Get to know each other! (jpod101 user profiles)

[Jason]

Whoops! Forgot to put karate under my hobbies. Though I've been out of practice for about 8 years now...

[The Frankensteiner]

You and Brugg should definately get back into the swing of things!
What was your karate style Jason?

I started in Chito-Ryu but am currently in Shotokan.

[Jason]

I took Chinese Kenpo for 8 years (wow, that was 16 years ago. I just realized that....) and helped teach for the last 3. I'd love to start again, but I simply don't have time with all my school goings-on. I'm also horribly out of shape. I wasn't exactly in great shape then, but I was also a lot younger then.

I'd really like to take Iado. I've always had a fascination with swords for some reason. But the only school here is in New Orleans. Which is about an hour drive from here and not exactly in the most safe condition still.

[Solvi]

Name: Sølvi
Age: 21
Place of birth: Flekkefjord, Norway
Furthest location travelled: Mallorca
Places you want to go: Japan, Scotland
Spoken languages: Norwegian, English
Written Languages: Norwegian, English
Languages in the process of learning: Japanese, German
Hobbies: Writing, playing (guitar, piano) and listening to music, watching movies, playing board games with my friends
Occupation: Music student
Education: In my 2. year of a bachelor
Favorite Movies: Shawshank Redemption, The Matrix and the movies my friends and I made in our teens
Favorite Bands: Ramones, Biffy Clyro, Jean Michel Jarre, Elbow, Idlewild, Green Day, Motorpsycho, Manic Street Preachers, Ash, Envy, Funeral Diner, Muse, Pastasamfundet, James Band, Björk, The Dandy Warhols
Favorite Video Games: Starcraft, Alpha Centauri, StepMania
Ultimate Goal: Get an interesting job and a nice big house with enough space for my music - and stay together with my boyfriend for ever

[ecarliz]

Name: Esteban
Age: 20
Place of birth: San Jose, Costa Rica
Furthest location travelled: Japan
Places you want to go: Japan (allready been there though), Finland,
Spoken languages: Japanese, English, Spanish
Written Languages: English Spanish, and some Japanese
Languages in the process of learning: Japanese (not fluid yet, but on the process)
Hobbies: play guitar, compose music, practice/study japanese
Occupation: Arquitecture Student
Education: In College
Favorite Movies: Hotaru no Haka, Ghost in the Shell, Lost in Translation
Favorite Bands: Stratovarius, In Flames, X Japan, Siam Shade, L'arc en Ciel
Favorite Video Games: final fantasy
Ultimate Goal: to continue my studies in Japan, hopefully live there, and establish myself there

[kacjp5]

Name:Kat
Age: 23
Place of birth: Melbourne, Australia
Furthest location travelled: London? Ireland? Argentina (Iguazu Falls)? Japan? Florida? New York?! - I have no idea which one is furtherest, by the way I won a world trip (didn't include Japan though)
Places you want to go: Canada, Ireland again, Italy and Japan again
Spoken languages: English
Written Languages: A bit of Japanese - from what I can remember when I went on a student exchange
Languages in the process of learning: Japanese
Hobbies: basketball, basketball reffing, Aussie Football (GO CATS!), learning Japanese
Occupation: IT Service Desk
Education: Honours in IT, Grad Cert in International Relations
Favorite Movies: oooh....too many
Favorite Bands: Any aussie band
Favorite Video Games: my bf's is COD2
Ultimate Goal: To travel to Japan and convince my boyfriend to live there with me
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[Bueller_007]

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[doriangrey64]

i dont really feel like writing anything but just look here instead.

http://doriangrey64.hi5.com

[Bruce]

wow bunch of younger people in here.

Name: Bruce
Age: 24
Place of birth: USA
Furthest location travelled: Japan
Places you want to go: Panama
Spoken languages: English
Written Languages: English
Languages in the process of learning: Japanese, Spanish
Hobbies: Guns and shooting, Drag Racing, Photography, (www.abcShots.com)
Occupation:Machine Programmer
Education: college grad
Favorite Movies: Snach
Favorite Bands: Tool, Eminem, Metallica
Favorite Video Games: SOCOM 3, World of WarCraft
Ultimate Goal:lol, I don't know.

