Me in 3s and a 4

 

I got tagged!

 

THREE NAMES THAT YOU GO BY:

  

   1.  Rocky
   2.  Rocsarotti
   3.  Master Rocs (It’s gonna be Doctor Rocs soon, you’ll see!)

 

THREE SCREEN NAMES YOU HAVE HAD, INCLUDING THE ONE YOU NOW HAVE:

 

   1.  Woolgatherer
   2.  Karaoke Jesus
   3.  Mister Rocs (like "Mister Jem" in To Kill a Mockingbird)

 

THREE THINGS YOU LIKE ABOUT YOURSELF:

 

   1.  I’m good at: fabricating stories; (Ask Vivien if you don’t believe me!)
   2.  organizing parties; and
   3.  partying.

 

FOUR THINGS YOU HATE/DISLIKE ABOUT YOURSELF:

 

   1.  My eyes betray me whenever I find myself in the hot seat. (long story; Drey knows this well)
   2.  I suck at: budgeting;
   3.  being on time; and
   4.  sucking and getting sucked. (Oh, this is so gonna get bleeped!)

 

THREE PARTS OF YOUR HERITAGE:

 

   1.  a samurai sword from my late grandfather (taken from a Japanese soldier during WWII)
   2.  endless debts (monetary; and the equally, if not more, horrible debts of honor)
   3.  some Spanish (Ask my mother if you don’t believe me!), Chinese and German (http://www.genealogy.com) blood

 

THREE THINGS THAT SCARE YOU:

 

   1.  questions (Don’t ask me why!)
   2.  bliss (There’s gotta be a catch somewhere.)
   3.  thunderstorms!

 

THREE OF YOUR EVERYDAY ESSENTIALS:

 

   1.  Mild Seven Lights™  

   2.  Gatsby Powdered Oil Clear Paper (best product ever invented)
   3.  a trusty lighter

 

THREE THINGS YOU ARE WEARING RIGHT NOW:

 

   1.  socks
   2.  Armani Mania
   3.  (nothing else)

 

THREE NEW THINGS YOU WANT TO TRY IN THE NEXT 12 MONTHS:

 

   1.  be really mean
   2.  travel somewhere far; alone
   3.  save! (Believe me, this would be something new for me.)

 

TWO LIES AND A TRUTH:

 

   1.  I’m a good Catholic.
   2.  I’m Catholic.
   3.  I’m good.

 

THREE THINGS YOU JUST CAN’T DO:

 

   1.  cry on cue
   2.  roll my tongue
   3.  pee when someone else is looking

 

THREE OF YOUR FAVORITE HOBBIES:

 

   1.  scrabble (daily)
   2.  bowling (at least once a week)
   3.  drinking! (whenever I feel like it!)

 

THREE THINGS YOU WANT TO DO REALLY BADLY RIGHT NOW:

 

   1.  pee
   2.  kill my housemate
   3.  drown my housemate in pee

 

THREE CAREERS YOU’RE CONSIDERING:

 

   1.  conning
   2.  cab-driving
   3.  translating/interpreting

 

THREE PLACES YOU WANT TO GO ON VACATION:

 

   1.  Tibet (spiritual)
   2.  Amsterdam (carnal)
   3.  India (gastric/palatal)

 

THREE TRUE LOVES:

 

   1.  nonlinear optimization (Sensei, do you hear me?)
   2.  everything Japanese!
   3.  Did I already mention I love Japan?

 

THREE FAVORITE ANIMALS:

 

   1.  Snoopy^®
   2.  fireflies
   3.  Echinoderms (sea stars, brittle stars, sea urchins; used to determine their population density and distribution pattern for a science research project)

 

THREE REASONS WHY YOU’RE DOING THIS:

 

   1.  I’m doing this for all of you. Admit it, you wanna know me better, don’t you?
   2.  It makes for a good filler; nothing interesting to write about these days.
   3.  Mean Adrian ordered me to do this.

 

THREE PEOPLE WHO MUST TAKE THIS QUIZ: (You’ve gotta tag two or three or four others.)

 

   1.  Melai
   2.  Drey
   3.  Sarski

Moved

 

Yesterday morning, at half past four, I lay down to sleep in my room at Kyoto University International House.  Eighteen hours later, I was awakened by a strong autumn breeze that somehow got through the glass window I had absently left open and found its way to the door leading towards the kitchen.  Without getting up, I looked outside, expecting to see tops of pine trees bathed in yellow light.  Instead, I saw nothing but stars, hundreds of them dancing in the clear, cloudless sky.  Right then, I realized I wasn’t in the dormitory anymore. 

 

I had moved.

 

Unopened luggage and paperbags bursting at the seams littered the tatami-lined floor, along with pieces of shirts, pants, towels, jackets, and socks all piled together in a heap.  I was on the sixth floor of a six-floor building surrounded by tons of ramen shops.  Izumiya and Qanat, two enormous shopping malls, were a stone’s throw away; Kyoto University, ten minutes by bike.

 

The apartment is a bit shabby for my taste, but with some fresh curtains, a new set of futon, and a few pieces of wooden furniture, I’m sure everything’s gonna be perfect.  Why, with the grassy smell of the newly-installed tatami mats and the rustic feel of the paper-lined sliding doors, what’s there not to love?