mishlamanda

Entrepreneur who has a hard time settling; obsessed with design and beautiful interiors; has too many books; has even more magazines; major sucker for self help stuff and productivity apps; chai junkie extraordinaire.

Anything and everything

A little more specifically: *Adam Lambert *Alberto & Kimberly Rivera *Billy Bragg *Bonnie Tyler *Cascada *Creedence Clearwater Revival *Emery *Fall Out Boy *A Fine Frenzy *Fleetwood Mac *Jars of Clay *Jem *Kings of Leon *Matisyahu *Michael Jackson *Miri Ben-Ari *Misty Edwards *Muse *My Morning Jacket *Plumb *Prodigy *Queen *Rodrigo y Gabriela *Shiny Toy Guns *Simon and Garfunkel *Skillet *Switchfoot *System of a Down *Tegan and Sara *Thousand Foot Krutch *Thrice *The Tings Tings *Yeah Yeah Yeahs

Some, but not all, of my favs: *The English Patient * Anything by Margaret Atwood *Anything by Margaret George, esp. Memoirs of Cleopatra *Possession (A.S. Byatt) *Narnia Series *Gone with the Wind (Margaret Mitchell) *Anything by Laura Esquivel *Anything by William Styron *Aything by Nabokov. Especially Nabokov. *A Thousand Acres (Jane Smiley) *Certain text books... yeah I'm a nerd. I'm not really a fan of sci-fi... but I love most everything else.

Thrillers, tear-jerkers, thought-provokers, tuggers-of-the-heart-strings, ridiculous comedies, dramatic dramas.... anything but Westerns.

Lost, American Idol, Dogs 101 (hahahaha... no, seriously, I enjoy this show), The Office, How I Met Your Mother

A few of my favorite crafty things: *Scrapbook layouts - not digital, but paper/stamps, etc... *Card making - I love making cards! *Colored pencil sketching/drawing *Collaging - this is an all-time favorite Basically anything that involves paper.... *More recently, knitting

Things I would love to receive if we are partners in a swap: Food/Beverage Stuff *Teas - I prefer black over green teas *Hot Chocolate - I love homemade versions of hot chocolate over Swiss Miss...but Swiss Miss is good too ;) *I prefer dark chocolate over milk; I don't like nuts in my chocolate *I love love love cookies, but I don't like nuts in my cookies either *I don't have any food allergies you need to worry about Craft Supplies *Paper supplies - strips for quilling, squares for cards/scrap layouts, etc... *Ink pads in interesting colors, or just ink pads in general! *Stamps with cool quotes or designs *Chipboard letters or designs *Other embellishments *Colored pencils - not crayola! I like Prismacolor, Derwent, Lyra Rembrandt, etc... wax or oil based is okay. *Note pads *Yarn