CURRENT MISSION

To gain immortality not through my work, but through not dying

ABOUT ME

Originally from the U.S. Graduated from the University of Georgia with a bachelor's degree in linguistics and philosophy. Moved to Japan in 2006. Got married to a lovely Japanese lady in 2011. Started a master's degree in Jewish, Christian and Islamic history at the University of Bergen in Norway in the autumn of 2012. Graduated with that master's degree in 2014. Now applying to PhD programs while working back in Japan. But if I could read books and drink beer for a living, I would.

Interests

religion, history, languages/linguistics, traveling, music, psychology, technology

• culture
• books
• beer
• drinking
• politics
• technology
• traveling
• music
• muslim
• divinity
• economics
• history
• languages
• psychology
• religion

Music, Movies, and Books

Music:
Jazz: John Coltrane, Miles Davis, Thelonious Monk, Bill Evans

Electronica: Burial, Four Tet, Brian Eno, Crystal Castles

Singer-Songwriters: Bob Dylan, Sufjan Stevens, Iron & Wine, Devendra Banhart, Jens Lekman, Kings of Convenience

Brazilian Popular Music: Joao Gilberto, Jorge Ben, Antonio Carlos Jobim

Rock & Roll: The Beatles, the Kinks, Dungen, Wilco, Interpol, the Beach Boys, Neutral Milk Hotel, Beulah

Post-Rock: Mogwai, Godspeed You! Black Emperor

Mid-Century French Pop: Serge Gainsbourg, Yves Montand

Misc.: Anouar Brahem, Cedric 'Im' Brooks & the Lights of Saba

Movies: Lord of the Rings; Casablanca; Ostrov; Manhattan; Royal Tenenbaums; Rushmore; Match Point; Annie Hall; Moonrise Kingdom; Midnight in Paris; The Grand Budapest Hotel; Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spie

Teach, Learn, Share

Things I know stuff about: linguistics and a variety of languages, philosophy, Jewish, Christian and Islamic history and theology, Japan and Japanese culture, music, history

Things I want to learn about: economics, politics

Countries I’ve Visited

Bahamas, Denmark, Finland, France, Indonesia, Italy, Mexico, Monaco, Netherlands, Philippines, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Thailand, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

Japan, Norway, United States

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