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What's the deal with your nickname? How did you get it? If your nickname is self-explanatory, then tell everyone when you first started using the internet, and what was the first thing that made you say "wow, this isn't just a place for freaks after all?" Was it a website? Was it an email from a long-lost friend? Go on, spill it.

I go by Phil, but my family calls me Phillip. I'm a student of Graphic Design. I was introduced to MeFi by my big brother, who is awesome. I love perusing the archives of MeFi for interesting tidbits of info, music, vids and pics. I like digital photography, and drawing. I love to play video games, watch television series and movies, read books, write on my blog, and cook delicious foods. I served a full-time mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints in the Fukuoka Japan mission. While I was there, I learned Nihongo and traveled a lot, mostly by bicycle and trains. I lived in many places in Kyushu including Nagasaki. I'm now happily married, since 2009, to my lovely wife Stephanie. Life is good.