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Hi! I'm Kyou.

I live in [[Kenosha, Wisconsin]], home of the [[Joseph McCarthy]] Transit Center and the [[Coopers Inc.|Jockey International]] headquarters, birthplace of [[Orson Welles]], [[Don Ameche]], [[Mark Ruffalo]], and [[Al Molinaro]].

I am currently unemployed, though I used to work at a [[marketing research|market research]] firm. I'm going back to school to be a [[Registered Nurse]].

I voted for [[John Kerry|Big John]] and [[John Edwards|Little John]] in the [[U.S. presidential election, 2004|2004 Presidential election]]. I consider myself [[liberalism|liberal]], but I don't much care to talk about politics, really.

If anyone was wondering, my username is the [[Romanization of Japanese|romanisation]] of the [[Japanese language|Japanese]] term for [[blood donation|blood donor]]. The kanji is 供血者 -- literally "offer-blood-person".

==Music==
I'm currently addicted to [[Pandora (music service)|Pandora]], and it's let me find a ton of music artists I doubt I'd have found otherwise, including:
* [[Gruff Rhys]]
* [[Barbez]]
* [[Noe Venable]]
* [[Scout Niblett]] (who I really didn't like at first, but she kinda grew on me)
* [[Amy Ray]]
* [[Tuuli]]
* [[Bif Naked]]
* [[Faun Fables]]
* [[Charming Hostess]]
* [[Cat Power]]
* [[Neko Case]]
* [[Carla Kihlstedt]]
* [[Petra Haden]]
* [[Aimee Mann]]

My Pandora stations, on which I've found these and other artists, are based around
* [[Pretenders]]
* [[Tori Amos]]
* [[Liz Phair]]
* [[Within Temptation]] and [[Nightwish]]
* [[Rasputina]]
* [[Puffy AmiYumi]]
* [[Lucinda Williams]]
* [[Inkubus Sukkubus]]
* the songs "This Could Be Love" by [[Alkaline Trio]] and "You Know What They Do To Guys Like Us In Prison" by [[My Chemical Romance]]
* [[Marty Robbins]]
* The [[Everly Brothers]] song "Wake Up Little Susie"
* The [[Janis Ian]] song "Society's Child"
* The [[White Stripes]] song "Fell In Love With a Girl"
* [[Beth Nielsen Chapman]]
* [[The Hush Sound]]
* [[Charming Hostess]]
* [[Charlotte Gainsbourg]]
* [[Neko Case]]

==Games==
Right now I'm really into [[Neverwinter Nights]]. I also play [[Guild Wars]] regularly. Other games I play now and then and enjoy:
* [[StarCraft]] and its expansion, [[StarCraft: Brood War]]
* [[Diablo II]]
* [[MapleStory]]
* [[Warcraft III]]
* [[Command & Conquer: Red Alert 2]]
* [[Icewind Dale series|Icewind Dale II]]
* [[Baldur's Gate series|Baldur's Gate and Baldur's Gate II]]

==Books==
I'm reading all the time. Some books I've enjoyed:
* '''[[American Gods]]''' by [[Neil Gaiman]]
* the '''[[War of the Spider Queen]]''' series
* '''[[A Clockwork Orange]]''' by [[Anthony Burgess]]
* '''[[Lolita]]''' by [[Vladimir Nabokov]]
* the '''[[Kushiel's Legacy]]''' trilogy by [[Jacqueline Carey]]
* '''[[American Psycho]]''' by [[Bret Easton Ellis]]
* the '''[[Gor]]''' books by [[John Norman]]
* the '''[[Harry Potter]]''' series by [[J.K. Rowling]]
* '''[[Hannibal (film)|Hannibal]]''' by [[Thomas Harris]]

==Contact Information and IGNs==
* AIM: Forsaken Ritsuko
* [[Livejournal]]: kyouketsusha
* [[Kingdom of Loathing]]: Sonietta
* [[Guild Wars]]: Mara Moonchild (Ra/E), Sweet Sangria (N/Me), Maelle Silvertongue (Me/W), Tatsu Kyoujin (A/Me), Angelica Lacrimosa (P/Me), Charlotte Hessen (W/N)
* [[Xfire]]: sweetsangria
* [[Jennifer Government: NationStates|NationStates]]: The Matriarchy of Saint Lilith
* [[AdventureQuest]]: Lailah, number 5110721