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About Me

I just moved back from Osaka, Japan to beautiful SoCal. Three years in Japan were awesome, depressing, strenuous, soul stirring all rolled into one... a growing up period for me. I'm now back at my father's shop and the difference is night and day. When I left I was constantly arguing with my pops. Adversity changes people, causes them to develop confidence... and rightfully so. I busted my ass in Japan. And although that may not exactly translate into dollars and cents, I believe that the respect I earned, the projects I'm willing to take on, and my aspirations are all directly affected by this experience. You wanna find out how good you really are move... move somewhere devoid of the familiar. The only resource is yourself and the things you know you can do. You'll find out just how tough you are.
FYI I married in 2005 in Japan. I joke around about my wife, since I got married in Japan, I say "I brought home a souvenir!" In truth I met her here in LA in 2002. Remember the movie "Last Samurai"( a butcher of the Japanese culture)... well she was in between jobs, and she ended up being a staffer on the set. Long-story-short, a good friend of mine was working on that set as well, and they all flew to LA for final production.
Two years later she tells me she's coming to study at UCLA. Come to find out she's on her own dime! That is a unique quality amongst Japanese women. SOOO many Japanese women come to study on their parents money. Much respect hunnie.
Jackson Hole! We also have a new addition to our family Kiyone Sierra Tsuchida. We chose the name Kiyone because of Miwako's (my wife)hometown of Kyoto. Kiyo is the first character of Kyoto + One means sound. If your computer has Japanese capability it looks like this: 京音。Sierra the Spanish word for Mountain, comes from Miwako and my love of snow and snowsports... dunno maybe she'll be a pro snowboarder... hey one can wish, can't they.

My Interests

I'd like to meet:

Nymphomaniacs, Hedonists, Bacchanalians, and the generally sleep deprived. Telemarkers, Alpinists, Backcountry dorks, and the generally snowbound. B-series, SR20, BP-ZE, VG30, VQ35, RB26DETT, and especially H22 dorks. If you have to ask, you don't know.

My Blog

Its a Goyle

So I've been home for about a month now. We were in Japan for almost 3 years. It was teaching English, snowboarding, exporting cars, a cultural introspective, writing for the magazines, and in general...
Posted by on Sat, 31 May 2008 22:02:00 GMT

My friend Jenn asked how I was doing... I felt like writing to an audience

Last year I was in Nagano, the home of the 1998 winter Olympics, and the site of the first ever-so-controversial snowboard event; Google "History, Snowboard, Olympic" and you'll see a few things on th...
Posted by on Wed, 21 Mar 2007 00:01:00 GMT

Things I learned in 2006

ü        Marriage costs money. ü        How to drive on the left. ü        Taking a gamble on ...
Posted by on Mon, 12 Feb 2007 21:12:00 GMT

The list: For all the places I Skied

Skiing is a general term for the ski industry. For the record I snowboard. So let's start close to home. This is my chance to gloat, being the narcissist that I am. To date I have now snowboarded 40 r...
Posted by on Tue, 02 Jan 2007 02:33:00 GMT

Insane Japanese work ethic

It's late Saturday and we've been on our feet since morning. Aside from the hours of sales calls I've made to places as far as Kenya, I haven't been inside for hours. Temperatures are hitting 34 degre...
Posted by on Sun, 10 Sep 2006 02:41:00 GMT

Failed Driving Test

The level of bureaucracy in this country astounds me. As JET participants, for many of us our many documents are magically taken care of for us. Now I look from the outside in. Well yesterday I failed...
Posted by on Tue, 11 Jul 2006 19:41:00 GMT

Hori-sensei & the Backcountry

So there's this new teacher at my school, that has made my life a whole lot better here at the school. My misery ended in April when Miyazawa-sensei left on rotation, and in the mix comes a more exper...
Posted by on Mon, 12 Jun 2006 19:21:00 GMT

Mosquitos and blaring sunlight

This morning's terrentail Downpour signifies the start of the rainy season, and last night I recieved my first two mosquito bites of the year. This is the part of the year I dread. While most Japanese...
Posted by on Thu, 08 Jun 2006 20:03:00 GMT

When I get home...

Oh the places I'm going to eat when I get home. Besides driving my favorite car, my top priority when I get home from Japan is to eat. I'll be back for a few weeks. For the most part I have been depri...
Posted by on Mon, 05 Jun 2006 16:55:00 GMT

Osaka in July, you car geeks

Hey gang,So the time approaches when I am about to make a leap of faith, take a huge paycut, and go to the land of high rent, Osaka. Cars are me, and I am cars; I can't see it any other way. Unfortuna...
Posted by on Sun, 28 May 2006 20:48:00 GMT