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Risa

tsuki wa kawarazu boku o mitsume (the moon is always gazing at me) -Gakuto

About Me

What I am. A malcontented iconoclast with a silly, perverse sense of humor. I enjoy the weather, philosophy, androgyny, animals, the essence of being and creativity.What I'm not? Normal. :-)..

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My Interests

music, art, reading, movies, wasting time, going to school, natural science, meteorology, having a latte, fashion design, animals, wildlife rescue and rehabilitation, the color pink, metaphysics, Gnosticism, mysticism, eating really good cheesecake, lush cosmetics, japanese culture (film/music/language/manga-anime,etc), FRESH sushi, japanese chin

I'd like to meet:

The Man with the X-Ray Eyes

Music:

S.K.I.N.,Gackt/GacktJOB *hearts*, malice mizer, miyavi, L’Arc~en~Ciel, acid android, X JAPAN, YOSHIKI - hide/w Spread Beaver/Zilch, MUCC, DéspairsRay, SUGIZO, LUNA SEA, alice nine., Angelo, B'z, polysics, bauhaus/peter murphy/daniel ash/tones on tail/love + rockets, pink floyd, jethro tull, marilyn manson, skinny puppy, the misfits, danzig, samhain, shriekback, my life with thrill kill kult, VNV nation, ministry, zeromancer, the flaming lips, cal johnson/dub narcotic/halo benders, jsbx, sigur ros, the make-up, gomez, autechre, squarepusher, vanilla fudge, jeff buckley, charlie parker, radiohead, danzig, the smashing pumpkins, mercury rev, modest mouse, built to spill, miles davis, keith jarrett, django reinhardt, nirvana, the birthday party, ima robot, dead can dance, pink turns blue, queensryche, the fruit bats, the clash, c-clamp, charlie mingus, son house, robert johnson, at the drive-in, the mars volta, the doors, soundgarden, charlie parker, chris cornell, gene loves jezebel, the animal collective, morcheeba, scissor sisters, the cure, siouxsie + the banshees/the creatures, the birthday party/nick cave + the bad seeds, the smiths/morrissey, fiona apple, willie nelson, bob dylan, neil young, tori amos, kate bush, ani difranco, lords of acid, metallica, ladytron, cat power, bush (wtf happened, gavin?), interpol, coheed + cambria, and you will know us by the trail of the dead, zechs marquise, de facto, leonard cohen, todd rundgren/utopia, the police, lou reed, air, massive attack, tricky, basement jaxx, led zeppelin, garbage, david bowie, morrisey.

Movies:

STAR WARS (original trilogy but return of the sith wasn't horrendous), Pink Floyd - The Wall, all things evil dead, kill bill, pulp fiction, resevoir dogs, the big lebowski, fargo, requiem for a dream, donnie darko, saw I & II, SOME hellraiser films, jan svenkmajer, the muppet movie, vintage dracula films, phantasm I & II, terry gilliam, the brothers quay, romero, films by marc caro & jean-pierre jeunet - Delicatessen, La Cité des enfants perdus (aka The City of Lost Children), the nightmare before christmas, DEAD MAN, most anything by john waters, a clockwork orange, 2001: a space oddesey, farenheit 451, shaun of the dead, 28 days later, the grudge, bubba ho-tep, gummo, the usual suspects, Ôdishon(aka audition), Ju-on, Ringu, Batoru Rowaiaru (aka battle royale), Leon, unleashed aka danny the dog, MOON child, El Laberinto del Fauno (pan's labyrinth), suicide club, boogie nights, the picture of dorian grey (1945 version with Hurd Hatfield), Breakfast at Tiffany's, el mariachi, Artificial Intelligence: AI, Se7en, American Beauty, LA Confidential, Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil, Mayonaka no Yaji-san Kita-san (aka Yaji and Kita: The Midnight Pilgrims), Tron, Blade Runner, The Exorcist, Videodrome, Crumb, Ghost World, House of Wax

