Somewhat proud to see that my home state's word is even too difficult for Google to spell.

I guess that makes me your first!

Nakahara is a Japanese surname, so you were probably correct the first time. Just looked her up, too, and saw she went to my high school when my older brother was there. :)

Jamie writes songs for One Direction, but he isn't one of them. He's been performing over a decade, solo and fronting bands. His latest band is Graffiti6, which released an album this year, "The Bridge."