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Objective

Contact me about Japanese-to-English translation, writing, or any other kind of creative job. I'm primarily interested in free-lance jobs, but I'm always looking for interesting challenges.

Writing Experience

I'm a regular contributor (10+ articles over the past four years) to bbspot.com, a website specializing in satire, which gets roughly 15,000 unique visitors each month. Click here for a semi-complete list of and links to these articles.

Translation Experience

I spent a semester attending Kansai Gaidai University, graduated from the University of Pittsburgh with a Japanese major, and spent the last year and a half living and working in Japan. See my translation page for more information about my past and current projects.

Past Projects

Pinball, 1973, 2008 (english translation of a Japanese novel)

Daikon Warrior, 2006 (video game)

Short-hand Clockspins, 2006 (full-length acoustic album)

Lucid Pity Decanted, 2005 (full-length acoustic album)

Fliptracks & Besides, 2004 (full-length acoustic album)

Twisting the Knife, 2004 (novel)

Education

University of Pittsburgh, 2002-2006

Graduated 4-29-06

B.A., Japanese Major

Certificate in Asian Studies

Kansai Gaidai University, Fall 2004

Program Completion Date 12-13-04

Study Abroad

3.4 GPA for term

Work Experience

GEOS Language Corporation - Tokyo, JP

(December 2006-June 2008)

Organizing lesson plans,

teaching 30 classes per week,

interviewing potential students.

Western Psychiatric - Pittsburgh, PA

(June 2002-December 2006)

Processing patients’ insurance and demographic information,

insurance verification,

working with clinical staff, nurses, and doctors on patients’ cases.