Second while i did create a whos who thread of my own a while back when i first joined CAA it was really more of a where am i now kind of thing and didnt have much real personal information. I felt it was best to begin a new one, that improved upon my first as much as possible.
Finally i welcome questions and I will answer as many as i can. This is your oppurtunity to ask me anything and I mean anything.
Now to start with who i am.
Identity
Name: James Clapp
Siblings:I have one younger brother, Martin. He's actually taller than me by one inch i think and he's three years my junior.
Home Residence: United Kingdom, specifically the southwest of England. I was born there as well.
Height: Approximately five feet eight inches
Weight I haven't weighed myself recently. I think I'm around 80kg, but i will update this when I've weighed myself so I'll have a more accurate answer then.
Hair Colour: My natural hair colour is dark blonde though it does get darker or lighter depending on the season i think. I will never dye or colour my hair.
Hair Style: Nothing special, but i never allow it to grow long
Eye Colour: Grey but when ive got my contacts in they look blue.
Favorate Colour: Blue, i generally like dark colours as well
"Race": Human, Both my parents were also born in England and I'm white.
Build: I've really got an average build.
Online Identity
Username: The name Kura Ookami was actually chosen for me by one of my friends who i met online and it stuck. It's meant to mean Black Wolf, but as it turns out the Japanese word for Black is Kuro. The Ookami part is correct however.
I found that out later after i started using Kura in many places online. Now I'm just so used to Kura that it doesnt matter anymore and it gives me my own unique identity online anyway although I've never met anyone with the username Kuro Ookami. Maybe i never will.
Custom User Title: This ones simple. I've changed my user title each time I changed my Avatar for those of you who noticed. The user title i felt should fit the Avatar.
Avatar: This one has changed a number of times and in view of the latest change i thought I'd list what characters ive chosen for my avatar. My first choice that i remember was souske sugara from full metal panic. Second was shuichi from gravitation, third was quatre from gundam wing, fourth was and is Eclair from kiddy grade.
Gundam Wing was the anime that got me into anime. For those not familiar with the series my Avatar is Quatre Rabarba Winner. I got the pic that I made the Avatar out of from one of Ashleys wallpapers here on this site. I believe that the wallpaper is called Quatre if you want to do a search for it. Thanks Ashley for the permission to use the pic as my Avatar. Also Quatre bears a slight resemblance to me in his looks and his personality.
Signature: This has changed alot in the past and is likely to change in the future. At the moment it is simply the CAA Clamp and sakura fanclub banner followed by several quotes and following the quotes my first and only Clow card that i have earned.
EDIT: I've changed my sig to include the address for my Xanga and put three of the quotes in bold and set them up so they're equally distant from each other.
Instant Messenging Me: I use both Msn and AIM messengers. PM me if you wish to talk with me via either one of them and I'll probably give you my screen name. This is easier because I dislike people just adding me when I don't know who they are first.
Personality
Strengths: I've always been open and honest, which has been hard sometimes. I've always believed strongly in what ive believed in even when that was not christianity. Perserverence, i wouldnt be the pacman champ if i hadnt kept on trying. Patience. And I always try to learn from my mistakes and become a better person as a result. Finally i dont hold grudges for long and forgive pretty easily.
Weaknesses: I can be pretty blunt sometimes and just say what i think instead of trying to be tactful, I'm pretty stubborn, which is usually seen as a bad thing. I tend to underestimate myself and my abilities. That's enough for now.
My pet peeves: People who are fake or phony. Whining, arrogance.
Other Notes: I'm pretty shy when it comes to first meetings. When the initial shyness is gone, however, i can be pretty talkative. I'm pretty random and just say things that are on my mind at the time.
Beliefs:
Religion: Christianity, though in the past i have researched just about every other religion out there such as Wicca and even Satanism. I accept that there are many different religions and try to respect others beliefs as much as possible.
Political: I dont really follow politics
Other: I believe that through perservering in things we succeed no matter what the subject or thing is. I think it's best to pick subhects you enjoy so that you can get some satisfaction out of actually doing the work and not just satisfaction out of completing the tasks. Having said that i admire people who work at things they don't enjoy and succeed. I have a competitive spirit though i dont like to fight much. I dont mind debating things. I believe that "tough" love works for the most part though i can be supportive when the need arises.
Heros
I'm not sure i really have any heros. There are people i admire perhaps but it's difficult to think of any heros i have.
Regrets
The fact that i didnt choose the right course in college and now i dont know what i want to do as a career.
I didnt keep in touch with my highschool friends as well as i feel i should have.
I still havent learned to drive.
Hobbies
I've loved reading most of my life. I also enjoy writing poetry and short stories when inspiration strikes. I enjoy creating my own missions in games doing everything i can to make the missions more intresting and perhaps more challenging. I love watching anime of course and spend most of my money on it. I still watch televised anime such as Beyblade
Carreer/Academic Background
Career Goal: I'm uncertain what i want to do as a career, however, i want it to be something I will enjoy doing that will challenge me.
College: I attempted a computing course. It was titled Computing and Internet technology. I didn't enjoy the course much so I did much worse than i was capable of doing.
Highschool: I got eight A-c grades in highschool. I'm not sure what my grade point average was.
Anime i enjoy alot
I usually buy rather than rent anime though i often read reviews before i buy them to find out what the animes are like so a list of anime i own would be pretty long and wont neccessarily contain animes i really like.
Noir
Escaflowne
Kiddy Grade
ZOE Dolores
Full Metal Panic
Gundam Wing
Slayers
Rune Soldier
Excel Saga
Hellsing
I always find it difficult to work out my top animes and my list does change around sometimes. There are many great animes out there so no top ten list is going to stay the same all the time anyway. What with great animes comming out all the time and all.
Manga I have read
I havent read much manga. Just a few online mangas and the first manga of Trigun and Yu yu Hakusho. That's it. I am open to reccomendations
Music that i like
I'm not a huge music person. Most of the music i listen to is either anime songs like the theme tunes of my favorate animes or anime music videos. Therefore it would be difficult to name any bands i like. Generally though i dislike hard rock and rap/hip hop.
EDIT: You know, this really makes me wonder what the character limit is.
I can't believe you don't like hard rock. ... well that all depends though. Crashing and banging on instruments randomly is not music, unless you call utter chaos music. Not! to say I think rock music is random noise it's just that some people do just crash on instruments and have the nerve to call it music (what an insult to rock and just all music period). Anyway, what are your favorite anime songs?
