About TsuKata
Welcome to the Org*! As you may have noticed, this site does nothing to serve the greater good. It is a vanity site. Have fun enjoying what I have to offer!
Why is your domain called TsuKata? Are you Japanese?
TsuKata is my screenname, and as far as net identity goes, it’s also kind of my brand. It’s not actually a Japanese word, although it is similar to the word for “in expert form”; it’s a mashup of a couple of borrowed Japanese words. It happens to be a relatively common family name in Japan, but that has nothing to do with how I chose it. I’m not Japanese, and my knowledge of Japanese language is on par with a Japanese 2 year old.
If you find a TsuKata elsewhere on the internets, chances are that it’s me. The exception is sites that have an international presence, because the Japanese Tsukata’s tend to get the name first. Where I am not TsuKata, I am myTsuKata. (The “my” is a coding reference. I jokingly call it a declaration of self.)
So you’re not an organization? What’s up with your site being .org?
Well, .com was taken. It’s that simple. Some Japanese company that has never used the domain bought tsukata.com before I could, and as of my writing this, a domain squatter company wants a few thousand dollars for it (to which I responded, HA!). tsukata.org was available. It also makes for a nice site name. I like having the Org*…it’s an organization of ideas, an orgy of information…whatever you want to use it as.
You keep mentioning this DH person. Who is that?
If you read a reference to “my DH,” that’s my Dear Husband aka Scott aka Toonces. Before we got engaged, he was known on this site as He-Who-Has-Not-Yet-Been-Named, or HWHNYBN. I’d told him that he’d get a name on the site once we got engaged, and I was true to my word.
We got engaged in January of 2005, and we got married in Las Vegas in April of 2006. We’ve been together in one form or another since October of 2002.
Married? Really?
Enough of that…let’s talk games!
I play german board games aka euro board games. Really, I’ll play any kind of board games so long as it’s not your basic Milton Bradley family fare. I also play console games, and yes, I am a little ashamed of that as a former PC gamer. I rock out at Guitar Hero & Rock Band, and I’m a speed demon on GTA IV. I’m a frequent Bridge player. You’re more likely to find me at a local ACBL event than at a bar, and I play online on BBO.
However, and I cannot be clear enough about this, I DO NOT DO RPGs. I do not like RPGs. Role-playing is not a game; it’s a method of foreplay. Do not talk to me about your RPG character or campaign or whatever. Railguns were made to take care of role-players.
Who’s Pancake?
Pancake is my adorable kitteh! We adopted him from a local shelter. He was a mean kitty for the first few weeks, but now he’s pancake batter in our hands.
How old are you? Where do you live? [Insert additional personal questions here.]
I mention my birthday on my blog every year, so you’re welcome to look it up. I live in Gurnee, IL, which is a Chicago suburb just south of the Wisconsin border. Beyond that, you’ll have to figure it out on your own or contact me. Oh, and here’s some nifty maps of places I’ve been:
visited 33 states (66%)
Create your own visited map of The United States
Speaking of that, how do I contact you?
You have some options here. You can e-mail me (make sure to delete the indicated letters before hitting send!). I’m on AIM, YIM, and MSN as myTsuKata. There’s a Digsby widget below that sometimes works, and there’s a Google Voice widget below that should work. You can ping me on the XBox. Choose your poison.
