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[tetsuy.livejournal.com]

I'm ready for my third round of wishlist granting. i had so much fun giving and receiving gifts last year. I usually try to start doing this earlier, but school has been keeping me sooooooo horribly busy. Boo to finals, but I can't wait to begin granting holiday wishes.

haha, my list this year is almost the same as last :D

my list in no particular order

1. Support your local restaurants and shops. Franchises are rolling in money right now and that annoys me. Franchises really hurt small businesses (and sometimes on purpose >_< ) .... and restaurants always takes a nosedive during this holiday. This touches close to home because my family runs a small little restaurant and I've worked in other restaurants during the holiday. I'm not saying boycott franchises completely (though you'd be way up high on my hard core cool list) because you can buy things for cheap from them...(sigh, i'm guilty too)  but please take your time to visit local and family run places.
2. Something DIY: I love DIY plushies, pins, clothing, jewelery, hats, scarves, toys, bags, etc. I usually make my friends and family DIY gifts and it's fun getting some back in return. Heck, DIY materials would be awesome too.
3. uh... Haunted Circus... stuff. Sorry, let me explain.  I have this odd love for creepy, beautiful circus music. This has evolved to loving circus related books, merry-go-rounds, freaks, performance animals, and "razzle-dazzle" clothing and makeup. It's a weird hobby, but I was surprised and immensely pleased to find new music and book recommendations last year. I would defiantly love some more.
4. Something fairy tales related.  I love the old gory stories, the "modern/contemporary" fairy tales, and Disney. I'm always searching for more fairy tale movies and books with a twist.
5. Cute stationary, stickers, and related items. I like pen palling, decorating my letters, and my journals. Heck, I'd also like more penpals to boot :D Although I must admit, I have really love "kawaii" type stationary stickers and stationary (I also use them to make magnets, bookmarks, and modge podge them to random things), but I use every and any kinds of stickers.
6. Magic yarn balls. HOLY COW THESE THINGS ARE SOOOO MUCH FUN TO MAKE AND RECEIVE!  They are basically a huge ball of yarn that has goodies all wrapped up inside of them. Here's a link of pictures to illustrate what I mean 
7. Music!  I love music. Especially music in different languages (and ska... i really like ska). I'm very open to all generas... except country. My favorite is rock, punk, ska (and musicals.. ahaha) and for some reason I think foreign pop is more fun than American ones... even if that language is also in English....I have no idea why. ....... alright, I'm off my tangent box now. Again, I love all kinds of music so please send or recommend whatever you like.
8. Nightmare Before Christmas stuff. My friends say it's an obsession... and I feel like they might be right XD
9. Earn money and buy fairly online. I used to make Katamari and other types of crafts and earn a bit through it (still do, but I slowed down considerably due to school). When I went to buy things from other sellers, I got screwed over. I never got my $40 back through that seller, but enough people have gotten their refunds back, so her conscience is clear enough to not care about me and the handful of others she screwed over.
10. Cool craft tutorials. I love making things for friends and family. I usually go through craft isles in bookstores to check out cute and amazing crafts. If you have any good tutorials or know any good books please let me know. I can sew, embroider, knit, crochet, do paper crafts, decopage, and a bunch of other random things. I'm free to anything and I like to try new things.

If you need to mail anything, please contact me at
souperasian@gmail.com

Happy Holidays everyone!

Comments

[tetsuy.livejournal.com]

I remember you too! My favorite magic yarn ball came from you. My roommate and I had the most fun unraveling it... and rewrapping the yarn over our very confused and unsuspecting friend

Thank you very much for the tuts and the movie recommendations. I'll check them out

[glamourcorpse.livejournal.com]

Hey there. I saw you you asked for Nightmare Before Christmas stuff. I have completely unused, still tagged Lock, Shock, Barrel, Santa, Zero and Sally plushes. Yea though I love them, I have moved three times in 2 years and will be again in May. I need to thin my herd of stuff so ta speak. Interested?

[tetsuy.livejournal.com]

Yes I would be incredibly interested! I'm sorry you have to part with them, but I would love to receive them if you have move around so much.

Please email me at souperasian@gmail.com and I can give you my address

[tarzanic.livejournal.com]

1. Done. :)

Also, I sent you a PM.

[rain-oubliette.livejournal.com]

Beware this comment: It is LONG! We have a lot of the same interests so this will be a long reply.

1) My family has a tradition of eating pizza every Sunday for supper. We always order from a family owned and operated pizzeria called Mama's Pizza. Excellent food and it's cheap! Win Win!

3) Haunted Circus: First, find and read/watch "Something Wicked This Way Comes" by Ray Bradbury. A look at some of the past heroes of the sideshow, check out Daniel P Mannix's book, "We Who Are Not As Others". I have a few others but I'd have to find them to tell you the titles.

5) KAWAII! If you like San-X, go to http://www.shopkawaii.com/ They have some Sanrio/ Hello Kitty/etc stuff but mostly San-X. I found out about this website/store through a convention I went to.

10) Craft Links. I'm a crocheter, a rubber stamper, comic book artist, quilter, seamstress, knitter, do embroidery, beader, bead embroidererererer, and probably a billion other things. Some of my fave links are:
http://www.instructables.com/ It is a how-to mecca of all kinds of stuff.
http://www.craftzine.com/ One of my all time favorite magazines. (And not just because they featured me on my punk chucks. :D) Hm. It appears they have a new issue. Time to go to Borders!
http://www.crochetpatterncentral.com/directory.php If you can't find the pattern here, you'll have to make it up yourself. All crochet, all the time. I think there is a knitting version of this, too. Just substitute Knit for crochet.

Enjoy! Happy holidays!

