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Created on 2006-01-12 06:21:22 (#9239136), last updated 2009-06-19
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BioIf I can be anywhere, anytime, I prefer being in Tokyo in the spring, prowling through Ichome Shōtengai and Venus Fort in Odaiba, or hiking above Kamakura in the autumn. Or bicycling around Amsterdam's Grachtengordel on summer evenings, or celebrating winter's Kaarsjesavond in Gouda.
I love the smells of foods with lemon zest in them, of vanilla, tuberoses, and freshly washed and dried hair. I love the flavor of slightly charred, slowly-roasted vegetables with caramelized shallots. My taste for natto is growing, especially wrapped in shiso leaves, dipped in tempura batter and deep-fried.
Few things make me happier than listening to the hybrid classical/jazz instrumental music of the 1950s and '60s that feature pizzicato strings, vibes and flute. The music that Elmer Bernstein did for the films of Charles & Ray Eames is a good example of this, as are the soundtracks to most of Jacques Tati's films.
I am infatuated with the optimism of the 1950s and '60s, and the utopian visions of that era. I would give anything to be able to live in that time and to prevent the late-'70s and onward from ever happening. But given the impossibility of that, I'll settle for reconstructing as much of it as possible in the present.
I don't own a TV or radio, and I've never had a cell phone. I wear only vintage clothes. I study aiki jujutsu but I have no interest in spectator sports, team sports or sports fandom. I don't believe in any supernatural beings (other than those I create for my own entertainment).
Thank you for your time. Over and out.
I love the smells of foods with lemon zest in them, of vanilla, tuberoses, and freshly washed and dried hair. I love the flavor of slightly charred, slowly-roasted vegetables with caramelized shallots. My taste for natto is growing, especially wrapped in shiso leaves, dipped in tempura batter and deep-fried.
Few things make me happier than listening to the hybrid classical/jazz instrumental music of the 1950s and '60s that feature pizzicato strings, vibes and flute. The music that Elmer Bernstein did for the films of Charles & Ray Eames is a good example of this, as are the soundtracks to most of Jacques Tati's films.
I am infatuated with the optimism of the 1950s and '60s, and the utopian visions of that era. I would give anything to be able to live in that time and to prevent the late-'70s and onward from ever happening. But given the impossibility of that, I'll settle for reconstructing as much of it as possible in the present.
I don't own a TV or radio, and I've never had a cell phone. I wear only vintage clothes. I study aiki jujutsu but I have no interest in spectator sports, team sports or sports fandom. I don't believe in any supernatural beings (other than those I create for my own entertainment).
Thank you for your time. Over and out.
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