Television:

project runway, house, red dwarf, the prisoner, the office (us & uk) / anime - gravitation, death note, texhnolyze, fullmetal alchemist

Books:

clive barker, edward gorey, charles bukowski, paul auster, h.p. lovecraft, animal books, stiff, aldous huxley, ray bradbury, frank herbert, carl sagan, arthur c. clarke, douglas adams, noam chomsky, koji suzuki, some manga (gravitation, fake, legal drug, death note)

Heroes:

my heroes have always been cowboys.Papa/Mama - & my baaabies Lalas Hayashi and Kaito S. Kamuihide

My Blog

SOO much news!!! Taste of Chaos 98 / MYV NEWS! - WORLD TOUR 2008

It's been a while but between work, my puppy and being a little under the weather this winter I've been struggling to keep up with stuff - as usual!!!!  I'm worse than Yoshiki, I swear! LOLANYWAY...
Posted by Risa on Thu, 27 Dec 2007 06:24:00 PST

Soooo tired but so happy! Mama stories!

Hi everyone!!!Let me tell you being a single mama to a 5 mo old puppy is some HAAARD work! LOLI thought "whoooohooooo now that I have a puppy I can stay home and have all thsi free time!!!"NOTTTTTTT!&...
Posted by Risa on Mon, 03 Dec 2007 01:42:00 PST

It’s a boy!! *SUPERHAPPYSQUIZZYUPDATE* <<KAITO>>

Ohayou gozaimasu!Just an update - Kaito S. Kamui is COMING HOME on November 23rd, 2007!!!  Four days before his five month birthday!  I'm flying out to Akron, OH early Friday morning and pic...
Posted by Risa on Thu, 15 Nov 2007 05:51:00 PST

Here I am - time to come clean with the news!

Just wanted to say thanks to everyone who has been so supportive during this crazy time!  As some of you know, Jeff and I have made the decision to seperate and follow our own paths.  It was...
Posted by Risa on Sun, 30 Sep 2007 07:02:00 PST

Check out this event: RUSIKA/T-mode

Hosted By: RUSIKA When: Saturday Sep 15, 2007 at 9:00 PMWhere: Hilton Crystal City at Washington Reagan National 2399 Jefferson Davis HighwayArlington, VA 22202United StatesDescription:RUSIKA Click H...
Posted by Risa on Thu, 30 Aug 2007 08:24:00 PST

Lack of intellectualism is a blast!

My submission for the 2nd round of the art contest on jrockrevolution.com is submitted!Thanks to anyone and everyone who voted for me.  The amazing (and truthfully unexpected) support I have been...
Posted by Risa on Fri, 24 Aug 2007 10:06:00 PST

First Art Contest Submission Complete!

As of last night my drawing for my first contest is SUBMITTED!  I am participating in an art contest over on www.jrockrevolution.com and the objective was to select any artist/band who was at JRR...
Posted by Risa on Thu, 16 Aug 2007 08:09:00 PST

RUSIKA performance in Arlington, VA!

Anyone in the DC metro area, try to come out and support RUSIKA playing in Arlington/Crystal City on September 16, 2007 at 1:00pm!  Let's support all Japanese artists' efforts in playing the USA!...
Posted by Risa on Mon, 30 Jul 2007 11:06:00 PST

AX Pix and yeah, yeah I know... S.K.I.N. Concert Experience Not Done Yet! :P

Ok, added a cute little slideshow of the gacktna.com crew (aka NA Dears) @ Anime Expo in Long Beach, CA where we saw S.K.I.N.!!!  Unfortunately I don't really have any captions so I'll have to te...
Posted by Risa on Wed, 11 Jul 2007 11:44:00 PST

The S.K.I.N. Experience Part I - Getting there is half the fun, right?

The S.K.I.N. Experience. Part I *Rough Draft*I.  Aircrafts and Anxiety At 5:55am on Thursday, June 28th, my eyes popped open.  The day had finally arrived that I was to depart from Wa...
Posted by Risa on Tue, 03 Jul 2007 08:44:00 PST