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Dean

the_fathomable_theory

About Me

Have been living in Japan for the last 9 months with another 3 to go on my working holiday visa. i am an english teacher, but more of a performer and friend than an out-and-out grammar teacher. What teacher do you know that does out drinking late at night with his students. granted my students range from high school students, to TV producers. great job.When i am not busy shopping or hanging out in Tokyo i'm usually doing the same as everyone else. listening to music, watching movies, sleeping, studying japanese.Reading: This year.Haruki Murakami: Noweign wood (again) Hard Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World Kafka on the Shore The Elephant VanishesYoshimoto Banana: AmiritaNick hornby: How to be good A long way down About a boy (reading now)

My Interests

movies, travelling, music, having fun, buying stuff i can't afford, eating, meeting up with my friends, sleeping, questioning things, thinking of new ways to do nothing, start reading a book then start reading another without finishing the first, all night drinking sessions in Shinjuku with my students followed by karaoke at 5am, architecture, black and white photography, fashion

I'd like to meet:



not fussed

Music:

it depends on the mood i'm in. the shins, asian kung fu generation, boa, incubus, Imogen Heap, Sufjan Stevens, Masive Attack, bloc party (although their new album is crap imo), damien rice, death cab, tsunami bomb, enon, smashing pumpkins, interpol, Bjork, willy mason, yellow card, jeff buckley, jurassic 5, pj harvey, yeah yeah yeahs, cat power, aimee mann, Sigur Ros, Azure ray, supercar, straightener, do as infinty, husking bee, fast kiss, the bridals, rifles

Movies:

donnie darko, old boy, hell boy, high fidelity, shoalin soccer, garden state, lost in translation, fight club, mallrats, Vanilla Sky, Magnolia, Brick

Television:

Heroes, Hana Yori Dango, nobuta wo produce,

Books:

Anything by Murakami Haruki, Nick Hornby or Yoshimoto Banana

Heroes:

my friends, anyone who's lived to tell the tale of a broken heart

My Blog

WTF!?!?!

so i was woken up at 11 yesterday morning by a call from work. my head was kinda all over the place i didnĀ“t go to sleep until 6am. anyway they tell me that there will be a photographer at the office ...
Posted by Dean on Fri, 12 Jan 2007 12:57:00 PST

Teardrop

Something i had written down a while ago, thought i'd share.It's 6.30am and i'm awaken to the sound of a storm outside my window. I left my window open because its so hot at the moment All i can hear ...
Posted by Dean on Fri, 21 Jul 2006 11:44:00 PST