Rei's Personal Life and Other Strange Things

For those of you interested in my background, opinions, beliefs, and such, this is the page for you! I'll probably be updating this page fairly regularly as circumstances change and stuff gets added, so hit refresh every once in a while; who knows what you'll turn up!

I was born in balmy Hawaii in 1975 (yes, that means that as of July 2007, I'm 32 years old; I've already heard it all about how young I look!). After 18 years in year-round 85 degree weather, and another 4 years of year-round 75 degree weather in Southern California, attending the University of Southern California, I went to Tallahassee, Florida, where I actually got my first experience with cold winters while at Florida State University. Now I'm in Renton, Washington making a living, and sometimes freezing my butt off!

Family

The Nakazawas

I would be remiss in not talking a bit about my family, considering all they've done for me. From left is my sister Mia (lawyer and mommy to my nephew A.J. - who will get his own page here sometime in the near future!), my father Akio (Amherst Fulbright scholar, former Hawaii radio personality, Japanese language teacher), and my mother Lani (lawyer who's spent the past few years in state government).

Friends

Of course, I have my share of good friends too, too many to really do justice to on this site (note to self: possibilities for expansion here). Anyway, here's a quick rundown of just a few of them, with more detail and perhaps pics to follow:

Education

My education has taken me from one end of the country to the other. Some of the places where I've lived and learned:

More to come as I think of it, including sticky stuff like political opinions (maybe)!

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