Born and raised in the Midwest (USA), moved to China after college and lived there for 6 years. I worked as a freelance translator for nearly 10 years (mostly scientific/technical documents), which gave me a lot of freedom to travel. Nowadays I work in Shanghai at a mobile gaming company doing localization.

I love learning new things and talking to people with different outlooks on life!

PHILOSOPHY

It is not possible to make a mistake.

Что привело меня на Couchsurfing

Now that I've got a full-time job I don't have much time to travel, so I'm hoping to meet interesting couchsurfers from around the world visiting Shanghai. I also surfed with a lot of great people during my travels and would like to pay back some of that good karma.

Интересы

• running
• technology
• chess
• reading
• languages
• solo travel
• science fiction
• weightlifting

Музыка, кино и книги

Music: Classic Rock, Muse, Tchaikovsky
Movies: Indiana Jones, Lawrence of Arabia
Books: Don Quixote, LOTR, anything scifi...

Классная вещь, которую я сделал(-а)

I was the course trainer for the Chinese version of the TV show "American Ninja Warrior".

Учу, учусь, делюсь опытом и информацией

Teach: English/Chinese, Chess, Exercise Nutrition

Learn: I'm currently trying to learn Russian, but I'm interested in most everything

Share: Crazy travel stories

Чем я могу поделиться с хостами

I've got a lot of travel stories and stories from living in China. I wrote my masters thesis on Chinese scifi, so if you're interested in that I can talk your ear off.

I'm not a very good cook, but I can make some damn good stovetop popcorn in all kinds of flavors (coffee/chili peppers/ginger).

Где я побывал(-а)

Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Canada, Croatia, Czech Republic, England, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Japan, Kazakhstan, Moldova, Mongolia, Romania, Russian Federation, Serbia, Spain, Switzerland, Thailand, Ukraine

Где я жил(-а)

China, Russian Federation, United States