Gender	Female
Industry	Education
Occupation	High School English Teacher (ALT)
Location	Kambara, Shizuoka, Japan
Introduction	I like playing video games, even though I'm terrible at them. I listen to hip-hop while grading English exams. I am happiest cooking for other people. I love thrills, though I don't think I'm particularly brave. I do random tarot readings when I'm bored. I thrive in the rush.
Interests	Traveling, Cooking, Onsens, Skydiving, Para-gliding, Whitewater rafting, Snowboarding, Yoga, Karaoke, Pirikura, Clubbing with friends, Tea ceremony, Knitting, Francophilia, Foreign languages, Fashion, Culture, Art, Ballet, Plays, Opera, Comics and video games;
Favorite movies	Eternal Sunshine of a Spotless Mind, L'auberge Espagnole (The Spanish Apartment), Paris Je T'aime, Big Fish, Shaun of the Dead, My Sassy Girl, Brick, The Prestige, The Dark Knight, The Professional (Leon), Hedwig & The Angry Inch, Being John Malkovitch, American History X, Saved, Spring Summer Fall Winter and Spring, The Lord of the Rings trilogy, The Sixth Sense, The Shawshank Redemption, Braveheart, The Last of the Mohicans, Thank You for Smoking, Harry Potter and The Prisoner of Azkaban, X-Men 1 and 2, 50 First Dates, Monster's Inc., The Fifth Element, The Village, Batman Begins, My Fair Lady, Definitely Maybe
Favorite music	alternative, foreign rock and pop, hip-hop, classical, experimental

Your pajamas have duckies on them. Why did you switch from choo-choos?

Because they're yellow! And I have a thing for the S&M rubber ducky...