Name:	Michele
Birthday:	April 3 1985 (23 years old)
Gender:	Female
Height:	5'6"

AIM:	xellvrchan
City:	River Edge
State/Province:	NJ
Country:	USA

Style(s):	karate, goju ryu
School / Association:	Budo Kai, River Edge, NJ, http://budokaikarate.com
Instructor / Coach:	Richard Rohrman
Experience:	4/14/08 - began goju ryu 5/30/08 - 8th kyu 8/14/08 - 7th kyu
Goal(s):	strength, character, confidence.

Activities:	karate, teaching English to kids, teaching autistic kids, going to coffee shops, going to bookstores, going to bookstores with coffee shops
Interests:	Sleeping, Eating, Cooking, Bento, Knitting, Drawing, Singing, Linguistics, Music Theory, Baritone Ukulele, Exploring Cities, Psychology, Japanese, Chinese, Uyghur, Karate, Goju Ryu, Aikido
Favorite Music:	Varttina, Urban Trad, Dave Carter & Tracy Grammer, Girlyman, J-Rock, Folk, Bluegrass, Eurobeat, Europop, Celtic, Finnish folk
Favorite TV Shows:	Good Eats, What Not to Wear, Mythbusters, Animal Planet Heroes, Hoshi no Koe, Haibane Renmei, Hare+Guu, Firefly, Doctor Who, Knight Rider, Nodame Cantabile, のだめカンタービレ, The Queen's Classroom, 女王の教室, Ouran Koukou Hosuto Kurabu, 桜蘭高校ホスト部
Favorite Movies:	Kuro-Obi, V For Vendetta, Pirates of the Caribbean, Pride and Prejudice (A&E/BBC)
Favorite Books:	Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell, Harry Potter
Favorite Quotes:	"The landlord began to talk, but Strange could not understand him. This was because the man had a pineapple in his mouth."
About Me:	I'm a 23-year-old recent college grad struggling to find her path. I began taking karate on a whim in April, and it has since become my life.