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Overview

  • 17 references 13 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in English
  • 43, Male
  • Member since 2006
  • vagabond
  • a lot, thanks
  • From Iowa, United States
  • Profile 90% complete

About Me

CURRENT MISSION

To be a non-pretentious superfantastic genius.

ABOUT ME

After 2 years living in Japan, I'm now taking the opportunity to travel to some of the places I've always wanted to see. My plans are China, Mongolia, Pakistan, India, maybe Nepal again, Egypt and Morocco. I am easy going and like a good book as much as a good party!

PHILOSOPHY

"One to me is fame and shame;
one to me is loss and gain;
one to me is pleasure, pain”
-Bhagavad Gita

Interests

Computer Graphics, Animation, Music, Martial Arts, Reading, Photography, Video Editing, Traveling, vinyl records, Urban Vinyl, Garbage Pail Kids, kaiju, Typography, Japanese Temples, Albrecht Dürer, traveling, aikido, organizing my iTunes, avoiding the black plague, researching travel destinations, flickr, hiking, yeti

  • arts
  • books
  • photography
  • acting
  • running
  • partying
  • reading
  • traveling
  • music
  • hiking
  • martial arts
  • animation

Music, Movies, and Books

Music
I enjoy reggae, classic rock, and blues. I collect vinyl records.


The Band, The Beatles, Bob Marley & The Wailers, Death Cab for Cutie, Nick Drake, Bob Dylan, Guster, Jack Johnson, Robert Johnson, Led Zeppelin (especially live bootlegs), Dean Martin, Matisyahu, John Mayall, Neutral Milk Hotel, Oasis, Steve Perry, Phish, Pink Floyd, Postal Service, Ben Harper, RJD2, Steve Miller Band, Sufjan Stevens, Talking Heads, Sublime, Tool, Toots & The Maytals, Umphreys McGee, Stevie Wonder

Movies
Kill Bill, Seven Samurai, Legend, Dazed and Confused, Wave Twisters, Almost Famous, LoTR, Big Lebowski, Ninja Scroll, anything by Miyazaki, The Wizard, The Last Waltz, Stop Making Sense, documentaries, concert DVDs
I enjoy animated movies and Kurosawa films.


Books
Lonely Planet publications, 33 1/3 Series, The Gita, Musashi, Catcher in the Rye, The Lucifer Principle, Tarzan, manga like Vagabond and Death Note, Gaiman's Sandman, On the Road, Dharma Bums, Shantaram, Lord of the Rings,

Authors: Frank Miller, Huston Smith, Joseph Campbell, Alan Watts, Kurt Vonnegut

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Can't choose just one... running with the bulls in Spain, acting in Bollywood, or trekking in Nepal.

Teach, Learn, Share

http://www.tylerbell.net

Countries I’ve Visited

Cambodia, China, France, Germany, India, Italy, Jamaica, Mexico, Mongolia, Nepal, Netherlands, Pakistan, Puerto Rico, South Korea, Spain, Switzerland, Thailand, United States, Vatican City State, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

France, Jamaica, Japan, United States

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