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marlz

marlz
Date Joined: June 30, 2008
Last Online: May 15, 2018
Birthday: December 14
Country: Singapore
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About Me

hi there!

i'm half thai, half chinese and i have a twin who is on here as well. and we are really just hippies at heart.

i'm a design school drop-out graphic designer.

i'm a huge movie buff and enjoy all sorts of movies and foreign films! I love all things British and Thai very much! my dream is to live in London.

I love Morrissey! my life goal is to watch the man in concert and to meet him. only then will i be able to die happy.

i love Syrian Hamsters! XD i like making crafts, random baking (but i'm not any good), listening to people talk, enjoying good food and good company, watching tons of tv series', being with my twin, bjds, photography, reading magazines, listening to heavy music, going for gigs, looking for old things at flea markets, visiting thrift stores, keeping memories and keepsakes, traveling, doctor who, playing around with photoshop and illustrator and just hanging out with my friends.

and i also love the 50s, 60s, 70s, 80s and 90s (way more than now.. ) and i enjoy learning about their subcultures as well.

i support the GLBT and Body Modification community. i have a stretched 7/16" left lobe (i'm working on the other lobe to make it equal) and tattoos on my left arm and right wrist.

i also like old photos and letters, trinkets, stickers, musicals, glam rock, hippies, mods, rockers, punks, skinheads, lsd, collages, nice looking scrapbook pages, resin, grocery shopping, watching WWE wrestling, cycling around, finding bargains and second-hand stuff, handmade stuff, pictures, drawings, halloween, spooky and creepy things, sci-fi, ZOMBIES, aliens, softies, Dia de los Muertos, sugar skulls, Harry Potter and loads of other stuff!

and i only wear black.

[a note about my ratings 15/01/10 i didn't mean to flake on any of the swaps. i do apologise for any inconvenience i've caused. Everything fell apart for me at that point of time, my friends abandoned me and i really didn't have the time to do anything other than work and family. BUT! now i'm back. and i don't want to make the same mistakes, so i will try to do my best to send the swaps out on time, i'll understand if you want to ban me from a swap but please let me know why. thanks! i hope we'll all have a great time on swapbot!]

Rating/Sending Policy

I will always try to send out my swaps on time but in the unlikely event that i do not/am not able to send out my swap in time, i will send you a msg. i am sending the packages from singapore and we have very strict customs so it usually takes about 2 weeks to reach the U.S.

if you do not receive a package from me, it is most likely still travelling, please msg/email me before rating! i will rate everyone as soon as possible which is usually in 1 or 2 days of recieving the swap items. if you do not get a rating from me after a very long time, please msg me so that i can rate you again.

if there is anything at all, please feel free to msg me and i will definitely try to reply you a.s.a.p! i promise i don't bite!

Music

Incubus, Gallows, Morrissey, Rise Against, Placebo, The Smiths, The Used, AFI, We are the Ocean, Close Your Eyes, Exit Ten, Billy Talent, A Day to Remember, The Bled, Braking Benjamin, 10 Years, Shinedown, Protest the Hero, Cancer Bats, Chiodos, Sent by Ravens, David Bowie, ABBA, Underoath, He is Legend, A1, Michael Jackson, Linkin Park, Carpenters, Wham!, Green Day, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Queen, The Beatles, The Mamas & The Papas, Roxy Music, Malice Mizer, Pink Floyd, Travis, Bryan Ferry, Bodyslam, Nightwish, The Cure, John Williams, Muse, Billy Idol, Dream Theater, X Japan, L'Arc~en~Ciel, Spice girls, The Feeling, S Club 7, 5ive, The Magic Numbers, Culture Club, Gackt, Keane, Flight of the Conchords, *NSYNC, Coldplay, Psycho Le Cemu, Kishidan, Dir En Grey, most songs from previous decades i.e. 50s, 60s, 70s, 80s and 90s. hardcore, post-hardcore, classic rock, prog rock, nu-metal, old school pop, music from musicals, movie sountracks, music with lots of instrumentals, alternative, glam rock, british invasion.

i enjoy most types of music except for hiphop, techno, trance, bieber, lady gaga, Ke$ha, katy perry and Avril.

i've met brian molko of placebo and squashed faces with gene simmons of kiss!

