name: W. Thomas Grové 　トーマス・グロヴェイ
current location: San Francisco, CA
home towns: Columbus, OH; Evanston, IL; San Francisco, CA
other places I've lived: Bermingham, MI; Colombo, Sri Lanka; Singapore
member: Lotek, Acid, Studio Interrupt, Mu Mei Ji
aliases: lion-gv, grover, thomas, lithium ion, d-tao
other given names: Thabonyana (Sesotho language)
date of birth: march 16, 1979

photo of lion-gv by Aaron Shinn

In the past the about me section was quite lengthy... but now I feel that it should not be. I hope that the viewer might be able to come up with their own ideas about me by viewing the content of this home page. The following examples of interests will hopefully assist you in creating a profile of me.

interests:
- misc: zen (practice, historical figures, and aesthetics), kung fu, kendo, scuba diving, skiing, rock climbing, reading
- design: graphic/sound/architecture/fashion/infrastructure/game
- japanese animation: especially by studio ghibli, production i.g., sunrise, otomo, gainax, pioneer, madhouse
- films directed by: takeshi kitano, luc besson, oshii mamaru, stephan chow, wong kar wai, terry gilliam, the coen brothers, jim jarmusch, shinichiro watanabe
- music styles: drum and bass, detroit techno, minimal and atmospheric techno, west london (new jazz, broken beat), electro, italla disco, hip hop
- composers: hisashi joe, kanno yoko, ryuichi sakamoto, richard d. james, 4 hero, maurizio, teebee, adam f, j majik, trent reznor
- philosophers: john cage, ken wilber, lao tsu, mencious, siddhartha, brook ziporyn, bruce lee, takuan soho, dogen
- computers: their culture, structure, and application
- authors: william gibson, neal stephenson, masamune shirow, ursula k leguin, katsuhiro otomo, eiji yoshikawa, see philosophers above
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characters: son goku (journy to the west and dragon ball z), himura kenshin, piccalo, dunan nute (apple seed), hiro protagonist (snow crash), indiana jones, macgyver, ged (earth sea), spike (cowboy bebopp), ryu (street fighter)