Here’s to Fredo and his courtesy in not tagging bloggers to do an “it list.” I’m not going to subject anyone to that either, but link back to this post. So here are 10 random facts about me:
- While I often say I’m part-Japanese, it’s not my true ethnicity. My mother’s family is from Naha City, Okinawa. While Japanese nationals, Okinawans are a related, but separate ethnic group from Japanese in the four main islands of Japan.
- Seven or eight years ago, I had my hair bleached white. It was blond for a month, but I got cured of it by having it buzzed off.
- I snuck a photo of Andy Warhol‘s Brillo Boxes when they were at the Corcoran.
- I chatted briefly with Edmund White at one of his readings for The Married Man.
- I worked for Fiction International early in my MFA creative career.
- I have a picture taken with Jeremy Enigk (of Sunny Day Real Estate fame).
- I never liked playing video games, but I won’t hesitate to play Grand Theft Auto.
- I’ve watched way too many hours of Star Trek in my lifetime.
- I taught English Composition at the Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising. This makes me a former co-worker of Nick Verreos of Project Runway.
- Leonard Knight (creator of Salvation Mountain) glossalated (spoke in tongues) when I interviewed him. He gave me and two other friends brightly painted adobe flowers in return for an artbook mentioning him.
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I made the mistake of calling an Okinawan Japanese once. Once.
Interestingly, a few of Japan’s internationally known stars are Okinawan.
I’ve watched way too many hours of Star Trek in my lifetime.
Don’t be silly, no such thing.
Thanks, Brian.
I’ve watched way too many hours of Star Trek in my lifetime.
I knew there was another reason I liked you!