CURRENT MISSION

To make each chapter better than the previous one.

ABOUT ME

Adventure over stability. As many friendships as I can pack into this life. I've been teaching English here in South Korea for nearly 3 years now. I teach Grade 2 at an immersion elementary school. I also own a theatre company here. We produce plays and donate our profits to the Gwangju International Center, which provides English services to other foreigners living here.
www.gwangjutheatre.com
I love my life in Korea, in part because soon (after student loans are paid off) I'll be free to explore all of SE Asia, using this as a home base.

PHILOSOPHY

Don't be a jerk!

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I want to participate in all aspects of couchsurfing. Because of my apartment type and schedule, I haven't had many guests yet, but I would really like to.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I've hosted people a couple of times, and met some couchsurfers abroad.

Interests

Biking, Climbing stuff, Exploring, Reading, Movies, Hapkido, Science-fiction solutions to real life problems.

• cooking
• movies
• reading
• cycling
• rock climbing
• teaching
• science

Music, Movies, and Books

Books: The Ender's Game Series, Hitchiker's Guide to the Galaxy, The Story of my Experiments with Truth, The Cider House Rules, The World According To Garp, Hotel New Hampshire, Roots, The Poisonwood Bible, High Fidelity, The Varieties of Religious Experience, Alive, Fifth Business, Oryx and Crake, Slaughterhouse Five, The Sparrow, Sophie's Choice, Skinny Legs and all, Day of the Triffids, The Hobbit, Elmer Gantry, Sophie's Choice, A Clockwork Orange, Rosencrantz And Guildenstern Are Dead, I am the Cheese, The Chocolate War, Guns Germs and Steel, A Short History Of Nearly Everything, A Short History of Progress, The Road, Blink

Music: Neko Case! The Blow, Scout Niblett, Pixies, Elevator to Hell, Magnolia Electric Co., Regina Spektor, Rilo Kiley, Bjork, Portishead, The Gossip, Tegan and Sara, Joel Plaskett, Cat Power, Camera Obscura, Library Voices, The Books, Stephen Malkmus, Radiohead, Moldy Peaches, Bright EyesEyes, Sleater Kinney, Deltron 3030, Ani Difranco, Belle And Sebastian, Krs-One, Cocorosie, David Bowie, Queen, Indochine, Constantines, Nina Simone, Sigur Ros, Lykke Li, Angus and Julia Stone, Joel Plaskett

Movies: No Country For Old Men, 12 Monkeys, Brazil, Amelie, Fargo, The Big Lebowski, Annie Hall, City Of God, Wait Until Dark, Eraserhead, Blue Velvet, Wild at Heart, Let The Right One In, Pulp Fiction, Dancer in the Dark, The Goonies, Jacob's Ladder, The Departed, Harold And Maude, Shawshank Redemption, Seven

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Looking down from high up on Mount Seoraksan. Jumping into the Artic Ocean. Night-biking in the far north, 10s of thousands of kilometers from civilization.

Teach, Learn, Share

I'm a pretty experienced English teacher. I'm also very handy fixing computers. For learning, I would love to pick up some more cooking skills, especially learning to cook your local dishes.

Countries I’ve Visited

United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Canada, South Korea

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