Mike

My blogs

Gender	Male
Industry	Education
Occupation	Assistant Language Teacher with JET
Location	Amagi, Fukuoka, Japan
Introduction	Thoughts and observations of an American teaching English in Japan. Amagi, Fukuoka
Interests	Language-acquisition devices, Evolutionary psychology, Neurosciences, Biology, Genetics, Cultural relativism, Cultural universals, Contemporary art, Big words, The relationship between Nature and Nurture, Octopuses, Evolutionary adaptations, Sensation and perception, Independent people, Interesting beer, Strong coffee, Cooking, The bigger picture, Absurdism, Science
Favorite Movies	The Big Lebowski (and everything else touched by the Coen Brothers), Waking Life, Coffee and Cigarettes, Kung Fu Hustle, The Piano Teacher, Dead Alive
Favorite Music	IDM, chiptunes, breakcore, hip hop, J-pop, anti-folk, electroclash, jazz, flamenco, experimental, soulja boy, etc, etc.
Favorite Books	Diane Ackerman: A Natural History of the Senses, Matt Ridley: The Red Queen, James P. Othmer: The Futurist, Yann Martel: Life of Pi, as well as anything touched by Palahniuk, Vonnegut, Steven Pinker, or Richard Dawkins

You're going to the moon! What did you forget to pack?

A space suit, but I have everything i need: my trusty Terrapin, Jetta, Roy Orbison, and dozens of rolls of clingfilm