justjulia
My blogs
Blogs I follow
| Occupation | Teacher |
|---|---|
| Location | Miyazaki, Japan |
| Introduction | Hi : ) I am a refugee from Utah living in Japan for the last 20+ years. I teach at a small Liberal Arts College in Miyazaki, Japan. I love being outdoors and miss the desert (that never goes away) but love how wet and green everything is here. (enough for now) |
| Interests | hiking, mountain biking, reading, movies, music, cooking, bread making, stupid Japanese TV |
| Favorite movies | To Kill a Mockingbird, Gone Baby Gone, French Kiss--anything with Meg Ryan in it really, the Straight Story, The Last Samurai, Hope Floats, (Too Many to list) |
| Favorite music | Annie Lennox, Johnny Cash, Fiona Apple, Ani DiFranco, Jack Johnson, Beth Orton, The Be Good Tanyas, Lyle Lovett, Dar Williams, Ry Cooder, DTB, Rob Thomas, and many others too numerous to list, as well as embarrassing "one-hit-wonders" of the 80s |
| Favorite books | Mother of Pearl, Crossing to Safety, Cat's Eye, Alias Grace, To Kill a Mockingbird, Anything by Annie Dillard, Under the Banner of Heaven, The Big Bang in Japanese Higher Education, Japanese Higher Education as Myth, Outcasts and Heretics |