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Karoshi

Half-Japanese Girl: doin it to you everytime

About Me

quirky alone . professional dynamo . neurotic achiever . obstinately adventurous . unconventional romantic . passionately convoluted . fearless philosopher

My Interests

Dance, Yoga, Media, Fusion Cuisine, Indie, Riding, Live Concerts, Wine, Espresso, Art, Roadtrips, dreaming about snowboarding, Finding Good Books, Vintage treasure-hunting, Collecting Hats,

Music:

Mogwai, Nas, Omni Trio, Explosions in the Sky, Dillinja, Godspeed You! Black Emperor, The Stars, K-OS, Amon Tobin, DJ Krush, Tribe Called Quest, Ben Harper, Morrissey, Alicia Keys, Ani Difranco, Mos Def, Talib Kweli, The Roots, LCD Soundsystem, Interpol, Mazzy Star, Radiohead, Portishead, Maroon Five, Jack Johnson, Stevie Wonder, Ivanna Santilli, M-Flo, Sigur Ros, Pink Floyd, Led Zepplin, De La Soul, Cam'ron, The Shins, Bloc Party, Weezer, Thievery Corporation, The Unicorns, Tegan and Sara

Books:

Favorite books = too many to mention currently reading = Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance . Pirsig and Foundation . Issac Asimov

My Blog

Happy V-Day

Hot: Rediscovering Stevie Wonder The Postal Service cute boys who can grate cheese witty rapport inspiration via livejournal Two occassions to wear red in one week Not: when chicken noodle s...
Posted by Karoshi on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

Apple

Steve Jobs is my hero. Seriously, which other computer has this kind of connectivity and capability? I'm sitting at my university, with my USB key loading all my files while charging my IPOD via f...
Posted by Karoshi on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

HOw to find your own originality

You obviously can't cop someone else's style, but for each of us to find what makes us who we are, we gotta find out what we dig ourselves. It's only when truly exposed to the world, that we begin to...
Posted by Karoshi on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

MSN

I know they have taglines that you can adjust, but you'd think that MSN would have specialized away messages... Sometimes you don't want to butcher your well-crafted MSN nickname to put {sleeping} or...
Posted by Karoshi on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

semiotics

Heterosexuality and homosexuality create an us, exnominated and therefore unnoticeable. Dynamic self lends only to creating the other against the entrenched polarities of lifestyles. By defining our...
Posted by Karoshi on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

He's just not that into you

Call me uber geek but I am at my aunts house reading my cousin's book, He's just not that into you. Whereas, I like to think that I don't pursue men at all, the book has a couple insights even for ...
Posted by Karoshi on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

Historicity

Ever think about the people who used to live in your house/apt? I don't mean this in a scary haunted house sort of way, as many of us live in fairly new places, but rather previous tenants. I wonder ...
Posted by Karoshi on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

Auld Lang Sine

SO Happy New Year everyone. It was definitely a random new year. I didn't plan anything til the very last minute. I guess I didn't want one of those drama filled new years of years past, running arou...
Posted by Karoshi on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

A visionary

People die every day. We barely wince when someone dies on TV but when someone you know dies, even if you know them for a short time it can be devastating... My professor died from a heartat...
Posted by Karoshi on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

2004-3

I'm so behind, from being so future-forward.intravenous-fed foamy motivationuntil it becomes quietoh so quietthat the cycle begins again...
Posted by Karoshi on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST