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About Me

Before you read further, from now on all people that I dont already know who send a friend request must successfully answer this:
If you are traveling southbound on a train in Tibet at an average velocity of 35 mph with a crosswind of 10 mph, while chewing grape bubble gum of an unknown viscosity, what color are the Dali Lamas underpants?
Who am I?
I'm a 32 year old heavily tattooed teacher in the IEI Dept. at University of Memphis. I just got back last year from working as an English professor at a Japanese University. Needless to say I wear long sleeves most of the time. Yes, I am narcoleptic. No I dont know any good narcoleptic jokes.Ok, maybe one or two. When I am not in the middle of a teaching gig I am usually pursuing my back and forth love affair with the art of tattooing. I am very passionate about every aspect of the art. I like black jelly beans, my ex-wifes vegan pancakes, Indian and Vietnamese food, beaches at night because the sun and daytime crowds annoy me, Starwars, and Starbucks coffee. My pastime right now is shooting aliens on Halo 2 (even though I suck at it), teaching anyone who will let me how to play lunch money (an evil and addictive card game), writing, trying to make myself work out, more writing, laughing at Japanese businessmen on trains, and being a generally annoying stereo typical gaijin. I hate clowns, negative people, and people who expect to be added to my friends list without any introduction or other form of communication.
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My Interests

Tattoos, Bujinkan, budo taijitsu, ninjutsu, Kali, Thai boxing, Yoga, Swimming, drawing, painting, writing, did i mention tattoos?, social linguistics, tesol, esl, efl, tefl, psycholinguistics, neurolinguistics, halo 2, starwars, irezumi, tebori, horiyoshi III, horimana, horitaka, horitomo, yoshitoshi, kuniyoshi, kyosai, kunisada, hokusai, sci-fi, taiko, sleeping

I'd like to meet:

David Letterman, the Dali lama, and Tom Waits
Tattoo Artists: Don Ed Hardy and any of the people who have worked for him

Music:

even people who know me never really know what to expect. lot of industrial, trip-hop, and old school jazz

Movies:

i like old film noir, old black and white horror films, and sci-fi.

Television:

I love House MD. I wanna be smart ass just like him when i grow up.

Books:

I've been reading Anne Rice since I was 13. I love Harry Potter. I currently going through all the Raymond Chandler stuff. My current favorites are the Dune saga, both the Frank and Brian Herbert stuff. I also love Neil Gaiman and am a closet comic geek.

Heroes:

I don't believe in them.

My Blog

what girls will agree to over cheesecake ;)

Over three years ago I was finishing up my masters degree. One of my last classes was with Dr. Dalle. On the last day of class I finally talked to a girl I had been sitting across the room from all se...
Posted by Art on Tue, 02 Oct 2007 12:00:00 PST

tucker

They say one phone call can change your life. The phone call that changed my life over the summer came from one of my best friends, Henry. I was actually kind of nervous when I first heard his seriou...
Posted by Art on Tue, 02 Oct 2007 11:50:00 PST

Eating Ice Cream with Chopsticks

One of my favorite quotes from the play Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead I've been thinking of this a lot lately. is, "Whatever became of the moment when we first knew about death? Ther...
Posted by Art on Tue, 31 Jul 2007 09:56:00 PST

I stole this from Mike's LJ

Dear lady in front of me at the checkout line at Krogers,I couldn't help but notice your son wandering around the checkout aisle and the aisles directly next to the one you and I were in. More to...
Posted by Art on Fri, 18 May 2007 12:45:00 PST

Diamonds

As most people who know me know, I was never one for staying awake in church when I was growing up. I think by the time I got to high school I just assumed I could sleep as well at home, which is what...
Posted by Art on Sun, 28 Jan 2007 03:57:00 PST

Late Halloween pics

So I am extremely behind on my journal entries. Glenn sent me a pic from the Halloween party at Page's house. It was 2 days after I got off the plane from Japan. Cross jet lag with one month solid of ...
Posted by Art on Wed, 06 Dec 2006 10:19:00 PST

Adventures in Healthcare

When I was a child, my mom worked for an ear, nose and throat practice. So when I did get sick, it was like going to my extended family for help. There was never any fear. There was never any doubt. I...
Posted by Art on Sat, 14 Oct 2006 08:27:00 PST

Shaking your world up

Ok, so it was super hot out yesterday. I'm laying on my futon pretty much naked with the fan going. The balcony is open and the sounds of the train station are echoing from the world below. I start to...
Posted by Art on Fri, 01 Sep 2006 04:47:00 PST

Birthday Wish

My only wish is that this be the last birthday I spend ALONE in a foreign country.
Posted by Art on Fri, 25 Aug 2006 05:13:00 PST

things to do when it is too hot to do anything in Tokyo

I just spent the entire afternoon in my steaming sweatbox apartment, half-naked under the fan, reading the last book by Kurt Vonenegut. Got a problem with that? Tough. Now for the real perversity ...
Posted by Art on Mon, 14 Aug 2006 01:28:00 PST