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Overview

  • 2 references 1 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in English; learning French, Korean
  • 53, Male
  • Member since 2011
  • Professor of English
  • UC Santa Cruz
  • From Orange County, California
  • Profile 95% complete

About Me

CURRENT MISSION

Electronic Music Fanatic, Art and Culture Enthusiast

ABOUT ME

I am generally a pretty laid back person.

I like dancing.

PHILOSOPHY

If you know what you want and you decide to do everything in your power to get it, you will be happy.

If you do not, it is absolutely impossible to be at peace or to have any real happiness.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I will participate as much as possible in this site, a very interesting way to use the internet.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Others, long before couchsurfing.org, were kind enough to share their couch with me, so I'd like to "pay it forward".

Interests

I love travelling and I love learning about new/ different cultures.

  • arts
  • culture
  • dancing
  • traveling
  • music
  • electronic music
  • buddhist

Music, Movies, and Books

Science fiction movies, historical movies, and comedies are my favorite.

Electronic and experimental music are my favorites. I also enjoy hip-hop, jazz, and dance music.

My favorite authors: Philip K. Dick, Henry Miller, Baudelaire, Rimbaud, and William Burroughs.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I've seen many Buddhist temples in Korea, 90% of the major ones.

I saw some VC tunnels in Vietnam recently.

I spent a few months in England when I was younger, toured almost the entire country. Was most impressed by the castles and by the British Museum.

I swam with dolphins in Mexico and saw some of the pyramids in Mexico.

Teach, Learn, Share

I know a lot about electronic music, Buddhism, philosophy, linguistics, cryptography, computing, and Korea.

I like to learn about all sorts of things.

I am willing to share some of my music.

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