Born on December 23, 19XX in Nagasaki, Japan.
Moved to Fukuoka, Japan.
Moved to Toronto, Ontario, Canada in 1977.
Attended Jesse Ketchum Public School and Forest Hill Public School.
Moved to Ottawa, Ontario.
Attended Alta Vista Public School, Hillcrest High School and Canterbury High School.
Moved to Kingston, Ontario.
Attended Queen's University (Artsci '97).
Moved back to Ottawa.
Received Canadian Citizenship in 1996.
Moved to Fukushima, Japan.
Moved back to Ottawa.
Moved to Aylmer, Quebec.
Moved to Lindsay, Ontario.
Currently living in Toronto, near Yonge and Davisville.
I have also, at various times, visited Buffalo-Long Island-Harlem-Manhattan-Syracuse (in other words, New York) NY, Philadelphia PA, Newark NJ, Burlington CT, Chicago IL, Boston MA, Detroit MI, Coral Springs-Ft. Lauderdale FL, London-Manchester-StratfordUponAvon (England), Paris-Calais (France), Tokyo-Kumamoto-Sasebo-Nikko-Nara-Kyoto-Kobe (Japan).
Former founding member of Anti-Racist Action (Ottawa) and the Ottawa chapter of SHARP (Skin Heads Against Racial Prejudice).
Participated in the May 29th, 1993 anti-racism protest march outside the Boys and Girls Club in downtown Ottawa where racist bands RaHoWa and Aryan were playing a gig in support of the Toronto-based racist umbrella group The Heritage Front and U.S. based white supremacist cult The Church of the Creator. This peaceful protest turned into a riot when 50 neo-Nazi skinheads emerged from the club as the protest was dispersing and the riot police had left and began physically assaulting protesters and random passerbys on the street in downtown Ottawa. Later, they were seen sieg heiling in unison on the steps of the Parliament buildings, under the Peace Tower.
Poetry published in ASH (Kingston) - The Journal of Arts, Sciences and Humanities, as well as Ottawa 'zine Twilight Bark, NAJC (National Association of Japanese Canadians) newspaper Nikkei Voice, and in the tribute dinner programme honouring Chiune Sugihara (jointly organized by the Canadian Jewish Congress and the NAJC).
Has performed spoken word in Kingston and Ottawa.
Former staff writer and minor editorial cartoonist for Golden Words - The Queen's University Engineering Society's humour rag (under the nomme de plume rude boy).
Did a series of paintings remembering The Holocaust with accompanying poems.
Self-published poetry chapbook entitled The Holocaust Poems.
Performed poem 'Long Peninsula (Nagasaki)' at annual Hiroshima and Nagasaki Atomic Bomb Memorial in Ottawa (later interviewed by the CBC).
Has worked at: a graphic design firm (Forms and Publications Division, Ottawa General Hospital), a law firm (Hamilton / Appotive Barristers & Solicitors), the AdMail Division of Canada Post, and outsourced data entry company BDP Business Data Personnel.
Did album cover and artwork for local Ottawa ska band The Skatterbrains, as well as designing logo and mascot.
Former admin/Immortal on MooseHead MUD/SLED, Tesseract I (now Rehobaom's Legacy), Arcadia I, Dark & Shattered Lands Alpha, XAOS and Arpens.
Played Asheron's Call (Morningthaw server, as 'Captain Picard'/'Krantzstone'), Starcraft Brood War on battle.net(as 'Krantzstone'), Tribes II (as 'Krantzstone') and Unreal Tournament / UT2003 (as 'Krantzstone').
All Google searches for "Krantzstone" come up with references to me personally.
