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Andrew

Life is short. Use it well. Tanoshinde!

About Me


If you’re a J-pop fan be sure to visit my website J-Pop World . Its full of info on groups like Puffy AmiYumi , Kaela Kimura and GO!GO!7188 .

If you are a j-pop or j-rock group interesting in being interviewed for J-Pop World please send a message to my J-Pop World MySpace page here .

My Interests

In addition to my website
J-Pop World I’m learning Japanese, brewing really bad sake, developing my tameshigiri skills (sword practice cutting) and enjoying life with my friends and family.

I'd like to meet:


Miyazaki Hayao

Andrew's Video of the Week:

How about a little Candy Man by Christina Agulara.

Music:

Beatles, Hendrix, the Who

ABBA, ELO, the Bee Gees

Lots of Jpop

Puffy AmiYumi of course
Kaela Kimura of course
GO!GO!7188 of course

Barry Manilow--his music reminds me how much I love my wife.

Movies:

I’m a BIG Miyazaki fan.

Jaws
Star Wars
Kaijuu movies
Blues Brothers
Seven Samurai
Lord of the Rings
Enter the Dragon

Television:

Japanese dramas are great

Sekai no Chuushin
Long Vacation
Beautiful Life
Attack No. 1
Tokimune
Gokusen
Trick
GTO

Some other TV favorites

MST3K
Friends
Deadwood
Southpark
Battlestar Galactica

Books:

Science writers

Stephen Jay Gould
Daniel C. Dennett
Donald Johanson
Richard Dawkins
Richard Leakey
Jared Diamond
Frans de Wall
Carl Sagan

Fiction writers

Tolkien
Jean M. Auel
James Clavell
Eiji Yoshikawa
James A Michener

Heroes:

"Team Puffy" for voting the Puffy AmiYumi section of J-Pop World a Top 300 Jpop Site.

To join click this link and then "Enter and vote."

Let me know if you want your picture in the team photo.

Go "Team Puffy" Go!

Other Profiles
FaceBook Public Listing - FaceBook Members
Friendster - LiveJournal - deviantART
YouTube - Amazon - Squidoo.com

My Blog

My name is misspelled on the Moon

It's true.  I use to be a member of the Planetary Society.  For one reason or another they misspelled my name as Andrwe and I didn't bother to tell them. Back in 2007 everyone from the Pla...
Posted by Andrew on Thu, 10 Apr 2008 02:43:00 PST

Visiting Japan in May!

My wife and I will be visiting Japan from May 18 to the 27th.   We have our airline tickets but are not sure where to say or what to do.   Any advice?  Onegaishimasu!...
Posted by Andrew on Sun, 10 Feb 2008 08:31:00 PST

New website: J-Pop World

Yup I've started a new website called J-Pop World.  It incorporates my other sites: Puffy AmiYumi World, Kaela Kimura World,  GO!GO!7188 World and some other pages I've done on J-...
Posted by Andrew on Sun, 03 Feb 2008 10:12:00 PST

"Why I like Puffy AmiYumi" Essay Contest: Win 5 Puffy CDs

I have extra copies of Puffy's first five CDs: AmiYumi, SoloSolo, Jet, Fever-Fever and Spike.  Thought I'd give them away to whoever can write the best "Why I like Puffy AmiYumi" essay for m...
Posted by Andrew on Mon, 10 Dec 2007 09:19:00 PST

Puffy AmiYumi Christmas Card Contest

As the holiday season is nearing I thought we should have some seasonal cheer with a Puffy Christmas and Happy Holidays Card Contest.   You can post your submissions here or on the forum&nbs...
Posted by Andrew on Fri, 07 Dec 2007 08:24:00 PST

Looking for a J-pop group to make a second fansite for

In case you forgot I'm the webmaster of the fansite Puffy AmiYumi World.  I'm looking for another J-pop type group to make a second fansite for.  If you know of a group you love that doesn't...
Posted by Andrew on Fri, 30 Nov 2007 10:46:00 PST

Our new puppy survived parvovirus

We have a new puppy named Boomer!   Six weeks after our last dog of 16 years died we decided it was time to get another.  We found an adorable Beagle-mix at a humane society.  Much to ...
Posted by Andrew on Sun, 09 Sep 2007 06:41:00 PST

Sad news about our dog

We got our dog "Hummer" the year we were married: 16 years ago.  He had been slowing down this last year.  Our morning walks got shorter and shorter but he still enjoyed his days. The day b...
Posted by Andrew on Fri, 03 Aug 2007 02:30:00 PST

Andrew's Word Game - No new word for a few days

(Nihon no tomodachi: romanji kudasai.  Kanji will post "?????" on American MySpace blogs.) Each day I'll post a new Japanese word.  Try to guess where I learned it from.  ...
Posted by Andrew on Mon, 04 Jun 2007 08:05:00 PST

Previous words

Previous Words from Andrew's Word Game Daikichi (Excellent Luck).  First hint: a book.  Second hint: a book by a music group.  Third hint: Major hint here.  Masaaki was the first ...
Posted by Andrew on Mon, 26 Feb 2007 06:38:00 PST