The Pen Pal Thread

Name: Harper.

Age: 18 (until late July)

Country: America, where dreams come to die, just ask Willy Loman.

Country of Pen Pal: No preference. Just keep in mind that I only speak two languages, English, and Needmorecoffee.

Music: I enjoy a bizzare range of music, but generally nothing you would find on the pop charts. I don't mean to sound like a hipster, but pop music grinds my nerves.
Some of my favorite bands are: The Killers, Smashing Pumpkins, Queen, Pulp, The Smiths, My Chemical Romance (yep, still), Neutral Milk Hotel, Death Cab For Cutie, Bright Eyes, Shakey Graves, Misfits, Bouncing Souls, Dead Kennedy's, Iron Maiden, Barenaked Ladies, Cake, White Stripes, Coldplay, The Doors, Bruce Springsteen, Dan Bern, Bob Dylan, Circus Contraption, Mumford and Sons, Dresdon Dolls, Smash Mouth, Simon and Garfunkle, and many many more.
Beethoven is my soulmate.

Hobbies: My hobbies include excessive, and obsessive reading of everything from comic books to classic literature, poetry, philosophy, and science.
I write, generally poetry, but sometimes short stories, drabbles, and essays.
I also draw. I generally work with ink and watercolor, my style is kind of stoic and bizzare. Y'know, if you were wondering.
I'm not sure that watching movies is a "hobbie" per se, but I do tend to watch a lot of films.

Describe Yourself: Uh, well I'm an introvert. I'm told that I am overanalytical, and emotionally stunted, this is probably true.
I am an athiest, and a nihilist. I figure that's one of the more upsetting facets to my personality; potential penpals should know the worst about eachother, shoudn't they?
So yes, I tend to be very passionate about certain subjects as social issues, social conventions that I find erroneous.
I tend to have long absenses, it's not personal, I am often otherwise occupied.
Other than that, I want to be an artist, and I aspire to write my own graphic novel, or graphic mini series, and animate my own cartoon show.
Ideally I would get into doing work as a cover artist, or in venue art, or both.
So yeah, me in a somewhat awkward nutshell.

Other: Please no chat speak/random talk, and y'know, just mature. I'm not implying an age restriction, any age, just mature.

Letter Writing Experience: I had an e-pal for four years, and have emailed two friends now, one for one and a half years, the other for two years.
I prefer emails. It's faster.

So yeah, if I haven't completely turned you off, PM me, and we can swap email addresses.

Name: Emily

Age: 18

Country: USA

Country of Pen Pal: Any (but especially Spanish speaking countries or people who are fluent in the language)

Music: Well, I listen to anything that I can sing along to, but if I have to choose something then Imagine Dragons is currently my favorite band at the moment.

Hobbies: Writing (obviously), reading, singing, traveling, photography, watching shows (Doctor Who, Supernatural, Once Upon a Time)

Describe yourself: First off, I always write what's on my mind. I'm much better at conversing through the written word rather than the spoken one. If you knew me in person, I'd probably clam up and stutter over myself (though I do tend to ramble when I write to people hehe). I'm random and a bit of a dreamer, I'll admit to that. My head is usually in the clouds and I talk a lot about future happenings that I hope to accomplish. I aspire to join the Peace Corps, or something of the sort that involves volunteering, so I can feel like I'm making a difference in someone else's life. What I really want to do is teach English as a second language. I try to support people as much as I can and be the most amazing friend possible, but I fear that I come off as annoying when I do that haha. I'm big on books, weird history, and the arts.

Other: My favorite color is purple (for future reference). I love Italian food. I have a huge obsession with dragons. My kind of weather is rainy with a cup of tea.

Letter writing experience: I've never had an actual pen pal before, but I know how to keep a conversation going through messages.

OMG! How did I not know about this sooner?

Name: Courtney

Age: 21

Country: USA

Country of Pen Pal: whatever.

