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About Me

Memoirs of a Douchebag chronicles the adventures of John Box as he spends a year traveling around Japan, teaching English, and discovering himself, nightly. Through this life-changing journey, John comes to such revelations as: he hates working, and kids, and food that makes liver spots drenched in mucous seem like creme brulee. Further, through this inter-cultural experience, John learns some important life-lessons like how different Japanese are from Americans...and how similar. Fucking mind-blowing shit. Plus, he'll feel you up.
Preview and purchase Memoirs of a Douchebag here
If you decide to purchase, select USPS Media Mail for the cheapest postage
And check out the above myspace blog. John will be posting some sample entries from the book here as well as some new posts every week or two. This here is where he'd like to hear what you have to say. Stuff like: "Awesome. Can I buy more than one copy of your book?" and "Sweet. Are you accepting groupies?" and "This is great! Why didn't you publish this sooner?"
And just so's you know, the answer to those questions are "yes," "Yes," and "Back off shithead, these things take time."
Check out some other photos from Japan via the Pics link underneath the picture of the book cover up there.

My Interests

I'd like to meet:

Jason Schwartzman, Al Bundy, Johnny Drama, Natalie Portman (because someday we're gonna be married), John Booty, LFO, Kurt Vonnegut, Julian Beever, Elliot Dudemeister

My Blog

The Problem with Naming Japanese Girls (from Book)

I was reading my Japanese textbook today and I came across a pretty sizable cultural difference. In the book, there was a journal entry from a Japanese exchange student in the U.S. who was writing abo...
Posted by on Wed, 31 Jan 2007 20:27:00 GMT

Praise for Memoirs of a Douchebag (from Book)

"Not since Steinbeck has an author painted the American spirit as well as John Box has. This is a man who grabs life by the pigtails and fucks it in the ass" John Box "Transcendent&a whiff of paradis...
Posted by on Tue, 23 Jan 2007 21:02:00 GMT

John Box Bio (from Book)

John Box burst onto the literary scene in 1997 when he was published in his high school yearbook quoting Eazy-E and sending shouts out to his homies. He followed with his second achievement a year lat...
Posted by on Tue, 23 Jan 2007 20:58:00 GMT

New Years Resolutions (New - Not from book)

I've been thinking long and hard on how to improve myself (and those around me (I'm a giver)) in the coming year and so here are my New Years Resolutions for 2007:>Give more people the business>Enter ...
Posted by on Tue, 02 Jan 2007 18:33:00 GMT

My First Entry - 7/24 (from Book)

The economy in New York City in early 2003 was in shambles, and it was nearly impossible to land a job. This was especially true if you had no skills, qualifications, direction, or desire to work. May...
Posted by on Thu, 23 Nov 2006 14:57:00 GMT

Observing Trevor's Class - 8/29 (from Book)

As part of my training, I observed Trevor tonight. It was my first time watching an 8th grade class, which will be the 2nd oldest group of kids that I'm to teach. The class is 50 minutes long and for ...
Posted by on Wed, 13 Dec 2006 20:35:00 GMT

First Japanese Dining Experience - 8/9 (from Book)

Kanazawa-san took Trevor and me to Bero Bero, a Japanese restaurant/bar, for a welcome-to-Japan drink and for me to get a taste of first-rate traditional Japanese food. Being of the free variety, the ...
Posted by on Wed, 13 Dec 2006 20:31:00 GMT