CURRENT MISSION

Find myself a city to live in.

ABOUT ME

I've just graduated college with a degree in Japanese, and for lack of any idea of what to do with my life, I figure at least I should find a good place to do it in.

I've never really lived in a city, so I'm visiting a bunch of them, and when I'm done, I'll pick my favorite and move there!

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I've never couchsurfed before, but I've had good experiences hosteling, and I love the concept of couchsurfing, which turns the world into one huge distributed hostel.

Interests

I like to take pictures. I like taking things apart to see how they work (which caused the unfortunate deaths of many ball-point pens in my youth). I like cooking but don't do it nearly often enough. I also like eating just about anything, which really helps if I mess up while cooking.

• photography
• cooking

Music, Movies, and Books

Music:
brian eno, the olivia tremor control, joanna newsom, yellow magic orchestra, tortoise, nobukazu takemura, the decemberists, talking heads, this list could probably go on for a while, and it does! (this is probably cheating, but, here: http://www.last.fm/user/morae). In general I like experimental, electronic, rock, jazz, classical, and any combination thereof.

Movies:
John Carpenter, David Lynch, Chan-wook Park, Michel Gondry, Coen Brothers, Hal Ashby, Alfonso Cuarón, Woody Allen, Stanley Kubrick, David Cronenberg, Akira Kurosawa, Jim Jarmusch, Terry Gilliam

TV Shows:
Star Trek TNG and DS9, Lost, Arrested Development, Mr. Show, Cowboy Bebop, Heroes, Good Eats

Books:
paul auster, abe kobo, samuel beckett, murakami haruki
I don't read nearly as much as I should!

currently reading: perdido street station - china miéville

Teach, Learn, Share

I would love to find a recipe with someone and cook a meal and enjoy it together. I don't know that much about cooking, but we'd be learning together!

I am pretty good with computers, so if you have a computer problem, maybe I can help! (or ask someone who can)

I also am pretty into photography, and I love answering questions or giving people little miniature lectures about photo stuff. I just like sharing pictures, too!

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Denmark, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Norway, Switzerland, United Kingdom

Countries I’ve Lived In

United States