Dax

I'm a 24 year old female living in Toronto, Ontario with my boyfriend of 6 years and our two lovely cats, Meg and Redford. This community sounds awesome! I love to give and receive little gifts and snail mail and it would be great to do this with so many like-minded others! I hope to get in touch with others who share my quirky sense of humour and with whom I can swap lots of interesting things... I'm a sucker for crafts, postcards, candy, weird little objects and long, handwritten letters. Basically, whatever you want to send me, I'm cool with. I love food and cooking, so connecting with some recipe swaps and things of that nature would be fantastic.

Since I just joined, I would really appreciate it if you all would give me hints, tips and any important information you think I should know about the whole swapping thing. Thanks, and I hope to talk to you soon :)

I like all kinds of music from classic rock to motown to electronica to indie folk...

Some of my favourite bands/artists are: The Animals, The Beatles, Belle and Sebastian, Brian Jonestown Massacre, Cat Power, The Clash, Daft Punk, The Dandy Warhols, Darker My Love, David Bowie, The Doors, Florence and the Machine, Genesis, Journey, Justice, The Kills, The Kinks, Lady Gaga, Ladytron, Led Zeppelin, Lou Reed, Madonna, Metric, MGMT, MSTRKRFT, The New Pornographers, Nine Inch Nails, Peter, Bjorn and John, Pixies, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Rilo Kiley, The Rolling Stones, Simon and Garfunkel, Sufjan Stevens, The Supremes, Talking Heads, The Upsidedown, The Velvet Underground, The White Stripes, The Who, The Yardbirds, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, The Zombies

A small selection of my favourite books: The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood, Anne of Green Gables by Lucy Maud Montgomery, The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger, The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath, Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf, In Defense of Food by Michael Pollan, Nineteen Eighty Four by George Orwell, The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald, any David Sedaris book, various Timothy McSweeney's Quarterly Concern issues, cookbooks of all sorts

Another list: North by Northwest, Little Miss Sunshine, Juno, Harold and Maude, The Graduate, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, The Wedding Singer, Philadelphia, Pretty Woman, Office Space, Forrest Gump, Big, DiG!, Dirty Dancing, Roman Holiday, The Breakfast Club, Ferris Bueller's Day Off

Mad Men, Sex and the City, Golden Girls, Daria, Hell's Kitchen, Chopped, Degrassi High, The Simpsons, Friends, Wonder Showzen, The Girls Next Door, Glee, The Office, Flight of the Conchords, Wind at My Back, CP24 for all you Toronto folks (ha!), almost any cooking show on Food Network or PBS

• Cat stuff (toys, collars, etc.)
• Quirky things (like my favourite pirogi finger puppet with googly eyes)
• Jewellery
• Home things (cushion covers, picture frames, etc.)
• Hair accessories
• Paintings

• Family Guy
• Sports
• People without a sense of humour
• Bad food
• Poor spelling and grammar
• "Country" decor and items (i.e. things with cows, sunflowers, red and green plaid, cute sayings like "home is where the heart is". You get my drift...)
• Angels and faeries
• Disorganization
• Talking animals (cartoons are okay)

• Retro '40s, '50s, '60s pinups and kitsch
• Wine and spirits
• FOOD
• BACON!
• Tea and tea-related items
• Fashion
• Weird/unique/quirky/funny items/postcards
• Home decor and decorating (mid-century modern, eclectic)
• Nature, and nature themed items (flowers, plants, trees, animals, insects etc.)
• Makeup
• Homemade lotions and potions
• Books
• Naked postcards all the way!