CURRENT MISSION

what is this life thing -- how do I work this

ABOUT ME

HI THAR -- I'm a graduate student in physics, studying a field which is about either complex systems and emergent phenomena, or hunks of metal, depending on who you ask. I get excited about a lot of things, though...

I feel most satisfied when I am making a crazy idea into a reality. Second place goes to just /experiencing/ a pre-existing bizarre reality.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

None yet! Friends have surfed and told me of their adventures, and I've met surfers visiting friends, but I haven't had the chance to participate directly... YET.

Interests

[forthcoming]

• physics

Music, Movies, and Books

I wish I read more! When I do read, it's usually overly-ambitious conceptual epics which I loose motivation for halfway through, OR super-fun "speculative" fiction which I devour effortlessly (Murakami, Eco, Miéville, Gaiman, ...).

As for music -- http://www.last.fm/user/kinejoshua makes this easy:

The Mountain Goats, Prefuse 73, Aphex Twin, Ted Leo and the Pharmacists, Squarepusher, Deerhoof, The Microphones, of Montreal, Aimee Mann, The Thermals, Built to Spill, Spoon, Autechre, Neutral Milk Hotel, Venetian Snares, The Beatles, Girl Talk, Daedelus, They Might Be Giants, Kid606, Amon Tobin, Four Tet, The Books, Radiohead, Boards of Canada, Sufjan Stevens, Modest Mouse, The Apples in Stereo, mclusky, Busdriver, RJD2, Caribou, Andrew Bird, The White Stripes, The Magnetic Fields, Why?, Hudson Mohawke, Shellac, Blackalicious, DJ /rupture, Weezer, Broken Social Scene, Bloc Party, E-603, Yo La Tengo, Reel Big Fish, Pixies, Streetlight Manifesto, DJ Shadow, Animal Collective.

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Belgium, Canada, China, France, Germany, Italy, Luxembourg, Mexico, United Kingdom

Countries I’ve Lived In

Germany, United States