So who am I? let's take this back a moment and ask who are you?
My name is Kevin Murase and I live here in Huntington Beach. I'm japanese but do not speak it, read it or write it at all and nor do I really care. Instead I can read, write, and speak a little viet.....I'm about 5'8 in height and about 130lbs in weight with black hair, brown eyes and always with my phone close by.
I feel i've lived a full life and am happy the ways things have turned out.....So much to say and such a little box to write in.....hmmmmm I guess I can say that I like going out to clubs, driving randomly around town, working on my car, hanging out with friends and going to parties whenever they occur (It's for food I swear...)
I think my biggest accomplishment in life thus far has been a site which I created as a joke. I created a website back in the days of 2006 called Gen5alive and it was done out of spontanaity with the intention of it failing and not going beyond one month. Surprisingly the concept caught on and the site is now fully deployed, gaining members nationwide and around the globe. You can visit it at www.gen5alive.com
Pretty cool huh?
To know you made a site as a joke, no intent or wish and ultimately end up creating a place where the words community, family, and friend hold so true that people you've never met face to face internalize these values and take them on as their own.
In late 2007 I made another site called 8Geez.com which is to focus solely on the 2008 Accord so we shall see where that ultimately ends up and hopefully it can share much of the same success as Gen5alive.
A member made a banner for the site shown below
To me this shows true dedication in one form. I do not know how to use photoshop or do any type of digital media and nor do I want to. I realize that this type of work takes time out of someone's life and they did it for one reason. They either like the site, they want their "home" to look better, or they just want to do it to help out. This is truly dedication and follows the Gen5alive philosophy of DEDICATION to your vehicle, your site, yourself.
As far as aspirations in life I'd like to know that when I die; I did it right in life. That is to say that I dont need gobs of money, a huge friends list on myspace, nor do I need to be married or with kids. I just simply want to know that I did it right in life and helped someone out along the way.
So who did I used to be? I used to be an angry kid with nothing good to say or think about anything. I hated my parents, my sister, my dad, everyone around me essentially. I relied on anger to fuel my passion to become something better and everything was a challenge since I always had to be the best in my field. I winced at others' successes' and was never satisfied with being me.
In the family environment I wanted no part of this family at all and I hated the whole family concept. I guess coming from a broken home has something to do with that but whatever. In late 99-00 I took my life in a very wrong direction which ended up in a shooting that I pay for every July, I was down into everything wrong which probably explains why I always frown upon those who say "i'd take a bullet for you" or "we ride together, we're homies for life till the end" or other nonsensical banter like that. This is because i've seen it and been in it, I ended up burying the one who took it for me and in no way, shape or form was it "noble" or "brave". I hated life and always found a way to find negative in anything however after having been in a really depressed drunken state at home a few months back in 2006 I realized I can't live like this anymore.
I knew I had to make a decision to better myself for no one else but me. I had to let go of things in the past in order to see myself in the future and present and although it is difficult to do, I am getting better at it. Part of this meant I had to forgive those who had done me wrong and to move on with my life with a different vision and attitude because the current one was doing me no good.
So why ultimately come to this decision?
I think one of the biggest changes occured when my life was almost cut short on March 26th, 2006 at approximately 4:15A.M on 405S freeway. The incident occured on the Bolsa chica offramp in the straight section of that exit where I jumped a curb at 40+mph and hit a tree dead on and just right of the center of the vehicle. I've been in a shooting, shot at people before, buried many friends and lived on. I've pushed limits of myself, succeeded in most things and thought I could do it all however I was proven very wrong after this incident. I learned just how real it was to be in a bind with no where else to go, this wasn't a shooting, nor was it a contest or a should I/shouldn't I. This was a potentially fatal car wreck which hospitalized me for a night and half of a day, I then learned how quickly tables can turn for the worst
The car looked like this on 1/25/06
However due to my pushing my body too hard (awake for 31.5hrs with no sleep) and not taking care of myself, my body shutdown and I fell asleep at the wheel. I jumped a curb at 40+mph and hit a tree just to the right of center on the front bumper which led to the car being a total loss. Airbags deployed and thankfully the seatbelt restrained me as well. The vehicle then looked like this..
Due to this event and the friends that came out of the woodwork I knew i had to live my life better. I now focus my life on forgiving those who have done me wrong regardless of fault and whether they accept it or not is up totally up to them. I focus on improving myself and living a happier life since tomorrow may never come.
So really what is this section about? Penpals, .. friends?
Chat and myspace messaging? Text is words on a screen, they represent the fast food version of the person behind the screen name, the pictures.
I encourage you to take initiative and talk to me, make an effort to meet me and stop this internet dependancy. Find out for yourself, about me and my life if you are interested.
Clubbin/dancing and having fun? As far as music, i'm into hiphop and largely into Usher/Ciara/Akon and Chris brown. To me these songs are upbeat and are ever so popular. The songs and beats by these artists just make you want to get up and move. Although i cannot dance for the life of me, if i'm buzzing i might as well try because we only live once and do not get any younger.
