CURRENT MISSION

To get lots of stories about all the awesome/eccentric/mad people I've met.

ABOUT ME

I've been living in Japan since 2006, teaching English in Sano. I'm taking a break to travel and meet people before I go home to do a PhD in artificial intelligence. If you look at my interests you might gather that I'm a bit of a geek - but don't worry, I'm very approachable!

I am in the world's only Viking Metal band.

PHILOSOPHY

It's difficult to describe. I've been travelling so much recently that I have really got the feeling that all the people I've met in the past few years have helped turn me into a totally different person to who I used to be. And it's a great thing. So I want to keep on meeting interesting people and learning how to be a more interesting person myself.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

So far, I haven't done much participating. I'll try my hardest though, I promise!

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Not much yet as such, but I've always enjoyed going to youth hostels on my own and going out with the new people I meet there. I'm hoping I can can host people and have a similar experience from home!

Interests

Computers, AI, guitar, trumpet, languages, metal, experimental music, books (esp. science fiction), Linux, travelling (of course), cycling, running, tennis, viking metal.

• books
• documentaries
• cooking
• running
• traveling
• socializing
• music
• guitar
• trumpet
• cycling
• tennis
• languages
• science

Music, Movies, and Books

Movies: Anything by Pixar (especially Ratatouille), Amelie, anything Batman (except for Batman and Robin, that was awful), Hitchcock, There Will Be Blood, Forrest Gump, Pulp Fiction.

Music: Muse, Cannibal Corpse, The White Stripes, Dillinger Escape Plan, Joni Mitchell, Converge, Regina Spektor, Sleepytime Gorilla Museum, Mr Bungle, Tom Waits.

Books: Stranger in a strange land, To kill a mockingbird, The demolished man, Slaughterhouse V, Terry Pratchett, Robert Rankin, 1984, Bill Bryson, Richard Dawkins.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

The fact that nothing springs immediately to mind makes me realise that I should be trying harder. I once helped film a documentary about Japanese nerds in Tokyo. Maybe the best thing I've done has been cycling around Shikoku on my own for a week. I had lots of crazy adventures!

Teach, Learn, Share

I can teach you how to play the guitar or trumpet, how to use Linux or fix a computer, how to play viking metal, how to organise a band, how to have a cheap night out in Japan, how to cook Japanese curry.

I am very willing to learn how to speak any language or cook anything!

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