I hope all is well with everyone. My name is Ed Stahl, known as "Gregor the Wizard" to some, and I am a 25 year old man living in North Carolina about to depart on an adventure of a lifetime.
Now, you're probably wondering why I would name my blog such an odd name. Well, I thought about a few different ideas and even posed the question to Facebook and received some interesting replies (and awesome) replies.
I originally thought...
"Ed is going to Japan!"
Lame... It has no originality and lacks that "umph" one looks for when looking at a blog. You think, "this is going to be exciting, a guy going on and on about his trip to Japan... Oh, whooptydo."
Then, an idea from a friend...
Then, an idea from a friend...
"Ed's Epic Nippon Adventure Fun Blog"
Wow! That's an awesome title! But, it became a logistical nightmare. I needed something shorter... Then it came to me while I was eating lunch at Subway.
GREGOR THE WIZARD VS JAPAN
AWESOME! It has a ring to it that imposes humor and a false-renitency. Of course, 
I am not going head-to-head with a country, but I am going head-to-head with their culture! Not really, just trying to make sense of it all... My nickname, "Gregor the Wizard", came from my martial arts instructor when we and another friend of ours were discussing a "fight name" for a student at the dojo. We were going through some names and I suggested one that was poorly received.
"Ha! That's about as cool as 'Gregor the Wizard', he hails from the land of dyslexia" he laughed. And.... it stuck. I have had other awesome nicknames like "Roger" and "Baholahineysniffer", but none were quite as epic -- or lame -- as Gregor.
The point of this blog, as illustrated on the About Page -- GO THERE!! -- is simple. A place for me to share my happenings in Japan with my loved ones in America.
Quite simply, this trip is the hardest thing I've ever done. Leaving everything behind -- friends, family, pet -- and go on this selfish, once in a lifetime adventure, across the world.
I hope you all will share it with me through this medium and enjoy...
-Gregor the Wizard
"The key to immortality is to first live a life worth remembering..." - Sijo Bruce Lee
I am not going head-to-head with a country, but I am going head-to-head with their culture! Not really, just trying to make sense of it all... My nickname, "Gregor the Wizard", came from my martial arts instructor when we and another friend of ours were discussing a "fight name" for a student at the dojo. We were going through some names and I suggested one that was poorly received."Ha! That's about as cool as 'Gregor the Wizard', he hails from the land of dyslexia" he laughed. And.... it stuck. I have had other awesome nicknames like "Roger" and "Baholahineysniffer", but none were quite as epic -- or lame -- as Gregor.
The point of this blog, as illustrated on the About Page -- GO THERE!! -- is simple. A place for me to share my happenings in Japan with my loved ones in America.
Quite simply, this trip is the hardest thing I've ever done. Leaving everything behind -- friends, family, pet -- and go on this selfish, once in a lifetime adventure, across the world.
I hope you all will share it with me through this medium and enjoy...
-Gregor the Wizard
"The key to immortality is to first live a life worth remembering..." - Sijo Bruce Lee
