Back after a long break. Don't require arrangements but willing to meet new people. Visiting NYC from November 12th to 19th.

Graduated from The Derek Zoolander Center for Kids Who Can't Read Good and Wanna Learn to Do Other Stuff Good Too.

Taught video game level design at a technology camp for two years at Vanderbilt University campus and contracted as a curriculum developer for that course in my second year (creating the teaching guide, student guide, and tutorials, etc.)
I now teach English and do freelance design in Shanghai.

Life Goals (no particular order):
conduct a train
win martial arts tournament
punch an ostrich in the face
appear on Sesame Street
appear on Family Feud

Likes:
Riding on trains, Silent films (horror mostly), Guitars and playing them, Story writing, Drinking, and Making people think that I'm crazy.

Dislikes:
Ostriches and most Apes (they have an attitude problem), People that argue on their phone in public, Religion, People that don't appreciate what they have, Girls that get super loud when they're drunk, girls that have unnatural looking tans, When someone takes way too many napkins, Everyone who thinks they're Native American because their grandmother was four generations ago, I don't agree with the term "African American" (not a nationality), etc.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

Visiting the UK in May and hoping to meet people who can help me find my way about.

Interests

• history
• learning new things
• making things
• building things

Music, Movies, and Books

Nosferatu, The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, HP, Labyrinth, Doctor Who, Boardwalk Empire, Sleepy Hollow, When Harry Met Sally, Toy Story, Amelie, Love Actually, JFK, The Godfather, The Lost Boys, The Life Aquatic, The Neverending Story, Interview with the Vampire, City of God and so on...

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Sleep

What I Can Share with Hosts

My presence. Also a tour of the city, and helpful information and assistance as I've lived in Shanghai for a number of years.

Countries I’ve Visited

China, England, Japan, Scotland, South Korea, Thailand

Countries I’ve Lived In

China, United States