I am constantly moving in a million directions, but I usually end up in one piece (usually). I grew up in rural Illinois surrounded by cornfields and soybeans. I have been expatriating around Asia and Oceania for the last 5 years.

I prefer to stay with women or couples and am not looking for someone to date on couchsurfing.

PHILOSOPHY

"But if these years have taught me anything it is this: you can never run away. Not ever. The only way out is in." - Junot Diaz (The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao)

Interests

mountains, trains, languages, post-apocalyptic novels, food, pretentious movies, dirty jokes, forests, eating adorable animals, trying to take postcard pretty pictures

• animals
• literature
• dining
• running
• movies
• traveling
• hiking
• languages
• mountains

Music, Movies, and Books

Movies- Charade, Persepolis, Infernal Affairs, Tokyo Story, A Brief Encounter, A Tale of Two Sisters

Books- Hard Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World, Medea, Deep River, Disgrace, Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao, Tinkers

Music- St. Vincent, Beck, The Eels, Of Montreal, Sleater-Kinney

TV- Archer, Flight of the Conchords, Tim & Eric

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Surviving the 2011 Japan Tsunami/Earthquake disaster.

Teaching great kids how to read.

Travelling to Beijing by myself and hiking The Great Wall.

Teach, Learn, Share

I am a language and literature nerd, so once you get me started I may not stop.

Countries I’ve Visited

Cambodia, Canada, China, France, Italy, Mexico, Monaco, South Korea, Switzerland, Taiwan, Thailand, Vatican City State, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

Australia, Japan, South Korea, United States