I don't know Aki Hoshi, but I do know Rom. Do they live close to you? There are more than a few people from fandom that live in Michigan, but most everyone lives an hour away. And I just found out that abusing_sarcasm and juniperus are both from here, too. Same distance problem, though. Let me show you my sad face :-(

Do you have Yahoo or AIM? We should totally chat more.