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ota yoshitomo

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About Me

I am a Asian American and i think i talk about it too much. I am proficient in a lot of things but i'm awesome at nothing... i think they would call me a "jack of all trades" but they say a lot of dumb things like that. When i was a very small asian boy and looked like data from the goonies i wanted to be a bus driver, sushi chef or a ninja potato when i grew up and i havent even attempted being a potato yet... i used to play video games a lot but i dont anymore. i used to watch TV a lot but i dont anymore. i used to be pretty athletic but im not anymore. i used to draw a lot and thought i was going to be a professional artist but now i just doodle mostly. i call my hair care items "product" i used to call myself punk and thought being punk was to be a nonconformist but i now know that being punk is conformist but i still love that punk ideaology... ironic huh? i used to play D&D, magic cards and all types of nerd/dork/dweeb related games. im pretty damn handy with a screwdriver whether you want me to use it or drink it. i can fix or totally destroy almost anything. im a pretty shy guy. my allergies to everything sometimes bother me. if you'll notice, my mind tends to wander sometimes. i worry about mother a lot. i take a lot pictures but i am never in photos. i like the female gender and enjoy when they like to talk about stuff and things. Lately I pretty much just work a lot, play in bands going nowhere with other bands going nowhere, read, sleep, record, eat a lot cause im bored, drink cause im bored or get peer pressured and go to school when finances allow. i spelled february wrong until a couple of months ago.

My Interests

i was in some bands...
Milesonend
Carson City Heat
No Action
solo work under the Silence and the Serenade
a handfull of short projects and things that didnt pan out
among various other "projects" (thats a code word for the bands you start with your friends but never actually do anything but make up weird band names like vagina streetlight, shitting scabs, the harry potter midwest quiditch allstars united, mortal allies, nasa scientist sex robot or menstrual wookie...more to come as they are made up)

I'd like to meet:

marginally attractive people who have completed high school or the equivalent, has managed to keep most of their OCD's a secret, bathes and brushes regularly, reads and understands directions throughly, enjoys the company of others within their company, likes laughing at jokes, enjoys raw fish served on a bed of rolled sweet rice, spends too much time worrying about the feelings and opinions of others, doesnt mind when people forget to shave for a couple of days, likes cute baby kittens, tolerates or loves children, would rather lay under the warm covers every morning rather than go to work, thinks ninjas are dope and doesnt mind meeting someone who meets all of the above criteria... and anyone who's seen the movie "No Retreat, No Surrender" and "9 Deaths of the Ninja" oh and hot indie girls who like to make out after we talk intellectual.
oh and

heres what ive been listening to... literally up to the minute.

and here are my top listened to artists

Music:

yeah pretty much not going to list off every CD i own... lets just say I like music and find very little i dont like. here are a few of my favorites

my complete music collection...

Movies:

I like the movies in english and i like the movies when you have to read english words at the bottom because the actors are too lazy to learn my language. I like the movies where people do the kung fu on each other and i like the movies where people do the loving on each other with their tounges. I also like the movies with Mr Miagi and the movies with asian cartoon people that have big eyes, do violence a lot and make no sense and shit.

Television:

Iron Chef...

Books:

I read books often. It would be pretentious of me to name 100 serious works of literature i've read so I could project the persona of a highly educated book lover. I read above a 6th grade level... so I can read the same books as you smarty pants.

Heroes:

Children who fall down wells are not heroes. Tall basketball players are not heroes. actors, rap stars and musicians are generally not heroes. Policemen, Einstien and mommies and daddies are heroes. Spiderman and Wolverine are super heroes.

My Blog

on taste

a few nights ago during dinner service i had a older couple sit in front of me at the sushi bar. both of them a little quirky in a charming "old people are crazy"kind of  way and after a few miun...
Posted by ota yoshitomo on Thu, 04 Oct 2007 01:46:00 PST

old

im asking for another raise... my 4th in 8 months... i deserve it.im old. i finally accepted that today. not granpda old, but adult old. here are things that make me old:i no longer am looking toward ...
Posted by ota yoshitomo on Fri, 21 Sep 2007 12:10:00 PST

chefs are the new rockstars and there are 900 in training

for those that dont know ive given up on my other degrees and enrolled in culinary school. and at the week and a half marker (if there is such a marker) i have decided that pretty much 75% of the stud...
Posted by ota yoshitomo on Tue, 18 Sep 2007 12:15:00 PST

spyware can suck it

i think i just got rid of the most deeply entrenched spyware ever. it shut down internet explorer and was reinstalling about 45 different spyware ads and programs almost immediately after i would clea...
Posted by ota yoshitomo on Tue, 11 Sep 2007 12:47:00 PST

lesson learned

to the person last night who played with my fucking knives trying to be a funny guy by using them as cleavers and chopping up chopsticks and whatever while i was outside... yo...
Posted by ota yoshitomo on Mon, 27 Aug 2007 10:01:00 PST

my advice

this happens inevitably everynight.  some couple (usually on a date of somekind, whether it be the "getting to know you date," "let me show you my favorite sushi place date" or "we're bored ...
Posted by ota yoshitomo on Fri, 24 Aug 2007 01:30:00 PST

stuffin things

i got a new cookbook yesterday... and its blowing my mind, finally a book where every other recipe isnt a foie gras or truffles dish (both of which are some of the best things ever, just really e...
Posted by ota yoshitomo on Wed, 22 Aug 2007 09:45:00 PST

the gourmand

so you like fish huh? raw fish is what you really like right? you could eat raw fish because it tastes so good to you does it? you know all their names and have favorites of course. then why in the fu...
Posted by ota yoshitomo on Mon, 20 Aug 2007 09:06:00 PST

a warning

if you are the last customer in a resturant that closed an hour ago... everyone there wants despicable things to happen to you. it doesnt matter how big your tab is. if you walk into that restura...
Posted by ota yoshitomo on Sun, 19 Aug 2007 01:01:00 PST

kitchen salsa

theres a certain amount of dread a resturant worker experiences the few hours before the beginning of their work week. whether it begins on monday or a wednesday. this feeling is multiplied ten f...
Posted by ota yoshitomo on Wed, 15 Aug 2007 12:49:00 PST