Movies/Television

Movies
This Is England, Donnie Darko, I am Sam, Velvet Goldmine, C.R.A.Z.Y, Running with Scissors, Labyrinth, Mysterious Skin, Half Nelson, Edward Scissorhands, Hedwig and the Angry Inch, Crybaby, Le Fabuleux Destin d'Amelie Poulain, Sommersturm, SLC Punk, 28 Weeks later, 28 Days Later, Jurassic Park, Fight club, Wilde, Pan's Labyrinth, Return to Oz, Harry Potter, Sleepy Hollow, Batman Returns, Sunshine, The Pianist, Bram Stoker's Dracula, A Hard Day's Night, Trainspotting, Shaun of the Dead, Beautiful Thing, Interview with the Vampire, Bang Bang You're Dead, The Super Mario Bros., A la folie|pas du tout, December Boys, The Talented Mr. Ripley, My Own Private Idaho, Little Miss Sunshine, The Breakfast Club, Ed Wood, The Village, The Darjeeling Limited, Maurice, Om Shanti Om, Stand by Me, Transamerica, Napoleon Dynamite, Fight Club, Philadelphia, Bishonen and many other movies.

i like glbt-themed movies, fantasy, sci-fi, drug-themed films, movies set in the past, movies about subcultures and foreign films. if you have any films to recommend me, i'd love to hear about it!

TV
League of Gentlemen, Psychoville, Sherlock(BBC), Community, Come Fly with Me, This is England 86, Doctor Who, Torchwood, Misfits, The Misadventures of Flapjack, Shameless, My Life as Liz, The Young Ones, The Mighty Boosh, Little Britain, Nurse Jackie, The Gates, Weeds, Modern Family, The Middle, Ghost Adventures, The Colony, Alton Brown's Good Eats, Ugly Betty, WWE wrestling, The Friday Night Project (a.k.a The Sunday Night Project), the Simpsons, Malcolm in the Middle, The Family Guy, Kitchen Nightmares, Will & Grace, Friday Night with Jonathan Ross, Graham Norton, Happy Days, Laverne and Shirley, Skins, Life on Mars, Mork and Mindy, Project Runway, C.S.I, C.S.I Miami, Law and Order SVU, Desperate Housewives, Queer As Folk (US), Project Runway, Kamen Rider series, the original Power Rangers, Spongebob Squarepants, that 70s Show, The Kumars at No. 42, Golden Girls, Whose Line is it Anyway?, as told by ginger, Dexter's lab, cow and chicken, little lulu, pee wee's playhouse, beakman's world, Twisted Tales of Felix the cat, Kablam!, Pete and pete, Bobby's world, Captain Planet, Batman series, Veggietales, Blue's clues, franny's feet, Charlie and Lola. i've such a long list!

Crafts

i generally love all sorts of arts and crafts. i like to do origami, paper and photo crafts, pen and watercolour drawings and i love ATCs. i also love prints (letterpress, gocco, screenprint .etc.). i make my own wallets and purses as well as plushies/softies. i've also just started embroidering on softies but i'm not very good at it. sometimes i do a little scrapbooking. i like to do collage, both on paper and on the computer. i like pixel art. and i also enjoy anything handicrafty.

i'm a try-every-craft-once kinda crafter.

crafts that i like to recieve are prints, softies, bottlecap artworks, matchbox shrines, ATCs, paper and photo crafts, resin items, altered books, altered journals, altered anything!, finished scrapbook pages, pen drawings, watercolor paintings, collages and handmade things.

