Hello everyone!

[krissasaur]

Hello! Posting this sort of thing always leaves me feeling a bit guilty, but here we go!

1. Here is my Amazon Wish List!

2. Mixtapes!!! I like pretty much all styles of music so anything is welcome! Indie pop is my favorite though! (After K-pop, but I don't need any more K-pop hahaha.)

3. Postcards! I collect artsy ones! (I don't really like the typical ones as I can't display them.) Handmade ones are even better! (If you me one I will send one back!)

4. Christmas Cards!

5. LUSH giftcards. I heard that their lip gloss is really good because it is made of shea butter and doesn’t have petroleum or salicylic acid, both of which damage your lips. My lips are too the point that they are bleeding weekly so.... Yea. I would like to be able to try it eventually!

6. Kind of on the same note, any quick and easy homemade beauty tips! Recently I have gotten really into oatmeal masks and the like!

7. Book recommendations! I love Sci-fi, Fantasy and Dystopia! My favorite books being Battle Royale, 1984 and House of Suns.

8. I am looking to get into penpaling again, so anyone who wants to exchange a few letters on cute stationary? I have so much cute stationary that I really need to use... lol

9. I feel this is unreasonable, but any Star Trek, Studio Ghibli, Zelda-esque shirts! I wear size XL and... am in dire need. All my shirts are falling apart and have holes.

10. And on that note, for anyone to buy the shirts I have made so far, and/or request that I make them a shirt. I need more design ideas!

If you do anything for me PLEASE include your wishlist in the comments so I can see if there is anything nice I can do for you in return. ♥

Comments

[browngirl.livejournal.com]

Don' feel guilty! Please do PM me your address so I can send you a holiday card and a postcard made from my art. :)

My wish list: http://holiday-wishes.livejournal.com/2105729.html

[krissasaur]

I am not good at asking for things! I am much more comfortable doing things for others. ;;;

I sent you a PM! Thanks!

[awickedmemory.livejournal.com]

7) Have you read Biting the Sun by Tanith Lee? It's pretty much my favourite thing ever. If you like cats, Tailchaser's Song by Tad Williams is very interesting, and is another old favourite. Virtual Death by Shale Aaron is more cyberpunky... and I love Idlewild by Nick Sagan.

4/8) I don't have much cute big stationary, but I have lots of cute little stationary and three boxes of Christmas cards that I'd be happy to penpal with. :P PM me your address if this seems groovy?

[krissasaur]

7. Nope! I haven't read any of these! I will add them to my to-read list!

4/8. Cute little stationary is the best tbh!! I have a lot of big stationary at the moment that I need to use. I can send you some extras blanks too if you like!! (They will be folded though.)

Super groovy and already did! ♥

[awickedmemory.livejournal.com]

7. :D Awesome - I hope you enjoy them! Virtual Death is... possibly occasionally uncomfortable (at least I've had some people say it was too weird for them), but the other three are interesting but tame. :3 Biting the Sun did a lot to formulate my ideas of gender growing up. If you like video games and 80s pop culture, I'd also recommend Ready Player One - it's another favourite!

4/8) Awesome!! :D

[krissasaur]

7. Possibly occasionally uncomfortable sounds... intriguing...... Ooo that Ready Player One one sounds really interesting! I am totally into 80's nerd culture hahahah!

Yay books. I can never decide what to read on my own so this is great!

[awickedmemory.livejournal.com]

;P If you like any of those, I may have further recs for you!

Oh, I can't believe I forgot - if you like steampunk stuff, the Soulless series by... Gail Carriger, I believe it was?

Um, and anything Neil Gaiman. ;) Good Omens is one of my top three favourite books, but I'm in love with The Graveyard Book and Neverwhere.

edit: Holy frickfrack fudgesicles, I just swung by your Tumblr, and your room is EPIC.

[krissasaur]

I have actually read Soulless! And I thought it was great! So the fact that you are reccing it suddenly made your other recs sound even tastier!

Have you read the Magic Under Glass series? I only read the first book, but it was a very cute easy read. I don't know why I just thought of it. Probably cause I read it around the same time as I read Soulless.

I actually have never read a Niel Gaiman book :O I really should get on it. I have always planned on it but never knew where to start so thanks!

edit: /embarassed/ Thanks! I have too much crap that has built up over the past 15+ years, is all. I love clutter... a bit too much! And colors. (Also I went and looked and I never uploaded recent pictures and now it is peeving me but I feel like it is too late to post them... what to do... XD)

[awickedmemory.livejournal.com]

Hehehehe, yay! I've actually only read the first half of the first Soulless because I'm bad because I was borrowing it from a friend to read it, but it's definitely on my list to finish!

