Valerie

I am a Canadian, currently living in Halifax (though I grew up in Ontario.) I love colour (all of them!), and messing about with any type of craft, especially fibre and paper crafts.

Classic Rock (I know, it's a little oldschool, but I think it's because that's all I heard in the womb.) Anything I can bop my head to.

The Fifth Element. Mars Attacks. Alien VS Predator. No, I'm not kidding. The more aliens and the more action, the happier I am. Oh, a new favourite - Live Free or Die Hard. I love me some Bruce Willis action movie.

Knitting and scrapbooking, with lots of others here and there: making cards, crochet, painting, beading, sewing... lots of things, really. I love colour. The brighter the better, and I'm the one stopped on the street staring at shiny things.

I love to read fantasy and science fiction, as well as anything biographical or historical. And I like culture and gender studies stuff, as long as it's not unbearably academic. I hang out at the library, and I read all the time.

Boy, do I hate having allergies, but what are you going to do? I am allergic to mohair (itchy, hives) and to synthetic perfumes (so if you're sending soap or lotion or something, please check that it has no scent or natural scent.) Other than that, go wild.