HausOfImps

August 31, 2024: It has come to my attention that someone has been continuously hacking into my account since January 2022 and acting like an obnoxious, pretentious POS. If "I" ever said or did something you didn't like, sorry! It was that person. Btw I don't know how to get them to stop hacking my account so it's going to keep happening.

I lived in the eternal now until middle school. And you know what? It sucked.

It seems a shame to have to sneak to get to the truth. To make the truth such a dirty old nasty thing. You gotta sneak to get to the truth, the truth is condemned.

May 4, 2024: After a year of hiatus, I'm baaaack!

March 16, 2023: We regret that you have waited so long. We are doing our best to answer your message. HausOfImps, Inc. provides monthly swaps to over 5 different Swap-Bot users. As a result, we do have busy periods. We are taking messages in the order in which they came.

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My old account is benevolentghost -- I cannot access it and was hoping to merge it with this one, and have been attempting to do so for well over a year. As such, this obnoxious section remains until further notice. In the past few years, I have gotten my mental health in check and gotten better at communication, so I'm excited to be swapping again. I have made up every outstanding swap with active users -- my cumulative rating is about 4.96, which is my basis for joining swaps. I have no idea who my alien partner was because I can't see without being in the account -- let me know if it was you.

Proof

NB, ☞, etc: I was graciously rated a 5 instead of a 3 for a swap I made up in March 2022. My rating of 4.96+ stands even had this swap been rated a 3.

Curious about why I bold key information?

If you don't receive a swap of mine, please message me before downrating. I usually take photos and I'm happy to resend either way.

If I haven't rated you and you think I should have your swap, don't hesitate to message me. I don't find it rude.

Please consider joining the group I run with @feverfawn if you live in the US!: Monsters, Myths, & Legends. It started as an ATC-only group, but we now host all types of swaps -- email, postcards, book and wishlist exchanges, assemblage, letter writing prompts, etc!

Greetings! My name is Lisa and I'm a 37-year-old woman living in Chicago. I try to keep my life pretty low-key and spend most of my time with my partner or my family. I like to read, craft, and send mail. I also like old Dateline episodes, bad Lifetime movies, and weird old Christian fraudster interviews and documentaries. I have taught ESL and adult basic education here and there, and I miss it dearly! While I am not confident in being able to return to that type of work, it sure would be nice. Currently, I am considered disabled due to mental illness, and nearly all of my energy goes toward caretaking for family.

I am a Furby collector, a McLuhanite, a satirist, and the Original Rat Bastard (according to Gallup polls). I am an edgelord and I simply cannot pretend that this is not the case. I love philosophy, comparative mythology, proboscideans, and avian dinosaurs. I spent an inordinate amount of time studying elephants and their counterparts in folklore. I'm obsessed with fringe religious and political movements -- I seek to understand, and occasionally, to reflect back what I see. I like art and culture from all over the world. If I don't mention it, it's probably because I don't know much about it.

Meet the gang!

Outdated picture, but here are most of my children. They are all very precious to me and have complex inner lives.

I love to do writing swaps, especially ones that involve research, about shared "academic" interests (see below). I would love to receive written accounts of your paranormal experiences, unusual beliefs you hold or "conspiracy theories" you believe in, recollections of interesting dreams you've had, and even trip reports/reflections on past trips.

My favorite art to make is collage. I often use the juxtaposition of children's stickers and disturbing imagery as a means of expression, communication, and therapy. And it's art. :) Maybe it won't end up in the Louvre or MoMA, but that is only because both are running Tim Holtz-heavy craft exhibitions for the foreseeable future.

I do not send people unsolicited material related to my spiritual beliefs because that would actually be insane. It is a tenet of my religion to show respect for others unless provoked, which means that I do not bully, shame, attempt to convert, or go into spaces for other belief systems to try to make a point. I really don't care what other people do.

I've had people ask about my interest in Turkish culture. Take a look at my last name and guess.

Thank you for reading and gettin' to know me!

Favorite colors: pastels, black, bright and tacky colors, maroon, goldenrod, teal, all shades of green

Favorite video games: arcade, Atari (esp Blueprint), all Nintendo systems, Mario franchise, Pokemon, Animal Crossing, Harvest Moon, Final Fantasy. My favorite Pokemon are Volcanion, Mr. Rime, Darumaka and Galarian Darumaka, Gloom, Mr. Mime, Cofagrigus, Trevenant, Indeedee, and Regigigas

Other games: I collect Yu-Gi-Oh! cards, Pokemon cards, Magic the Gathering cards, and Metazoo cards.

Edible items: I prefer not to receive food unless it's hard candy. I also like tea (all kinds), coffee, and drink packets. No restrictions or allergies, though if the packet is not in English, please tell me what it is!

ABC's of Me

A - arabesque, aliens, anatomy, architecture, angels, Anatolia, altered states of consciousness, Aztec art

B - beluga whales, Bigfoot, bright and tacky colors, body horror, Baphomet, banknotes, bringing Sabrina home

C - collage, cryptids, Charles Manson, capybaras, cultural stuff, crabs, cacti, conspiracy theories, ceremonial magick, cowboys, colobus monkeys, clowns & mimes (not intentionally scary ones), cockatoos, cults, Central Asia, cassowaries, Canadian geese, crocodiles

D - daruma dolls, dinosaurs, demons, dreams

E - elephants, Erlik Khan, Ancient Egypt, esotericism

F - Furby, folklore, food (on washi and stickers), friendship bracelets, flowers

G - gnomes, guinea pigs, glitter or foil stickers, gods/goddesses, gargoyles, Great Lakes, ghosts,