Food/Drinks/Flavors

i am diabetic.

i love all sorts of breads, curries, pizza, pasta and finger food! i love Thai food and japanese food as well! and i like instant noodles! i love cheese! and i absolutely love love love natto beans. i can eat them everyday! my sis and i are also obsessed over refried beans/frijoles refritos!

i like to drink ice cold water! and all sorts of tea. my favourite is oolong tea and japanese barley tea. i don't really like carbonated drinks except Orange Soda.

my favourite flavors are cheese, vanilla, sweet corn, kiwi, lime, english tea, green tea, orange, butterscotch, peanut butter, honey, macadamia, red beans, mint-choc and cheesecake.

Colours/Patterns

grey, yellow, black, lime green, blue-greens, the green of a new leaf, royal purple, tie-dyed colours, rainbow colours, jewel tones, polkadots, stripes, plaid, tartan, gingham, checks.

Collecting

i used to collect stuff with hamsters on it and strange/cute erasers as well as stickers but that was when i was little. now i like to collect old stuff and memories, keepsakes, that sort of thing. and also all things kamen rider, doctor who/torchwood related. and different types of spectacles/glasses. i collect a lot of magazines with my twin. my room is full of magazines! i like cups and pencil holders too! (one can never have enough stationery holders!) and i enjoy collecting ATCs.

Dream Package

anything stated above, doctor who or torchwood stuff (because it's so hard to find anything related to it here in singapore), pictures of yourself, old photos, found things, space themed items, old glasses and spectacles, resin made items, 7/16" earskins, plugs, tunnels or anything for my ears, things you like, a mixed cd with music that you like or think i might like, nice stationery or stationeries with hamsters on it, hamster-related items, photo negatives, things that are special/specific to your country, ATCs, anything creative, art supplies, scrapbook items (they're too expensive in singapore!), chips, cup noodles (a.k.a pot noodles, bowl noodles, the kind you pour hot water in and presto! noodles!), food items from your country that won't rot when being sent, lsd or weed (only kidding, that'd be illegal..), anything and everything you wanna send!

Pairings/Characters/People

yes! i am a shipper!!

pairings i like
Harry Potter - Hermione/Ron, Draco/Harry, Sirius/Remus
Doctor Who - Nine/Jack, Nine/Rose, Ten/Rose, Jack/Ten, Ten/Master (no martha!) Torchwood - Jack/Ianto, Owen/Tosh, Gwen/Rhys, Jack/Jack, Jack/John
WWE - Cena/Orton, Orton/Rhodes, Dibiase/Rhodes, Miz/Alex, Edge/Christian Mighty Boosh - Vince/Howard

people i like a lot (not pairings)

Musician - everyone from Incubus + Gallows + The Used + Greenday + Placebo + RHCP, Morrissey, Billy Idol, David Bowie, Michael Jackson, The Beatles, Boy George, Bryan Ferry.

Celebrity - Johnny Depp, Sean Penn, River Pheonix, James Franco, James Dean, Winona Ryder, John Barrowman, Ewan McGregor, Alan Carr, David Tennant, Christopher Eccleston, Macaulay Culkin, Adrien Brody, Matt Damon, Alan Cumming, Gary Oldman, Hugh Grant, Hugh Jackman, Matt Lucas, David Walliams, Bill Granger, Johnathan Ross, Robert Downey Jr, Noel Fielding, Julian Barratt, Zack Galifianakis, Wayne Brady, Colin Mochrie, Ryan Stiles, Greg Proops.

WWE - Undertaker, Kane, Triple H, John Cena, The Rock, Mick Foley, Randy Orton, Hart Dynasty, CM Punk, Hornswoggle, Rey Mysterio, Batista, Cody Rhodes, Sheamus, Stone Cold Steve Austin, Beth Phoenix, Evan Bourne, John Morrison, Dolph Ziggler, Hart Dynasty, Christian, Chris Jericho, Matt and Jeff Hardy, Edge, Kofi Kingston, Big Show.