And no, I did not hack Dark & Shattered Lands MUD, it's just a blatant lie on the part of the corrupt, powertripping, lying, cheating bastard of an IMPlementor of Dark & Shattered Lands MUD. :P
Go check out my bio on the FARK personals if you're that desperate to know something more about me... or read my attention whore posts. ;)
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My page on FARK people
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my Yahoo! public profile
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my under construction craptastic Geocities homepage
Krantzstone's wardrobe provided by Ecko Unltd., Nike, Adidas, Calvin Klein, Tommy Hilfiger, Ralph Lauren Polo, DKNY (Donna Karan New York), Quiksilver, Fred Perry, VIP Playboy, Phat Farm, Dr. Martens (Griggs). Prescription tinted spectacles and wraparound sunglasses by Ray-Ban (Bausch & Lomb) and Alfred Sung. Silk ties by Calvin Klein and Alfred Sung. Black and grey MA-1 Airmen's Intermediate Flight Jackets by Alpha Industries, Knoxville, Tennessee. Used military green hooded parka courtesy of the French army. Reversible grey and black jacket by Fred Perry.
And yes, I realize brand names are evil (EVIL, I tell you) but so long as socially conscious and conscientious consumers maintain a watchful and ever vigilant eye on multinational corporations, never letting them off the hook when it comes to fair trade practices, labour policies, Third World exploitation, etc., we can keep them honest and make sure that the clothes we covet in the First World does not pay for blood shed in other parts of the world.
Krantzstone drinks Guinness Extra Stout, Alexander Keith's India Pale Ale, Baileys Irish Cream, and Bushmills Irish Whiskey. Krantzstone urges you to drink responsibly.
Looking for a: woman
Interested In: Friendship, Play, Dating, Serious Relationship
Age: 28
Location: Toronto, Ontario
Country: Canada
Area Code: 416
Occupation: Artist / Poet
Education: Some College
Ethnicity: East Asian - born in Nagasaki, Japan, raised in Toronto and Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, became a Canadian citizen in 1996.
Religion: Agnostic - Born-Again Agnostic, former United Church Protestant and recovering Christian Fundamentalist
Star Sign: Capricorn - A stereotypical old goat
Relationship Status: Single
Have Children: No
Want Children: Yes
MY GOODS
Height: 5' 5"
Weight: 137 lbs
Hair: Black
Eye Color: Brown
MY HABITS
Cigarettes Never
Booze: Sometimes
Drugs: Sometimes
Self-love: Often
Self-deprecation: Sometimes
Last great book I read
_No Logo_ - Naomi Klein
_Ender's Game_ - Orson Scott Card
Now working on _Fences And Windows_ by Naomi Klein, and hoping to purchase the next book in the _Wheel of Time_ saga by Robert Jordan (whenever it comes out).
Most humbling moment
Realizing that I'm not quite as smart as I thought I was.
Oh yes, quitting smoking cigarettes was kind of rough. The smoking of the ganja has been put on hold, but not quit. No hard drugs for me anymore.
Favorite on-screen sex scene
Too many to choose, but here are some:
Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa & Tylyn John - _Rising Sun_
Mickey Rourke & Kim Basinger - _9 1/2 Weeks_
Tony Leung & Jane March - _D'Amant_ (_The Lover_)
Olivier Martinez & Diane Lane - _Unfaithful_
Richard Gere & Lauren Hutton - _American Gigolo_
Ralph Fiennes & Julia Ormond - _The Baby Of Macon_
Richard Gere & Kim Basinger - _Final Analysis_
Nicholas Cage & Elisabeth Shue - _Leaving Las Vegas_
Richard Gere & Alice Krige - _King David_
Michael Douglas & Jeanne Tripplehorn - _Basic Instinct_
Russell Wong & Rebecca Gayheart - _Vanishing Son_
...the list goes on...
Celebrity I resemble most
Me. ;) Probably no one you'd know.
Maybe Peter North below the belt (j/k).
Best (or worst) lie I've ever told
"I'm not a virgin."
If I could be anywhere at the moment
I would be making love to you in your bed, or doing it rough and waking up the neighbours downstairs.
Song or album that puts me in the mood
Too many to name, but here are some:
Elvis Costello - 'I Want You'
Portishead - 'Glory Box'
Sade - 'Jezebel'
Dr. Dre - 'Nuthin' But A G-Thang'
Leonard Cohen - 'Suzanne'
Cocteau Twins - 'Heaven Or Las Vegas'
Garbage - Milk
The Catherine Wheel - 'I Want To Touch You'
This Mortal Coil - 'Song To The Siren'
Veruca Salt - 'Spiderman '69'
Mazzy Star - 'Fade Into You'
The Jesus And Mary Chain - 'Reverence'
Adam Cohen - 'Quarterback'
The Cure - 'To Wish Impossible Things'
The Smiths - 'How Soon Is Now?'
