CURRENT MISSION

go big or go home

ABOUT ME

After graduating from university in the USA I moved to Japan and taught english in Hokkaido for a year. Now I am studying japanese full time near Nagoya. What will come after that I have no idea!
Japan is an incredible place, can be tough to live here in some ways but also very rewarding. Visit some day if you can!

I'm pretty laid back, generally down for whatever, and I enjoy meeting new people of all variety. this past year in japan getting to know people across a language barrier has been a fun challenge. I'm not great at it but I like to dance^^. traveling/ museum-ing/ public transportation are all second nature to me. I go to the symphony/ opera/ ballet/ movies/ etc when I get the chance. party-ing also when the mood strikes.

PHILOSOPHY

-- live and let live
-- "dignity, always dignity"

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

have hosted and surfed a bit (USA & asia);
used to go to group events back in pittsburgh

Interests

plop me down at a used bookstore or flea-market and I'll be quite content for at least few hours

• dancing
• ballet dancing
• partying
• clubbing
• movies
• traveling
• opera

Music, Movies, and Books

books: Borges, Roberto Bolano (2666), Kazuo Ishiguro (The Unconsoled), Gabriel Garcia Marquez (100 years), David Mitchell, etc/ literacy is fun

movies: Pedro Almodovar, the Coen Brothers, Peter Greenaway, Charlie Kaufman, studio ghibli, the old James Bonds, Luc Besson

music: Beyonce, Bjork, Elliott Smith, Fiona Apple, Owen Pallett, Gaga, St. Vincent, Rufus Wainwright // classical music from bach to shostakovich // キャンディーズ, 太田裕美 など

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

-- climbed Table Mountain in Cape Town!
-- went to a club in Beijing that turned out to be a front for a Russian prostitution ring

Teach, Learn, Share

-- how to solve the Rubik's cube in under 3 minutes (although it's been a while...)
-- the dance from the 'Bad Romance' video
-- any japanese you want! (that I know..)

Countries I’ve Visited

Argentina, Cambodia, China, Germany, Israel, Italy, South Africa, Taiwan, Thailand, United States, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

Japan, United States

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