thetokyotako

Coming back to Swap Bot after a hiatus!

Hi everyone! My name is Allie, I'm in my 30s and live on Long Island, NY. I am an avid gamer, tea drinker, animal lover, collector of kawaii, shopaholic, and student of Japanese. I like to sing, write, cook, shop, and go to the dog park. I’m also a romance author under a pen name! I hope to make some good friends on here and get some fantastic swaps together. :)

I’m married and have 2 kids, a son and daughter (4 and 7).

In English: The Script, Phoenix, The Temper Trap, top 40s, alternative.

In Japanese: Hikaru Utada, BoA, Chemistry, m-flo, Heartsdales, Crystal Kay, Namie Amuro.

I also play Japanese taiko drums!

A Song of Ice and Fire (Game of Thrones), The Hunger Games, and anything by Kresley Cole or Gena Showalter! I'm a huge paranormal romance fan. The Mortal Instruments/The Infernal Devices. The Demonica series by Larissa Ione. :D

Almost any Pixar, Disney or Dreamworks movie!

Sailor Moon, Sword Art Online, Magic Knight Rayearth, Cardcaptor Sakura

Drawing, paper crafts, collage, Sculpy. Right now I'm super into ATCs and cardmaking.

Anything Japanese (or Asian), ATC backgrounds and embellishments, paper, die cuts, stickers, stamps from outside the US, Sailor Moon stuff, kawaii (particularly mini memo sheets), ads or magazine cutouts in other languages, ephemera, and manga pages.

Tea Preferences: I like tea of any kind except for berry flavored teas... they taste too bitter to me. I'm especially partial to green and oolong.

Religious items, book pages (unless they're out of the ordinary or have illustrations) or snacks.

I love RPGs, rhythm, puzzle and platformer/action games.

My absolute favorite games of all time are Dragon Age: Origins, Dragon Age Inquisition, Final Fantasy VIII and Final Fantasy XIII-2. I also love the Legend of Zelda series (especially Ocarina of Time and Link to the Past), Super Smash Brothers Melee, Destiny, Kingdom Hearts, Tearaway (paper craft theme!), Diablo III, World of Warcraft, and many more :)