H - history (important leaders, military, etc), Hindi, the Hodag

I - interesting facts, India (Dravidian architecture!), Israel Keyes

J - jesters, Furby (jester edition), journaling, John Wayne Gacy

K - kawaii, Kirby, keychains

L - Lisa Frank, lobsters, lion dance

M - marabou storks, mastodons, mushrooms, mythology, Mega Man, maneki-neko, Mr. Rime, musth (not to be confused with musk), militaria, mosques (imagery), mass murderers, mummies (especially non-Egyptian)

N - Nintendo, Nibiru, New Age imagery, nazar beads, Native American beadwork

O - Oranguru, occultism, organized crime (as a sunset of true crime)

P - philosophy, Pokemon, penguins, pyramids, postcards, photos, pastels, Pennsylvania Dutch, psychedelica, paranormal, Paul Bunyan, early US presidents, pigeons, peacocks, propaganda, public transit

Q - quotes, Qabalah

R - religions/sites of worship, ruins, Russia/Russian, Regigigas, The Rough Riders, rubber stamps (unmounted or cling foam), recipes

S - stickers in general, shoebills, storks, South & South East Asia, stamps (foreign), Sanrio, San-X, Satanic Panic, space/galaxy, skeletons, spiders, Studio Ghibli, Sufi-inspired art, swamps, Super Ghouls N Ghosts, Sumikko Gurashi, serial killers, Siberia, swans, secret societies

T - Turkey, Turkic peoples, Teddy Roosevelt, Tamagotchi, tourism postcards, Trevenant, Turkic mythology, trading cards, tarot, tea, true crime

U - urban photography, Urdu, UFOs, used books

V - volcanos, Volcanion, video games, Virgo (sun sign)

W - woolly mammoths, washi tape, writing systems, weird stuff, WWII imagery

X -

Y - Yokai, Yakutia

Z - zeybek dance, zines, zodiac

Ultimate Wishlist: postcards or souvenirs from the La Brea Tar Pits & Museum, anything related to the Hodag, Furby-related anything, Pennsylvania Dutch folk art (imagery on postcards or playing cards, larger trades), Doreen Virtue angel cards, postcards or handmade art featuring serial killers, anything Teddy Roosevelt or Rough Riders, unique rubber stamps (unmounted or cling foam), anything related to Yakutia, anything related to Central Asian Turkic peoples (including books/book pages and art), anything former Soviet Union (I can read some Russian), anything vintage Chicago, postcards and art featuring serial killers, food-related washi (especially if it's not kawaii/sweets/breads), jokers from interesting decks of cards, anything featuring depictions of demons or the devil, trip reports

Normal wishlist: kawaii sticker flakes, loose playing cards, loose tarot or Oracle cards, loose Pokemon cards, anything in Cyrillic, Devanagari, Arabic/Perso-Arabic (any language ok), washi samples, blank postcards related to any of my interests, damaged postage and CTOs, memo sheets, stickers again (vintage, partial sheets, small stickers, flakes, imperfect stickers, I'll take all of it other than reward/little kid stickers -- I use some of the weirder stuff in art projects), handmade paper, ATC backings, used train/bus tickets, etc

Here are some silly little topics that have been persistent interests. I'd love to discuss these in private swaps or exchange book recs.

• philosophy of mind, especially philosophy of pain as it relates to chronic pain with unknown etiology

• deception in primates and the social utility of deception in general, as well as its relation to cooperation and empathy

• group dynamics, in general

• the role of ritual, ceremony, and play in society, especially its prioritization across cultures and functional utility in forming healthy self-concept

• the concept of inborn "psychopathy" as rebranded Calvinism and a societal ill in and of itself

• true crime stories that involve extreme cruelty and no motive beyond "I wanted to see what it felt like/I just get the urge to do these things"

religious items unless specified for swap, anything dirty, kiddie stickers or reward stickers, fabric/lace/ribbon scraps (just don't have a use for them). And I can't believe I have to say this, but please no items with mold or spores, and please make sure your hands are relatively clean when making or putting together mail.

I have an immature sense of humor, but I have no desire to receive anything "erotic" or sex-related in nature that is intended to be taken seriously or is a relaying of someone's real life extracurriculars. Jokes about sex are fine.

I am made very uncomfortable by people who like true crime, but moralize about how they are only in it for "good/pure" reasons, ie education, "helping victims," "raising awareness," etc. Lady, you are titillated by content about women being murdered. Drop the holy roller shtick, you are making this weird for the rest of us.

I do not support doxxing. Doxxing includes sharing someone's full name, street name, APARTMENT NUMBER, city, and state. This isn't 4chan. Your behavior is pathetic.

Please be patient, I'm sure I'll edit this profile a million times. And, as always, please feel free to reach out if you'd like to swap, if you have a question or problem with a swap I'm hosting (or my group), or if ya just want to chat!

I wrote something very long here earlier, but here is an abbreviated version:

I vet swappers, I check in with people, I mediate conflict if someone sends something the other isn't happy with. I angel when necessary.

All I ask from participants is open and direct communication, and maybe a little bit of mutual respect. I am very lenient with a lot of things (and totally nonjudgmental) as long as they're presented honestly and in plain language. I am not intimidating, I promise. Gonna be late? Tell me. We'll figure it out.

That's all!

Add me and my partner, then message me your username! We've both gotten a couple adds at the same time recently, but I think our FCs are in a couple other places -- I prioritize SB users for gifts and try to get him to do the same. :P Our postcards have "modern" Scatterbug attached.

Me: 5301 3376 5281

Bf: 7637 3042 2189