Japanese culture, video games, dancing, listening to music, going to concerts, Chupathingie, studying, procrastinating, dining out with friends, watching random comedy videos with friends, well, really, friends make everything better.
I'd like to meet:
I'd really like to meet your mom.
Music:
Sharan Q, Perfume, Aerosmith, Fujii Takashi, D'espairsRay, Project Pitchfork, Yaida Hitomi, Def Leppard, Yaen, Kenny Rogers, Ice T, Pet Shop Boys, Shakka Zombie, Neil Diamond, Duran Duran, The Pink Panda, Billy Joel, Morning Musume, VNV Nation, Rip Slyme, Tears for Fears, In Strict Confidence, Penicillin, Melon Kinenbi, Prince, Madonna, Utada Hikaru, Warren G, Lightning Seeds, Gordon Lightfoot, Move, Assemblage 23, Mucc, New Order, and most everything inbetween. No particular order.
Movies:
Spaceballs, Lost in Translation, uhhh, I'm not much of a movie person. But I make up for it by assuming that when I don't get a movie reference, it was part of "Snow Dogs".
I've kinda lost my interest in anime as well, which is what started my overall interest in learning Japanese, however, there are a handful that I think are pretty top-notch in terms of maintaining an interesting plot or just being plain funny...
Samurai Champloo, Tenjou Tenge, Mahoromatic, Real Bout High School, Rurouni Kenshin, Someday's Dreamers, Vampire Princess Miyu, Ranma 1/2, Record of Lodoss War, Noir
Television:
I have a television. I do not, however, have television service of any variety, nor do I even have an antenna. But my friend Anatol lets me watch Metalocalypse, and I have a huge affinity for South Park. Then there's a handful of Japanese TV shows I enjoy, such as Utaban and Matthew's Best Hit TV.
Books:
Dance, Dance, Dance by Murakami Haruki. It's the only book I've read outside of school in recent history... but I'd like to get into reading again after I've graduated.
Heroes:
My father for (so far) winning a second bout with alcoholism.
My grandmother for being determined enough to learn how to use computers despite her old age and slowly deteriorating health.
My mother for overcoming an overwhelming sense of helplessness for a long period in her life.
Anybody who knows at least one thing they really want in life, and tries their hardest to attain it. Actually attaining it is merely bonus points for their benefit.