Music: Bring Me The Horizon, Ed Sheeran, Asking Alexandria, ADTR, Of Mice and Men, Dr.Acula, All Time Low, Justim Bieber, Rhianna, One Direction, 2 chainz., drake, PRETTY MUCH EVERYTHING.

Hobbies: writing, reading, playing sims 3, etc.

Describe yourself: I have a stay at home job. I work for Apple and it is awesome. I read a lot, mostly science fiction, but that tends to change. I am engaged to the man of my dreams, and we have an amazing eighteen month old son. I am an English literature major, one semester away from getting my associates. Um....that's pretty much it. I'm pretty laid back, just kinda go with the flow really.

Letter writing experience: I've written too many letters to count.

Name: Elise

Age: 19 (I shall be 20 in October.)

Country: Faroe Islands (They're off the coast of Denmark- very tiny islands, they are.)

Country of Pen Pal: Any is fine, so long as you can speak proper English.

Music: I'm a huge metalhead. At the moment my favorite bands consist of Megadeth, Goatwhore, Immolation, Wintersun, Tyr, and In Flames. But I also adore rock music of most kinds. That can be further described via message or email, whichever suffices to you.

Hobbies: Playing my guitar, singing, photography, writing (obviously), renaissance fairs, just a bunch of rather simple and geeky things you'd expect from a slightly socially awkward young adult.

Describe yourself: I'm a pish-posh of so many attributes. I'm friendly, energetic, cheerful, and humorous, but also can be laid-back, caring, mature, and a good listener. I'm currently in college going for a degree in Journalism, and I'm the vocalist in a band called Vilas. My boyfriend looks like Johan Hegg from Amon Amarth. Though I wish he looked like Jari Maenpaa from Wintersun. *sorrynotsorry*

Letter writing experience: I've written letters to my friends via email and messages, but never had an actual "pen pal", other than in elementary school when I was younger.

Name: Zoe

Age: 16
Country: United States,

Country of Pen Pal: Anyone is cool i guess :)

Music: Everything, but mainly i listen to things like Jimi Hendrix, Wolfmother, AC/DC, Metallica, Black Sabbath... classic rock i guess?

Hobbies: Painting, drawing, basically anything to do with art. Reading, writing (obviously) ;), sports- i did diving, gymnastics, basketball and javelin. I am a massive movie nerd and watch movies all. the. freaking. time.

Describe yourself: I find myself to be awkward around people that i don't know- i guess i'm sorta like what chandler from friends says 'Hi I'm Chandler and i make jokes when i'm uncomfortable' heheh. But literally as soon as i have something in common with a person, i want to get to know them. I want to be an Illustrator and study it in college, so i guess i could say i'm a creative person? Gah, feeling all awkward with that compliment/non-compliment to myself. D: I guess i'm a bit of an introvert. And I also sorta don't check in with this site as often as I would like, but if this thing happens i'll make it more regular. Anyway I think that's it. Uh, one thing for good luck- my favorite color is green.

Letter writing experience: I've written letters to my friends in england by message + emails as well as letters, but not really all that experienced.

So yep. PM me or whatever. :)

hello I'm sort of new here, is this thread still active?

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Name: Lynai (pronounced lin-a)

Age: 19.

Country: USA

Country of Pen Pal: Don't matter, but I do only speak English just in case lol.

Music: Wild Belle, Rihanna, Deathcab For Cutie, Flyleaf, Fall Out Boy, Green Day, Nirvana, Oasis, Foo Fighters, Kid Cudi, Skrillex, Nero, Flux Pavillion, Madonna, The White Stripes/Jack White, Trapt, Kelly Clarkson, Linkin Park, Fleetwood Mac, Culture Club, Jimmy Eat World, Adele, Katy Perry, Nadia Ali, TLC, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, 2NE1, Lil Wayne, Pink, Michael Jackson, Taylor Swift, Carrie Underwood, M.I.A, Empire of The Sun, Florence + The Machine, Eve, David Guetta, Dev.

