chaienthusiast

Hi there! I'm a postdoctoral associate originally hailing from Boston, MA. Currently living in Virginia and researching water quality in reservoirs. I love to read (a lot), hike, craft, run, and bake.

I usually send within a day of receiving my partner assignment. If you have not received something from me, please reach out and I will resend immediately!

Favorite books and authors in no particular order:
• Braiding Sweetgrass - Robin Wall Kimmerer
• The Friend - Sigrid Nunez
• Just Kids - Patti Smith
• 1Q84 - Haruki Murakami
• Demon Copperhead - Barbara Kingsolver
• Figuring - Maria Popova
• A Tale for the Time Being - Ruth Ozeki
• Mistborn - Brandon Sanderson
• Any Jane Austen, Ursula K. Le Guin, Octavia Butler, Haruki Murakami

I love learning new art forms! My favorites have been ceramics (specifically wheel-throwing), linocut, cross-stitch, and 35mm photography.

Favorite movies and TV shows in no particular order:
• Any Studio Ghibli (especially Howl's Moving Castle, Spirited Away, and Kiki's Delivery Service!)
• You've Got Mail
• Buffy the Vampire Slayer
• Little Women (2019)
• Pride and Prejudice (2005)
• Singin' in the Rain
• 10 Things I Hate About You
• Twilight
• Gilmore Girls
• O Brother, Where Art Thou

A - Art, animals, architecture, Alice in Wonderland
B - Books, blueberries, botanical-themed items
C - Crafting, cooking, chai, chocolate, cross-stitch, ceramics, classic literature
D - Dogs, dandelions, doodles
E - Embroidery, Edward Gorey
F - Fall, floral items, forests
G - Galaxy/space items
H - hiking, Haruki Murakami, handmade
I - Ice cream
J - Jigsaw puzzles, Jane Austen
K - Kiki's Delivery Service
L - Lord of the Rings, Legos, libraries, ladybugs, Looney Tunes
M - Maps, mythology, mountains, mail, matcha
N - Nora Ephron, nature
O - Owls, origami
P - Postcards, plants, playing cards, Peanuts
Q - Queer items (stickers, PCs, etc.)
R - Roses, rainbows
S - stickers, Studio Ghibli, stamps (both postage and art stamps), sunflowers, Stardew Valley, scorpio
T - Travel, thrifting
U - Ursula K. Le Guin
V - Violet, vanilla
W - Wes Anderson, woods, washi, weird art
X -
Y - Yellow
Z -

Things I Generally Enjoy
I always appreciate receiving book-related items, postcards (especially pieces of art, film-related, nature-themed), washi tape, vintage stamps, playing cards, bookmarks, and any botanical-themed items.
Things I'm Not a Fan of
Please nothing religious or glittery, and no tea or food items! Also not a huge fan of touristy PCs.