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Interested In:
Friends, Activity Partners
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Member Since:
Jan 2004
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Hometown:
Charleston, SC
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Company:
Consulate-General of Japan, Tsushima-shi Board of Education
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Austin's URL:
http://profiles.friendster.com/osutein
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Schools:
James Island High, Attended 1996 - 1999, Class of 1999
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Other education:
University of Chicago, College of William and Mary
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College/University:
University of Chicago, Attended 2003 - 2004, Class of 2004, Master's Degree, English
College of William and Mary, Attended 1999 - 2003, Class of 2003, Bachelor's Degree, English
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Occupation:
English Teacher
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Affiliations:
JET, MAPH, the Austessican Empire, the Hamster Cage
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What I enjoy doing:
SCUBA diving, traveling, writing, reading, and an assortment of -do's (ken-, sho-, jyo-, iai-, kyu-)
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Favorite Books:
One Hundred Years of Solitude, War and Peace, Absalom Absalom!, The Sound and the Fury, To the Lighthouse, The Great Gatsby, This Side of Paradise, Lolita, The English Patient, In the Skin of a Lion
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Favorite Movies:
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, The Third Man, Spirited Away, Shawshank Redemption, Hero, Batman Begins, Lord of the Rings, Big Lebowski, Office Space, Lawrence of Arabia, Pirates of the Caribbean, Indiana Jones, Star Wars, Monty Python (all of them)
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Favorite Music:
Radiohead, Greenday, Guster, U2, Coldplay, OutKast, DMB, Beatles, Led Zepp, The Who, and anything else society tells me I should like.
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Favorite TV Shows:
Arrested Development, Simpsons, Daily Show, Conan, Fawlty Towers, House, Family Guy, ER, Seinfeld
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Zodiac Sign:
Scorpio
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About Me:
Framed on my wall is a drawing of me done by one of my favorite Japanese elementary school students, a 4th grade girl named Yuka, who presented it to me one day with a big smile on her face. Along with the drawing of me are the words "Osutein wa teki," which in English means "Austin is the enemy." That should pretty much tell you everything about who I am.
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Who I Want to Meet:
Eh
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testimonial. By this point he's
threatened not only my life, but the lives
of my entire family AND my guinea pig.
So keep in mind that anything written
under duress is not binding... ;)
Austin is fantastic, really. He's been one
of my best friends for awhile, and every
conversation with him involves laughing
and bitching about Republicans, which
are two of my favorite things. He really
bends over backwards for people he
cares about and is a constant source of
support and sincere caring. However,
you can't fuck with Austin, because he's
practically a samurai and he's probably
smarter than 99% of the world. Stay on
his good side. It'll pay off. You really
can't find a better friend. And I'd say that
even without the threat to everyone I
care about. So there. :)
thesis about Michael Ondaatje. Not only
did Austin get to *hand* Ondaatje the
paper, but Ondaatje *loved* the paper.
How many people do you know who
can say that they wrote their
(undergrad!) thesis about an award-
winning author, that they had the author
read the paper, and that they got a
terrifically positive response? Yeah, so
that goes a little way towards explaining
what is between the ears. Further, he is
what I would call an intellectual bon
vivanthe loves the life of the mind
AND other kinds of life (er...notice the
photo) as well. A little less well known:
Austin is a supermodel (minus the bad
attitude) at heart: when we went
shopping not only did he change outfits
at lightening speed, but everything
looked cute on him. A rare breed
indeed. So rare that he has apparently
reached prophet-like status on his little
island in Japan. But you'll have to ask
him about that. I, on the other hand, will
wait to see just how quickly he wins a
MacArthur.
Assuming you're not dead from a
Tsunami, japanese pop 'music', or
horrifically mutated giant lizard/moth
creatures which emit laser-beams
from their eyes, I'd say you're doing
alright. This side 'o' the world is a
sorrier bunch of mortals not having
you. As for the noises, well, I can
only say that your well-timed
utterance once prompted a dear
person in my life into her one and
only public raptor-noise
performance, and for that i may
either have to disembowel your
firstborn son or grant you a high-
level postion in my cabinet when the
revolution (televised, of course,
perhaps even in smell-ivision)
arrives. Obligatory prostitute
reference... *now*.
prom queen crown, I'm gonna fuck that
bitch up. He's gonna be be so sore
he'll be crying in japanese....
have been bountiful, enriched with the
wholesome, the true, and the good. I
recognized your worth, singled you out
and you scoff at my outstretched hand.
With a memory as old as time I shall
deliver you from one darkness and into
another for yours is a sleep from which
none awaken. Close thine eyes when my
radiance approacheth, your destruction
comes swift and painlessly.
a random autumn day many years ago,
austin and i have been fast friends. i
couldn't ask for a more quickwitted or
loyal friend. though he has abandoned
me for the winter wonderland that is
chicago, i miss him immensely and on a
daily basis. all you chicago-ites
should know how lucky you are to be
able to walk down the street to meet up
with him for a sunday night beer (or
monday or tuesday or wednesday...)i'm
so jealous! i miss mac and cheese and
la tolteca 5 meals a day; i miss fawlty
towers and lodge dance parties and the
leafe. austin has taught me more about
geography and friendship than any other
man and i am forever thankful- he's one
of my favorite people ever and i still
cant understand why his parents love me
more than him ;)