Hobbies: fitness, writing, dancing...I dance a lot, singing.

Describe yourself: I'm currently a beauty school graduate trying to get my license. I was born and raised in California. I'm one of the nicest people you will meet and genuine as I've been told by many people. I always try to put out good energy and help someone when I can, even though it's hard. I have a handful of friends but I'm not super popular. I like meeting new people and talking about not so common subjects. Coffee especially, oh yes coffee.

Other: Addicted to cereal, apples, coffee, green tea fraps, my phone, and the internet.

Letter writing experience: 2 pen pals.

PM anytime :)

Name: Ally

Age: 14

Country: USA

Country of Pen-pal: It's irrelevant to me, as long as we can properly communicate :)

Music I don't like to listen to a specific type of genre, but overall, my favourite artists would be Panic! At the Disco, Fall Out Boy, the Maine, the Sheepdogs and Lights.

Hobbies: Reading, writing, soccer, science (if that makes sense), coding, watching Spongebob Squarepants and American Horror Story.

Describe Yourself: Raised in Massachusetts, I believe I'm one of the most sarcastic pricks here with a strange dialect. I am really interested in science and just about every aspect of it; I aspire to be an astronomer or physicist. I have a few close friends who consider me to be really smart, and to an extent, very nerdy. Which is okay, because I am. Uh I like light colours, And stuff. I'm not that interesting. I really shouldn't have said that because that just drives people away, but I will try to be interesting for those who care

Other: I get really intense when I watch/play soccer and hockey. Yeah, I'm one of those people. Sorry.

Letter Writing Experience: I've had pen-pals before... like three. All in the same state and all, but still. I'd say I'm qualified.

So, yeah, PM me or something. I'd be glad to respond.

Name: Rui

Age: 17

Country: USA

Country of Pen Pal: No preference, but English is the only language I speak fluently~ I have taken 2 years of German, though, but not enough to be fluent ._.

Music: Plastic Tree, D'espairsRay, Three Days Grace, An Cafe, The GazettE, Sadie, Katy Perry, Lady Gaga, One Direction,The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus, Ayabie, Miyavi, Marilyn Manson, Golden Bomber, Luna Sea, X Japan, Dir en Grey, Tokio Hotel, Dog in the PWO, Vidoll, SuG, LM.C, Alice Nine, Escape the Fate, Cali Gari, Gackt, 12012, Girugamesh, ViViD, Lc5, High and Mighty Color, Cinema Bizarre, L'Arc~en~Ciel, SID, Exist Trace, Vistlip, Rentrer en Soi, Kra, Alesana, Falling in Reverse, My Chemical Romance, Duel Jewel, Kagrra, Charlotte, Gakido, Nightmare, Phantasmagoria, and many more.

Hobbies: Marching band/ color guard~

Describe yourself: Not sure xD There isn't much to say

Name: Danielle.

Age: 17. 18 in November.

Country: United States.

Country of Pen Pal: No preference. Except I only speak English and a little bit of French, which I don't like speaking.

Music: Well, I love Sammy Adams, Jason Mraz, Young the Giant, Imagine Dragons, Two Door Cinema Club, Fun., and Walk the Moon.

Hobbies: Tumblr, writing poetry, drabbles, reading, binge-watching television shows on Netflix or the internet.

Describe Yourself: I'm extremely sarcastic, emotions make me REALLY uncomfortable, I'm awkward, and if you don't have a sense of humor, we probably won't get along.

Letter Writing Experience: I don't have much. I had an e-pal for quite a while, but that's it. I don't really care if we use emails or letters, just let me know which one you like more.

So yeah. Just message me. :)

Name: Aggie

Age: 19, 20 in Sept.

Country: Indonesia, currently interning in Germany

Country of Pen Pal: Anywhere is fine :) my mother tongue is Bahasa but I speak fluent English and a little bit of German (I'd say pretty horribly though)

Music: I enjoy almost anything with good lyrics. But at the moment my all time favorites are Coldplay, Maroon 5, One Republic, Taylor Swift and Sara Bereilles. (I'm shamelessly obsessed with one direction too, but for entirely different reasons.)

Hobbies: Writing, reading, watching youtube videos, watching tv shows online, playing the guitar, getting lost in movies and novels.

Describe Yourself: I like having friends and socializing but I'm a bit shy and socially awkward. I'd say I'm an introvert because I'm most comfortable when I'm on my own. I tend to be friendlier on written words rather than verbal ones, I don't know why. I'm a people pleaser in general but I'm told that I can be pretty harsh when I'm angry. I... don't know what else? I'm pretty open to anyone and anything :)

Letter Writing Experience: I write stories and poems from time to time but they are usually for my own eyes. I only have one pen-pal and I found her here on this thread! haha.

So yeah, PM me whenever and we can swap email addresses! :)

Name: Mikaela Moss. I prefer to be called Reiko, or whatever people want to call me.

Age: 15

Country: Australia

Country of Pen pal: I don't care~

Music: I have a lot to mention ._. I like J-rock and German Industrial

Hobbies: YouTuber, cosplaying, making Kandi bracelets, I like to draw and listen to music.

Describe yourself: I'm unique? I can speak a few languages too.

Other: I may take a while to write back to~ ganbatte ne!

Letter writing experience: I've written to 2 people in the past, it's a great thing to do, I like it the old fashion way.

Name: Dakota

Age: 17

Country: USA

Country of Pen Pal: Any. But I speak English and some Spanish. I'd love a pen pal that primarily speaks Spanish, but I might need a little help.

Music: Hmm, depends on my mood. But Fall Out Boy, My Chemical Romance, Neutral Milk Hotel, Green Day, Motion City Soundtrack, Blink-182, Brand New, Buddy Holly, Simon and Garfunkel, Dance Gavin Dance, Jonny Craig, Daughter, Gatsby's American Dream, The Goo Goo Dolls, The Killers, Macklemore, The Magnetic Fields, Mayday Parade, Mindless Self Indulgence, Panic! At The Disco, Panik. Uh, yeah, stuff like that.

Hobbies: I love reading. Books, some comic books, short stories, the newspaper. Listening to music. I play bass. I write, mostly short stories. I draw on occasion.

Describe yourself: I'm a teenager, a senior in high school, I hate being young. I'm relatively shy but I tend to ramble at times. I love music and writing. I study marketing at my tech school and I absolutely love it. Honestly, I don't know how to describe myself.

Letter writing experience: I've written many letters. I used to have an e-pal, I'd love someone to exchange emails with.

PM me and we can exchange email addresses or something!

Name: Emmalee
Age: 19; turning 20 in September!

Country: United States of America

Country of Pen Pal: Anywhere's great to me. I speak fluent English and have a bit of Japanese and German under my belt (that and I don't mind using Google Translate ).

Music: My tastes in music definitely vary! I listen to some k-pop, j-pop/rock, and a bunch of songs from across the globe. I love finding new genres, songs, and artists to love! I also have artists varying from Disney, to Slipknot, Green Day, Britney Spears, Jonas Brothers, Black Veil Brides, Tokio Hotel, and a bunch of other awesome bands and singers on my iPod!

Hobbies: Being a story editor, Mibba, trying to gain a social life, anime and manga, video games, singing awful and trying to write my own novel.

Describe yourself: I'm a little awkward at first in person, but since we're just writing I'm a little more outgoing. I'm incredibly hyperactive and tend to get excited very easily. I have my obsessions, and I think my current one is the Avengers. Captain America . I love music, if I could and was good enough I'd become a singer. I love movies and if I couldn't be a singer, I'd be an actress. I love food. I hate exercise. I'm weird. I'm happy. I'm not the best at holding a conversation, but I'll write back very quickly because I'm super excited to meet you.

Other: Did I mention my love for delicious food? Oh, and I have horrible writing.

Letter writing experience: I've only had one pen pal before so I'm still a bit of a noob.

Feel free to PM me and I'd be more than happy to be your pen pal!

Name: Hadley

Age: 19

Country: USA

Country of Pen Pal: I'd really love to talk to someone from Iceland, but anywhere is fine. :)

Music: I listen to anything from Taylor Swift to As I Lay Dying

Hobbies: Writing, day dreaming, reading, listening to music, playing video games, and watching movies/tv shows

Describe yourself: I'm a little shy and awkward to talk to at first, as I never know what to say, but once I get comfortable with someone, I never shut up. I'm easily excited, and I tend to obsess over things. I'm a very lazy person, also.

Other: I don't know any languages other than English, but I can still make use of Google Translate (even if it is a little off)!

Letter writing experience: I've never had a pen pal, but how hard can writing a letter be?

Name: Devin

Age: Turned 17 July 27th.

Country: United States

Country of Pen Pal: I don't really care. I speak a little bit of Spanish and can get my point across, but I struggle conjugating verbs sometimes. Someone who speaks primarily Spanish but also English would be nice. Really, anywhere would be fine. I'd absolutely love to speak with anyone who doesn't live in the US, but again, anything is fine.

Music: I'd have to say Fall Out Boy's newer stuff, Coldplay, Imagine Dragons, a little bit of Eminem for sentimental reasons. I'm not a huge fan of One Direction, but I can tolerate them. K-pop is also fun, but I don't really care much about the music.

Hobbies: I love to write, which is what takes up most of my free time. I also have a pool at my house, so I'm swimming a lot as well. What my main hobby really is, though, is my pets. I have 5 dogs, a cat, 2 ferrets, 3 birds, and 2 rats. They're all my babies. I've been told I substitute not having positive relationships with people by taking care of my pets, so they really do mean a lot to me. Someone who can understand or at least respect that is important. I also have Netflix on basically 24/7.

Describe yourself: I'm a bit shy, though not through the internet. In person, I feel like my words just all run together and I stutter and nothing turns out the way it does in my head. Because of that, I do spend a lot of time on the internet making friends here. I'm not a very optimistic person, though I am extremely, extremely open minded. I'm a procrastinator and do things at the last minute, but I've been trying to get over that. I haven't really had chances to find out what I like to do and go more in-depth with my hobbies, so someone encouraging would be great. I really wish I knew what I want to do with my life.

Other: Did I mention how much I love my pets?

Letter writing experience: I've had several pen pals throughout elementary school, but not lately. But I'm super excited and hope someone gets back to me. I'll respond really fast, I promise.

Name: Sara (Hørlyk)

Age: 17, soon to bee 18.

Country: Denmark

Country of Pen Pal It doesn't matter to me :)

Music: Mostly Hip-Hop, Heavy Metal, Rock, Pop - but I can listen to everything.

Hobbies: Concerts, Photography and hanging out with my friends.

Describe yourself: Well obviously my name is Sara. I'm from Denmark (in Europe) and I've lived here my entire life. I have dyed red hair, but I'm fighting to get my own hair color again, haha. I love meeting new people, but in reality I'm really awkward when I meet new people IRL. I'm a person who love to travel, even though I've only been around in Denmark, then I've been to Germany, Czech Republic, Sweden and Poland.... But yeah, message me and I'd be happy :)

Letter writing experience: I don't have any pen-pal atm :)

Name: McKenzie my friends call me Kenzie or Kenz

Age: 16

Country: United States

Country of Pen Pal: Doesn't matter to me :)

Music: I love music like Areosmith, AC/DC, and Metallica. I also really like Avenged Sevenfold, I could listen to them all day long. My Chemical Romance, I can listen to them. I got to see Papa Roach and a few other hands in concert. I like Asking Alexandria, Falling In Reverse, Slipknot, and Pop Evil. There's also a part of me that will listen to country music, like Luke Bryan, Jason Aldean, Tim McGraw, Brantley Gilbert, and all that.

