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Jappy Sokko

After one week with me in my dojo, you'll be prepared to defend yourself with the strength of a griz

About Me

I have spent the last year of my life in beautiful Nicaragua, teaching English for the Peace Corps in the incredible pueblo of Potosi, Rivas. While I had a great time, I am now back here with my family and friends in LA, trying to readjust to living in the First World.

My Interests

I enjoy sports, traveling around the world, hanging out with friends, old comic books, Science Fiction/Fantasy, Brazilian Jiujitsu/MMA, salsa dancing, going to Dodger games, studying language and culture, visiting family, running, cycling, surfing, playing Hold 'Em poker, keeping myself physically strong, mentally awake, and morally straight.

I'd like to meet:

Nice, intelligent people..Anyone cool and interesting who is not a fricken' racist IDIOT and doesn't scream Jackie Chan, Ching Ching Chong, or HII-Yahhh at me when I'm andando por la calle...

Music:

Rock en Espanol, Brazilian music, Almost anything from the 60's, 70's and 80's. Favorite Artists: Elvis Presley, The Beatles, Cafe Tacuva, DLG, Mana, Juanes, Julieta Venegas, La Ley, Jumbo, Prince, Kelly Clarkson, Def Leppard, Motley Crue, Van Halen, Queen, Rush, Earth Wind and Fire, Sade, The Cure, The Cars, The Who, The Eagles, Missing Persons, Berlin, Journey, Billy Idol, John Cougar, Altered Images, The Primitives, The Go-Go's, Madonna, Jota Quest, Timbalada, Daniela Mercury, Caetano Veloso, Capital Inicial, Legiao Urbana, Marisa Monte.

Movies:

A few of my favorites: Napoleon Dynamite, Lost in Translation, Gladiator, Braveheart, Star Wars Trilogy (original), Star Trek II, Superman I and II, The Lord of the Rings Trilogy, Platoon, Saving Private Ryan, Full Metal Jacket, Major League, Alien, Rocky IV, Better Off Dead, Clash of the Titans, Conan the Barbarian, Harold and Kumar, Old School, Dumb and Dumber, Big Fish, Il Postino, Amores Perros, The Motorcycle Diaries, Blade Runner, The Waterboy, Rounders, Sling Blade, Forrest Gump, Kickboxer, Bloodsport, Enter the Dragon, The Last Dragon.

Television:

Star Trek, Rome, CNN Headline News, The Simpsons, Sportscenter, Entourage, The Sopranos, NFL games, Dodger Baseball, UCLA sports, old cartoons (Battle of the Planets, Superfriends, Voltron, He-Man, Thundercats, Giant Robot, Herculoids, Thundarr, Space Ghost, Spiderman, etc.), National Geographic, Discovery Channel, I Love Lucy, The Twilight Zone, Spanish MTV, anything about ghosts and hauntings, Buck Rogers in the 25th Century, The Six Million Dollar Man, The A-Team, The Incredible Hulk, Three's Company, The Greatest American Hero, Miami Vice, and other old skool shit...

Books:

The Chronicles of Narnia, The Lord of the Rings, The Hobbit, The Alchemist, Watership Down, The Tao of Pooh, The Conan series, The Elric series, The Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Encyclopedia Brown series, The Wizard of Oz, Old Marvel and DC comics.

Heroes:

William Wallace, Mahatma Gandhi, Bruce Lee, Jackie Robinson, Sandy Koufax, Lance Armstrong, JFK, Ichiro Suzuki, Joan of Arc, J.R.R. Tolkein, Marco Polo, Conan the Barbarian, Rickson Gracie, Forrest Griffin, Jack Kirby, John Byrne, Frank Miller.

My Blog

Work is finally here...

Finally, I'll be starting the job that I was sent here to do, teach English at the highschool, and train the teachers on English teaching strategies.  School officially begins on Monday.  Oh...
Posted by Jappy Sokko on Fri, 26 Jan 2007 12:20:00 PST

Election Day tomorrow....

And the whole fricken´ country is going stir crazy....demonstrations, riots, good times...hopefully Daniel Ortega won´t rule this country again, but who knows?  Seems like he´s got the popular vo...
Posted by Jappy Sokko on Sat, 04 Nov 2006 03:14:00 PST

Better!

Yo what up amigos, sorry only have 3 minutes left, just a quick blog to say I am better now and ready to move on...3 more weeks in my town then I´m off to Managua then my permanent site, it´s gotta be...
Posted by Jappy Sokko on Wed, 18 Oct 2006 04:03:00 PST

Si, estoy enfermo....

I´m pretty sick, got the flu I think.  All the fricken people in my host family are sick and got me sick as well.  I also have mice in my room at night, they ate through the crackers I had i...
Posted by Jappy Sokko on Thu, 12 Oct 2006 10:01:00 PST

Fricken sucks ass, but I´m alive

Thanks for the comments and responses my friends and family, sorry but the fricken connection is so slow I can´t get back to all of you personally.  Life pretty much sucks though, so I haven...
Posted by Jappy Sokko on Mon, 09 Oct 2006 12:02:00 PST

Fricken sucks ass, but I´m alive

Thanks for the comments and responses my friends and family, sorry but the fricken connection is so slow I can´t get back to all of you personally.  Life pretty much sucks though, so I haven...
Posted by Jappy Sokko on Mon, 09 Oct 2006 12:02:00 PST

Getting better....

But I still have damn mosquito and flea bites all over my fricken body, and they just won´t stop no matter that I´m sleeping with mosquito netting over me and deet as my cologne.... This little town s...
Posted by Jappy Sokko on Tue, 26 Sep 2006 03:06:00 PST

Life is hard

To all my friends, sorry I haven´t been able to get on til now, no internet access in the tiny village I´m living in.  Life basically sucks right now.  No running water, mosquitoes everywher...
Posted by Jappy Sokko on Sat, 16 Sep 2006 09:09:00 PST

I must I must I must increase my bust...

So I did run last night, a little late I know, but I felt pretty good.  I guess a few days off didn't hurt me as much as I thought.  I run hills around my home, they're pretty steep.  I...
Posted by Jappy Sokko on Sat, 21 Jan 2006 09:14:00 PST