las424

About las424...

~*日本のメンバー様*~
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I joined postcrossing because of my love for sending and receiving mail and traveling. I also like to read books - Jane Austen, PG Wodehouse, Rex Stout, vampire books (especially the Sookie books lately!), etc while having a cup of tea... I have a bad habit of buying high heel shoes that are painful to walk in but so pretty to look at. I also like playing the piano, yummy dark chocolate (can't stand white chocolate!), gardening, chatting in cafes for hours, browsing in bookstores, the Jpop group 嵐 (one of my guilty pleasures!), the shows The Office & The Big Bang Theory, and of course, sending & receiving mail - postcrossing is a great way for me to learn more about other countries, cultures and potential places to visit in the future!

I am not very picky about cards, but I really don't like these type of cards:
* photos of people (including babies)
* self-printed photos
* free/ad cards
* Cards in envelopes

My favorite types of cards, in no particular order, are:

~ Illustrated or comic depictions of your city/country/culture
~ The four seasons, especially of the same location, shown on 1 card
~ Recipe/food-related cards from your area (although I don't like seafood!)
~ Miffy, Tintin, Brambly Hedge, Anne of Green Gables, Moomin, Inge Löök, Kotovasiya Cats, Lali Riddle
~ 'Did you know' postcards
~ Garden gnomes
~ Traditional markets
~ Vampire related cards
~ The art of drinking tea!
~ Kitschy roadside attractions
~ Before & After/Then & Now city views
~ Atelier Nouvelles/cards of things in multiples
~ Cards related to writing letters or mailboxes
~ 'Nerdy' cards - I love random facts and trivia!
~ Any cards similar to those in my 'favorites'
　
The best part of a postcard is the message that you write - it's so interesting to read about your day, what you love (movies, books, songs, places, holidays...), how you would spend the perfect day in your town, interesting customs in your culture, anything you feel like writing that's not already in your profile (I'll read that when I register your card anyway!) - there's nothing more tragic than an impersonal postcard with just the ID and 'happy postcrossing' written on it!

I'm attempting the A Month of Letters challenge - see my progress (or lack of...) here: http://las424.wordpress.com/

You can see the cards that I've received through postcrossing, the Forum (my username is hagaki on the Forum), etc here: http://picasaweb.google.com/las424hagaki

Have a nice day!