Nope, I haven't even heard of it, but I've added it to my reading list! :3

OMFG - you are in for SUCH a treat! A friend of mine swears by Terry Pratchett and doesn't especially like reading Neil Gaiman, but she loves audiobooks of Gaiman's stories - something about a voice bringing his words to life, idk—so if one format doesn't work for you, maybe the other will?

Oh, gosh, it's super colourful and full, but it also looks so organized! XD This was my old room in high school (http://fc04.deviantart.net/fs7/i/2005/165/d/e/My_Room_by_nittle_grasper.jpg), and while I can't stand living in that much clutter now, I still definitely remember loving it once upon a time - something about being completely surrounded by and immersed in the things you love is very reassuring. :3

[krissasaur]

I really loved the first book! I dropped Soulless on the second book though. I didn't like where the relationship/sex/whatever was going??? IDK. It just made it feel suddenly fic-like to me. That probably isn't an issue to anyone aside from me though.

I can't find " Biting the Sun by Tanith Lee" anywhere... And I was going to read that first as it is your favorite, and I also x-posted this to my LJ and someone ELSE recommended I read "Anything by Tanith Lee." But the Library here doesn't have it, nor can I find an ebook to download. T_T (And I would rather read before I buy because I have been scarred by one too many book purchases hahaha.)

It was super fairytale cute!

I actually haven't read Terry Pratchett yet either, who I also have been meaning to. IIRC I looked Discworld up once, got overwhelmed, and ran away with my tail between my legs. Hahahaha.

Thats a really good tip though on Audiobooks though! I am always looking for ones to listen to during that time on month! So I may do that. It's so hard to find books that are narrated in a way I like, so hopefully those are!

YOUR OLD ROOM IS BEAUTIFUL. I actually used to have that SAME EXACT GACKT POSTER. hahahaha. I couldn't live without my clutter. I think I am reverse claustrophobic. But yea, I try to keep it very clean and organized, otherwise I would hate it and not be able to survive. I JUST NEED COLOR EVERYWHERE.

[awickedmemory.livejournal.com]

Oh, no! I think my roommate stopped reading after the third book or so, but I think it was due to distraction rather than distaste, haha...

Hmmm - I can't look it up now because I'm at work, but I'll try to find a PDF later! You might also try searching under the titles Don't Bite the Sun and Drinking Sapphire Wine - I always forget that those two parts were originally released separately, and then compiled together into Biting the Sun. XD

It is in my queue! :D Thank you! ♥

Neil Gaiman does his own reading for The Graveyard Book, so you can be sure it's spot on the way it was intended to be read. :D Although somebody else does the reading for Good Omens - Martin Jarvis?

LOLOL. Thank you, thank you! My room is still colourful - just differently now. :P I paint the walls (green), I have more selective art up now and they're all in frames, etc. :P

[snoopdawg.livejournal.com]

I can send you a holiday card, and maybe some postcards. What kind of artsy ones do you like? I used to be part of a postcard exchange so I've got a bunch of different ones. Will you PM me your address? Please and thank you. :)

And my wishlist is here (http://holiday-wishes.livejournal.com/2119106.html). ♥

[krissasaur]

Ooooo a postcard exchange? Lucky!! I always wanted to try joining one of those but never have. I am not sure the exact style I like, but you could look through my art tag on my tumblrto get an idea of my tastes maybe? (Though that may be a bad example... as it has been mostly anime style lately... ;;;;;) Anything that isn't "Welcome to STATE" with a picture of the states animal and flower is probably up my alley though hahahah,

I decided to actually take pictures of some of the ones I have gotten from friends over the years that I love love love. Here!

[krissasaur]

I got your mail! I feel spoiled!!! I love them all! They are gorgeous! Thank you so much! ♥

I will try to mail you this week or next ♥♥♥

[snoopdawg.livejournal.com]

I never said I was just going to send ONE postcard. ♥

I'm so glad they arrived safely and that you love them! Better that you're able to enjoy them than they're just taking up space in my apartment. :D

[snoopdawg.livejournal.com]

I got your package today! OMG! I should have specified that I didn't expect you to reciprocate with more than one postcard - I was happy to send my postcards to a home that would appreciate them. I LOVE THIS. I'm going to have a hard time deciding whom I send the Snoopy cards to next year! I'm going to display your handmade Snoopy card somewhere in my apartment. And I didn't even notice the uber-cute stationery until I started typing this post!

