CURRENT MISSION

To explore, eat, photograph, and understand the world as best I can before I expire.

ABOUT ME

Well! I've been hopping around Asia for the last three years or so. I've lived in South Korea for two years and China for one year. I also couchsurfed across Japan for a couple months.

I'm currently a graduate student at the University of Michigan studying Information Science. It's a less difficult version of computer science, if you're wondering.

Suffice to say, I'm very passionate about learning through the experiences of others. I'm a very open-minded, calm and patient person. I can get along with a wide variety of people. I don't like putting myself in boxes like these, so ask me if there's anything else you'd like to know.

PHILOSOPHY

I think the idea of community is a powerful thing, and the idea that a community can span states, countries, languages--well, it's just amazing, and CS fosters that sort of community.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I've been an irregular surfer for the last couple of years. I couchsurfed in Sapporo and Tokyo, Japan as well as Chicago and now I'd like to try it in my home country.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Three weeks in Sapporo and two weeks in Tokyo. A few days in Chicago. Amazing experiences drinking, socializing, meandering with my hosts and hostesses.

Interests

Running, hiking, fishing, eating, reading, writing, travel, photography, live concerts, clubs, bars, church, conversation, basketball, languages, eating again

• writing
• photography
• concerts
• marathon
• running
• drinking
• clubbing
• technology
• reading
• traveling
• socializing
• fishing
• hiking
• basketball
• olympics
• computer science
• teaching
• languages
• science

Music, Movies, and Books

Some Music:

Assemblage 23, VNV Nation, Philip Glass, Skinny Puppy, Covenant, Coldplay, Five Iron Frenzy, Front Line Assembly, Sigur Ros, Gavin Bryars, Apoptygma Berzerk, Gustav Mahler, Boards Of Canada, Massive Attack, Tricky (Adrian Thaws), Journey, Paul Oakenfold, Fleet Foxes, Valet Park This, Sigur Rós, Explosions in the Sky, The Knife, Joy Division, Tears for Fears, Cenobita, Project Pitchfork, a-ha, Front 242, The Future Sound of London, Hungry Lucy, Elliot Smith, Rammstein, Death Cab for Cutie, The Cure, Craig Armstrong, Steve Roach, The Weakerthans, Over the Rhine, Kings of Convenience, james, Rotersand, Chopin, Wumpscut:, KMFDM, Thievery Corporation, Ryan Adams, The Decemberists, The Doves, Gorillaz, Pride & Fall, Pink Floyd, Guillemots, Deltron, Umphrey's McGee, Mono, Interpol, Depeche Mode, Maserati, Nick Cave, Ben Folds, Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Radiohead, This Will Destroy You, Bon Iver, MGMT, Fever Ray, Mono (Japan)

Some books:

Aristophanes, Vonnegut, Shakespeare, Ecclesiastes, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Calvin and Hobbes, Oracle Bones, Lolita

Some Movies:

Eraserhead, The Naked Gun Trilogy, Baraka, The Nutty Professor, The Hours, Kung Pow! Enter the Fist, Grave of the Fireflies, The Big Lebowski, A Clockwork Orange, Creepshow, Powaqqatsi, Koyaanisqatsi, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Spaceballs, The Shawshank Redemption, LYNCHthreePROJECT, Waking Life, The Truman Show, Gungrave, Fight Club, Brazil, Airplane!, Wrongfully Accused, The Exorcist, Oldboy, Idiocracy, Little Miss Sunshine, Juno, There Will Be Blood, Kundun, To Live, Heima, Slumdog Millionaire, Escanaba in da Moonlight, Jeonju International Film Festival

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Saw the 2008 Beijing Olympics. That was pretty rad.

Represented the US in a marathon in South Korea. That was fun.

Teach, Learn, Share

I was a writing teacher for five years. Ask me to edit your essay. I'm a grad student studying how to make technology more accessible. Ask me about the digital divide in China.

Countries I’ve Visited

North Korea, Philippines, Thailand

Countries I’ve Lived In

China, Japan, South Korea, United States