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johnny

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About Me

I was born on a cold rainy night in the northern town of Virginia, Minnesota. Graduated from Cherry High School and the University of Minnesota, Duluth. Truly, a great University on a Great Lake. I've got a degree in Social Studies Education and am now teaching in Bush Alaska in the village of Elim. My favourite things to do are go to concerts and travel, and not in that particular order. I get a little restless if I sit in the same place for too long, maybe that will go away someday...The school year is winding down, it's been a great year, but I'm really looking forward to summer. The basketball team I coach made it to the state tournament for the first time ever and I was pretty honored to be the coach of the year for the Bering Sea Conference. I applied for, and recieved, my professional teaching license for Alaska. So I might be here for a few years, but right now I'm really looking forward to summer! Starting the summer off right with a 4 day Bella Sol festival, then getting back to the Iron Range just in time to go to my friends' wedding reception and then Mexico for a week on the beach. Concerts, Festivals, lounging by the lake, Trampled by Turtles, White Iron Band, Grain Belts, and vacations. That's what my summer will be all about. Hope to see you there!

My Interests

Love live music, traveling, making a fool out of myself, yelling

I'd like to meet:

The Traveling Willburies, Jerry Garcia, Dave Simonett, you, Dalai Lama

Music:

Trampled by Turtles, White Iron Band, Yonder Mountain String Band, bob dylan, grateful dead, rocky top by any number of bands, The Who, Johnny Cash, Willie Nelson, Tom Petty, The Allman Brothers, Charlie Parr, Leadfoot String Band, High Strung String Band, Moody Blues

Movies:

The Shawshank Redemption, Dumb and Dumber, the princess bride, yellow submarine

Television:

Minnesota Twins!!! Vikings, Wild. Seinfeld, Simpsons

Books:

Johnny got his gun, Dylan's: Chronicles. Assignment: Rescue (varian fry's autobiography), All quiet on the Western Front. The neverending story, Slaughterhouse Five, Last Light Breaking: Living Among Alaska's Inpuiat Eskimos, A Place Beyond: Finding Home in Arctic Alaska

Heroes:

Trampled by Turtles, White Iron Band, Jerry Garcia, Matt Williams, Brad Ray Everybody, Brad Ray

My Blog

Springtime in Alaska

The birds are back in northern Alaska, and hearing them is a very welcome sound. The winter seemed to drag on a bit up here, but there's not doubt that spring is here now. There were definitely som...
Posted by johnny on Wed, 07 May 2008 10:41:00 PST

Its about time, School year 07-08

Well I've successfully put off writing about anything that's been happening for long enough. A lot of my days seem to be the same, but I'll try whip up some interesting happenings. No crazy trip up ...
Posted by johnny on Wed, 21 Nov 2007 10:48:00 PST

Airplaines, old sled dog sleds, only in Alaska

Below are some things that have happened to me since I have been teaching in Alaska that I'm pretty sure would not have happened if I lived anywhere else. Hope you enjoy:I'm the basketball coach, so ...
Posted by johnny on Wed, 07 Mar 2007 05:25:00 PST

tenting in the snow

Well I've recently finished my first quarter of school in my first teaching job ever. Weird. It really flew by and I feel like I need to accomplish a lot more during the rest of the year to get my s...
Posted by johnny on Tue, 07 Nov 2006 02:59:00 PST

movin to alaska

For those of you who haven't heard, I am now up in Alaska in the village of Elim, approximately 70 miles southeast of Nome. This is the story of how I arrived in this place, so sit back, relax and en...
Posted by johnny on Sat, 14 Oct 2006 03:18:00 PST