mariakf24

25 years old.

I live in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. I work for a larger Pharmaceutical company called McKesson as a Secretary.

Some things I like to do from day to day: watch movies & tv, read, go to the gym, listen to & discover new music, make to-do lists & organize my stuff, video games, go shopping.

I love DIY culture (etsy, etc.), making crafts & doing arts, animals, baking, photography, geocaching, gardening, decorating my apartment, food, other cultures & languages, fashion & makeup, learning new things, writing letters & having pen pals.

Some other things I enjoy: Domo-kun, polka dots, baroque patterns, food with faces, cute monsters, nature, pumpkins, board games, pens (fountain & gel), snails, bees, blogs, Pinterest, cheese, the Pittsburgh Steelers, the Pittsburgh Penguins, fuzzy cacti, tea, vintage, ghosts & paranormal, the beach, Harry Potter, birds, accessories, scarves, handmade gifts, roller coasters, stickers, post-its, candles, stained glass, wine, note pads & stationery, orchids, cats, fireworks, bath & body stuff, Christmas, kitchen accessories (towels, tools, etc.), recipe books, a good book to read, mixed CDs, stuffed animals (plushies), Grumpy Cat

My kitchen is decorated in red. The rest of my place is decorated in blues, tan, silver, and black.

Explosions in the Sky, Gogol Bordello, Tiger Army, Sleigh Bells, Yeasayer, Cat Power, Tori Amos, Lykke Li, Mars Volta, Beirut, Phantogram, Godspeed! You Black Emperor, Girl Talk, Do Make Say Think, Broken Social Scene, Animal Collective, Neutral Milk Hotel, Aesop Rock, The Shins, Venetian Snares, Refused, Cyndi Lauper, Florence and the Machine, Avey Tare, Q and Not U, And You Will Know Us By the Trail of Dead, Roy Orbison, The Beatles, The Black Angels, Blonde Redhead, Atmosphere, Sage Francis

Currently Reading: Animals in Translation by Temple Grandin

Harry Potter, The Perks of Being a Wallflower, Great Expectations. Kurt Vonnegut and T.S. Eliot are two of my favorite writers.

I've recently gotten back into reading so I've become quite a bookworm. :)

Blue Velvet, Gone With the Wind, Star Wars, The Godfather trilogy, Mulholland Drive, Fight Club, Harry Potter, The Boondock Saints, Scott Pilgrim Vs. the World, Up, How to Train Your Dragon, Up, The Grey

American Horror Story, Sons of Anarchy, How I Met Your Mother, Once Upon A Time, Scrubs, Always Sunny in Philadelphia, Random Cooking Shows, No Reservations, Ghost Adventures, 30 Rock

Beading & jewelry making Art - painting, drawing ATCs

I'd love to receive anything handmade with love but especially knitted/crocheted items