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Ray

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About Me

夏から、日本に仕事中なアメリカ人です。外 国と新しい所に住むのはむずかしいけど、が んばります！新しい友達さがしています！＾ ＾英語をしゃべて？　今まで日本語はま～ま ～です。。。 ははは。。。じゃ～、よろしく！　楽しみま しょうね？
"We confide in our strength, without boasting of it.
We respect that of others, without fearing it."
-Thomas Jefferson 私は...
...チャレーンジが好き。
...時々飲みすぎだ。（ははは。。。）
...よく早すぎて運転します（飲んだの後じゃ なくて！）。
...渋谷と六本木は楽しい所と思います。　＝ P I...
...understand that a well-executed plan is its own reward.
...believe that everything happens for a reason.
...think some lessons SHOULD be learned the hard way.
...hate complications.
...love a challenge.
...think the worst mistakes make the best drinking stories.
...understand that failure is a better teacher than success.
...think it's all in your head.
...drive too fast.
...want soup with my dinner, no matter what I order.
...am sensible and irrational, predictable and impulsive, genius and idiot, artisan and analyst, all wrapped up in one inconvenient little package.

My Interests

Tennis, writing music, art, cars. =)

I'd like to meet:

People who not only want the most out of life, but go out and get it. People who strive to find and surpass their personal best. People who believe in goals, not limits.

Roger Federer
Pete Sampras

Music:

A mix of everything, but it's usually edgier rock and/or techno that gets my blood pumping (with some pop thrown in). I don't listen to a lot of American music anymore, I prefer mostly Japanese bands these days.
m.o.v.e
Kamiki Aya
OLIVIA
ayaka
ZARD
Saegusa U-ka IN db
Let's not forget the pop princesses...Suzuki Ami
Amuro Namie
Hamasaki Ayumi
Koda Kumi

Movies:

Don't really watch movies anymore, but here's some I like:
300
Sin City
Batman Begins (Frank Miller, anyone?)
Casino Royale
Lilo & Stitch (Stitch = badass)
Wedding Crashers
Hitch

Television:

The Unit
Smallville
Everybody Loves Raymond
Family Guy
The Simpsons
JAG
Frasier

Books:

Romance of the Three Kingdoms
Musashi

My Blog

Green Power Live 2008, 2.19.2008, Zepp Tokyo (Odaiba)

ayaka is the most amazing vocalist I’ve ever heard in Jpop. Fans espouse their favorite acts as ’great singers,’ and while they may indeed be good and entertaining, no one would eve...
Posted by Ray on Tue, 18 Mar 2008 07:09:00 PST

Suzuki Ami, 2.8.2008, duo Music Exchange (Shibuya)

I might as well come out and say it now: I was never a Suzuki Ami fan. In all the years I’d been in and out of JPop, I’d always thought of Amigo as a footnote in the days of Amuro Namie a...
Posted by Ray on Mon, 17 Mar 2008 05:05:00 PST

not concert-related...

(I haven't been able to save changes to any of my blogs, so we'll see if this even posts.) First of all, I write these since they're the only real records I have of the places I've been, the things I...
Posted by Ray on Wed, 20 Feb 2008 04:26:00 PST

m.o.v.e, 10th Anniversary Megalopolis Tour, 2.3.2008, Club Quattro (Shibuya)

This performance was used for their 10th Anniversary Tour DVD. Check it out! m.o.v.e is my favorite band. The name refers to how they delve into different styles of music, not limiting themselves to ...
Posted by Ray on Fri, 15 Feb 2008 05:57:00 PST

ZARD, What a Beautiful Memory 2008, 2.2.2008, Pacifico Yokohama

This concert would be the first of four I would be attending that week. And what a way to start. ZARD is an adult contemporary group (short for 'Wizard,' not the Harry Potter kind but the musical ge...
Posted by Ray on Sat, 09 Feb 2008 10:36:00 PST

avex Power Stage, Tokyo Auto Salon, 1.12.2008, Makuhari Messe (Chiba)

Talk about killing two birds with one stone! Tokyo Auto Salon is one of the two biggest shows in the Kanto region, and the first major event following the unveiling of the fall models. With the new N...
Posted by Ray on Thu, 17 Jan 2008 08:52:00 PST

OLIVIA, Start of Rainbow, 12.1.2007, Club Quattro (Shibuya)

Ahh, the concert I wasn't even supposed to go to. The ATG Christmas Party had been scheduled for Dec. 1 and all hands were invited (read: 'required') to attend. After conferring with the other junior...
Posted by Ray on Tue, 15 Jan 2008 05:40:00 PST

Aya Kamiki, Live 2007, 11.17.07, Laforet Museum (Roppongi)

I'll always remember this concert as the one I almost missed. I had gone out on a lunch date with Yuki and some girls from his office when I headed out to Roppongi for the concert. Naturally, there'...
Posted by Ray on Tue, 15 Jan 2008 05:06:00 PST

OLIVIA, Share Your Treats, 8.12.2007, Club Quattro (Shibuya)

My first concert in Japan came completely by chance. After being in the country only two weeks, I was sitting in the Personnel Support Detachment (PSD) in Yokosuka waiting to get a new ID card when ...
Posted by Ray on Tue, 15 Jan 2008 04:25:00 PST

Long overdue update...

Hey all, hope you still remember me.  Going on 4.5 months here (so short yet so quick at the same time), so I thought I'd reminisce on the time past so far.  The real reason is that I was ab...
Posted by Ray on Thu, 29 Nov 2007 04:38:00 PST