How do you like your chocolate? White, milk, bittersweet, as dark as possible? Plain, with flavoring, with chunks of stuff in? Fairly traditional, or weird and experimental? I am a chocolate snob who will sneer at anything less than 85% dark, and I've eaten (and enjoyed) 100% chocolate. Mind you, I may sneer at the less dark stuff but I'm not above eating it if given the chance! Would quite like to try vegan white chocolate (it does exist) just out of curiosity really. As for flavouring/chunks/traditional/experimental, I will eat pretty much anything if it's vegan and chocolate-y. Chunks of stuff sounds good. I approve of weird flavours. Good flavours would be: szechuan pepper, earl grey, chilli, fennel, green tea, raspberry, blueberry, peanut butter, coffee, cinnamon, chai spices, neroli... okay, I'm going to stop now - I'm hungry!

Favorite animals? Least favorite? Favourites: Platypus , octopus, snake, dragon (okay, so it's a fantasy animal, but still), stegosaurus, cat, bat, owl, wolf, fox (fennec fox = cute), scarab beetle, crocodile, ibis. Least favourite: Biting insects; things with stings. Silverfish. Millipedes.

How do you feel about Heifer International? Or do you have other favorite charities not mentioned in your application? I'm actually really picky about the charities I would donate to, for philosophical/ethical reasons. I would definitely support animal charities that do not put animals to sleep unnecessarily.

So for all witches of the shimmying types- would you like tassel belts/jingle belts/ ect and if so, how big are your hips? I don't shimmy, but I do want to make myself a set of hip chains in the good ol' Byzantine weave. This will require approximately a shedload of jump rings, which are way, way cheaper on my witch's side of the pond, and can be found *here* (I'm looking at 20ga, 7/64"ID, non-tarnish silver/bronze/gunmetal/amethyst etc.) My hips are currently 42inches (hence 'shedload', y'know?) but I'm expecting to lose another 15-20 pounds by the end of March, so that measurement may change. Hopefully.

What are 3 places that you'd like to visit, or re-visit? I want to re-visit New Orleans! I was there a year or two before Katrina, and I loved the place so much. Actually I want to spend a year touring around all 50 states in the US. (Quit that laughing - I can dream!) I'd quite like to go to Japan (not Tokyo, for the sake of my sanity - I've seen pics of it, and whoa, crowded!) And Machu Picchu. And the Amazon rainforest. And Israel, because I'm curious. And Jamaica. And Greece again.

Literary erotica. Who doesn't love it? Frankly, I prefer homoerotica. Male version preferred, but femmeslash is okay too. I'm suspicious of hetero stuff, but could possibly be converted if it involves vampires or other supernaturals. (And I mean the actual blood drinking vampires btw, not some sissy whining emo bitches. You know that to which I refer...)

Are you planning on buying anything off your BPAL wishlist during the round? Planning to buy: Yules - Midnight Mass, Jacob's Ladder, Butter Rum Cookie, and possibly Gelt. Might buy: CD scents - Mme Moriarty, Priala. Won't buy: any GC scents, or any of my wishlisted LEs (except as mentioned above). Can't promise not to buy: Lunacies, Forum-only. Can promise I won't purchase anything from other etailers during the round (not for myself, anyhow).

Do you read graphic novels/comics? Which ones? I've read the entire Sandman, and Lucifer. I'm currently trying to read Hellblazer but am too mean to buy the graphic novels, so what I do is I sit in the Starbucks cafe inside Borders and read whatever they've got, and then don't buy it. I've probably spent enough on coffee that I could've bought the entire series, but let's not kid ourselves, I was going to have those gingerbread soy lattes anyway. The problem with my technique is that Borders has a really crappy graphic novel section and I can never find what I want. I also want to read Preacher, but the bloody Borders doesn't stock it, dammit.

Which witches would want Bpal boxes? Or imp cases? ME! My Bpal storage is disgraceful. I have imps all over the place and my bottle collection outgrew the priority mail box that the lab shipped in. Anything to rectify this would be totally squee-worthy

How about a short - or longer - piece of fanfic? Yes! I won't squick my poor witch by posting my preferences in public, but feel free to ask for details if you dare

What is the weirdest and/or most practical thing you are not buying for yourself right now? The thing that you probably should be buying, but have been putting off in lieu of something else? Weirdest: A PMC kit and a blowtorch, putting that off because I'm afraid of doing myself a mischief with it. Most practical: a new pair of shoes. I'm procrastinating because it's hard to find vegan shoes that will fit and aren't ugly. Also I want some BPTP yoga pants to wear for the indoor climbing course that I'm planning on doing in the new year, but I'm putting off ordering until I can actually afford it.

Would you like handmade piece of calligraphy as a gift? Yay, please!

What jewelry are you wearing now? What jewelry do you wear everyday-or do you change jewelry all the time? Right ear: one 14mm ear tunnel, one flat-back jewelled bar in my tragus. Left ear: two 16ga seamless rings (either s/steel or titanium, I forget), and one 3mm plug that I just noticed I lost the O-ring for. Again. Bugger. And I was wearing a 20ga drop earring, but I took it out for the night. That list is pretty much unchanging, but only because I don't own any other ear jewellery except a 14mm turquoise plug that sometimes switches places with the tunnel. As for pendants/necklaces, I've got rid of the cheap trashy ones I bought from Claire's Accessories as a teenager and am left with only 3 sterling silver ones, which get a lot of rotation. I've recently started beading, but haven't yet made any jewellery for myself, only to give as gifts!

Boxes, baskets, etc.? Maybe. If it can be used for Bpal storage. I might would break a basket, I'm afraid. I break most things that are breakable

Chia Pet, do you need one? Do not want! They give me the squicks! Creepy little freaks, go and live with the Hello Kitty on the island of deranged not-cute psycho freak things!

Houseplants and/or things to put them in: thoughts? Have mercy on the plants - don't let them in sight of me.

Do you like baskets, jars and other interesting containers? Filled or Empty? I like things that will be useful and not just take up space, so count me as a maybe on this one. Filled/Empty? Depends what's filling them