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last update: July 23 2008photo updated daily

the truth

• Born, July 12, 1974 (33y)
• Stands, 200.66cm (6 feet 7 inches)
• Currently weighs 149.68kg but, melting fast (58.05kg lost so far).
• Mellow, easy going and kind-hearted
• Possesses scary intuition, but no super powers
• Talented developer, designer, artist and writer

biography

Me, James Allendale Mathias. Hmmm, what about me, let’s see. I’m forever married to an absolutely wonderful woman with whom I’ve fathered and help care for three amazing boys.

I’m an artist, writer and web designer/developer from Idaho, by way of Oregon, by way of Arizona, by way of California. I’ve all over the West Coast, but I like to consider myself a Pacific North-westerner and primarily an Oregonian—Go Ducks!

Our family includes two cats (Trinity Marie and Dali Salvadora), an apricot pug (Dominus King), a Shih Tzu/Chihuahua mix (Temperance Joy), two fish (Sucky McSuckerton, Kat) and we miss our rats (Doyle (2005–2007) and Spike (2005–2006)).

For the last year and a half, I’ve been involved in the long process of losing weight. So far, I've lost one-hundred and twenty-six pounds overall and have about seventy or so pounds left to lose. For me it's about getting healthy and fit through proper exercise habits and by practicing eating correctly.

I lost my father—he’s alive I just can’t see him. I was molested as a young child and I struggle with that still. Overall my life has been ups and downs—good and bad. But, it’s all been my life. And I would not change a single thing about it.

I’m a practicing Tibetan buddhist who likes to make lists and has far too many DVDs

If you like what you've read, please let me know and hang around. If on the other hand you dislike me (really?), or think I’m a dork (I can see that), keep it to yourself and move on, life is way too short to spend it being an asshole to strangers.

Overall, I think you’ll enjoy me more if you; enjoy inane-cheesy humor, illustrations, life inspiration, laughing, crying, oohhh-ahhing etc…

What about leihu, dude?

Here at leihu, I talk about movies, music, gaming, art, life and general crap.

The name leihu is the combination of two english pronunciations for Chinese symbols (kanji), broken down it’s lei (leigh) for thunder and hu (who) for tiger.

I came up with the name one night while brain-storming for a web-site name with my wife, the best idea was jamGraphix. Needless to say it was utter crap.

Being a Buddhist, I kind of follow Chinese astrology, in that philosophy I’m a tiger born in 1974—coincidentally, my eldest son is also a tiger born in 1998 almost exactly twenty-four years apart only one month and one day difference—I looked up tiger in my Chinese Kanji Reference Dictionary (what you don't have one?) and right there next to tiger was thunder or lei and they sounded great together, and thus leihu was born.

fun facts

• Is a Tibetan Buddhist (Gyurme Dorje)… *
• Practiced Tae Kwon Do & Grappling…
• Secretly Loves Basketball…
• Wants to teach web development to others…
• Doesn’t eat beef or pork if possible… **
• Loves Pugs! Favorite dogs of all time…
• Can actually dance very well…

* Gyurme Dorje is James’ “Dharma Name” as given him by the Venerable Gyatrul Rinpoche, it’s meaning is "The indestructable union between method and wisdom.

** Buddhism suggests that one should not refuse to eat any food served to him, as not to offend your host. In these rare occasions James will eat beef or pork, but he never prepares it for himself and most people that cook for him respect his beliefs.

horrible truths

• …doesn’t follow Buddhism as closely as he should.
• …only a gold belt, but competed as red belt. *
• …can’t dunk, to save his tall ass. **
• …scared of high school kids.
• …loves chicken and fish however.
• …sometimes, DK gets on his nerves.
• …looks stupid doing it.

* James competed as a red belt rank in Arizona, as gold belts were not allowed to compete, and his teacher felt he was too natural a fighter to not compete at all.

** Although James is nearly six foot seven inches tall and good at basketball, he is very white when it comes to jumping, and can only dunk on a 9 foot hoop.

Themes

I have prepared some different themes to surf leihu with. Click any link to load the theme you prefer.

• No Spring Chicken
• My Darkside
• Hooray For Boobies!

Link Love

If you love leihu enough to give him a proper salute via some steamy link love, please feel free to use the following banner.

! Please, don't hotlink, the results will be rude and unexpected.

<a href="http://www.leihu.com/" title="speaking before I think since 1974"><img src="http://www.your_domain.tld/image_path/ad_leihu.jpg" alt="leihu" /></a>

But wait, you hate image links huh? well try the following instead, for a nifty text link.

I heart leihu

<a href="http://www.leihu.com/" title="speaking before I think since 1974">I heart leihu</a>

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