Interests

- art: I'm not very good, but I've been doing a lot of ballpoint pen portraits lately. I do cartoons and comic book style stuff mostly.

- fiction: movies, books, plays. I can talk about movies ALL DAY, and I enjoy good stories no matter how they're told.

- grappling: 3 years of Brazilian jiujitsu, but I've done a bit of judo and wrestling. My favorite athletes to watch are Marcelo Garcia and Jeff Glover.

• arts
• culture
• books
• gyms
• cartoons
• movies
• music
• sports
• wrestling
• languages
• mathematics

Music, Movies, and Books

MOVIES
- anything Cohen brothers (esp. O Brother Where Art Thou)
- most of Quentin Tarantino's stuff (esp. Inglourious Basterds)
- most of Guy Ritchie's work (esp. Lock Stock)
- most of Wong Kar Wai's stuff (esp. 2046, ChungKing Express)
- Gattaca
- Blade Runner

BOOKS:
- fiction: Dostoevsky, Milan Kundera, Haruki Murakami
- non-fiction: anything good on natural selection and game theory (Axelrod, Dennett, Dawkins), and the odd biography/autobiography (Miles Davis)

MUSIC
- jazz (Bill Evans, Miles Davis)
- hip hop (Nas, The Roots, Rakim)
- rock
- Tom Waits :D

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Over the last 3 years I've been thoroughly addicted to a sport known as Brazilian Jiujitsu, and in March 2015 some friends and I went to Brazil to train "at the source". We were humbled by the skill level at ~7 different gyms, made a ton of friends, shared our "gringo" ways with the residents, and soaked up the local sights and culture.

I would do it again in a heartbeat if the rest of the world weren't still waiting to be explored.

Teach, Learn, Share

TEACH
- english, mathematics, art, submission grappling

LEARN
- languages and culture

SHARE
- experiences and love of various hobbies

What I Can Share with Hosts

- love of film and music

- life experience living in 2 Australian cities (Melbourne and Sydney)

- work experience as a senior actuarial analyst in an Australian general insurance company

Countries I’ve Visited

Brazil, Japan

Countries I’ve Lived In

Australia, Philippines