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About Me

I'm a mythology, folklore, and fairy tale buff. Loves to read, imagine, and draw. Tends to be a bit snobbish but is really a shy and withdrawn. person. Basically not a "people" person. Interested in tarot cards (for art's sake) and illustration books. Obsessive compulsive when it comes to books (biblio-phile/-holic).Graduated applied economics- advertising management major. A wierd combination but you get all sorts in advertising. Currently tied up with a media agency.

My Interests

Anime, Art, Role Playing Games, Photography, Photoshop, Watching Movies

I'd like to meet:

People who like to read, enjoy art, and are friendly.

Music:

Vanessa Mae, Corrs, Josh Groban, Celtic Music, Loreena McKennit, Mohicans, Yanni, Isgaard, Maksim, Pilgrimage, Sarah Mclachlan, and other new age classical and classical music. I like the sound of violin, flute, and piano organ. Likes Linkin Park Music, Evanescence, and J-Pop!

Movies:

Brotherhood of Wolves, Drive to Success, Matrix, Matrix Reloaded, LOTR 2, Harry Potter 2, Interview with the Vampire, Legally Blonde, Catch Me if You Can, Johnny English, The Ring (Japanese Version), Escaflowne the Movie, Pirates of the Carribean, A Walk to Remember, The One, A.I., The Last Dragon, Dogma, Final Destination, Ghost Ship, Ghosts, The Craft, Beautiful Mind, Gladiator, Sleepy Hallow, Once Upon A Time in Mexico, City of Angels, Atlantis, Lilo and Stitch, Nemo, Emperor's New Groove, Macross, Gundam Wing, Fushigi Yuugi, Record of Lodoss War

Books:

Harry Potter, Sorceror's Companion, Lord of the Rings, Hobbit, Uncle Tom's Cabin, Arthur Cotterel's Mythology books (Classical, Norse, Celtic) and the Dictionary of Mythology, The Fairy Encyclopedia, Encyclopedia of Monsters and Demons, Encyclopedia of spirits, faries, and sprites, Good/Bad Faries, The Everything Tarot Book, Chinese Astrology, The Everything Numerology Book, Encylcopedia of Myths and Legends, Japanese Myths, Rachel Storm's books (Eastern Mythoglogy, Indian Mythology, Egyptian Mytholgy), Good Earth, Kitchen God's Wife, Animal Farm, Little Princess, Molly Flanders, Sherlock Holmes Complete Novels, Thousand One Arabian Nights, Grimm Brothers' Complete Fairy Tales, Hans Christian Anderson's Complete Fairy Tales, Encyclopedia of Myths and Fairy Tales, Copy Advertising, Great Print Advertising, The Godfather, God of Small Things, whew im getting tired... and many more I also collect illustration books and art books. Some of my favorites are the Art of Lord of the Rings, Thousand Arms Illustration Book, Angel Sanctuary Illustration Book, Saga Frontier, Neo Geo Perfect Works, The Art of Nobutero Yuuki, Persona Illustration Book, etc.

Heroes:

God is the greatest miracle worker.

My Blog

japan

Home suffering from jet lag... Met with my Japanese friend, Mari X-D Everyone is so nice and polite in Japan, unfortunately, I was forced to use what little Japanese I know since few people spoke...
Posted by Joan on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

gto- great teacher onizuka

One of the best and funniest anime I've ever watched is GTO. It's actually showing on Animax. It's about a former head street gangster who decides to become the best teacher in japan, eikichi onizuka...
Posted by Joan on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

mariokart double dash- cute characters,etc.

Been playing double dash for the last two weeks :) The characters are so cute especially koopa troopa and para troopa... cute wittle red turtle with teeny white wings... teehee My brother and I al...
Posted by Joan on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

voiceless in shanghai

been in shanghai and hong kong. the food is so oily in shanghai and i ate a lot of salty chips that i got sore throat... in fact, i was afraid of being quarantined there anyway, i didn't know that...
Posted by Joan on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

lotr and russel crowe

just saw the hbo premiere of lotr 1. yikes, i never noticed that the first film was very grainy and poorly done compared to part 2. but i still liked the actors anyway. wat i didn't like was the po...
Posted by Joan on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

the grudge (ju-on)

just watched this scary japanese movie, entitled "ju-on" or "the grudge" in english. it's about a curse which involves everyone when ju-on happens. ju-on happens when a person suffers a violent deat...
Posted by Joan on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

artworks

just posted some "new" artworks. drat it. i've been doing the colors in photoshop, unfortunately, i can't load the pics even in jpeg format. dunno why???? why? why? grrrr.... now i have to stick to...
Posted by Joan on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

sick

after passing the revisions for our thesis, i think im coming up with a slight fever. T _ T i've been sleeping like for long hours lately just to catch up on my sleep but i still don't feel good......
Posted by Joan on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

sleepless

lack of sleep for 2 weeks now!!! just came from a thesis defense. boy! were we grilled to death!!! wah!!! still have to do some revisions....
Posted by Joan on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

looking for nice acoustic songs

it's been awhile since i've written something new. tonight we'll be having an overnight. must finish thesis... so far, we're very near 100 pages for the main documents... i predict we'll have a volu...
Posted by Joan on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST