(no subject)

[apoptosome.livejournal.com]

Name: Alex

Age: 18

Location: Staten Island, NY

How do you identify?: Female, Pansexual

Interests/hobbies: Reading, writing, Biology, History, photography, art, film, animals, traveling, foreign languages, meeting new people, being LOUD, fashion

Favorite books: Lolita, Tropic of Cancer, The Sand Child, The Little Prince, Atonement, The Amber Spyglass, The Elephant Vanishes, How We Are Hungry

Favorite films: Slumdog Millionaire, Atonement, Tropic Thunder, The Orphanage, Henry & June, Everything Is Illuminated, The Fountain

Favorite music: The Decemberists, Kate Bush, Clinic, Jack's Mannequin, Leonard Cohen, Lady Gaga, The Smiths, Bishi, Patrick Wolf, Neutral Milk Hotel

What would you like to send/receive?: Emails, short stories I've enjoyed/written, interesting articles I've stumbled upon, cute cartoons and animals. I'd love to receive anything I'd like to send!

Who would you like to send and receive mail from?: Anyone really!

What countries would you like to receive mail from and send to?: Having an international pen pal would be cool beans, but I really would love to hear from anyone.

Anything that you would particularly NOT like to receive?: I don't think I would mind receiving anything. I would like things to be mostly email plus the the errant surprise package or letter thrown in, as I like to write a lot lot lot but don't want to spend lots of money on stamps. I am cheap.

What would be in your dream letter or package?: Photos of the pen pal and various friends/family/pets special places, a cultural/local knick knack, a poem or story written just for me!

Anything else you'd like to add?: I am really quite quite busy sometimes as I take summer classes all week and then work on the weekends and then I spend a lot of time catching up with friends/family/boyfriend on the weekend to make up for being MIA the other 5 days of the week. I do have time to write, but my time to write varies from week to week so please be patient! Also I am absent minded so don't hesitate to nudge me. I also LOVE meeting new people and have absolutely no shame, so there is no topic too strange or situation too weird for me to handle. The more unique the better!
 

Picture of me!

Comments

[alyraptor.livejournal.com]

Not to interfere with your fun with exsisto at all, but Kate Bush, Lady Gaga, The Smiths, Leonard Cohen + Le Petit Prince + Slumdog Millionare and Henry and June = awesome. Props!

[apoptosome.livejournal.com]

Aw gracias! There is no such thing as interfering on fun, so no worries.

What other kind of music/books/movies are you into? Since you share a few in common with me it seems and they're all pretty diverse.

[alyraptor.livejournal.com]

Hmm... Music-wise... I'm into Tori Amos (obviously!), Laurie Anderson, Laura Nyro, Red House Painters, The Replacements, The Innocence Mission, Paul Simon, Husker Du, Prince, Philip Glass, 10,000 Maniacs, MIA... the list is endless : )

Films... I generally watch a lot of silent film, as well as documentaries. I'm also really into French New Wave cinema... but I also have a soft spot for kid/animated films, particularly Pixar ones.

Most of what I read these days is gender/queer/sociological theory (preparing for graduate school + I love it anyway), but I am also a fan of poetry (Allen Ginsberg, Rainer Maria Rilke, T.S. Eliot, Frank O'Hara, etc.). I really love C.S. Lewis, as well - my favorite book of his is Till We Have Faces.

I think I'll post my queermail intro soon, I'll come back and comment with it so you can see if you're interested in being penpals!