Radiohead - 'Creep'
Rialto - 'Monday Morning 5:19'
Lush - 'Untogether'
The Wedding Present - 'Dalliance'
Deftones - 'Change'
The Cowboy Junkies - 'Misguided Angel'
Stabbing Westward - 'Waking Up Beside You'
Matthew Good Band - 'Apparitions'
Eminem feat. Obie Trice/50 Cent - 'Love Me'
Snoop Dogg - 'Gin And Juice'
D-12 - 'Pimp Like Me'
Fiona Apple - 'Criminal
... and the list goes on...
The five items I can't live without
1. Women
2. Music
3. Soapup
4. Computer/Internet Access (Broadband please!)
5. Palmela Handerson (a.k.a. my right hand)
Fill in the blanks
my ex-girlfriend is sexy;
my next girlfriend is sexier
In my bedroom, you'll find
A computer, CDs, DVDs, books, artwork, and clothes. Not necessarily in that order, or in any order at all.
More specifically, an Intel Pentium III 933MHz, 20Gig HD, 256Mb SDRAM, DVD-ROM, CD-R/RW. ;) Some legit DVDs, some pirate AVIs. Too many CDs to count or list here, and some mp3s on CD-R. Brand name clothing (Marc Ecko, Ralph Lauren, Tommy Hilfiger, Calvin Klein, Donna Karan, Perry Ellis, Pierre Cardin, Nike, Adidas, Fred Perry, VIP Playboy, etc.), which may or may not have used child labour (hopefully not). Artwork by Waterhouse and Escher (looking to pick up some Dali prints or some Lichtenstein or Warhol posters eventually). Books range from science fiction/fantasy to literary works, political tracts, psychology texts, art books, et cetera.
Also two wicker (almost papasan) chairs, a single bed, some IKEA furniture, a connecting half-bathroom (a.k.a. a toilet), a couple of generic rugs.
WHY YOU SHOULD GET TO KNOW ME
Because I am:
- honest
- loyal
- faithful
- generally considerate
- fair and decent
- funny (or so I'm told)
- demon in the sack (or so I'm told)
- always in the mood and can last forever
- fairly intelligent
- fairly humble and self-deprecating at times
- told I have a sense of style
- told I have good taste in music, art, etc.
- polite, mannered, versed in etiquette
- genteel (I only swear when I mean to)
- serious when circumstances warrant it
- generally a hard worker, meticulous
- exacting and a perfectionist, tempered by laziness
- a vegetarian (trying to go vegan)
- an animal lover, although I am allergic to most animals
- socially and politically aware
- respectful of others
- a strong believer in individual rights, libertarianism and utilitarianism, social justice and compassion
- kinky (but not too kinky)
- fastidious to a fault (shower once a day, sometimes even twice!)
- able to admit my mistakes when proven wrong, and contritely and sincerely apologize when having wronged
- someone who has had orthodontic work (straight teeth!)
- someone who enjoys dancing (well enough to get compliments, but not professionally)
- someone who has nice handwriting (it's legible) and enjoys writing handwritten letters
- SOMETIMES overly judgemental (ethics-wise)
- SOMETIMES overly protective
- SOMETIMES overly jealous and possessive
- SOMETIMES a procrastinator and lazy
- SOMETIMES naive, gullible and overly trusting
- SOMETIMES overly paranoid and suspicious
- SOMETIMES a living paradox
- NOT a snob
- NOT arrogant or conceited
- NOT full of false humility or hubris
- NOT self-deluding
- NOT gay (not that there's anything wrong with that)
- NOT homophobic (see above)
- NOT, nor ever have been a member of the Communist Party
I would put up a voice greeting, but unfortunately, that service isn't available in Toronto just yet, apparently. But I give you my word that I don't have a squeaky, unmanly voice. I sing in a baritone, if that helps (think late '70s Leonard Cohen).
