Yule Greetings ^ ^

[munanna.livejournal.com]

Hi everybody! I hope you're having as much fun this Christmas as I am. :)
I'm Lova, I'm 27 years old, I'm from Sweden and this is my first time participating in this comm; I only just found it. It seems like a lot of fun and I can't wait to read through people's wish lists to see which wishes I can grant. As you probably can tell from the themes below I'm a bellydancer, a writer and a chinchilla owner. XD

If you have any questions at all, please feel free to ask! :3


1. I love icons, so if the inspiration hits you I would be extremely happy for any icons with the following themes: Slytherin, Bellydancing, Chinchilla, Vintage Photography, Snakes, Writing. Bonus if the icon includes my name(Lova)!

2. Oh, and this is sort of expensive, but here goes nothing: I would like to try any perfume from the Black Phoenix Alchemy Lab and last time I checked they didn't ship to Sweden.

3. Bellydancing stuff! Be it postcards, videos, pictures, or maybe costume parts or other materials I would be incredibly happy. :)

4. A postcard from your part of the world. It doesn't have to be a Christmas Card per say, just something typical from your region would be fantastic! :D

5. I love slash, so any recommendation to books with gay couples will be greatly appreciated! :D

6. Share a local folklore, myth or legend from your part of the world! I live for folklore, especially the dark kinds, and it would make me very happy! ^ ^

7. I read a lot of horror literature (my favorites Stephen King, Lovecraft, Clive Barker etc), and I would absolutely love any recommendations for good horror authors you might have! If you're feeling particularly generous you can always send me a used book or something, but I'll be very happy with recs too! ;) Big ol' monsters' a plus!

8. I love pens, journals and notebooks, so anything like that would be awesome! I'll be very grateful for recs as well! :)

9. Again, if you feel generous, some local candy are always fantastic! Hee..! ^ ^

10 Lastly, I want you to have a wonderful Christmas. Nothing quite makes me so happy as hearing that people are happy. ♥

Just drop me a line at seven.sinsualities@gmail.com if you'd like my address. Happy Holidays everyone! :)

Comments

[minds-edge.livejournal.com]

for #6:
http://www.americanfolklore.net/folktales/va2.html

That's the closest folklore story nearby where I live. There is also the story of the mothman that you can read about here:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mothman

For horror and literature well you've already named Steven King and Clive Barker... *thinks* hmm... ah! You should look into Peter Straub. Shadowland is a great book.

[munanna.livejournal.com]

Oh, now I got goosebumps. See, I read a Swedish translation of exactly that story when I was a kid, and it was one of my favorites. I didn't remember who wrote it, but I told the story to my friends this halloween from memory and that was the first time I've given that story a thought in roughly 14 years. Thank you so much for bringing it back to me! ♥ :))

Sometimes it amazes me what timing life has. Anyway, this story actually originates from a place near you? *iz spookedand intrigued!*

The mothman legend scare the crap out of me, I have to admit. In a good way, though. ;) I also have a thing for cryptozoology, so I can't help but theorize around what kind of creature these people might have seen... ^ ^

Oh, and thank you so much for the rec too! I'll absolutely check out Peter Straub's works! :D

[minds-edge.livejournal.com]

No problem! Well I'm not sure if it originates here, it's always fascinating that one story can be translated all over. It's from the dismal swamp area, which is about 30-45 minutes from where I am. It's the closest folklore story around my area that I know of lol

Oh well... there is Colonial Williamsburg, they have a bunch of stories, I'll try and search for those and send them your way when I get home from work! :D

Cryptozoology is pretty neat! I always get spooked when I see a t.v. show about it (like the jersey devil, etc.) yeah I wonder what kind of creature the mothman is.. they made a movie about it a few years back.

[tarzanic.livejournal.com]

I'd be glad to send you a postcard. Just email me at tarzanic at gmail with your address and a link to this post.

[munanna.livejournal.com]

Oh, that sounds wonderful! Thank you! :DDD

[valarltd.livejournal.com]

I write original slash-style stories.
My website is http://www.angelsparrow.com
There are free stories on the Fun Stuff page.

Drop me an e-mail and I'll send you a free story, any of them you like.

[munanna.livejournal.com]

Ohhhh!!! What an awesome webpage! I'll send you an email right now! :D

(I wonder if I can get away with this icon... smack me if I can't. XD)

[mypetconcubine.livejournal.com]

I can send you some candy and some pens :) but it will be after the holidays is that okay?

