Elena profile picture

Elena

My turnips listen for the soft cry of your love.

About Me

I was born in Mizusawa, Iwate in Japan where my parents found me mewling in a garbage can full of feral cats. They took me in as one of their own, but I still have an affinity to licking myself clean. I love movies, music, art, video games, and poking dead things with a stick, not necessarily in that order. I have gone back to my roots and by that I mean I am teaching English in Iwate, not I am living in a garbage can full of cats.

My Interests

Freelance Crime Fighting, Puzzle games, attempts at learning Japanese, Reading, Art, Movies, Taxidermy, Music, Martial Arts, Dust Bunnies

I'd like to meet:

People who won't eat my brains.

Music:

Dealership, Shonen Knife, Love Psychedelico, Sorten Muld, Elvis, the Velvet Goldmine soundtrack, Girls Against Boys, the Cure, Miss Kittin, the Bouncing Souls, Hot Hot Heat, Rasputina, Bonnie Pink, Puffy AmiYumi, Le Tigre, the Shins, the Distillers.

Movies:

Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind, Donnie Darko, Dead Poets Society, Office Space, Battle Royale, Versus, Royal Tenenbaums, the Princess Bride, Lord of the Rings trilogy, Dogma, Chasing Amy, 28 Days Later, Rear Window, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, Peeping Tom, I love movies!

Television:

I try not to watch TV, I get it on DVD instead! BWA HA HA! However I do enjoy Alias, the Amazing Race, the Simpsons, Family Guy.

Books:

The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys by Chris Fuhrman, John Irving stuff, Y: the Last Man, Buddha by Tezuka, Queen and Country, Dante's Inferno, Song of Solomon by Toni Morrison

Heroes:

Susan B!

My Blog

Island Girl

Well, considering that it has been snowing and raining today, I think now is the perfect time to mentally retreat to the islands. I flew into Naha on Saturday and after dropping my bags into our hoste...
Posted by Elena on Thu, 05 Apr 2007 12:06:00 PST

Vacation continued...let's Muse!

Ahhhh, just had a great weekend.  Friday night was a girl's night...lot's of easy to drink shots like chocolate covered cherries, angel tips, and slippery nipples with girl talk, girlie magazines...
Posted by Elena on Mon, 02 Apr 2007 10:37:00 PST

Spring vacation continued, part II

This morning it was snowing!  Crazy weather.    So back to my trip, in the morning I jumped on the train for Kamakura calling a place I had found in the Lonely Planet.  The woman s...
Posted by Elena on Thu, 29 Mar 2007 12:27:00 PST

Spring Vacation part 1!

Well, right before my trip the snow gods blessed Iwate with tons of powder.  It was amazing!  So instead of sitting my ass in school with my thumb up my butt I did what any sane person would...
Posted by Elena on Tue, 27 Mar 2007 12:39:00 PST

A Nerd's Horror

Since I blog intermittently, I often read some old posts to see what I have to catch up on...only to be confronted by typos!!!  Now, many people are happy to blog things like "omg like he totaly ...
Posted by Elena on Fri, 09 Feb 2007 10:37:00 PST

Happy Groundhog Day!

So, looking back on my last blog, I bitched about the snow that was sure to be coming.  Well guess what?  Global warming has made a liar out of me.  Until yesterday, it has been practic...
Posted by Elena on Fri, 02 Feb 2007 07:38:00 PST

If I had nuts, I'd be freezing them off...

Cold. That describes Iwate right now. But, luckily for my birthday (and Mr. Scott's, Happy Birthday Scott!) I had some sun and the snow has mostly melted. However, the other day I had to crawl thro...
Posted by Elena on Wed, 06 Dec 2006 12:49:00 PST

I wish I was a robot.

Today was mind numbing, so during school time, I worked on my blog, wishing I could sleep in my mind, while my body did the auto pilot thing and appeared to be awake.I had an interesting time in Nagan...
Posted by Elena on Mon, 23 Oct 2006 12:53:00 PST

My muscles are screaming to be ripped from my body or Shuffle Shuffle

Woo hoo! The other night, I got an iPod Shuffle. Terror was out doing some shopping so I arrived at his apartment when he wasnt home. I was zombied out, eating popcorn and playing on the net. He g...
Posted by Elena on Mon, 25 Sep 2006 01:39:00 PST

Home again, the other way.

Back in Japan!  It was nice being at home and seeing my family and friends.  I ate lots of unhealthy food and lots of green chile.  Now I am back in Japan, working my butt off!  I ...
Posted by Elena on Wed, 06 Sep 2006 12:28:00 PST