User:Darthyagi

I'm a copywriter/grammar nazi living in Japan.

I grew up in central Utah, and went to Brigham Young University in Provo. in 2010, I received my Bachelor of Arts in Japanese - a degree that focused mainly on Japanese literature, but also included a heavy dose of linguistic skills.

I have a few passions, mainly my family. Other than family, my interests include things like baseball, literature, Star Wars, Pepsi and the game Igo.

I played baseball for 10 years as I was growing up, as my hometown of Spanish Fork was very much a baseball town. The high school team was extremely good. When I was playing, I thought nothing could be better than playing baseball professionally. That has changed now, but I still have a deep love of the game.

I have always loved literature. When I was little, I memorized the Dr. Seuss book "Marvin K. Mooney, Will You Please Go Now!" so that I could act like I was reading it. When I got a little older, I would beg my mom to take me to the library every week so that I could check out another twelve books (the library's limit). As I got older, my love of literature grew faster than I did, as I was reading books like Michael Crichton's "Sphere" when I was about twelve or so. Even though I didn't fully understand everything that I read, I was eager to read more and more. This led to two different things: First was my desire to become a writer. Not a copywriter like I am now, but a published author of genre fiction. It's still a dream that I am eagerly pursuing. The other thing that my love of literature led me to was my major in Japanese. I had initially thought of majoring in music while in college, because my baseball playing time had become my trumpet playing time in the high school bands. However, as time went on, I wanted to perform in front of Music School juries less and less. I played in the BYU Marching Band for three years, but my pendulum swayed from Comparative Literature to Japanese and back. Either way, I got to read a lot, so I thought to myself "Why not learn a second language at the same time?" I had always had an interest in Japan, so I felt it was the perfect way to explore that. But that's a story for a different paragraph.

My love of Star Wars goes back to when I was six. I saw the movies beginning with Return of the Jedi. Before rabid fans beat me to death, I will say that I am making up for that mistake by letting my son experience them the way they were meant: 4,5,6,1,2,3. This interest also helped bring my wife into my life. We met in seventh grade through a network of friends, and like most friends, we quickly found mutual interests. The main ones being Star Wars and The Beatles. Nowadays, I am a member of the 501st Legion as a Stormtrooper, number TK-5147. (Check out my blog for info on the 501st, mission reports and other fun stuff!)

Lastly, I plan on changing and adding to this periodically if I can!