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Overview

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  • Fluent in English; learning French, Māori
  • 34, Male
  • Member since 2012
  • University Student
  • Columbia University - Art History
  • From Gisborne, New Zealand
  • Profile 60% complete

About Me

CURRENT MISSION

To see where the art takes me.

ABOUT ME

I'm a good-hearted mix between an adventurer and a book-worm with a keen sense of humor. I'm always ready for something new, and I love being right in the heart of things: whether it is a crowd, political debate or landscape.

Interests

I'm a political nut and obsessed with reading the news and staying up to date with world politics. I love learning new languages and discovering cultural differences. I live for good food and wine, and probably could live solely on bread, cheese and the bottle.

  • arts
  • books
  • dining
  • wine
  • cheese
  • politics
  • news
  • reading
  • adventure races
  • languages

Music, Movies, and Books

Music: St. Vincent, Sleigh Bells, Washed Out, Hole, M83, Alanis Morissette, The Shins, Sufjan Stevens & pretty much anything from the 90s.

Movies: (I'm a pop-culture maniac) Empire Records, Hackers, Trainspotting, Amélie, Pixar, anything by Wes Anderson, Melancholia, Martha Marcy May Marlene, I Heart Huckabees

Books: Ray Bradbury, Philip K. Dick, Amy Hempel, Jasper Fforde, George R. R. Martin, Daniel Handler, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Michael Chabon

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I crossed the Brooklyn Bridge at midnight, looking over the Hudson, and felt completely free for the first time in my life. Later, in Paris, that feeling returned after visiting Montmatre at dusk and seeing the vast panorama of the city from Sacré Coeur.

Countries I’ve Visited

Australia, France

Countries I’ve Lived In

France, New Zealand, United States

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