hachurui

*Please note:1. The info below is somewhat outdated. 2. Friend policyIf you want me to add you to my friends list and I don't know who you are, send me a message explaining why you want me to add you. ******************************************************** Hi, welcome to my page. I'm in my mid20s and am now living in Pittsburgh, PA. I used to teach English to Japanese high school students in Hyogo, Japan for the JET program. I lived for 3 years in a rural town of roughly 3-7 thousand. It is in the hills of the Tajima area of Hyogo, in the kinki region of kansai, on honshu, japan. I like playing video games, cats, lizards, people with a dark or offbeat sense of humor, reading literature and comics, film, tv, music and other media criticism, as well as film watching, writing, making and analysis. I majored in Film Studies with an emphasis on screenwriting and theory, and minored in English in college. I also studied a little Education, Japanese, Anthrolinguistics, Hypertext Theory and Writing, Postcolonialism and some other things. I went to Vassar college and was a Jewett dorm resident. I grew up in Kathmandu, Nepal but have residency status in Pittsburgh, PA. I went to Lincoln International School for 6-12th grade. I went to British Primary School (now called the british school) for grades 1-5. I went to the International Kindergarden (Rupy`s) before that. Right now there is no photo posted so I`ll describe myself. I have dark brown wavy hair, green eyes and long eye-lashes. I have an oval face and am short (5.1 ft). I am an only child. I`m left-handed. I`m not especially religious but my parents are Buddhists (Mahayana branch) and so I consider myself Buddhist as well, though I am probably more of an Agnostic. I can speak, read and write some japanese, nepali, hindi and spanish. I am applying to grad school right now and hope to enroll to study Library and Information Science with a focus on Film Preservation and Restoration, I`ve also studied a tiny bit of piano and played the drums and marimba in my school band at Lincoln school for one year. I`d like to get back into percussion practice in the future, but don't have time for that or other art I enjoy doing (drawing, photography) at the moment. I also love creative writing and film, tv, music, video game criticism and analysis writing. I am a big fan of the TV shows Arrested Development and 24, of the musicians Sonic Youth and Ryan Adams, the films of Robert Altman, the Final Fantasy, Resident Evil and Metal Gear games, and the literature of Douglas Adams and JD Salinger. I`ve travelled a lot in Asia, and especially visiting Sri Lanka, Thailand, Singapore and Japan. I hope to travel to Japan and Nepal again in the future, because I miss both places a lot, especially Nepal. Feel free to add me if you know me or know any friends of mine, or share any of my interests. Thanks for stopping by and if you're interested, have a look at my livejournal at username hachurui and my friendster page.--HachuruiUPDATED 1/2006