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I'm originally from America, where I majored in Chemistry while minoring in math and studying Japanese on the side, but the arts have forever been my greatest passion. I'm currently living in Osaka, Japan on a Fulbright Scholarship, conducting research about the Cost Impact of Lead-free Electronics, but, as always, I continue to find time to write even while adjusting to a new life. Writing is my heart, truth, and soul.
First and foremost, I am a writer (poetry, shortstories, novels, and fan-fiction), as well as a dancer (hip-hop, modern, and jazz) and a singer (anything I feel like!) I would love to call myself a musician, but the reality is that I only dabble in guitar, and singing is my only strength. Someday I hope to become talented enough with the guitar to begin writing my own songs. Music is the soundtrack of my life and my writing, I would be nowhere without it, and there are many artists that I adore beyond words.
Working with chemistry in the electronics industry while maintaining my love of writing and music helps keep me balanced in this crazy world.
- Location:
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Japan
- Primary occupation:
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Chemistry/Computer Science
- Dream occupation:
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writing meets music meets dance
- Hometown:
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Portland, OR and Austin, TX
- Schools attended:
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College of William & Mary, where I studied polymer chemistry
- I like:
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wrinting, singing, dancing, walking in the rain, chocolate, video games, sleeping, exercise, ultimate frisbee, chai, dreaming, friendship, love
- Favorite writers:
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Juliet Marillier, Charles Delint, Robert Jordan
- Favorite books:
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Anything by the artists listed above
- Favorite magazines:
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Japanese music magazines
- Favorite music:
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Japanese, American, and Korean rock, pop, and ballads, such as... Nakajima Takui, Core of Soul, Queen, Angela Aki, Kokia, Ayaka, SID, Kansas, Boston, Onitsuka Chihiro, Fureai, Aerosmith, many others
- Favorite quote:
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"Stories are for eternity, when memory is erased, when there is nothing to remember except the story." [Tim O'brien], "Above all things I believe in love..." [Moulin Rouge]
- Gender:
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Female