Cultural Exchange

I found this great blog called Gimmie Your Stuff where you can exchange items from your hometown with people from around the world. How great is that?

Anyway, if a potential exchange is reading this right now here's a lift of things I'd be willing to swap with you:

* Food items
* Postcards
* Books/magazines
* Posters
* Souvenirs (i.e. New York snow globes, Providence key chain, etc.)
* Jewelry
* Small articles of clothing/accessories
* Inexpensive beauty products
* Craft items (yarn, etc.)
* Mix CD
* Tea

I'm not very creative so if you can think of anything else that you would want from me please drop me a line. Just so you know, I split my time between New York City and Providence, Rhode Island so if you want a box of goodies from one place in particular please tell me, otherwise I'll just send you a collection of stuff from both places.

What I'd Love to Get:

* Jewelry
* Boxes. My mom collects boxes. Like the small ceramic/wooden/plastic boxes you get in souvenir or gift shops that are basically just for decoration. One of those would be fabulous.
* Magazines
* A copy of Harry Potter in your native language. :)
* Candy
* Breath mints
* Food of any sort really
* Makeup
* Postcards
* Tea
* Kinder eggs, if you come from a country where you can get them. :)
* Mix CD
* Art Print
* Perfume

And anything that you think your country is known for/something you can only get where you live. Anything at all would be fabulous though. :)

Welcome

Deciding on a user name proved to be more complicated than it should have. I ended up going with an old reliable but the name left a nasty taste in my mouth. I'm ready to branch out, be something new, start something new. While spending aimless hours on the computer on a Saturday night might not be the most horrible thing ever, it's still not all that productive. I've spent too much time not doing anything with my life. That ends now. This post marks my enterance into the active college lifestyle. I'm still spending time on the computer but I'm going to take baby steps up from obcessively checking Facebook and playing useless (but undoubtadly entertaining) games. I'm hoping that by forcing myself to keep a blog I will help my writing improve. There was a time in my life when I prided myself on my ability to write a good journal entry or relate an interesting story. When I stopped writing obcessively in my livejournal or xanga my writing abilities took a major nosedive. I'm hoping this blog will improve that.

My goal is to have adventures and experience experiences that will provide inspiration for journal entries. No one will probably ever read this but that's fine, it's not for anyone else. It's for my own emotional wellbeing and academic improvement. Life starts now.