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Kristen
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Post by Kristen »

My name's Kristen, I'm 39 (and a half) and have been living in Tokyo since 1998. My English is much better than my Japanese.

I've been reading aloud since I was a kid--my little sister was my usual audience. Now I read aloud for my husband, Tod, and anyone within earshot.

When I'm not reading aloud, I do a lot of art-y projects that will never make me a millionaire but do make me happy. I travel as much as I can and when I want money, I work as a freelance video editor.

Librivox is great fun and a good challenge. I'm looking forward to reading some more chapters soon.
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mjd-s
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(She is also a ratbag, but a fabulous cook. Her fruity drinks are to fall over for!)
kaseumin
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Post by kaseumin »

Konnichiwa Kristen-san,
I'm living in Japan, too, and work at Tokyo since 1999.
Just maybe we have met before... :wink:
Kristen
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Post by Kristen »

kaseumin wrote:[...]Tokyo since 1999. Just maybe we have met before...
We certainly did. It was 2001, sometime in April. We stood in line at car 4 on the Odakyu line platform at Shinjuku station waiting for the 8:47 to Hakone. You were carrying a copy of "Canterbury Tales." I wore a red carnation on my coat.

How could you forget that? ;-)

Hey, do you want to help read my section of Ulysses? I'm looking for people around town to read together. (At one of the Dubliners pubs, probably.)
Kristen
http://www.mediatinker.com
[url=http://librivox.org/wiki/moin.cgi/KristenMcQuillin/]My recordings & claimed chapters[/url]
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Post by jhillkaucher »

I'm Kristen's little sister, Jennifer. She's a great reader. I spent many mornings listening to her voice give life to the characters in Alice in Wonderland and all of the Frank Oz books. She's the reason I love the poem "Jabberwocky" so much, and have it memorized and ready to share with anyone willing to hear it.

Short version: Her love of language is infectious. So is her laugh, and maybe those weird faces she makes too.
Kristen
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Post by Kristen »

Ah, yes. All my friends make my same weird faces. But only you ever heard the sing-song version of Annie Oakley read in bed on weekend mornings, Jenn. :-)
Kristen
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kaseumin
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Post by kaseumin »

Kristen wrote:How could you forget that? ;-)

Hey, do you want to help read my section of Ulysses? I'm looking for people around town to read together. (At one of the Dubliners pubs, probably.)
Oh, I should have remembered that!

Of course I?d love to help you :)
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