[lostinagoodbook]

Name: Crystal Fernandez
Age: 33
Place of birth: Los Angeles, Ca, USA
Furthest location travelled: Idaho, USA
Places you want to go: Hopefully New York next year, after that I'd love London
Spoken languages: English, very little spanish, even littler Japanese, but workin on it
Written Languages: same as above
Languages in the process of learning: Oh I guess I already answered this huh
Hobbies: reading, japanese, sewing,
Occupation: bookkeeping
Education: some college
Favorite Movies: LOTR, anything by M. Night, Casablanca
Favorite Bands: Postal Service, Tori Amos, The Beatles
Favorite Video Games: Kingdom Hearts Series, Final Fantasy VII, Animal Crossing
Ultimate Goal: It's too late right now to answer this question.

[Solvi]

Lostinagoodbook: Is your name a reference to Fforde?

[maxiewawa]

Name: Max Roberts
Age: 24
Place of birth: Sydney, NSW Australia
Furthest location travelled: Normandy, Francc
Places you want to go: Tokyo, Kyoto
Spoken languages: English, Chinese, Japanese (in order of o-jouzu ness)
Written Languages: same as above
Languages in the process of learning: Chinese, Japanese
Hobbies: japanese, writing kids books
Occupation: English teacher
Education: BA and music
Favorite Movies: Don't like movies much... nthing comes to mind. I watch lots of TV though: CSI, 24, anything funny from the BBC
Favorite Bands: The beatles, and lots of Australian local stuff
Favorite Video Games: n/a but I like Magic: the Gathering though
Ultimate Goal: Where do I start?? Get proficient in Chinese enought to take over Chinesepod.com . Publish a wildly successful kids' book in China, and have it picked up by a Japanese publisher (Hi Kodansha). Travel back and forth between China & Japan (by now I will speak Japanese better than Peter-san), attending book signings, teaching gifted & talented students, and filling in for any Japanesepod presenter who happens to be sick by doing a perfect imitation of him/her.

[Jason]

"jouzuness" Haha! I like it.

[Outkast]

Name: Yon
Age: 21
Place of birth: Fayetteville, NC U.S.A.
Furthest location travelled: St. Augustine FL U.S.A.
Places you want to go: Every single place on the planet
Spoken languages: English, Spanish, some Japanese
Written Languages: English, Spanish, Latin, some Japanese
Languages in the process of learning: Tokushima Japanese, Sephardic Hebrew, Ladino
Hobbies: Collecting languages, walking & running, traveling, kayaking, learning about Japanese swords, decapitating snowmen...
Occupation: College student/part time linguist
Education: Transferring to UNC Charlotte for my junior year in Anthropology.
Favorite Movies: There are good ones but it's been a while...
Favorite Bands: Foo Fighters, Divahn, Outkast, Socalled
Favorite Video Games: FF7 & Pokemon (don't laugh...)
Ultimate Goal: Go to a lot of places and talk to a lot of people. Find some way to pay for such a life style...

[LBRapid]

Name: John D
Age: 17
Place of birth: Baltimore, MD
Furthest location travelled: Rome, Italy//Iqualuit, Nunavut, Canada
Places you want to go: Japan
Spoken languages: English
Written Languages: English
Languages in the process of learning: Japanese, Spanish
Hobbies: Practicing languages with friends, studying japanese , some online games, and a bit of web design. also i love trance music
Occupation: High School Student
Education: High School
Favorite Movies: Requiem For A Dream, AIR
Favorite Bands: Cornelius, Armin Van Buuren, AFI, a lot more loudboy on last.fm
Favorite Video Games: Counter Strike, Final Fantasy X,
Ultimate Goal:
1. To be an English Teacher in Japan
Short Term: Get accepted into Japanese class at local university and visit Japan summer 2007

i think i will but i need a 3.0 GPA Average I think i'm pretty much there but i'll find out soon.


THANKS!