Thank you for thinking of me and sending me a fun package. It made my day. ♥

[krissasaur]

NO IT'S OKAY! I like sending stuff and you made me sosososoosos happy so I wanted to return the favor! I am glad you liked everything!!!! And I can't stop laughing at the coincidence of my grandma happening to have those cards! It was meant to be! ♥

Besides you related that you had also been burned in the past so think of it as making up for that! ♥

[snoopdawg.livejournal.com]

Yeah, the fact that your grandma had those cards was one of those "it was meant to be" kind of coincidences!

The whole thing was really sweet of you. ♥

Re: #6

[retsuko.livejournal.com]

When your lips recover somewhat, you can make an easy treatment for them with olive oil and sugar. The olive oil keeps them happy, while the sugar crystals gently slough away any rough, dead skin. I do this about once a month, sometimes twice over the winter. (You need a very small amount of each, maybe one tablespoon of olive oil, and one teaspoon of sugar.) Wouldn't recommend eating it, though. ;)

RE: Re: #6

[krissasaur]

Oh thanks for the tip! Do you think olive oil alone would be a good idea for now? I don't think they need any exfoliating at the moment hahaha. ♥

Re: #6

[retsuko.livejournal.com]

I don't see why not... since it's an ingredient in so many beauty treatments. A friend of mine swears by Vitamin E oil for her face, and as long as you don't swallow any, I bet you could use that as well.

Re: #6

[krissasaur]

Good to know! Thanks!

[jenniology.livejournal.com]

I'd like to send you an arty postcard. :) PM me your address when you have a moment.

[krissasaur]

Okay! I will PM you right away! Thanks so much!

Also. love your icon! Brings back memories!

[believe-in-me.livejournal.com]

I love stationery and postcards. If you'd like we can be postcard pals :)

[krissasaur]

I would love to be postcard penpals!!! I will send you a PM! :)

[lilypeters.livejournal.com]

Oooh, you might love The Last Man (http://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/18247/pg18247.html) by Mary Shelley; it's my favorite sci-fi novel hands down. :D

My wish list is over here (http://holiday-wishes.livejournal.com/2093461.html). Thanks so much for looking!

~Lily~

[krissasaur]

I will add it to my to-read list! And thank you for the link! I can start it right away! ♥

[sayuri2023.livejournal.com]

Would love to send you Christmas cards/postcards :) :) Unfortunately I'm not good with handmade cards; but I can get nice artistic ones for you

[krissasaur]

Thats okay! Anything is welcome really!! I will PM you! :)

[didu.livejournal.com]

I'd love to send you an arty postcard, could you PM me your address?

My dystopian book rec is "The Memory of Water" by Emmi Itäranta.

My favourite homemade beauty tip is this amazing recipe for the smoothest legs ever, here:

http://hellotailor.tumblr.com/post/46503955680/gcvsa-elementsoftheuniverse

(Terrible formating but that's tumblr for you...)

[krissasaur]

Sure thing! I will PM you in a second!

Oo a Dystopian book I haven't even heard of! Nice! Thank you for the rec!!

The comments on that post! OMG! How could I not try it after reading them!? Thanks! I am excited!

[krissasaur]

I got your postcard and it is AMAZING! I love it so much! Thank you!!! I will try and mail you next week! Sorry I am so slow!!

[icecoldrain.livejournal.com]

I think that you might like 172 Hours on the Moon by Johan Harstad!

[krissasaur]

Thank you for the recommendation! I have added it to my list!

[unsettledink.livejournal.com]

Here are links to two mixes I made for this community!

http://www.mediafire.com/download/re0nc87tgz7r09a/Cloudy+Nights.zip

http://www.mediafire.com/download/bn6bhj8ate65jh0/Might+Help+a+Little.zip

Merry christmas!

[krissasaur]

Thanks! I will go and listen to them ASAP! ♥

[tamsin]

Since you like Dystopia, I recommend We by Yevgeny Zamyatin and Flatland by Edwin Abbott Abbott.

[arizonaicerose.livejournal.com]

Heya!

For book recommendations I would say anything on my goodreads that I've read, usually if I hate a book I don't finish it. So if I finished it it must have been ok (unless I gave it 1 star haha)- https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/8103021-becky

Here is a music file! https://www.mediafire.com/?ujw6dyhg3eq8w6v

Also I'm saving your shirts link because though I can't afford it right now I would love to snag something later.

[arizonaicerose.livejournal.com]

Oh I forgot. If you want to homemake sugar scrub to help exfoliate your skin. Just take olive oil and white sugar. Put 2 parts oil to 1 part of sugar. When you're in the shower just rub it at the end of your shower (avoid the face, the oil will break you out) until the sugar is dissolved and then just quickly rinse the extra oil off. You can add scents if you want like vanilla or ect though how much just depends on you. Also you can add less oil or more and same with sugar depending on how you like it to feel. It leaves your skin feeling silky when you get out of the shower.