ABOUT ME

I've just come back from a year in Japan, and am in the middle of a journey on the west coast. Currently looking for friends in Portland, OR and Vancouver, BC.

In a hurry, so can't say much at the moment. I can only say that I would love to meet some half-crazy people who enjoy interesting chats on all sorts of topics. I am a man of a million hobbies. I hope that you can help me bring the count up to one-million-and-one.

PHILOSOPHY

Oh no!.. This is too difficult a topic to discuss with any level of conviction. To be quite honest, I'm just not sure yet what my personal philosophy is. I have philosophies, some I dig more than others. And the thoughts are in constant flux, as thoughts tend to be.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

None

Interests

Foreign languages and cultures, counterculture, chatting, politics, yoga, meditation, contemplation, computers, cooking, gardening, music (all music invigorates the soul. these days i am enjoying jazz and dubstep. i have dabbled into all sorts of instruments, including piano, violin, harmonica, bass guitar, drums, and more. in japan I made some hippy friends who introduced me to the african kalimba and patica and to the australian didgeridoo), social justice, feminism, community building, architecture, urban parks and forests, urban exploring, advocacy for the disabled, history, sociology, information design, linguistics (particularly comparing emotive communication between japanese and english - i'm fascinated by the richness of grammaticization of emotion in japanese) frisbee, and so on..

• architecture
• design
• womens rights
• cooking
• yoga
• meditation
• gardening
• politics
• music
• jazz
• guitar
• piano
• violin
• drums
• history
• languages
• sociology
• parks

Music, Movies, and Books

Godel Escher and Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid

Teach, Learn, Share

Teach me your hobbies, interests, thoughts etc! See my "All about you" section above..