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ash76

About Me

If you've only just met me: I grew up in Hawaii, went to college and watched a lot of anime in Massachusetts, and spent six years living in Japan, including three on the JET Program.
If you knew me from before: I'm studying Library and Information Science at UH-Manoa now.

My Interests

I'd like to meet:

I don't know--George Clooney, I suppose.

My Blog

Part 1: Squeee! Froglets!

A few weeks ago, I had my camera at the pond, and I was meaning to do a photo post entitled "Squeee! Tadpoles!" Aww, they're like tiny aquatic mice! But I never got around to it, and a...
Posted by on Thu, 29 Mar 2007 04:57:00 GMT

Everything's coming up ash76

So a few days ago, I post about this dog food commercial I like, right? And I hadn't seen it in ages until I looked it up on Youtube, but since then, I've seen it on TV three times.And then TV Guide ...
Posted by on Sat, 24 Mar 2007 23:53:00 GMT

The other 65 love songs

So I yesterday finally got a chance to hear the Magnetic Fields' 69 Love Songs in its entirety (I already had a few of them on a mix tape)--and I was skipping through the songs really quickl...
Posted by on Sat, 17 Mar 2007 19:56:00 GMT

Return to Myspace Blogging

So sometime last summer I paid a visit home, and being without internet access for a while, I kind of lost my blogging momentum.  And then after that, I acquired an unwanted RL admirer with an un...
Posted by on Fri, 16 Mar 2007 03:03:00 GMT

The Number 23

Okay, so ever since I read Make Love! The Bruce Campbell Way, I've been wondering why nobody else is talking about this. Roughly paraphrased, there's a line about the inappropriateness of "a guy who m...
Posted by on Tue, 27 Feb 2007 01:31:00 GMT

The Secret Life of Elmer Pasta

(Originally written 11/13/06)   When I was a teenager, my hometown newspaper hired a new movie critic, and making fun of Elmer Pasta became one of my main bonding activities with my mother. First...
Posted by on Tue, 02 Jan 2007 01:13:00 GMT

How much do I rock?

[Originally written 12/16/06] So much. The old Sony Vaio: Hinges broken, screen falling off, won't turn on any more: Computer guts. I think the brown stains on the metal are residue from the Lemona...
Posted by on Mon, 01 Jan 2007 14:16:00 GMT

Questionable Names of Hawaii

FamiliesGeorge & Janet, parents of GeornetLarry & Mayrose, parents of Larmay, Maynard, and ParisChristoper & Kimiyo, parents of Richard, Richard, Kimiyo, and Richard. Siblings, Draven and ...
Posted by on Wed, 14 Jun 2006 21:09:00 GMT

God damn you Romanian girls, do it to me every time

Guy: Do you mind if I ask--what's your ethnic background?Me: Uh, half-Japanese, half-white-whatever. Why, what are you? Guy: Uh, I've got Italian, and, uh, white--Me: --Wait, why were you asking?Guy: ...
Posted by on Sun, 11 Jun 2006 01:58:00 GMT

They talk about you as if you were criminals because you ARE criminals.

Pedophiles to Launch Political Party: The party wants private possession of child pornography to be allowed although it supports the ban on the trade of such materials. It also supports allowing porn...
Posted by on Sat, 03 Jun 2006 06:41:00 GMT