CURRENT MISSION

Riding my bicycle down the West Coast... again.

ABOUT ME

I really, really like to read. Coming in second is writing, followed by learning, with watching movies and TV shows on DVD as a runner up. Watching TV shows on TV comes in dead last. Those commercials are awful and they'll ruin your brain.

PHILOSOPHY

Now I know; we deserve nothing, neither the blessings nor misfortunes that befall us.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Hosted a few times. Surfed in Seoul and Tokyo and all down America's Pacific Coast. Loved it. Nothing but good experiences.

Interests

ummm. Reading/writing. Formal and informal education. Bicycle touring. Realism. Graphic Novels. Tennis. Public and Private Libraries. Ozarks folklore. Japan and Japanese. Outdoor cats. Etc.

• cats
• writing
• folklore
• education
• movies
• reading
• tv
• outdoor activities
• cycling
• tennis
• teaching

Music, Movies, and Books

films: Rushmore, Punch-Drunk Love, The Big Lebowski, The Great Dictator (1940), Lost in Translation.
music: The Decemberists, Okkervil River, Neutral Milk Hotel,Pavement, Cake, and Springfield's own Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin.
literature: Catcher in the Rye, On the Road, Cat's Cradle, and a million other classics. But, if you're trying to become my favorite author, just give up now, because Thoreau already did that like 150 years ago.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Seattle to Mexico on my bike. Oh, and one time i saw a blimp.

Countries I’ve Visited

South Korea

Countries I’ve Lived In

Japan, United States