UENOMURA, JAPAN -- Isaac Arnquist, a 24 year old American, is now living and working among the short people of Japan. Arnquist, a tall fellow at 194 centimeters, remarked in an interview on July 28, 2005, "I keep hitting my head on things! It really makes my ethnocentricities shine through."
Noli is pronounced nori in Japanese, which means seaweed.
Noli has many peculiar interests.
Noli is half Cuban, half Greek.
Noli is from Texas.
Noli likes sumo as much as I do.
Noli rarely wears pants.
Noli is an anomaly.
Meet Noli. He is an English teacher in Japan, but he studied paleontology at an Ivy League school in Pennsylvania. He is wicked smart in more areas than one. He speaks Japanese and Texan drawl. He has a $100 ping pong paddle and beats me only 45% of the time. He hates it when I call it ping pong ("it's table tennis!") and when I mention how he can't beat me even with a $100 ping pong paddle.
Noli really enjoys hiking and camping. He also likes to position his head between your legs right before a picture is taken. It is, in a word, exhilarating.
Noli is a fantastic juggler. Noli puts most of his energy into spelling immature, blasphemous, and ebonics words during a game of Scrabble. Noli once criticized me for using the word G-love in a Scrabble game, to which I replied, "It's glove!"
On a trip to Tokyo with Noli, I discovered he bookmarked the Mark Twain book he was reading on page 2. I asked him if he needed a break from reading that one page, to which he replied "the font is small and the margins are big!" He also affirmed that he wouldn't be able to remember that he was on page 2 without the bookmark.
Noli is the best (and only) mountain unicycler I have ever met. On a recent trip to China, he unicycled along the Great Wall. He also ate scorpion and centipede. I'll ask him for photos. Noli, nice to meet you.
AHHHH!!! I love it!!! Yes, Noli is a total weirdo but he is well loved. I still don't understand how a guy from Texas can wear shorts during a Japanese winter.
what the frick and frack. who don't i get a post? also, who spells buddah like that? isn't it buddha? i am chinese, for christ sake. or is it, for buddha's sake?
Hi. Way to go. I actually got to see one of your videos at my sisters who has the speedy connection. I will soon have that, too. I'm back home, so Ican no longer see them, but soon. Take care.
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AHHHH!!! I love it!!! Yes, Noli is a total weirdo but he is well loved. I still don't understand how a guy from Texas can wear shorts during a Japanese winter.
Also, Noli is the only guy with a degree who actually WANTS to work at McDonald's.
This guy seems real cool
Perhaps He's the reincar-
nation of Buddah?
what the frick and frack. who don't i get a post? also, who spells buddah like that? isn't it buddha? i am chinese, for christ sake. or is it, for buddha's sake?
p.s. does noli have a girlfriend?
Buddha* - sorry to all of the indo-chinese out there.
Mike of Kildahl
He sounds fun! Bring him home with you!
P.S. I lost Sir William Henry Wordsworthington :( I took him outside and he freakin ran away!!
Hi. Way to go. I actually got to see one of your videos at my sisters who has the speedy connection. I will soon have that, too. I'm back home, so Ican no longer see them, but soon. Take care.
dear mike,
who are you?
do i know you?
give me a hint.
thanks,
isaac
p.s. nice haiku.
Ahhhhh, Isaac. Now your parents are going to look at my blog and know i use the F-word.
Of course you know me
My last name is Schularick
I am your twin, dude.
Mike
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