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JohnLa

I am here for Friends and Networking

About Me

Next: 4.2 Reporting on a TripI spent the first 15 years of my life in Tokyo, my parents moved alot from place to place, so everything about my childhood was pretty unusual, Im used to being the only blond kid in a crowd of my asian peers. I think theres a lot to be learned from being a minority, experiencing awkward cultural moments, which was me at first living in LA, like a reverse lost in translation, Kim said it perfectly, lost in the world when not in Japan.Im definately a beach kid, love the ocean and of course sushi is always at the front of my mind. The city thats a cross between Vegas and Manhatten, always somethin happening and constantly moving, the only thing it lacks is the LA sun. I'm really interested in people's stories, and would rather listen to people rather than talk. Which brings me to my true passion of film, which probably came about wanting to share people's stories. I used to be Pluto, and I think I'm Peter Pan

My Interests

Tokyo Disneyland and Anaheim DisneylandCity skylines, lights and commotion.I love flying, whethers its in a singel engine cesna with my pilot brother, or getting me away from whatevers back there. Definately a city boy, but love hiking, especially when im eating kinoko. I love movies that make their way into my dreams, and scar me. Random spontaneous trips to vegas or back home to japan, just chillin with people with a different perspective on what makes a good life, and various definition of fun. Love dancing to house and good beats, people who will sit down with you and play some acoustic guitar.Languages and indian food, espresso bars in the middle of the city with a patio to observe the freakish pace of life. A glass of redwine and six feet under dvds, foreign films and Audrey Hepburn acting drunk on sleeping pills. Chocolate Gellato at the Trevi fountain, and solo backpacking through Europa. An intimate cuddle spooning with my British lover. Accents, I love accents, Aussi, Kiwi, Irish, wish I could wake up to it every morning. Smoking a silver cigar with my Cuban soul mate, while talking about lost loves. Getting lost in a trance of spine tickling beats, and Christopher Lawrence spinning with nothing else on my mind but vibrations from the base.MY BIRD, since our small house can only handle a pet this size. SKY is his name, appropriately

I'd like to meet:

YOU I want to meet ya, hit me up. Especially if youre in the far east!

Music:

SIGUR ROS, NINE INCH NAILS - dj sammy, dj shadow, christopher lawrence, digweed, Drifter: dave matthews, U2, over the rhine, wallflowers, Deftones. - Sarah McLachlan, Portishead, Incubus, Alien Ant Farm, MxPx, Nirvana, Massive Attack, daniel beddingfield, dixies, Switchfoot, Weezer, No Doubt Drifter: Radiohead, The Beatles, Jimmy Eat World, Dashboard Confessional, Bad Religion, Noise Ratchet, Green Day, The Offspring, REM, Moby, Foo Fighters,sojourn, Nickle Creek, Hoobastank

Movies:

ETERNAL SUNSHINE ON A SPOTLESS MIND, Big fish, requim for a dream, road to perdition, the village, the crow, american beauty kill bill, kill bill 2, pulp fiction, se7en, fight club, vanilla sky, rainman, heat, trainspotting, snatch, lock stock & 2 smoking barrels, donnie darko MY FRIEND SACHIE'S BABY "BEI CHAN" She's JAPANESE/KOREAN/AMERICANSO MUCH MORE THAN SOCCER BUDDIES

Television:

Rupin III, Evangelion, family Guy, Simpsons, Will N Grace

Books:

The Anointing, Good Morning Holy Spirit, On the Road

Heroes:

David

My Blog

Like a Dog

Like an old friend, he greets me and welcomes me back with a wave of nastalgia. A sense of transendence and well being engulfs my being. The taste and smell, the spurt of energy takes me back to the f...
Posted by JohnLa on Tue, 05 Dec 2006 07:45:00 PST

COME VISIT JAPAN

to anyone who wants to check out Tokyo and surrounding areas and me of course.. check out this tavel agent.. theyre called H.I.S and mostly japanese use them to come from LA to Tokyo, but you should u...
Posted by JohnLa on Fri, 06 Oct 2006 01:14:00 PST

MY NEW HOME!!!

hey everybody,wow its been a while since ive blogged. but i moved into a house5 min from the beach, its super big for japan... it was built by anamerican guy, so its layout is really convenient for bb...
Posted by JohnLa on Fri, 22 Sep 2006 09:10:00 PST

IT's RAINING MEN!

http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual &videoid=764239751&n=2This was a class of older people that I taught for a summer job, was a little bored ofthe conventional English classes...
Posted by JohnLa on Thu, 25 May 2006 09:15:00 PST

blogging from my cell phone. can u say myspaddict?

so im sitting on a train in downtown tokyo blogging on myspace. i think i need help.ma myspace anonymous! u guys can email my phone. [email protected]. oh this my stop.i miss venice beach...and u!
Posted by JohnLa on Sat, 25 Mar 2006 02:26:00 PST

MADE IT BACK!

hey youz.. Im back in sweet ol tokyo... had an amazing view of mt fuji on the flight in.. im sick tho from the long ass flight to taipei and back up to tokyo... thanks you guys for party, it was so am...
Posted by JohnLa on Wed, 15 Mar 2006 01:25:00 PST

VISA problems new dept date MARCH 13th

yeah, so... ive been trying to get my working visa in japan, and its super hard, even though i had my dual residency visa when i left, since Ive lived in LA for the passed 6 years, they dont want to g...
Posted by JohnLa on Wed, 22 Feb 2006 05:02:00 PST

my pictures, are worth a thousand words

so if any of you wanna keep up with what ive been up to, you have to check out my photo gallery on ofoto cause this site doesn't give me enough photo space to express myself, I take pictures like a Ja...
Posted by JohnLa on Tue, 27 Dec 2005 01:26:00 PST

Back to Japan I go! 02/15/06

So, after much consideration about what steps to take next, I am going to head back to Japan for a min of 1 year max of Infinity, and try my luck with the acting scene over there. Im posting a website...
Posted by JohnLa on Tue, 27 Dec 2005 12:22:00 PST

A DAY AT NNR

NNR (NIHON NISHI TETSU KOGYO) My happy home, where I spend 60 hours a week. I'm a Freight Forwarder. Many people have asked me "so what exactly do you do?" Well, Im a director always was always will b...
Posted by JohnLa on Tue, 04 Oct 2005 10:38:00 PST