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有里 湊 / Minato Arisato

I'm the leading man. You know what they say about the leading man? He never dies.

About Me

People have told me that I have an old soul. I like many things, including cereal,big band jazz, and video games. And Existentialism. My favorite video game series is the Persona series by Atlus. I've been a fan since the first Persona game came to the US back in... '98ish, I think? Wow. That makes me feel old. I go to Loyola University Chicago, majoring in Biology/Pre-med. I am also currently president of LUC's anime club.
I hope to one day work for the World Health Organization as an epidemiologist or infectious disease expert.
I'm just trying to live what Heidegger would call an "authentic" existence
Memorable quotes:
"You are out of the Boscamp circle of trust."-Boscamp
"Let's tape these hot dogs together." -Ken
"Schvendy's. Yeah, you say it like that so it's funny. Like snausages."-Ken
"I'm bringin' sexy back... yeah."-Alfonso
"Eeexcellent... okay, a little too eeexcellent."-Crazy James
"Take out kit... Like take you out with my punch?"-Lisa
"Look at that moon. It's so cute!"-Crazy James
"Richie Have u unsicknatized Yet?"-JennyFrank
"You cuddly bastard"-Christian
"Blind!"-JennyFrank
"I sometimes see it when I'm teaching. Like, I'm teaching and then, 'I can see it in their eyes! It's the malaise!'" -Dr. Martin

My Interests

Anime/manga, books, guitar, video games, DDR, Suikoden, Shin Megami Tensei, Persona, Shadow Hearts, Wild Arms, indie rock, movies, photography, music, Jones Soda, chocolate milk, 4chan, Existentialism, Transcendentalism

I'd like to meet:

Persona 3 cosplayers. Especially anyone who cosplays as Mitsuru Kirijo. 3

Music:

Aimee Mann, Belle and Sebastian, Damien Rice, Death Cab for Cutie, The Decemberists, Devotchka, Flogging Molly, Franz Ferdinand, Girl in a Coma, Guster, Islands, Joanna Newsom, The Kooks, The Mates, Múm, Neutral Milk Hotel, The Pillows, Radiohead, Sufjan Stevens, Ted Leo and the Pharmacists, Tegan and Sara

Movies:



Memento, I ♥ Huckabees,Casablanca, Magnolia

Television:

Darker than Black, The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya, Serial Experiments Lain, Haibane Renmei, Elfen Lied, NHK ni Youkoso!, Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei, Dennou Coil, Yakitate!! Japan, Moyashimon, Mushishi, Full Metal Panic!, Neon Genesis Evangelion, Gantz, Martian Successor Nadesico

Books:

The Stranger by Albert Camus, The Moviegoer by Walker Percy, Also Sprach Zarathustra by Friedrich Nietzsche, Walden by Henry David Thoreau, The Picture of Dorian Grey by Oscar Wilde

Heroes:

Minato Arisato (Shuujinkou) from Persona 3 and the protagonist from the original Persona aka "Boy with the Pierced Ear". I think he's called Naoya Todou in the manga.

My Blog

sleeping sickness

I don’t know what’s wrong with me, but I’ve been feeling a type of malaise recently. I’ve been afflicted with an almost debilitating tiredness recently... I slept mos...
Posted by Ì J / Minato Arisato on Fri, 21 Mar 2008 02:49:00 PST

no subject

I don't know how else I can prove to you your self worth, but I'm gonna fucking figure it out if it kills me.
Posted by Ì J / Minato Arisato on Tue, 03 Jul 2007 12:28:00 PST

Maintain the Quarantine

So I'm finally done with high school. Graduation's on the 26th. It's an odd feeling to be done. The past four years have passed so quickly. It's the end of a good thing. But the future looks bright. Y...
Posted by Ì J / Minato Arisato on Mon, 21 May 2007 05:32:00 PST

the ramblings of a madman

The AP biology test went surprisingly well. I usually dont like counting chicks before they hatch but I'm damn sure I got a 5. Yay for not having to take introductory Bio in college. I ditch...
Posted by Ì J / Minato Arisato on Mon, 14 May 2007 12:26:00 PST

i am living out the life of a poet

I didn't go out at all this spring break. My friends were grounded, so I sat at home and played video games. I played a lot of Rise of Legends and Command and Conquer 3. For the win. I'm really sick a...
Posted by Ì J / Minato Arisato on Mon, 16 Apr 2007 06:51:00 PST

Giruvegan or bust.

Okay. So today I beat Final Fantasy XII. Oh, it was good. I liked it a lot better than FFX. I liked the characters and storyline a LOT more. I didn't do every side quest and get every Esper, but it wa...
Posted by Ì J / Minato Arisato on Fri, 06 Apr 2007 06:13:00 PST

This is madness

My mom is being totally irrational. She's blaming my rejection into the UIC GPPA program on my "passivity" of not calling them up everyday and asking them if I got in. That's fucking stupid. Her ...
Posted by Ì J / Minato Arisato on Sat, 31 Mar 2007 02:38:00 PST

fuel the fires

I'm so sick of fake people. But hey, complaining won't change the world. I need to get my job application to Starbucks to reserve myself a job for the summer. I think I get a pound of free coffee...
Posted by Ì J / Minato Arisato on Thu, 29 Mar 2007 08:53:00 PST

i wish i could open my eyes

i feel so distant from everything and everyone i've ever loved. i've inadvertantly been pushing everyone so far away from me recently and now i'm almost an island in my own right. i hate what i'v...
Posted by Ì J / Minato Arisato on Wed, 28 Mar 2007 09:13:00 PST

I won't forget the nights we ran through

I hate these nights. The ones where I can't sleep. I don't know what I'm feeling. There's a certain sadness to nights like these...   On rainy nights, I keep waiting for a sunny morning...
Posted by Ì J / Minato Arisato on Tue, 27 Mar 2007 10:32:00 PST