[munanna.livejournal.com]

Ooooh, that sounds wonderful!!! :D It doesn't matter at all that it'll be after the holidays. If anything, it'll make the holidays stay longer. ^ ^

Thank you so much!!! XDDD
To where shall I send my address? :)

[mypetconcubine.livejournal.com]

mypetconcubine@yahoo.com

Subject Holiday wishes

:) you are very welcome

[flyingkai.livejournal.com]

just e-mailed you!

[munanna.livejournal.com]

Ohh! Emailed you back! :D

[didu.livejournal.com]

#5 - Slashy books, let's see what I have in my shelf I'd recommend.. Many of these aren't exactly focusing on gay couples but are still good stuff, ranging for the hinted to the hot damn!-territory.

Michael Chabon: Mysteries of Pittsburgh, Wonder Boys and Michael Cunningham: Home at the end of the world
Try Steve McVicker: I Love You Phillip Morris for "a true story of life, love and prison breaks", Poppy Z. Brite: Drawing Blood, Lost Souls, Christopher Rice: A Density of souls and Johanna Sinisalo: Troll - a love story (aka Bara sedan solen sjunkit in Swedish) for supernatural (vampires, ghosts, trolls, hotness). E.M. Forster: Maurice has historical setting.

-D

[munanna.livejournal.com]

OOoooh, thankyouthankyouthankyou!!! *huge grin*

I'll check these out as soon as I can! Heehee, thanks again!

[starseed4.livejournal.com]

This is a really popular story in my area. No one ever knew who he really was, so there's a lot of mystery surrounding the whole thing.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leatherman_(vagabond)

This one isn't as exciting, but it's still a big deal here. Kids are always going to try and find the boulders where they're supposed to be buried under. I myself did it when I was younger... it was pretty spooky!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chief_Katonah

This one you might have heard already, but it's it's important to my area so I'm including it.
http://www.americanfolklore.net/folktales/ny9.html

There are a ton of other ghost stories/Revolutionary War folklore surrounding my area, but I couldn't find any good tellings of them... if I do I'll be sure to let you know!

[munanna.livejournal.com]

Ohhh, it sounds so exciting! I'll check these out as soon as I can! Eeheehee!!! Thank you so much!!! :DDD

[shellasaurusrex.livejournal.com]

have you read any john saul? suffer the children is my favorite :)

[munanna.livejournal.com]

No, I haven't! Thank you so much for the rec!!! :DDD

[pandapeepers.livejournal.com]

I'd definitely try books by Poppy Z Brite if you haven't already, the earlier one are more horror based, the latter are about a couple who are chefs, in all her books the main characters are gay men.

[munanna.livejournal.com]

Yay, I'll check her stuff out immediately! Thank you so much! :DDD

[hollysamantha.livejournal.com]

I would love to send soem gifts! I can help with 4, 8 and 9! :D

please email me an addy

hollysamantha@bigpond.com.au

[munanna.livejournal.com]

I just emailed you! Thank you!!! *huge grin*

[maika-75.livejournal.com]

I *might* be able to help you out with an imp or two of BPAL...but I did want to let you know that they do ship to Sweden, you just have to do the ordering via PayPal.

http://www.blackphoenixalchemylab.com/faq.html

[munanna.livejournal.com]

Ooooh, that would be wonderful!!! :DDD
If you are able to send that I would be incredibly grateful, really, I can't express it..! :D

But that they started shipping to Sweden was amazing news! Thanks a million for bringing it to my attention! ♥

[http://users.livejournal.com/_melies_/]

I can send you a postcard from Belgium :)

Mail me your address here: Melissa8400@gmail.com

[munanna.livejournal.com]

Ooooh, cool, postcard from Belgium! Thank you so much! I'm emailing you right now! :DDD

[abw92.livejournal.com]

I've always wanted to do bellydancing. They don't offer any classes or anything like that where I live :(

I'll send you a postcard if you like. Emailing you now :)

[munanna.livejournal.com]

Awww... it suck that they don't offer classes where you live. :( If you really want to anyway, there's a great deal of bellydancing vids at youtube, even classes. It's always something. ;)

Thank you so much for brightening my Holiday with a postcard! <3