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  • 精通 English; 正在学习 Chinese, Japanese, Manchu
  • 37, 男
  • 成为会员的时间:2009
  • Fashion Designer
  • BA from University of Michigan
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关于我

Fully vaccinated!
I'm a wandering fashion designer by trade, and I travel the country running how-to workshops on cosplay. It's a pretty grand job.
Besides that, I'm really into martial arts, cycling, tabletop roleplaying games, comics, anime, and all that good nerd stuff. I recently finished a master's degree in Popular Culture and Ethnic Studies, and I'm I'm traveling around the US working the convention circuit for the summer. Ater that, I'm heading off to SE Asia for a year of traveling this fall.

我为什么加入 Couchsurfing

I travel for work (I run workshops at cosplay conventions where I teach people how to make armor), and find couchsurfing is a vastly more enjoyable way to explore a new place and make friends than crowding into a hotel room.

兴趣

Fashion has been a big part of my life for many years, though it's taken a back seat to martial arts and academia in the past few. I'm hoping to start a PhD in 2023, and want to do some high-quality traveling and Living Life before then.

  • arts
  • design
  • fashion
  • fitness
  • modeling
  • clothing
  • comics
  • anime
  • video games
  • traveling
  • metalworking
  • leatherworking
  • martial arts
  • teaching
  • languages

音乐、电影和书籍

I'm very into heavy metal and anime - in terms of books, I'm (against all odds) mostly a non-fiction reader. I tend to gravitate towards economics, cultural theory, and most recently psychology - the various "Why are People Like That" fields.
Also absolutely love video games.

我做过的一件不可思议的事情

I once got into a sword fight on a rooftop in Hong Kong.
I know how incredibly made up that sounds, but it's true! I even have the video to prove it:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RTQfrTE2YFQ
I also got stranded in Thailand for 5 months, which turned into the five best months of my life.

教,学,和分享

I've got a fair knowledge of martial arts (Karate, BJJ, Muay Thai, Judo, Sambo....) that I'm always willing to teach. I speak a couple of dead Asian languages (literary Chinese and Manchu), which is fairly close to about as esoteric as knowledge gets.
I love discussing the deeper aspects of popular culture - what the popularity of superhero movies, professional wrestling, etc. has to say about the society that consumes and how these texts function as contemporary mythology.

我可以与沙发主分享些什么

I'm always happy to share tales from the road; I feel like working outside of the normal institutions of capitalism have given me a unique insight on life and economy.

我游览过的国家

China, Cuba, France, Netherlands, United Kingdom

我居住过的国家

China, United States

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