[tetsuy.livejournal.com]

1. I always thought there's more heart put into family restaurants :)

3. Yay to Ray Bradbury! I'm adding it to the list of books i want to read. and "We Who Are Not As Others" sounds really interesting.

4. So cute! I just wish Kawaii wasn't so expensive for a single sheet of stickers. If i could magically lasso a kawaii shop close to home I would do it in a heartbeat and save oodles on shipping :D

10. Do you need a subscription to these magazines?


Thanks a bunch!

[rain-oubliette.livejournal.com]

First of all, the icon of "The moon is an asshole" is hilarious! Ha!

The book by Mannix isn't 100% accurate in all its information but it's got some awesome pictures of "different" people. There are some other books that are really good if you're interested in the diseases or disorders of the "Freaks". Also, if you can find it, check out Tod Browning's 1930-something film "Freaks". It has one of my favorite sideshow men, Johnny Eck, the Half Boy, in it. He had sacral agenesis (I know that has to be spelled wrong), meaning he had no lower limbs or waist. However, he was a sideshow performer (didn't just sit on a stool and let people gawk - he put on a show!), was a violinist and pianist, a big band conductor and an accomplished painter. However, in the film "Freaks" there is a scene where he is cleaning a gun or a knife and he looks scary!

Kawaii stuff is expensive - especially if it is the actual item from overseas. Try eBay. You can even find people selling lots where they have 3 pages of this paper, a couple sheets of stickers, etc. Personally, I was at the King Of Prussia Mall (just outside of Philadelphia) about a week ago and spent over $100! (I got two purses, as well as a ton of stationery things for Xmas gifts.)

I don't think that a subscription is needed to any of the links I sent to you. Actually, I know so, because I'm cheap and don't join stuff where I have to pay. (Except LJ.)

[tetsuy.livejournal.com]

I have giant nerd crush on Johnny. Have you heard of his act with his identical twin brother (who is fully formed and joined the Navy). Basically it was the old saw the man in half trick. Same old same old, until the guy got out of the box. All of a sudden he pitched forward and crawled around the ground while his legs ran around. It's so horrifyingly clever! His brother was the fake rube, and was switched out with Johnny and a dwarf dressed only like a pair of legs.

My roommates bought Freaks for me for my birthday last year. Absolutely thrilled about it.

Oh, let me send you something. I have something you might really like. (surprise! I'm not telling you what) Please email me your address to souperasian@gmail.com

[rain-oubliette.livejournal.com]

I live about 45 minutes from Baltimore, MD, Johnny's hometown. :D I have a book somewhere that has Johnny and Robert Eck (Eckhardt) on its cover.

I just sent you an email. Thanks so much for thinking of me. :)

[munanna.livejournal.com]

First of all, I can relate to your Circus interest! :D I saw in your comments that someone already recced Something Wicked This Way Comes, so on the offchance you haven't heard of these:


* Carnivale - A fantastic tv-series. Too bad they only got to make two seasons. Here (http://www.hbo.com/carnivale/) is a good website. :)
* Nox Arcana has made an album called Carnival of Lost Souls. I love that creepy music. :)
* And over here (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EfZHJDSuPCI&feature=channel_page/) is one of my favorite music videos on youtube; Dis Moi Pourquoi by Jane Fostin. Very inspirational. :)

Merry Christmas! I hope I introduced you to at least one thing you hadn't heard of before. :D

[tetsuy.livejournal.com]

Carnival! I've only seen the synopsis on the back of a season DVD. ooh I have a show to watch over winter break now!

I'll check out the others too. Thanks :D

[madhatterpan.livejournal.com]

1) My family tends to only get food from the small nearby places anyway, so hurrah for support!

4) Um, have a mega-list of books related to fairy tales. Only Gaiman's short story happens to be online, but I could go through my e-books to see if have any of the others, if you like?

Neil Gaiman
Snow, Glass, Apples
http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/lofts/6656/snow.html

Donna Jo Napoli
Zel (Rapunzel)
Spinners (Rumpelstiltskin)
Crazy Jack (Jack and the Beanstalk)
Beast (Beauty and the Beast)
Bound (Cinderella)

Francesca Lia Block
The Rose and the Beast: Nine Fairy Tales (Mix of fairy tales)

John Connolly
The Book of Lost Things (Mix of fairy tales)

Charles De Lint
Jack of Kinrowan

Robin McKinley
Beauty
Rose Daughter
Spindle's End

Orson Scott Card
Echantment

Movies:
The Wolves of Kromer

[tetsuy.livejournal.com]

1. HUZZAH!! You make small businesses happy

4. sweet, I love reading short stories. They're actually my favorite.

Thanks for the list of books. I'm please to say I've read all the Napoli except Crazy Jack (wasn't aware of it) and I really like her versions. I've read a couple of the others too, but I see a good chunk I need to check out from the library.

A really good fairy tale remake I recommend to is is Brair Rose- Jane Yolan (It follows sleeping beauty and mixes history about Holocaust survivors and Elis Island)

Another is Sirens... but I can't remember the author. It mixes the Little Mermaid and Homers Illiad.

[boundandchained.livejournal.com]

Hellos! I can totally fix you up with some of the musics, including some pop-y foreign stuffs. (I totally share your opinion that foreign pop is just somehow better than homegrown pop.)

I guess I could have asked for your addy in the email I just sent, but I am slightly retarded. >_

[mrsroyall.livejournal.com]

In regards to Fairy Tales, this may seem like an odd gift, but I took a college level class about Fairy Tales this past semester, and I kept all the notes. If nothing else, they will give you an insight into how my wacky professor interpreted the tales. Want them? :) Email me at mrsroyall@gmail.com :)

[majandra913.livejournal.com]

1- I generally make it a point to buy from locally owned places. I have never had service in the chain stores equal to that of the small places.