ABOUT ME

I live near-ish Nagoya these days, I love to collect good experiences by traveling and seeing strange and beautiful things.

I love visiting art museums. I'm an artist, a writer, and an avid reader! I love music. And animals, especially strange ones or particularly cuddly ones. :) I walk around town a lot. I like simple foods that don't take a lot of time or effort to prepare and that are minimally processed. My friends and family are most important to me. :) I love meeting new people. My favorite time of day is dusk. My favorite season is summer when I'm home in the mid/west USA, but autumn here in Japan. I'll try almost anything once unless it involves insects or something unhygienic. There aren't many foods that I dislike.

More to come (maybe) as I think of everything else about me. ;)

PHILOSOPHY

If you're not happy, change something, fight for it, chase it. Seize the day because honestly, nothing is for certain. Keep your family close. Be productive.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

So far I haven't participated! I can't really expect anybody to be wandering out here in the sticks where I have a place of my own for the first time. Although I'd be open to it, and I'd like to do some couch surfing myself one day soon. :)

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

See above...

Interests

Music, movies, sci fi, fantasy, friends, family, art, animals, puzzles, minesweeper, Japanese, current events, foreign languages, long walks, writing, reading, sunbathing, coffee, bad jokes, fruit pancakes, Star Trek

• animals
• insects
• arts
• writing
• literature
• coffee
• movies
• reading
• tv
• traveling
• puzzles
• music
• surfing
• languages

Music, Movies, and Books

(books) Fantasy, classic American and European lit... (Pride & Prejudice, The Firebringer Trilogy, His Majesty's Dragon series, Harry Potter series, The Last Unicorn, anything by Ray Bradbury, The Great Gatsby, Lord of the Flies, Animal Farm, Dracula, Frankenstein, anything by Edgar Allen Poe...)
(movies) Sci-fi (Star Trek, Star Wars, Alien movies, alien movies...), action (Marvel movies...), comedies, romantic comedies, not-ridiculous romance movies, off-color horror movies...
(music) soft/alternate rock, Japanese rock, dance/electronica, classic.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I had a magical time with my mom and her brothers and sisters and my brother at Disney Land a few years ago. :)

Teach, Learn, Share

I can teach you some Japanese, I can also analyze English literature with you, or deeply analyze movies/TV shows with you. ;)