Maurice

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Gender	Male
Industry	Education
Location	Kitagata, Saga Ken, Japan
Introduction	Teaching English in a backwater town in Kyushu, Japan. Since being here, I've learned my "chopstick skills are great" and my "eyes always look surprised." Slowly working at coming to terms with and concluding a few things; loving Japan for giving me the roads and locales to wander and ponder.
Interests	Mash-up hiphop, martial arts, politics, Asian art, Native art, The Salish, vintage-style T-shirts, Bigfoot, cooking fish, mythology, Chinese Lion statues, rejected Biblical texts, Japanese tacos, ethical and political philosophy, eagles disguised as hawks, The Boondocks, football, little dried fish in granola
Favorite Movies	Legend of Drunken Master, Smoke Signals, Once Were Warriors, The Godfather, It's a Wonderful Life, Ima Ai ni Yukimasu, Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels, Saving Private Ryan, The American President, Apocalypse Now, Session 9, Syriana, Children of Men
Favorite Music	Jin, The Beatles, Beethoven, Dilated Peoples, U2, Nas, Richie Valens, Asian Instrumentals, RAtM, DJ Krush, Common, Jonny Mathis Xmas tunes, K-Os, Quruli, Vivaldi, Coldplay, Kanye West, DJ Lobsterdust, Madvillian, Tan Dun
Favorite Books	Invisible Man, (Ralph Ellison not the scifi guy), Reservation Blues, Living Buddha Living Christ, Guns Germs and Steel, Tattoos of the Floating World, The Three Kingdoms, Silence, The Alchemist, Life of Pi, A Right to be Hostile, Return of the Prodigal Son, Amusing Ourselves to Death, The Kite Runner