Richie - ProfilesArchive

About Me

Am half Japanese and half white... am originally from Bremerton, Washington... have lived in Seattle and Tokyo for University... have a B.A. in Japanese studies (language, literature, history, society, etc...)... play the Saxophone (Alto and Sopranino)... enjoy bodybuilding to keep in shape... can be found at all the top music clubs in Tokyo... am currently teaching English as a second language for English Language Park Bella in Shinjuku... ============================================================ =========== =================== AIM/Hotmail/Yahoo - Miyagi360 ==================== =================== Forum Boards Handle - MrMiyagi ==================== =================== Cell Phone - [email protected] =================== ============================================================ =========== =================== quasimode - The Man from Nagpur =================== ============================================================ =========== ======================= Jazztronik - LoveTribe ======================= ============================================================ ===========

My Interests

Playing My Saxophone... Electronic Dance Music... Baseball/Football... Bodybuilding/Jogging... Studying Japanese... Japanese Society Studies... Social/Anthro-Linguistics...

I'd like to meet:

Club goers (check my musical preferences to get an idea of what kind of clubs I go to)... anyone who likes International Sport competitions... ============================================================ =========== Are you East Asian and wanting to develop better English skills? I can be of assistance whether it be: conversational; written; standardized tests; etc...

Music:

========================= Genres: ========================= Nu-Jazz, Bossa Nova, Samba, Jazz, Funk, Be-Bop, Electronica, Deep House, Drum & Bass, Acid Jazz, Trip-Hop, Motown... ========================= Artists: ========================= Joshua Redman, Charlie Parker, Cannonball Adderley, Stan Getz, Antonio Carlos Jobim, Joao Gilberto, Sergio Mendes, Jabberloop, Kaleido, Jazztronik, Olivia Ong, Mark Farina, Makoto, LTJ Bukem, Louie Vega, Giles Peterson, Sven Vath, Oliver Lieb, Deep Dish, Gabriel and Dresden, Paul van Dyk...

Movies:

Baseball movies, parodies, George Lucas movies, Tim Burton movies

Television:

Whatever's on the Fuji Network... I tend to just listen to the TV, not watch as per say...

Books:

Books by Robert Whiting, Money Ball, Dokaben manga, Dragon Quest manga...

Heroes:

========================= Teachers: ========================= My Saxophone Mentor, William "Redd" Carter; he's the only teacher I will ever need for music... My HS Physics teacher, Mr. Pevovar; My teaching style is based on his... My HS Language Arts teacher, Mr. West; Hey, I became an English teacher too; who would have thought, yeah? ========================= Athletes: ========================= David Robinson (NBA Player and plays the Sax); Bernie Williams (MLB Player and plays Latin Guitar); Mark McGwire (He was my first favorite MLB Player); Edgar Martinez (Professionalism is the key word here)... Ricky Henderson (his body at his age, wow)... Kevin Eubanks (Weightlifter and The Tonight Show's Guitar Player)...

My Blog

10-year Reunion - CKHS c/o ’98... will I be going???

HELL NO! I am not going to waste my money and time just for that... and here's why... firstly, I live on the other side of the Pacific Ocean... it would cost an arm and a leg to pay for my plane ...
Posted by Richie on Wed, 22 Aug 2007 10:15:00 PST

Coach got it wrong...

I "can" still play football!!! So yesterday, I went to check out a former co-worker's football game... he had been playing for this industrial league team for about three years... it had been the firs...
Posted by Richie on Tue, 01 May 2007 08:40:00 PST

Movin' on...

Today I signed a contract to begin work at a new English Language school... I say "new" because the company has not been in operation for even three years... it's a great opportunity for me to use my ...
Posted by Richie on Thu, 08 Mar 2007 11:57:00 PST

Aaarrrgh... stupid test...

So, back on Dec. 3 of last year, I took the Japanese Proficiency Test... I took-on the Level 2 test (Level 1 being the highest)... now, I knew going into the test that I probably wouldn't pass it, so ...
Posted by Richie on Tue, 06 Feb 2007 06:05:00 PST

Leave it to Sven Vath...

... to remind me how awesome the club scene is in Tokyo... he was on top of his game last night... Slammed down cut after cut, kept the energy going strong... it was a total sweatfest at Club Womb, bu...
Posted by Richie on Sun, 28 Jan 2007 12:26:00 PST

Coincidence... or not...?

So last night (or early this morning if you must), I was chatting with a friend on an IM service... she mentioned to me that Vanilla Ice would be coming to her area to do a show... now of course,...
Posted by Richie on Thu, 25 Jan 2007 06:40:00 PST

Do I really look Brazilian now?

... Not that it's a bad thing or anything since the music I listen to nowadays is all Brasilia... but honestly, since I started working again after my Winter vacation finished, I've had a few stu...
Posted by Richie on Sat, 20 Jan 2007 09:29:00 PST

A Day of Sumo... (w/ videos)...

So I went to Day 12 of the January Tournament in Tokyo... a lot of good match-ups this day as the Tourny is nearing the end... here are a few videos I took from my "nose-bleed" seats (ok, so they aren...
Posted by Richie on Fri, 19 Jan 2007 08:36:00 PST

Re-newing Apartment Leases sucks...

I knew this was going to happen... and I still didn't make proper preparations... ended up paying 83,000 yen today to renew my apartment lease... yuck... 63,000 ($500+) to the realtor... 20,000 (~$175...
Posted by Richie on Thu, 11 Jan 2007 06:47:00 PST

My New Year has officially started...

So on Sunday, I went to the Meiji Shrine in Harajuku to get my first prayer in for the year... In Japanese, it's said as "Hatsu-moude"... Usually for me, after getting this out of the way, my Ne...
Posted by Richie on Mon, 08 Jan 2007 08:41:00 PST