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About Me

Favorite Books: Aeneid, Andromeda Strain, Arcadia by Tom Stoppard, Ender's Game, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, Lord of the Rings trilogy, Sandman, A Separate Peace, Timeline, Watchmen
Favorite Characters: Hector, Remus Lupin, Gene Forrester, Rorschach, Dan Drieberg
Favorite Quotes: "I recognized sarcasm as a protest of people who are weak." - Gene, A Separate Peace // “Dry your eyes, for you are life, rarer than a quark and unpredictable beyond the dreams of Heisenberg; the clay in which the forces that shape all things leave their fingerprints most clearly.” – Dr. Manhattan, Watchmen

Places I love: Japan, England, Belgium
Places I've been: Europe, Japan, Thailand, China, Hong Kong, Virgin Islands, all over the US
Places to see before I die: Greece, South America, South Africa, Russia, Australia

Favorite Shows: Heroes, Lost, Smallville, Firefly, ANTM, Project Runway, Top Chef, SYTYCD, Pushing Daisies, My Own Worst Enemy, Moonlight, Batman: The Animated Series, Freakazoid!, Rurouni Kenshin, Trigun
Favorite Channels: Bravo, SciFi
Most Addictive Show: Lost
Favorite Theme Song: Angel Theme Song
Show I wished wasn't cancelled: The Book of Daniel, Pushing Daisies, My Own Worst Enemy

Favorite Movies: The Lion King, Lord of the Rings, X-Men 1-2, The Last Samurai, Kill Bill Vol. 1, GATTACA, My Sassy Girl, Spider-Man 2, The Storm Riders (Fung Wan), Spirited Away, Saved!, Infernal Affairs 1, The Dark Knight, 300, Stardust, Iron Man, NANA, Watchmen
Favorite Actors: Jonathan Rhys Meyers (for absolutely shallow reasons)
Favorite Genre: action/adventure, sci-fi/fantasy, drama
Movies I can watch over and over: The Lion King

Favorite Artists: Glay, Duel Jewel, Dir en Grey, Kagrra, 12012, 73shiki, Abingdon Boys School, alice nine., ALvino, amaterase, The Back Horn, Bergerac, Binecks, Buck-Tick, D, Dali, DELUHI, D'espairsRay, distraught overlord Dio, Dollis Marry, Dolly, Ellegarden, exist†trace, Gackt, Galneryus, the GazettE, gechena, Girugamesh, Guy's Family, heidi., IVAN, Janne Da Arc, Jinkaku Radio, Juliadoll, Jully, Kagerou, Kra, La'cryma Christi, L'Arc~en~Ciel, Libraian, LM.C, Lolita23q, Luna Sea, lynch., Matenrou Opera, Mello, MUCC, Nightmare, Penicillin, Phantasmagoria, Pierrot, Plastic Tree, Psycho le Cemu, Rentrer en Soi, Rice, Ruvie, Sadie, Scar., Sel'm, shinkou shuukyou gakudan NoGoD, SID, SINCREA, Siva, SuG, Takui, VelBet, Versailles, Vidoll, vistlip, vNEU, Watashime Slug, xTRiPx, TRAX, Linkin Park, Three Days Grace
Favorite Albums: Glay - Drive ~Complete Best~
Favorite Genre: Japanese Rock (major, indies, visual-kei, etc.)
Favorite Songs: Dir en Grey - The Final, Luna Sea - Gravity, Duel Jewel - Kamisori...
Songs I hate: Anything overplayed
Guilty Pleasure: Anime character songs
Songs I repeat the most: Luna Sea - Gravity, Duel Jewel - Hana uta

Favorite Cuisine: Cantonese, Taiwanese, Cuban
Favorite Dishes: shao long bao, scallion pancake, BJ's House Special Pizza
Favorite Desserts: egg tart, White Chocolate Linzer Torte from Extraodinary Desserts
Favorite Drinks: Thai iced tea
Favorite Junk Foods: any baked good or pastry
Favorite Restaurants: Cuban Bistro, Extraordinary Desserts
Foods I hate: liver, mussels, oysters

Nationality: American
Interests: baking, photoshop, drawing, traveling, trying different kinds of cuisine, taking pictures of food, dancing like no one's around, singing/whistling in the shower, writing stories I never finish, discovering awesome new bands, reading anything but textbooks, animation, voice actors, movies, TV
Expertise: Digging up info on upcoming movies, drooling over hot j-rock guys [believe me, it's an expertise =P]
Occupation: Grad Student
Industry: Pharmacy