My name is Takeshi Okamoto.
AKA:
Tak D. Okamoto
The Halcyon
Maharaja Prometheus with a side hors d'oeuvre of Heracles
L'etoile dans l'oeil d'un Dragon
Angelsniper
Your Quintessential Hero
Maitre du Sabre Blanc
Econoclast Opinion Leader
Mastermind of TAKtics
For the Fairest
Winged Lightmare
Her Starset Wish
Herbivorous Dairy King
Non-Sexual Nori-P Fanatic
Une "Miserable"
Urban Resident Crusoe
conTAKt
I'm a senior at the Wharton School, born November 18, 1978(a
scorpio, year of the horse). For my next(21st) birthday, I want a
keyboard and a computer software that can take down what I play
into notation.
HINT: If you are interested in pursuing a Tak major, you should take note
of this...
I'm 5'10" with shoes, 160 lbs., I'm from Tokyo.
Favorite songs 6/16/99: "I'll Be" (Edwin McCain) and "Livin' la Vida
Loca" (Ricky Martin)
Favorite movies: Dead Poets Society, Good Will Hunting, Liar Liar
Favorite musicals: Les Miserables, The Scarlet Pimpernel
Favorite composers: Frederic Chopin, Claude Debussy
Favorite book: Interview with the Vampire (Anne Rice)
Favorite animal: dragon
Favorite colors: white, green
Favorite flowers: white rose, iris
Lesson 2: Pet Peeves
Not that this is a big deal, but since I don't have it on any other page, I thought I'd put it here.
1. Hearing the same story for the second time.
2. People who act differently towards different sexes.
3. People who suddenly get the idea that they're so amazing after
one little incident/fluke/success.
4. People who pretend they know what they're talking about when they
really don't have a clue.
5. Dripping faucets.
6. Cigarette smoke.
7. People who think they're cool cuz they smoke/drink/smoke up/etc.
8. People who think they're so cool in general.
9. People who talk about themselves too much.
10. People who are too into a cause that doesn't really affect anyone.
11. People who don't accept different faiths/religions.
12. People who think the world moves for them.
13. Lights that are about to die and go on and off erratically.
14. Backstabbing.
15. Movies based on graphics and not story line.
16. People who think they're in the worst physical/financial/social
position in the world and therefore deserve all the sympathy and
attention in the world.
17. Bad drunks.
18. People who have to get into fights to save their egos.
19. Guys at clubs who push other guys away, and only talk to them
nicely when trying to get to know the girl(s) they're with.
20. Waiters/waiteresses who slam down your plate/glass.
21. Professors who don't listen to the below-average student.
22. Slow internet connections.
23. The feeling that you have so much to do, but don't know how to
do any of the tasks ahead of you.
24. Losing cuz you couldn't do your best.
25. When no one remembers your birthday.
26. In-jokes you don't understand.
27. Guys who think handshakes are power contests.
28. People who laugh at other people's dreams.
29. Losing your voice.
30. Forgetting to shave for something important.
Lesson 3: Things that are really cool
1. Finding out some coincidental similarities with someone you just met.
2. Strangers who smile back when you smile at them.
3. People who understand that secrets you tell them are not their secrets
but yours...and respect that enough to not even tell their significant
others.
4. People who do things for you that'll will bring them no benefit.
5. People full of life, people who can get high on air.
6. Learning...after having learned.
7. When you connect with an author/composer; when you see how they
were feeling when they wrote something.
8. The tension during the moment before you kiss someone.
9. Spontaneity.
10. People who don't blindly follow the belief of the masses.
11. People who are mature enough to NOT say "I told you so" when they're
right.
12. People who are willing to change.
13. People who would miss an exam/interview to take you to the hospital.
14. People who try new things, and people who try in general.
15. Amazing people who almost have a right to be stuck up but aren't.
16. When you know WHY you're in love (if it's a good reason).
17. Holding hands.
18. People with whom you feel comfortable having silence with.
19. Guys who are open enough to meet other guys at parties.
20. Siblings who are really close.
21. Good e-mailers.
22. People who come in second place who offer the winner a handshake.
23. Winners who accept it gladly.
24. Being able to do something no one else can do.
25. The feel of your bed after an all-nighter + exam.
26. Finishing an exam early.
27. A letter or phone call from someone you weren't expecting to hear
from (as long as it's good news).
28. Looking back and knowing you made the right decision.
29. Free Parking in Monopoly.
30. Time and Space.
31. The tingling feel you get in your fingers, arms, and in your whole
body when you're flooded with power before a sport event.
32. When you're winning but you're not sure you'll win yet.
33. When you exceed someone's expectations.
34. Extroverts.
35. A unique relationship...one that no two other people are in.
36. The tip of knowledge that inspires an iceberg of revelations.
37. The "Ohhhh I get it!" feeling.
38. Getting it before anyone else.
39. Inspiration.
40. Aquarius after a rough workout.
41. Waking up at the end of an REM cycle, ready to get up.
42. Falling back into the same good dream you just had...and remembering
it.
43. Pi, the number.
44. Chopin and Debussy.
45. The second-to-last chapter of a great book.
46. Anne Rice.
47. Memories in slow motion in a light mist with music box music.
48. When you try to be funny and people actually think you're funny.
49. Seeing the light at the end of the tunnel.
50. Seeing it get visually closer.
51. The tightness of a friendship after you've been through hell
together.
52. Stock options and SARs.
53. The weight of her head.
54. Getting people who hate you to think you're not all that bad.
Lesson 4: Things I want to do before I'm 50
1. Get married.
2. Have kids.
3. Write a book.
4. Climb Mt. Fuji
5. Go to Beijing, Rio, Amsterdam; Mexico, Alaska, and the Moon
6. Get a pilot's license
7. Get big in the music industry
8. Build at least one house.
9. Write a musical.
10. Perform in a professional theater company.
11. Start an a capella group.
12. Buy a white tux.
13. Learn about wines, cars, history, astrology, animals, medicine,
and law.
14. Be a nice guy...if/when I get really famous, I want to take
random people out to dinner just because. I want to never say
no when people ask for autographs. I want to know as many
people as possible by name. And I want them to call me by name.
15. Get really rich and donate lots of money but still price-shop for
laundry detergent.
16. Start my own company.
17. Learn how to play the harp.
18. Learn to break.
19. Cook for my entire family, however big it gets, relatives and all.
20. Be 75 kg, 4% fat.
21. Drive across USA.
22. Bicycle across Japan.
23. Invent something useful.
24. Work like the last night of the world.
25. Wake up the next morning to realize it wasn't.
26. Be a master of qigong.
27. Learn cool magic tricks.
28. Give someone 24-hours of pure happiness.
29. Have someone give it to me.
30. Learn C++, Java, and Visual Basic.
Lesson 5: Things I know I should stop but can't:
1. Chocolate
2. Basketball when your feet are getting ripped up
3. Sleep in class
4. More chocolate
5. Daydreaming
6. Wasting time making dumb lists
7. Believing I can fly
8. Looking down on lazy people
9. Bragging about stuff others don't care about (like getting
a new hard drive for my computer...shoot I did it again)
10. Acting exhausted when I'm exhausted
11. Stereotyping
12. Assuming that everyone else is as much of a music/psyc/finance
freak as I am.
13. Just smiling and pretending to understand when someone makes
a joke I don't understand.
14. Worrying about 10 years into the future
15. Not going to the hospital unless absolutely necessary.
16. Ditto dentist.
17. Thinking too much.
18. Even more chocolate.
19. Skipping class.
20. Sitting in front of the computer and just trying to think of
more things I can't stop doing, just so I can have 20 things on
my list.