dbrooks.tokyo
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| Gender | Male |
|---|---|
| Industry | Education |
| Occupation | university professor |
| Location | Fuchu, Tokyo, Japan |
| Introduction | I am American a 30-year resident of Japan, living in Japan and working as a university professor. I am married to a wonderful Japanese woman named Shizuko, whom I met in my college days in Kentucky. We raised our two, now grown, children bilingually and biculturally. Now we raise loyal and talented Toy Manchester Terriers (pet dogs who can play the piano) in the suburbs of Tokyo, I am a university teacher of English and researcher, but am also involved in a lot of other both professional and semi-professional activities. |
| Interests | ecology, environmental activism, international development, community building, volunteering, intercultural communication, international politics, organizational culture, leadership, scuba diving, Hawaii, Hawaii culture, Japan, Japanese culture, foreign languages, learning, philosophy, postmodern spirtuality, theatre, opera, musicals, performing arts, dance, volleyball, aikido, orchids, cactus, ethnic music, world music, ethnomusicology, ethnobotany |
| Favorite movies | I like movies, but I don't like supporting the Hollywood imperialistic megla-maniac culture - -so I won't name them now. Generally, I like movies made from great books - although I regret that by doing so a lot of great literature gets subverted, or at least, obscured. |
| Favorite music | All kinds -but to be honest, I don't really listen to rock and pop, but I can enjoy all genres. I prefer to create and perform music instead of only listening to it. |
| Favorite books | I don't read fiction very often because my own life is too close to being more like a dramatic epic, and at times far more unbelievably good than any fictional story anyway. I tend toward amassing loads of 'real' information - nonfiction. But I do enjoy great books and often read good ones in my second and third languages (French and Japanese). If you ask, I'll let you know some good books (in all genres). |