meek Female • 24 • Hofu • Japan

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Kore wa nan desu ka?

Last On: 07/03/08 PST

About me

Erm....I'm teaching English in Japan in a town called Hofu. I used to live in LA, and I was born in North Dakota. I love my friends from high school, and I prolly always will, but I might never live near them again. I am trying my best to learn Japanese. I can be a creative person, but I've never found the right outlet. I love to have good conversations with open-minded intelligent people.

Interests

movies

,I'm kind of picky when it comes to movies. I won't rush out to see the latest Hollywood blockbuster,I've seen that story a million times before.

Some of my favorites: The Big Lebowski,Kill Bill,Lost in Translation,The Royal Tenenbaums,Almost Famous,

books

,I'm so not as picky with books. I only read fiction!

Favorites: Slaughterhouse-Five-Kurt Vonnegut,Kafka on the Shore-Haruki Murakami,anything by Stephen King,Life of Pi-Yann Martel,A Handmaid's Tale-Margaret Atwood,short stories by Amy Hempel,Catch 22-Joseph Heller,The Stranger-Albert Camus,Jude the Obscure-Thomas Hardy,

Languages

,english! (fluent and teaching)
francais (je parle un peu)
nihongo (watashi wa joozu ja nai),

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Jul 02, 2008 - 10:18 PM PST

BLA

meek

yes, I do enjoy thinking. But I prefer conversations with intelligent people. What about you?

Jul 02, 2008 - 01:24 PM PST

soupa

meek

Thanks. I value your criticism, particularly since it was mostly food for my ego. And keep up the vlogs, they're just about the only one's I can stand to watch on this or any site.

Jul 01, 2008 - 02:04 PM PST

yeletihw

meek

Thanks a lot, and your right i do love vonnegut..Definitely my favorite author. I always enjoy your video blogs, keep it up!

Jun 27, 2008 - 01:17 AM PST

Franchise

I've learned to not anticipate anything cuz then you'll be living in the future and you might miss the things you need to pay attention to in the present. I understand how you feel you need to hash things out vocally even though there may be no one watching, but obviously we are. The views counter is testimony to this. Anywho, we wouldn't be watching more of your vlogs if we didn't think your ramblings were worthwhile to watch or listen to. So keep doing what you're doing lass and eventually you'll find the answers you need to your ponderings. Culture shock is inescapable. It's kind of rare in certain regions of the country. I mean people who live in Southern California would not find much difference between themselves and their northern counterparts. I thought for a time that "valley" girls as they call them near my city were the only ones that said like like 20 times in a conversation. But it's the same in San Diego and Modesto up north. So what I guess I'm saying is...well that's pretty much all I can think of. You covered a shyte load of information. But I'm hoping you find what you're looking for in these vlogs. TTYL.

Jun 27, 2008 - 01:05 AM PST

Franchise

Thanks for putting a smile on my face sweetie :) I know where you mind can only be when you are traveling through space, perhaps in a "yellow submarine"? ;) LOL!

Jun 27, 2008 - 01:04 AM PST

Franchise

Ooh Ooh Ooh!!! Can I fill in the blank? Your shirt reads..."I'm not a dork for wearing this shirt?" LOL! jk Nice! Okay I was wondering if you could share with us some commentary on what you think about buddhism. It's symbolism. The path to enlightenment. Would you agree that Quarterlife has a very Buddhistic nature to it?

Jun 20, 2008 - 08:50 AM PST

Wordlings

You're cool because you're a "geek", don't you see? Because you follow your own instincts and do your own thing, that's precisely why you're cool. Far as QL is concerned, no, it's not you...you update more assiduously than most. It's just that with no show, QL is just a mediocre social networking site. We made a chat room, however, where we hang out sometimes -- if you're stuck for something to do, why don't you stop by and hang out? it's http://www.meebo.com/room/25life.

Jun 20, 2008 - 07:58 AM PST

puddinhead

the nerd look is totally in now...as far as I am concerned its been in since 2001.

Jun 14, 2008 - 04:30 PM PST

mistercool

meek

Hi meek. How the heck are ya? So your life is boring right now huh? Sorry to hear that. But then, it can only get better ... right? ^_^ So have you figured out what "this" is yet?

Jun 12, 2008 - 09:42 PM PST

faeriel

hey hi!

A new community for artists and creative minds - and a new Internet series from Marshall Herskovitz and Edward Zwick, the creative minds behind "My So-Called Life" and "Blood Diamond."

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the non-video blog

May 30, 2008

so...I wanted to record this whole thought, but the internet was down, and my passion has passed. But...I thought it was worth sharing anyway. It made me feel better when I wrote it down.

Self-awareness is the worst thing that has ever happened to people. At least thoughtful people... I don't know if I'm alone in this (you never can know...), but I am definitely the most influential and, let's face it, important person in my own life. [u]BUT[/u], it is the same for everyone else [u]SO[/u] nobody is ever as important as they conceive themselves to be to other people. People actually don't care that much about you. That is why love is so intoxicating. You finally find a person who will lavish you with the attention you've always wanted (vice-versa, obviously). You need someone to just [u]LOOK AT YOU[/u]. Someone to listen to you talk about the shit that nobody wants to hear and someone who has to comment on your new hair or outfit, etc.

Coming to terms with my own insignificance in the world (universe) has been the most difficult part of my life. I guess the good news is that that means I have had a pretty great life. I know that I am selfish, but I also believe that everyone else selfish in the same way (whether they are willing to admit it or not). It's human nature to put yourself first. I think the only exception to that is mothers, who put their offspring first.

So what I've come to realize is that no, I'm not as wonderful as I let myself believe in my greatest moments of self-veneration. But, even if I was, nobody would ever notice because they'd be too busy preening their own feathers.