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"

我为什么加入 Couchsurfing

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

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

兴趣

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

音乐、电影和书籍

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

我做过的一件不可思议的事情

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

教，学，和分享

-- 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..)

我游览过的国家

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

我居住过的国家

Japan, United States

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