CURRENT MISSION

See Europe and China

ABOUT ME

Grew up in the suburbs of sunny L.A., got my first real taste of traveling in college when I studied Japanese for six months in Tokyo.

I'm an Apple geek, I am sort of into photography (I find it's the lens through which I can make sense of travel), I often like to just veg with a book or a movie.

PHILOSOPHY

Be good.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

No couch yet as I'm traveling, but I'm psyched about having friends over in California when I get back.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Just wrapping up the longest couchsurf ever at a friend's place in London -- pushing two months, getting cycled between beds and rooms. This place is like a halfway house. It's awesome.

Interests

photography, books, journalism, urban planning, movies, languages, pedestrian bridges, trains, European Union

• books
• photography
• beer
• movies
• traveling
• journalism
• languages

Music, Movies, and Books

Music: Arcade Fire, Rilo Kiley, Jason Mraz, Damien Rice, Paolo Nutini

Movies: A.I., Contact, Chungking Express, Pleasantville, Magnolia, Millennium Actress, Y Tu Mama Tambien, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Shaun of the Dead, Iron Giant

Books: The Line of Beauty, The Great Gatsby, Confessions of a Mask, Guns Germs and Steel, The Omnivore's Dilemma

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I had dinner with the chief of an aboriginal tribe in Taiwan. We drank beer and ate wild muntjac.

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Belgium, Canada, China, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Ireland, Luxembourg, Mexico, Netherlands, Poland, Singapore, South Korea, United Kingdom

Countries I’ve Lived In

Japan, Taiwan, United States

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