Fictional - Woody+LOL+Smel+Kelly+Harvey from This is England 86, Sirius Black+Harry Potter+Ron Weasley+Hermione Granger+Neville Longbottom+Draco Malfoy from Harry Potter, Brian Slade+Curt Wild from Velvet Golmine, Doctor+Rose Tyler+Donna Noble+Mickey Smith +Jackie Tyler from Doctor Who, Captain Jack Harkness+Ianto Jones+Gwen Cooper+Rhys Williams+PC Andy+Toshiko Sato+Owen Harper+Captain John Hart from Torchwood, Jareth+Sarah from Labyrinth, Hedwig from Hedwig and the angry inch, Louis+Lestat from Interview with the vampire, Mickey+Ian+Philip+Debbie+Fiona+Mandy+Veronica Fisher+Kevin Ball+Frank+Liam+Paddy from Shameless, Maurice Hall+Clive Durham from Maurice, Howard Moon+Vince Noir+Bob Fossil+Naboo from the Mighty Boosh, The Fonz from happy days, Sid+Cassie+Chris+Maxxie from Skins, Vicky Pollard+Anne+Sebastian Love+Daffyd Thomas+Lou & Andy from Little Britain, Brian+Justin+Emmett+Michael+Ted+Debbie from Queer as Folk (US), Betty+Justin+ Henry+Marc+Amanda+Gio+Christina+Hilda+Daniel from Ugly Betty. there's TOO MANY!!! haha..

Things I Dislike

Things i dislike
overly over the top girly things (i like cute stuff and some kawaii but not too much!), people using animal fur, plain ATCs with just one image or sticker pasted on, anything and everything avril lavigne and ke$ha, scene kids, noisy screaming children, things with celery, licorice, marzipan, things done half-heartedly, fake piercings and tapers/expanders, fake tattoo sleeves, crowds, sports (except for cycling), shallow people, people who judge me by the way i dress, hiphop, people who treat women as objects, sports cars like lamborghini and mazerati, noisy vehicles in the morning, unpainted long nails.

please do not send stuff from above, any form of make up or cosmetics (i do not use them, face paint is an exception though), dusty things, food items that can stick or rot over the shipping time, clothes (except for black tshirts [i wear guys L]), plain ATCs.

Flakers

  • from my 80s lucky parcel swap - LittleMissTrouble, Motox, Coffeequeen
  • Instant food yumminess swap - Kitterwolf

People who did not rate i usually wait at least 2 months and i've msged them but they did not reply or rate.

  • Miss M - Favourite Color Swap
  • absolutlilith - 'B' side Mix CD

Ratings

Atropos rated for Your new best friend swap!!! on May 16, 2011
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Comment: Thank you so much. The CD is great! I love soundtracks. And wooow...where did you get the pirate candles?
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Comment: I got your pack !! I liked the sunflower glass cover, i use them a lot ! Also the small envelope pin ! it is awesome, and very well done. I gave the ribbon pin to a friend, and she loved it !! She likes that kind of ribbon, so its ideal for her. Thanks so much for all the items .Cheers .Cometa
wroblewski rated for Wrestling ATC! on Mar 31, 2011
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Comment: Thank You! It's awesome! How fitting for his recent return. You're right, I guess there aren't too many wrestling fans. Oh well.
JavaJunkie rated for My Own Headstone ATC on Mar 29, 2011
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Comment: ♥AMAZING ATC, thanks very much! I love the colors and the flowers by the gravestone was a nice touch. Very well done, Thanks again!
wererat rated for Doctor Who Matchbox Shrine on Mar 29, 2011
5
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Comment: thank you for the awesome dr who shrine! i squeed so loud when i saw it! i love love love 10 in those 3d paper glasses!
motes rated for Morrissey/The Smiths ATC on Mar 23, 2011
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Comment: I love them! Thank you so much for bringing some Moz into my day!
Fever rated for THE END OF THE WORLD IS COMING!!! on Mar 16, 2011
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Comment: Woooow! Thanks for that huge scary envelope! Now I'm really prepared for a zombie attack :) You put so much effort into this swap, I'm so glad, that I was your partner. Thank you very much for that much creativity, it was a pleasure to read everything!
lavendarcat rated for Zombie ATC!!! on Mar 15, 2011
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Comment: What a terrific ATC. It was worth waiting for.:)
kerrimoo rated for Zombie ATC!!! on Mar 10, 2011
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Comment: this is such a cool card!! thank you!!
tawn rated for Self Portrait on Mar 7, 2011
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Mariza rated for Self Portrait on Feb 28, 2011
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Comment: Hi Marilyn, Thank you so much for your self portrait and the very cute stationary!! I love it. So thank you. Bye bye, Mariza
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Comment: uhhuh!
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Comment: I adore your list. <3 I share a lot of favourites with you, and I've been meaning to start watching The Mighty Boosh and Shameless, sometime soon, but I think your mention of them gave me a bit of an incentive to do it sooner.
mooki rated for Sad is rad on Feb 22, 2011
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Comment: thanks so much
coleenfranks rated for International Magazine Swap on Jan 28, 2011
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Comment: Mariz, I like international magazines too. Soo coool. Thanks for the swap. Blessings, Coleen
Tabby rated for Tattoo Inspired ATC Edited (9-10-10) on Oct 26, 2010
5
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Comment: Thanks so much for the awesome tattoo ATC! I love it! And thanks for the cute little papers, can't wait to use them on my next project : )
GraceG rated for Horror Icon ATC on Sep 22, 2010
5
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Comment: Loved em both. Thanks so much. I agree with you on the Susdiria!
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Comment: Thank you so much for the kind comment.
mommaviv rated for Make love, no war! on Sep 21, 2010
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Rating Overview

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Comments

mommaviv on Sep 21, 2010:

Hi Marlz,
Just went through your list for the make love no war swap. Your list was great! Ironically We both had the same first song. Checking your profile we have loads in common perhaps that means we will be "seeing" each other in other swaps. I have my fingers crossed for a Torchwood swap.

Jbenn on Sep 19, 2010:

I'm your 60's bands -- mamas & papas partner -- Jbenn & I forgot to: Thank you 'sew' much for the retro needles. They remind me of the pack my Grandma gave me!

DeniseN10ec on Sep 19, 2010:

Hello, You had just rated me on a swap and I came here to read your profile. The 1st thing that struck me was that you live in Singapore. A very good friend of mine for years lives in Singapore and I just mentioned Swap Bot to her and she was afraid there would not be enough for her to join. I hope you don't mind but I would like to send her the link to your profile.

I do understand the shipping from or to Singapore. I think 2 weeks is great because I have seen packages take up to 4 weeks to arrive or get here (USA) and we have had a couple packages get lost. Seems like the larger the package the longer it takes.

2 thumbs up for being Hippie at heart. I have a friend who is Hippie if I have ever seen one. I love her to death and her style.

Really enjoyed reading your profile and maybe we will be paired up again for a swap.

melodia on Sep 18, 2010:

Hello Marilyn! :)

I'm Ezgi from Turkey.I suppose you had given a break to swapping,so welcome back! :) I see there are quite a few bands we both like such as Linkin Park,Green Day,Red Hot Chili Peppers,Pink Floyd,Travis and Nightwish.Do you like Tarja or Anette? xD I'm a big Tarja fan :D I haven't seen most of the movies in your list but I've recently watched The Breakfast Club.One of my friends is like the biggest fan of the band Travis and I believe she learnt the lead vocalist Fran Healy said that movie was one that describes what it was like in his childhood.So we watched it :D It was quite an interesting movie.I sometimes watch Doctor Who,like today.People who write the scenario are so imaginative,aren't they?The monster in the episode I've seen today was so disgusting though :P

It's nice to hear you're so into crafts! I wish I were a try-every-craft-once kinda crafter as well haha xD but I totally suck at these stuff.Anyway,it was nice writing you.And this was for "read and comment on your parther's profile" swap ;) Hope you're enjoying the weekend!

Take care!

