CURRENT MISSION

See the world，fill up my passport before it expires，keep moving， not die。

ABOUT ME

California born and raised.
Come from Turkic/Arabic stock.
Consistently a stranger in strange lands.
Student of linguistics.

PHILOSOPHY

"Between a high, solid wall and an egg that breaks against it, I will always stand on the side of the egg."
-Haruki Murakami

我为什么加入 Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I promised one of the owners of a Viking-themed bar in China that I would join. I made good on that promise and have been meeting people and making friends via CS ever since.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Surfed in　Ｔａｉｗａｎ，　ｍｅｔ　ｕｐ　ｗｉｔｈ CSers in Thailand, trying to get out there.

兴趣

books, movies, music, travel (of course), linguistics, semiotics, architecture, strange modes of transportation, sandwiches
In terms of travel, my footing's quite shit, but my preferences are traditional--caves, waterfalls, beaches, canal towns.

• books
• architecture
• movies
• traveling
• socializing
• music
• beaches

音乐、电影和书籍

Movies:
Y Tu Mama Tambien, LA Confidential, Groundhog's Day, Psycho
Music:
Bob Dylan, Smokey Robinson, Pixies, Wilco
Books:
Blood Meridian (Cormac McCarthy), Sitt Marie Rose (Etal Adnan), The Elementary Particles(Michel Houellbecq), No Longer Human (Osamu Dazai)

我做过的一件不可思议的事情

I saw a building eat a tree.

我游览过的国家

Austria, Bahamas, Bulgaria, Cambodia, Canada, China, Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Germany, Gibraltar, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Japan, Laos, Lebanon, Mexico, Myanmar, Philippines, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Thailand, Turkey, Viet Nam

我居住过的国家

China, Iraq, Myanmar, South Korea, Taiwan, Thailand, United States

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