I'm a writer and amateur artist, currently writing in a novel with my significant other.
I'm a graduate school student (M.A. in ESL) and a paid intern teaching English to exchange students.
I love languages and the study of linguistics. I speak three languages at least conversationally (English, Japanese, French) and have lived in my foreign language countries of origin (two months in France, half a year in Japan). I would like to return to Japan sometime to teach.
I enjoy anime, video games, and my sport is rock climbing.
I'm a mythology nerd (particularly Norse), which ties in quite nicely with my religious leanings (Heathenry/ Ásatrú).
Of course I love reading, though I think none can surpass Charles de Lint in my heart.
I'm a HUGE "Horror Whore" as my friends put it. Be it movies, books, or video games, I am a connoisseur of all things morbid and macabre. Though I prefer slow, subtle horror to gore or slash flicks.
Favourite Visual Artist
Amy Brown, Tavisha and Rikki Simons, Hayao Miyazaki, Junji Ito
Favourite Movies
foreign horror films (Pulse, Arang) , surrealistic/thinking movies (Ink, Re-Cycle, Memento)
Favourite TV Shows
Another, Kino's Journey, Wolf's Rain, Witch Hunter Robin, Last Exile, Haibane Renmei
Favourite Bands / Musical Artists
Kill Hannah, Evanescence, Abney Park, The Birthday Massacre
Favourite Books
House of Leaves, American Gods, Someplace to be Flying (and the whole Newford series), MoonHeart
Favourite Writers
Charles De Lint, H.P. Lovecraft, Junji Ito, Keiichi Sigsawa, Neil Gaiman, Mark Z. Danielewski
Favourite Games
Kingdom Hearts, The World Ends With You, Drakengard, Shadow of the Colossus, indie horror games
Favourite Gaming Platform
Playstation and Nintendo DS
Tools of the Trade
Whatever I get my hands on, but lately notebooks and MS Word for writing
Other Interests
Anime, art, video games, reading, fiction writing, other cultures, foreign language