So my dear friend here in japan has started a blog which got me thinking-why have I never created a blog? I think the answer is quite simple-I have been living a fun yet quite routine and perhaps uneventful life as a jersey girl, but of course without the big hair and other ridiculous yet hilarious stereotypes. Now that I have graduated college and decided to make the seemingly "adult" decision to live alone in a foreign country, it sure seems like a good enough reason to start a blog! For my own sanity and creative release more than anything else...
Why the name? No I do not idolize those Japanese broadcaster chicks of WWII, it's just what my dad's eccentric father insisted on naming me when I was born. While I will always be grateful to my parents for choosing otherwise, it was always a favorite story of mine, and now I can grant him his wish, if only as a blog name. Even though I never really knew him, I was always fascinated by anectodes such as the Big Macs he would leave on the window sill half eaten to savor again throughout the week, or the strange sightings of my grandfather outside his house in Vermont days after his death. Anyway, there is no way I can even compete with his stories so I'm not going to try...but I hope to come across many interesting people and experiences, and the occasional scandal and hilarity :)
