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About Me

Stuff I miss about home: Anna; my parents, my sisters--occasionally, even my brothers-in-law; my peeps; Peeps; road trips; fields of snow; cheap imitation Mexican food; Bob's garden; current movies; cheap movie tickets, CD's, and DVD's; Adult Swim; my mom's cinnamon rolls; Dr. Pepper; grass; knowing exactly when, where, and how I offend someone; anonymity.Stuff I love about Japan: Edamame; Chris and Miyuki; mountains; my pals in Shikoku; yakitori, yakiniku, yakiudon, okonomiyaki; variety shows; monkeys; ocean; hot Japanese bartenders; the clotheses; being far away from Detroit; my balcony; vending machines; saying things like, "Hang on, I've got a bit of squid stuck in my teeth"; my Japanese teacher, Yoko; not working at Demoulins; missing home; walking everywhere; chopsticks; sitting in a packed movie theater, surrounded by Japanese people who laugh at the same moments I do, feeling at one with the universe; castles and shrines; being a minority; Nobu.

My Interests

I'd like to meet:

Adrien Brody

Music:

Rufus Wainwright, Ryan Adams, the Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Damien Rice, Sondre Lerche, Nick Drake, Elliot Smith, the Shins, Beck, Billie Holiday, Seu Jorge, Rodrigo y Gabriela, Bright Eyes, The Frames, Ben Harper, Eric Lee's kick-ass compilations (especially Disc 4)

Movies:

Amelie, Kill Bill, Rushmore, Annie Hall, Laura, Lost in Translation, Before Sunrise, Before Sunset, Out of Sight, The Royal Tenenbaums, The Big Sleep, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Young Frankenstein, Velvet Goldmine, Once, The Darjeeling Limited, Juno, Roman Holiday, Y Tu Mama Tambien, Rebecca, Jane Austen adaptations (I'm a girl, goddammit)

Television:

Gilmore Girls, Adult Swim, Arrested Development, Freaks and Geeks, That '70's Show, Invader Zim, Scrubs, My So-Called Life, Roswell (season 1), Heroes, crazy Japanese game shows and variety programs

Books:

Watership Down, The House of Mirth, The Halloween Tree, A Series of Unfortunate Events, The Little Prince, Their Eyes Were Watching God, anything by Truman Capote, Dave Eggers, or David Sedaris, Mythology

Heroes:

Zora Neale Hurston, John Wayne, Bob, the BÃ¡b

My Blog

Intellectual Lunchtime Debates

Here's a conversation I had during lunch last week--a telling example of both the quality of my dining companions and the current extent of my own wit: Louis (suddenly): "You look lik...
Posted by Hezza on Sat, 07 Jun 2008 04:10:00 PST

Weird English

I think a lot about language. Even though my current job is more like glorified babysitting than English teaching, language is a constant source of frustration, embarassment, amusement, and inte...
Posted by Hezza on Mon, 10 Mar 2008 09:19:00 PST

Update

I just returned home from a nabe party (a Japanese dining experience too glorious to describe in words and you can only come visit me in the winter to fully understand) and am thoroughly slo...
Posted by Hezza on Fri, 07 Dec 2007 10:01:00 PST

Hisashi buri ne?

I sat down to write a long, involved blog updating everyone on the last 9 months or so of my life--including numerous witty observations, anecdotes, and asides--and within the first paragrap...
Posted by Hezza on Fri, 20 Apr 2007 05:10:00 PST

D03

Last week I was teaching a lesson to level 6 students called "Describing objects you don't know the name of." I start the lesson by saying, "OK, think of something in your kitchen drawer at home...
Posted by Hezza on Sat, 05 Aug 2006 06:04:00 PST

Propositions and death

Last night I was strolling home, innocently nibbling on some rice, when a man on a bike followed me to the parking lot of my apartment and offered me 1,000 yen to suck his dick. (The best part of this...
Posted by Hezza on Sat, 06 May 2006 07:50:00 PST

Sentimental schlock (I'm happy)

What is it about gorgeous weather that makes people so beautiful? Today--a lovely, almost-spring day--I was sitting in Peace Park, on page 40 of Franny and Zooey ("Lord Jesus Christ, have mercy...
Posted by Hezza on Tue, 07 Mar 2006 11:28:00 PST