katier

11.24.10: I am currently on hiatus from Swap-Bot. This time of year, work gets the best of me, and coupled with the holidays I just don't have the time to contribute. I'll return as soon as life allows. Happy Holidays!

The vast majority of the time I am incredibly witty and abnormally humble; the rest of the time I am sarcastic. I find humor in everything and it takes a lot to offend me. I appreciate well placed curse words and all other bad influences.

I am an avid outdoors girl and I hike, bike, camp, boat, etc all summer long. I am fluent in Japanese and have traveled Asia extensively. Reading is an addiction to me, but I also tend to develop obsessive TV habits when I find a show I like (right now that's The Office and Modern Family).

My swapping philosophy: I don't like receiving glitter-fied crap any more than you do and I am usually pretty proud of what I send others. I always send and I don't send late. I am typically not interested in "buy and send" swaps opting instead for the "create and send" variety.

My Flickr account has photos of swaps that are in progress. If you are a participant in a swap that I am also a participant in and you prefer to be surprised, you should probably not click through.

My Facebook page may contain photos, rants, raves, comments, etc related to swaps in progress or completed. If you don't want to be a part of my debauchery, you probably should not friend me.

Vader is Luke's father in The Empire Strikes Back, Malcom Crowe is dead in the Sixth Sense, Norman is the killer in Psycho, the husband was in on it in Rosemary's Baby, and Maggie shot Mr. Burns on The Simpsons. Bonus spoiler courtesy of amymc: Dil has a penis in The Crying Game.

-Photography
-Sewing
-Embroidery
-Watercolor Painting
-Acrylic Painting
-Paper Crafts
-Sketching/Drawing
-Graphic Design
-Website Design
-Writing
-Can you teach me to knit?

-Birds
-Deer
-Chickens (the funkier, the better)
-Moose
-The Letter K
-Red Poppies
-Sunflowers (artsy variety, not country kitchen variety)
-Silhouettes (think Abe Lincoln)
-Robots
-Mexican Wrestlers
-Moustached Men (see: cheesy handlebar)
-Vintage/Retro Advertisements
-Dick and Jane
-Burlesque/Peepshow Girls
-Simple Sketches
-Macro Photographs
-Something You Made/Created and are Proud Of
-Pop Art
-Unusual Art
-Fabric by Moda, Michael Miller, and Amy Butler
-Odd/Rare Fabric (especially prints)
-Interesting Buttons
-Thin/Narrow Ribbon (preferably not a solid color)
-Crafty Kits
-Usable Scraps (paper or fabric)
-Flower Seeds
-Almond Scented Soap
-Home Goods à la Restoration Hardware/Pottery Barn
-Anything Cheeky, Cheesy, or Kitsch
-Satire
-Humor
-Whimsy
-Anything Offensive
-Obscenities (especially the F word)
-Nudity (tastefully done or not)
-El Día de los Muertos
-Brown and Robin's Egg Blue
-Brown and Pink
-Red and Ivory
-Hot Pink and Lime Green
-Retro 1970s Color Schemes
-Adrian Tomine
-Nara Nishimoto
-Dave Bloomfield
-Brian Stauffer
-Banksy

-Anything that Smells Like Smoke
-Crap Thrown Together to Satisfy a Requirement
-Swaps Without a Note (so woefully impersonal without a note!)
-Touristy and Free Advertisement Postcards
-Glitter
-Stickers
-Food Items
-Used Postage Stamps (new ones are great--fund my habit!)
-Traditional or Uninspired Art
-Clean and Boring
-Fantasy, Faeries, and Dragons
-Anime
-Sci-Fi
-Religious Paraphernalia (unless it is kitschy)
-The Occult and Wicca/Witchcraft
-Licensed Characters