I want to explore and experience the cultures of wherever I go (especially the food!). I think the best way to do this is to get an insider scoop from people who live, breathe, eat, and sing that culture.

While I do very much enjoy music and movies, I don't think I really *love* them—at least not in the way that I do books. It's my biggest flaw. Favorite books is too hard, so here are some of my favorite authors (in no particular order): Shakespeare, Chuang Tzu, Montaigne, Rothfuss, Borges, Benjamin, Marquez, Pynchon, Milton, Woolf, Morrison, Hesse, Wallace, Nietzsche...