Hobbies: I love going to concerts, feeling the rush when the lights go down and you hear the guitar riffs and just feel the energy from the rest of the crowd and the band, it amazing. I play guitar, I've only been playing for two years. I play video games, mostly zombie games. Writing is something I love to do, but lately it's been difficult for me, writer's block sucks.

Describe yourself: Oh wow, um I'm really shy in person, pretty quiet and keep to myself. When I'm on the Internet I can be the most random person. Once people get to know me they say I never shut up and I'm very random when it comes to conversation. I'm a caring person and I'm protective of those people that are close to me.

Letter writing experience: I don't have a pen pal right now :D

name: tianna marie. (i also go by marcee rae, which is an alter ego of sorts.)

age: 14.

country: united states.

country of pen pal: as long as you can speak english, it doesn't matter to me.

music: get scared, stephen krypel, joel faviere, set it off, her bright skies, follow me forward, late nite reading, pierce the veil, all time low, mayday parade, the used, bring me the horizon, black veil brides, breathe carolina, the maine... i listen to pretty much everything except for country & rap//hip-hop.

hobbies: writing (lyrics, poems, stories, notes, etc.), singing, playing guitar, swimming, shopping, and i love cuddling. c:

describe yourself: i'm one of those people who can't decide whether they love or hate everyone. if you're good to me, i'll be the same way back, i guess. i have awful social anxiety, depression, adhd, and i was diagnosed woth borderline personality disorder. i get random mood swings throughout the day, usually in the middle of or after school. i can't handle being around too many people i don't know at once - well, people i can't seem to relate to (i can make it in and out of a concert surprisingly fine). music and writing are my true loves. lyrics speak to me and help me in a way no therapist ever could, and when i write my emotions down on paper or type them into a computer, it feels like a ton of burdens have been lifted from my shoulders. i look up to stephen krypel, joel faviere, and damon fizzy so much. they're all such kind people who've gone through a lot of things they shouldn't have had to, and the fact that a simple sentence one of them says can make me feel better about myself is a miracle. i'm not really good at keeping any kind of conversation going, so please be patient if i can't entertain you right away.

other: i've always wanted to find a guy that would be willing to be my pen pal. if i can't here, that's fine. i'll talk to anyone. :) also, i can do letters through email or the old-fashioned way. handwriting might take me more time, because of stamps and whatnot, but whatever is most convenient for you is okay.

letter writing experience: i've had several e-pals/pen pals in the past, but i don't have any currently. :)

Name: Michelle

Age: 19

Country: United States

Country of Pen Pal: It doesn't matter (:

Music: I usually go on binges. For example, right now I'm really into soulful music (not soul music, necessarily). That's anything from Asa and India Arie to Jill Scott and Lauryn Hill and Erykah Badu. But I seriously will listen to anything that catches and holds my attention.

Hobbies: I write and read, meditate, sing, listen to music. I love poetry and creative fiction, and cooking. Also, going to the bars and dancing. Or walks - I like those.

Describe yourself: I am multiracial and deeply spiritual, but not religious. As far as personality goes, I'm a goofy person who is very empathetic. I like to listen to people talk, not just what they say but how they say it. I love to learn (well, if nobody's forcing me anyways). I'm stubborn and sometimes stick my foot in my mouth.

Other: As far as penpals go, I'd love to exchange letters with someone who isn't afraid to ramble on about any and everything that comes to their mind. I love long letters - ones that reflect the person. Also, too, someone who will be able to write consistently. I want to make friends, not acquaintances. Life's too short for that anyhow.

Letter writing experience: I've had several penpals, but after awhile the letters just stopped coming (whether they were lost in the mail or not), but I do have one penpal currently. We've been exchanging letters and whatnot for years now and have become like sisters so --- yeah!

If you're interested, you can message me through Mibba or on tumblr (: