arianna81

INTERESTS: computer science. music. books. movies. writing. gaming. food. anything with stars. Audi TTs. peach blossoms. France. C++. writing letters. sunrises. baking desserts. Dairy Queen. art i could look at forever. Archie comics. etymology & linguistics & grammar. driving standard. ruffled potato chips. sailing. ice wine. weekends. minpins. animal crackers. Casey Affleck. tulips. libraries. Amsterdam. crab rangoon. AO. the color pink (and CodePink!). knitting. Trivial Pursuit. tablet PCs. a neat house. animals. uncluttering. cheese, coffee, Cool Whip (no, not all together!). vegetarianism. Google. strung lights. LOtRO. Jimmy Stewart. recycling. Mitch Hedberg. PaperBackSwap.com. sweet potatoes. sparkles & jewels. anything pumpkin. Tetris. vanilla. ice hockey. River Phoenix. cupcakes. crossword puzzles. marshmallows. avocados. Louis CK. Nerds Ropes. energy drinks. volunteering. Lucky Charms. monkeys. hoodies. gingersnaps. the Red Sox. vanilla. tea. tattoos & piercings. pirates & zombies. BUST magazine. dogs. sushi. autumn. Sour Patch Kids. my Google phone. peanut butter. middle-of-the-night grocery shopping. Wegmans (i miss it!). ampersands. rainbows. being left-handed. silver. and way, way more. i'll keep adding to this.

(I do want to point out that my mail gets received at my parents' house, however, and not at my apartment, because theirs is a more secure mail place. However, I do usually get to their house at least once a week, so I will rate at the MOST within a week of the package having been delivered. I promise!)

against me!, alk3, apc, bad religion, beastie boys, beatles, billy joel, cat stevens, edith piaf, finger eleven, green day, guns n roses, hole, jazz, john williams, johnny too bad, limp, live, louise attaque, less than jake, madonna, manau, moby, mr t experience, op ivy, paul simon, the pilfers, spring heeled jack, smashing pumpkins, steve miller, tguk, the urge, tilt, tool, white stripes, zwan...sooo much more...

cryptonomicon, different seasons, the time traveler's wife, youth in revolt, high fidelity, our noise, days of war nights of love, glamorama, tom stoppard: plays 5, the crying of lot 49, jennifer government, teeth, hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy, candide, teddy bears go shopping, a confederacy of dunces, geniuses of crack, the outsiders, the world i made for her, the lord of the rings trilogy, arianna and the strawberry tea (hey, of course!), the merchant of venice, atlas shrugged, tell me a mitzi, ender's game - again, sooo many more...

13 going on 30, anchorman, boondock saints, chasing amy, clerks ii, dr strangelove, eternal sunshine of the spotless mind, le fabuleux destin d'amelie poulain, the fellowship of the ring, the good the bad &; the ugly, good will hunting, harvey, it happened one night, juno, knocked up, lagaan, legally blonde, life is beautiful, mr. deeds goes to town, office space, the outsiders, pi, raging bull, rashomon, the return of the king, stand by me, strictly ballroom, taxi driver, Troma movies, the two towers, waking ned devine, the whole nine yards. i love movies. almost any movie. my Netflix queue is currently at capacity with 500 discs. yeah. i'm insane, haha.

simpsons, family guy, whose line is it anyway?, iron chef, the state, mst3k, the daily show, the colbert report, jeopardy, daria, my so-called life, two stupid dogs, gilmore girls, veronica mars, the office, my name is earl, firefly, arrested development, 30 rock, it's always sunny in philadelphia

knitting. i'm kind of boring with that - that's really my only craft. but i do it obsessively. seriously. (www.sweetpotatoknits.com)

• i don't have any allergies (except to penicillin, but i don't think anyone is going to be sending me that!).

• i love most sweet things, save for black licorice and coconut and pineapple. oh, and white chocolate.

• things i love to receive: sock yarn. stickers. candy. sweets of any kind. soaps. kneesocks. pouches. totes or handbags. anything with adorable characters (think: Japanese creations - could be fruit with a cute face on it, i don't care! just as long as it looks sweet). flavored teas & coffees. caffeine in almost any form, really. really good pens (gel, ballpoint, whatever). lip gloss (clear or with only faint color - sparkles are fine!). quality nail polish. salty snacks. funky or cute kitchen/baking items. mint gum. simple and/or bold jewelry & earrings (especially fun stud earrings - if they are sterling silver or stainless steel, because i react badly to other metals in my ears...oh, and no gold! i'm a silver girl).

• i'm not such a big fan of receiving: journals (i've got zillions of them). stationery/cards (ditto). post-it notes & notepads (ditto again!). books, unless they are on my Amazon wishlist above (i am working on my own to-read list that is endless!). picture frames. hand soaps (but i do like bars of lovely-smelling body soap!). lotions or bath products (besides bars of body soap). makeup (i'm loyal to the products i already use!). kid cartoons (Disney, Looney Toons, etc.) - unless they are Japanese or in that cute vein! ATCs. things that aren't useful - i don't like clutter, and i don't really like knickknacks (i want an item to have a useful purpose - i do enjoy something that's fun to look at! but i also want it to DO something, hehe). :)

• i'll keep adding to this as i think of things that you ought to know - but do know that i wouldn't hold it against anyone if they sent me something i didn't necessarily like! the surprise is all the fun of swapping! :)