kirigami

Some things I enjoy are vegan cooking/dining, writing and playing music, music journalism, thrift/vintage shopping, exploring NYC, skateboarding, traveling, and reading nonstop.

I absolutely love anything retro/1950s - housewares, objects, photographs/drawings, and clothing/accessories. I collect old motel postcards from the '50s and '60s.

My favorite animals are owls, flamingos, other birds, fat orange cats, pandas, llamas and alpacas, and unicorns.

My favorite color is rainbow. Does that count? :) Otherwise, I tend to gravitate towards bright green/teal/turquoise/blue, red, black, white and gray. But seriously, for some reason I cannot resist anything rainbow - it's how I was in kindergarten and I never grew out of it.

I would prefer not to receive any body products, as some of them involve animal products or animal testing, which I avoid. I also do not use leather-bound notebooks. If you have any questions about whether something is vegan, please feel free to ask me. Thanks!

A few of my favorites are Elliott Smith, The Weakerthans, The Hold Steady, The Thermals, Cursive, The Anniversary, Mates of State, Ryan Adams, Arcade Fire, Neutral Milk Hotel, Wolf Parade, Husker Du, The Killers, and Bruce Springsteen.

My favorite authors are Douglas Coupland, Rick Moody, Tom Perrotta, and Chuck Palahniuk. Some of my favorite books by other authors are How Soon is Never (Marc Spitz), L.I.E. (David Hollander), Middlesex (Jeffrey Eugenides), The Lovely Bones (Alice Sebold), Geek Love (Katherine Dunn), The Every Boy (Dana Adam Shapiro) and The Perks of Being a Wallflower (Stephen Chbosky).

I tend to like the following types of books: 1. rock music history/criticism, 2. sociology, 3. postmodern novels that are critical of American society, 4. novels about the dark side of suburbia, 5. coming of age novels. I welcome recommendations!

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Office Space, American Beauty, Thumbsucker, Little Miss Sunshine, Requiem for a Dream, The Neverending Story, Die Hard. I also love watching documentaries about subcultures and nerdy competitions of all kinds.

Gossip Girl, House, South of Nowhere, Private Practice, Grey's Anatomy

zines, making little paintings, occasionally using fun craft kits like I did when I was younger