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About Me

I am Tom; also known as TK MANDO, The_Sith_Hunter, TK-7151, or Cardon Gryth. I work at Sony Pictures in Culver City, CA (Los Angeles), which is funny because I grew up in Nor. Cal and a Giants fan. I swore I'd never live in LA, and here I am! But I am for ever a Giants fan. I am a big Star Wars fan as well; that's were my AKA's come from.I graduated from Southern Illinois University in 2004 and am a HUGE Salukis fan! Our basketball team has been in the NCAA Tourney the past SIX Consecutive years, and in the Sweet Sixteen twice. How many schools can say that? Not too many.I got my undergrad from UC Santa Barbara in Asian Studies. I loved my classes on Japanese language, history, and culture. I will be going out there next April to view the sakura (cherry blossoms) in Kyoto, which has been a dream of mine. I can't wait to get back there!

My Interests

I'd like to meet:

I'm always up for mentally stimulating conversations on all kinds of topics from political and religion to why star Wars is better than Star Trek. Your results:
You are Jayne Cobb (Mercenary)

Jayne Cobb (Mercenary) 100%
Derrial Book (Shepherd) 80%
Alliance 75%
Zoe Washburne (Second-in-command) 50%
Malcolm Reynolds (Captain) 45%
A Reaver (Cannibal) 40%
Wash (Ship Pilot) 35%
Kaylee Frye (Ship Mechanic) 30%
River (Stowaway) 30%
Dr. Simon Tam (Ship Medic) 20%
Inara Serra (Companion) 10% Although you can be a good fighter
and good at protecting others
you are not very bright sometimes.
Click here to take the "Which Serenity character are you?" quiz...

My Blog

Star Wars: C4 Part II

Okay, after some requests (from the same person) I've been coerced into writing part two of my C4 adventures. She is quite the charmer and so cute! So here goes... Thursday- This was the first gen...
Posted by on Fri, 29 Jun 2007 19:41:00 GMT

Star Wars Celebration 4- part one

Well, it's over. I am sad. It's come and gone so quickly. I've seen old friends, current friends from around the world, and made new ones. It all seems so long ago so I will try to remember what all h...
Posted by on Wed, 30 May 2007 20:23:00 GMT

Christmas break Part IV- the Parade

I can't believe it's been over a month already! I better get down what I rememberMy alarm went off at 3am, giving me 3-4 hours of sleep. I was up, shaved, showered, dressed, and out the door by 3:30am...
Posted by on Mon, 05 Feb 2007 11:33:00 GMT

Christmas Break III- Dress Rehersal...

I thought I better get to finishing this all up as it's been almost a month aready! (Time goes by faster the older you get!)...Well, Sunday was dress rehersals. We were all in armor and uniforms. It w...
Posted by on Wed, 24 Jan 2007 04:59:00 GMT

Christmas Break II- The Rose Parade...

On with my story....I wanted to get to Pasadena around 5pm, but my plane was an hour late in taking off, so I didn't get up there until 6:10pm... I parked my car, checked in, to the hotel, and found t...
Posted by on Thu, 11 Jan 2007 15:21:00 GMT

Christmas break Part I

Well, we are a week into the the new year... And it's been a busy one so far! I guess I should start with my Christmas break. I left San Diego for San Jose on the 16th without a hitch. My parents pick...
Posted by on Sun, 07 Jan 2007 08:28:00 GMT

End of the Year... again....

Well, we are coming to the end of another year. 2006 has been a whirl wind trip for me. UP and DOWN a number of times. I get a permanant job, change jobs internally, and 35 days later, I get laid off....
Posted by on Mon, 25 Dec 2006 22:18:00 GMT

I got tagged...

The first player of this game starts with the "6 weird things/habits about yourself". People who get tagged need to write a blog of their 6 weird habits/things, as well as state these rules clearly. A...
Posted by on Tue, 28 Nov 2006 07:29:00 GMT

Quick up date...

Well, I started a new section in class today. I am starting on Illistrator. It's kinda hard, but I think it's just because it is different and I have not used it before. I also found out that I would ...
Posted by on Mon, 13 Nov 2006 14:33:00 GMT

Life...

Well, so much for making it. I got  laid off on Friday 9/8. It was a complete shock to me, and all my co-workers as well. So, I will have to start the job search process all over again! I really ...
Posted by on Tue, 12 Sep 2006 00:35:00 GMT