Pokemon tends to do that to people. =p Buy all the consoles!
Horrifically Japanese education procedure? Oh dear. (On the Japanese note, I was in Japan earlier this year for a holiday with friends! No nuclear physics was involved.)
And neat at having a fic planned! What is it about?
Let's see... well, I finished high school and am into honours with Physics (got my bacholars in science adv. with majors in that and computational science), but nothing much in the job front. I do teach karate part time and also tutor 1st year physics students though.
As with hobbies, I'm still practising karate as well, I finished my parody fic last year (and won more awards!), and have my own fic projects (a fic for that contest might get scrambled together within a week, another longer one is on its way to completion and posting, and various ideas for others still exist). And I also run a pokemon webzine for fun, which I write some articles for as well. And a bunch of other stuff like an Let's Play and being promoted in modding everywhere, it seems. :V