Member of the Month for August: Samantha Julius.

Well as you know my name is Samantha and I'm from Christchurch, New Zealand. I am a single mother to my lovely 2 year old daughter, Bella-Rose. I was born 9/8/1991 and have lived in Christchurch all my life. It's an okay place to live but everything is limited after the earthquakes. I have a lot of hobbies so I don't know if I should list them all but I like art, reading, photography, poetry, writing, pen palling. I'm obsessed with Vintage/Victoriana, in love with music, I love Tim Burton movies, my favorite holiday is Halloween and admittedly still gets dressed up myself. If I had to describe myself in 5 words I'd say I'm energetic, quiet, shy, lovely and blunt (and yes there are some conflicting traits in there). I started pen palling through interpals and it had always been something I wanted to try but I was a lot younger at that point. I started pen palling when I was 18. The only thing I dislike when I comes to pen palling is pumping out a long letter and only receiving a short response back. I have about 15 pen pals including some inmates. Mostly from America. I don't specifically look for anything in a pen pal, just people I have some common interests and hobbies with. I've never used a friendship book before I still don't quite know what they are about? I get most of my pen pals from interpals or in group (only joined to true friendship) I left another group after some drama. I don't like drama. I keep track of my letters by organization of a folder with a label sticker with the pals name on it. And I also put 'replied' written on the very bottom left hand corner on the back of the envelope. Just so I can remember if I have replied yet or not... I can sometimes be quite forgetful. I've been thinking of jazzing my organization skills up a little so if anyone has some pointers I am glad to accept