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mopedronin

The Moped Ronin

Made in DNA

Name:
Made in DNA
Birthdate:
20 February
Location:
Joetsu, Niigata, Japan
Website:
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  • made.in.dna@gmail.com
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80s, 80s music, acting, alcohol, aliens, alt.cyberpunk.chatsubo, alternative, ambiant, anime, aphex twin, asia, asian girls, b@wbrick, be@rbrick, biking, blade runner, books, bowling, cds, chinese food, clubs, comedy, comic books, comics, computers, creativity, cyberpunk, dance, dancing, depeche mode, digital photography, directing, dragons, drama, dreaming, drinking, driving, dvds, eating, electronica, erotica, fall, films, fun, gadgets, games, garbage, ghost in the shell, girls, goa, goth, gothic, graphic design, hair dye, hanging out, hardcore, html, humor, icq, intelligence, internet, japan, japanese movies, kissing, kubrick, learning, linux, love, manga, martial arts, masamune shirow, moby, movies, mp3s, music, night, niigata, no doubt, orbital, orgy, partying, photography, pictures, pizza, playstation, playstation 2, playstation portable, porn, portishead, powerpuff girls, producing, programming, psp, punk, punk rock, radiohead, raves, reading, road trips, roleplaying, rollerblading, romance, rpgs, samurai jack, sci-fi, science fiction, sex, sleeping, snowboarding, space, stand alone complex, star wars, summer, sushi, techno, technology, the cure, thinking, thunderstorms, trance, unix, video games, web design, webcams, william gibson, women, writing, x-files, yinling
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My name is Brent and my pen name is Made in DNA. I'm an American (born in Iowa, high school in Illinois, university in California) living and working in Japan as a freelance translator, editor, and description writer. My passion is writing, so I am working hard to publish my own short stories and novels.

I married the love of my life on April 1st, 2005...


What sweet bliss is the connection that has always been our destiny my love.

Writers whom inspire me: William Gibson (Neuromancer), Neal Stephenson (Snow Crash), Jon Courtenay Grimwood (redRobe), Ryu Murakami (In the Miso Soup), Haruki Murakami (Hard-boiled Wonderland and the End of the World), Jeff Noon (Vurt), zenmondo (Johnny Fusion), and many others to numerous to name.

Artists whom inspire me: Range Murata (Future Rhythm), Shirow Masamune (Ghost in the Shell), Jun Tsukasa (Tsukasa Bullet), Shou Tajima (Kill Bill), Katsuya Terada, Hiroki Otsuka, Paul Horn's Cool Jerk, Brian Wood, insidious, jerem_morrow, Voltaire, and Mizuno Junko (in no particular order).


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User Number: 159361
Date Created:2001-05-31
Number of Posts: 6,275
An American living and working in Japan
Strengths: Writing, his wife, bad jokes
Weaknesses: Pizza, his wife, home cooking, sci-fi novels, collectible items
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Weapons: 17th-century samurai sword


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