Ezgi

darcilena on Sep 17, 2010:

From Darcilena: Swap ~ Read and Comment on your partners profile! Wow! That is a one "great" profile! Mine is too long ,I think, but at least I have ideas coming out everywhere! LOl! It's really hard to send a great swap when people don't write a detailed profile. I think I've been back 3 times to add stuff otheres have reminded me of! So what is tartan?, is that a pattern or a color? I also do not like the 2 pc ATC's or just getting 1 item in the mail. You mine as well fill to the accepted grams, I say!..... what's the point of doing a swap when it took you less than 3 minutes to cut the C/St and paste a sticker! Some of mine take hours and I know the receiver is bound to like something on it. I just got 3 w/c painted ATC's of Bermuda and I was so "over-joyed" with the time and effort she made! You sound very crafty and artistically ambitious. I want to find someone who makes fabric mini dolls...but not Dotee ones, the ones I've seen look a little scary and I'm into the more prettier type dolls! LOL! Funny tho, I really thought the movie Coraline was intriging but I generally would never watch a movie like that. I'm going to lightly tape Big Buttons on my little Emily and have her dress like Coraline. It will be the cutest Scrapbook page ever! Speaking of Johnny Depp, it seems like almost every profile on here loves that guy. I went to Bermuda to see my brother and I was on the Ferry boat sitting only 2 spots away from where Johnny and his whole family were sitting only 24 hours earlier!! Ahhhh! I was so miffed! I would have just loved a picture (preferrably with him!) I guess he quite enjoys the little Island and visits there often. He's the only guy I know that actually owns his own island! But my brother moved back to Canada so I doubt I'll be going there again! So close yet so far!!! Thanx for the Fun read and all the Very Best on swap bot! I have an "Around the World shelf if you ever want to send me a softie doll or other small treasure from your counrty. Have a mini Komono I could frame?? w/s Darc

mirabean on Sep 17, 2010:

Read and Comment on your partner's profile ! - swap

Hey! It was nice to read your profile, I found so many things that we relate! Lists are awesome (and you did your lists very well XD) so I'm gonna list some great hilights from your lists...

All the cartoons!, softies, ATCs, tea tea and tea, noodles, the Beatles, Spice girls, Donnie Darko, Amelie, Fight Club, Trainspotting, Little Miss Sunshine, James Franco, Adrien Brody, HUGH JACKMAN, Robert Downey Jr, Draco/Harry ship <3<3, Sirius... There was something more, but those are what kicked ass!

Oh, I have a drug-themed movie for you! Just watched a finnish movie "Reindeer Spotting – Escape from Santaland". It may sound funny parody of Trainspotting, but it's really.... Disturbing. Things are 100% real happening in this film, the "hero" of the film found dead just few months back in Kambodza. But if you find it somewhere with subtitles, you should check it out! I had another drug-movie in my mind but just forget it's name...

Anyway, have a happy swapping and hang in there ! Hope you got some friends to turst on <3

Best wishes,
Mira-Pauliina

PreciousPunk on Sep 17, 2010:

Read and Comment on Your Partner's Profile! Swap From: Natalie a.k.a. PreciousPunk I really enjoyed ready your profile! It sounds like we have a lot in common and I am also a hippie at heart! Incubus was one of the best concerts I've been to and I loved Hedwig and the Angry Inch. I had to look up what a Syrian Hamster was and discovered I had one for many years when I was little named Prince. He traveled all around with me and my family in the camper! Thank you for sharing so much about your self!

mum2boys82 on Sep 16, 2010:

Hiya, this is my comment related to the swap 'Read and comment on your parner's profile'...I'm new to this so I hope this all makes sense! I really enjoyed reading through your profile you have included so much I feel like almost know you already! I see we share a love of baking (however, I am not very good but do enjoy what ever I make!), we also share a few bands/artists such as Green Day and Red Hot Chilli Peppers! I also craft but am quite new to it and am also happy to try anything once, I'd love to learn to do origami but I don't have the patience and really need someone sat next to me to show me how to do something! It sounds like you have had great fun using swap bot and I hope to be in another swap with you at some point! Rebecca Xx

marilavado on Feb 2, 2009:

Check out the new swap on Foundation 42!

Geeky bookmark

Join the fun!

ScruffyRasputin on Jan 28, 2009:

Was wondering if you'd be interested in a Doctor Who swap

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