CURRENT MISSION

Go outside of the continental US, especially to Japan. 日本語を少し話します。日本語を習いたいです。 Visit the Northwestern United States, Northeastern United States, and California more.

ABOUT ME

I am a married systems engineer / software developer working for Visa in Highlands Ranch, Colorado, but for the previous 8 years I was working for Texas A&M University IT in College Station, Texas. I am apolitical, progressive, a nerdfighter, and I generally get along with anybody. I'm an introvert that has learned to be extroverted depending on the situation, so while I enjoy going out and traveling and 'doing all the things', I also very much value and enjoy quieter pursuits even if I no longer make enough time for them.

PHILOSOPHY

I try to do the best I can with the tools I have and thinking positive, while still reminding myself that I don't have to BE the best (still hard to learn). I like helping people out and would like to decrease some "worldsuck". I have been actively trying to work on becoming a nicer and more considerate person.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I always enjoy meeting new and interesting people that may have the same interests that I have, and I love traveling and want to travel more abroad.

Interests

I love all sorts of fandoms/media, and my interests tend to the nerdy. I love videogames, Nerdfighteria, science & tech, renaissance faires, diversity & social justice & gender equality, spas, cross-stitch, perler-bead crafts, board games, card games, anime, comics, sci-fi books, films and the critical analysis thereof, Youtube, Master Pancake /RiffTrax (live MST3k performances), and I am a former D&Der (3rd edition).

• books
• spas
• crafts
• technology
• comics
• anime
• movies
• board games
• traveling
• communications
• languages
• science
• software

Music, Movies, and Books

Board/card games:
I love trying new board games and card games. Fluxx, Carcassonne, Kittens in a Blender, Pit, Cards Against Humanity, Tsuro, Munchkin, Dominion, Discount Salmon, Exploding Kittens

Music:
My music taste is eclectic (JPop, KPop, nerdcore, videogame music, alternative, industrial, electronic, grunge) The Doubleclicks, Disasterpeace, Lost Lander, Rage Against The Machine, Maaya Sakamoto [坂本 真綾], Perfume [パフューム], Jonathan Coulton, Weird Al, Pomplamoose, The Beatles, Junior Senior, Ben Folds Five, Nine Inch Nails, Daft Punk, Symphony of Science / melodysheep, Cake, Halcali [ハルカリ], Polysics [ポリシックス], The Toadies, Taylor Swift, Meghan Trainor, Momoiro Clover Z [ももいろクローバーZ], OK Go, Lonely Island, FantomenK, Darwin Deez, Peter Gabriel, B-52s, Orange Caramel [오렌지 캬라멜]

TV:
I like all sorts of TV, but especially educational, horror, sci-fi, British, or animated. Rick and Morty, Gravity Falls, Steven Universe, Firefly, Buffy, MST3k, Black Mirror, Community, Doctor Who, Sherlock, Space Ghost C2C, Nova / Frontline, Adventure Time, MLP:FiM

Comics:
Ms Marvel, The Astonishing X-Men, Nimona, Lumberjanes, Persepolis, Maus, Dinosaur Comics, Watchmen, xkcd

Video games:
I love and support indie games, and have a large retro game collection (SNES is my favorite generation). Journey, FEZ, Phoenix Wright Ace Attorney, Portal, Final Fantasy IV, Bioshock, Yoshi's Island

Movies:
I consider myself a film buff: I've seen a lot of movies, and I love horror films, critical darlings/classics, foreign films, weird films, and indie films. The Thing, Groundhog Day, Princess Mononoke [もののけ姫], Brazil, Indie Game: The Movie, The Cabin In The Woods, Blazing Saddles, The Shining, The Descent, Hot Fuzz, Mad Max Fury Road, Ringu [リング], Battle Royale [バトル・ロワイアル], Guardians of the Galaxy, The Lego Movie, Dr Horrible's Sing Along Blog, Idiocracy, War Games, Who Framed Roger Rabbit, Dear Zachary, The Fifth Element, Happiness, The Life of Brian, Synecdoche New York, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas

Internet:
Vlogbrothers (DFTBA!), RiffTrax, Nostalgia Chick / Loose Canon, TableTop, PBS Idea Channel, Lazy Game Reviews, RedLetterMedia, Kurzgesagt, CGP Grey, Crash Course, Too Many Cooks (too many coooks...)

Anime:
Cowboy Bebop [カウボーイビバップ], anything Ghibli [ジブリ], Paprika [パプリカ], Paranoia Agent [妄想代理人], Summer Wars [サマーウォーズ], Grave of the Fireflies [火垂るの墓], Castle of Cagliostro [カリオストロの城], Pale Cocoon [ペイル・コクーン], Battle Angel Alita (manga) [銃夢 (漫画)]

Books:
Harry Potter, Paper Towns, The Colour of Magic, Alice in Quantumland, Myst The Book of T'Ana, Rebecca, His Dark Materials / The Golden Compass, Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy, anything Isaac Asimov (especially his Robot short stories and Nightfall), Things Fall Apart, The Lost World, 1984, Slaughterhouse 5, Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep, The Yellow Wallpaper, The Call of Cthulhu

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Getting married!

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Teach, Learn, Share

I am very interested in learning the languages of the places I visit (especially learning more Japanese), and I love helping others to learn English and popular phrases.

I love discussing science and technology, fandoms and learning about other fandoms, philosophical / sociological / social justice topics. I also love teaching and sharing science and technology and am generally a good problem solver.

Countries I’ve Visited

Canada, Japan, Mexico, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

United States