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Jeff

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About Me

"Out beyond ideas of wrongdoing and rightdoing,
there is a field.
I'll meet you there.
When the soul lies in that grass
the world is too full to talk about.
Ideas, language, even the phrase each other
doesn't make any sense."

-Rumi
Hmmm, let's see... where to start... well I'm a boy... I grew up in Milwaukee Wisconsin with a brief 5 year stint in Phoenix, Arizona, but then...our history is never who we are. I started going to Soka University of America when I was 18. I like long walks on the beach... jk. But walks are nice. Walking and talking. Sitting and talking, preferrably with friends... because talking to yourself can get you branded crazy. Though there's nothing wrong with being crazy now and then. Haha... :P
You Are a Henna Gaijin!
You're not Japanese, but you wish you were!
You can use chopsticks with your eyes closed, and you've memorized hundreds of Kanji.
You even answer your phone "moshi moshi."
While the number of anime videos you've seen is way higher than the number of dates you've been on, there's hope.
Play the sexy, mysterous gaijin, and you'll have plenty of Japanese meat. What's Your Japanese Subculture?

My Interests

I love poetry (Rumi is some of the best I've read) and music (although that's pretty broad). I love Indian, Japanese, and Middle Eastern food. I love foreign languages, I took French for 11 years, by 5th grade I was reading magazines in French but then we moved to Arizona and I lost a lot of it. By the time I got to a school that offered it again, I had lost so much I had to start out at the beginning again. Kinda Sucks huh? Although, now I try to speak French and Japanese comes out. I'm studying Japanese now and I love it, I've wanted to speak it since I was a kid. When I was a kid, if I saw people speaking Japanese I felt like I had to run up and start talking to them... I want to learn Mandarin Chinese next. It sounds so cool... So yeah, I love languages in case you haven't noticed. I love Art. I take photographs and do ceramics. I can draw and paint, and I usually have a notebook with me... lately I've been writing more. Wanna read?

Music:

I love lots of different music but my favorite music is Natacha Atlas, Bjork, Indian Bhangra, pretty much world music.

Movies:

I love the movies Contact, Run Lola Run, any Miyazaki Movie, Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon, Il Postino, Amelie... there are more.

Television:

Simpsons, Family Guy, I think I just like Matt Groening. I like cartoons and I love watching documentaries... although, I don't like watching TV as much anymore... Ah well, C'est la vie...

Books:

"Life: an enigma a Precious Jewel" "The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin" "Jonathan Livingston Seagull" " You Can Heal Your Life" "The Dark Side Of the Light Chasers" any HG Wells book. "Harry Potter"... once again there are more
You Are a Prophet Soul
You are a gentle soul, with good intentions toward everyone.
Selfless and kind, you have great faith in people.
Sometimes this faith can lead to disappoinment in the long run.
No matter what, you deal with everything in a calm and balanced way.

You are a good interpreter, very sensitive, intuitive, caring, and gentle.
Concerned about the world, you are good at predicting people's feelings.
A seeker of wisdom, you are a life long learner looking for purpose and meaning.
You are a great thinker and communicator, but not necessarily a doer.

Souls you are most compatible with: Bright Star Soul and Dreaming Soul What Kind of Soul Are You?

Heroes:

My Parents, Nichiren Daishonin, Daisaku Ikeda, Taro Gold, Tina Turner, Linda Johnson, Matilda Buck, Oprah, James Van Praagh, Chakrapani, Debbie Ford, Louise Hay, Nan Yueh, T'ien T'ai... again there are more...

My Blog

Excerpts for...*insert name here*

What else would I post? :) Lately these pieces of wisdom have been of great help to me. I thought I would put them out there for anyone else who's going through their stuff. Love y'all. "Everyone...
Posted by Jeff on Sun, 23 Jul 2006 11:38:00 PST