watchmen, Cloud Atlas, Ender's Game, Sandman (comics), The Doubtful Guest

Sleepy Hollow, Harold and Maude, Return of the King, Spirited Away, V for Vendetta, The Dark Knight, Amelie, Sin City

Haven't had a tv since high school, and happy about it!

• Audrey Kawasaki
• Edward Gorey
• Alphons Mucha
• Zydzislaw Beksinski
• James Jean
• Amy Sol
• Tara McPherson

Stuff that's:

• funky
• vintage
• eccentric / whimsical
• dark / morbid (not gory)
• polka - dotted or stripey
• outrageous (rhinestones, so ugly it's cool, you know what I'm talking about. The stuff you see and can't believe anyone would buy. Ok maybe not quite that far...)
• glittery
• steampunk
• art nouveau
• retro
• geeky

Random likes:

• knee socks (size 10)
• Smokey the Bear
• ampersands
• typography
• science
• wildlife other people don't like - bats, mountain lions, newts and salamanders
• stickers
• poster art

Colors:

The red end of the spectrum - hot pink's a favorite right now, also crimson and bright orange. And to throw you for a loop, turquoise. Rainbows are fun.

Stuff that's:

• religious
• cutesy or girly (especially Hello Kitty, Disney, * cartoons, pictures of kittens/puppies/babies, and I LOATHE Mary Engelbright)
• pastel or purple
• scented

Objects:

• kitch / tchatchkas (useless stuff to put on a shelf)
• candles

Music:

• hip hop
• rap
• country