CURRENT MISSION

achieve sub-orbital flight, create a sustainable LAN party org

ABOUT ME

people say i'm easy going, open minded, techy and i love traveling and foreign culture/mindsets.. i'm into games, movies, music, reading, mostly PC games but console as well. i've been in asia by means of a japanese high school exchange gone wildly out of control for 6+ years and returned to the "west" recently.
i'm pretty knowledge thirsty and love sharing and learning new things and meeting open minded people.

PHILOSOPHY

Journey Less Ordinary

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

i've hosted CSers in taiwan, japan, canada and north CA - during the 2010 winter olympics we've had people from all over come for the games in canada, and we learned a lot about each other and the world. great experience, kind of a western CS baptism.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

i've CSd around taiwan, japan, korea.. i have WWOOFed in japan as well. all unforgettable experiences and a good launchpad

Interests

literature
travel
adbusters
tomfoolery
movies
love
history
music
gaming
astronomy
lan parties
cats in dresses
anime
motorcycles
psychology
transhumanism
cyberpunk
nootropics
yoga
cooking
walking backwards through the cosmic mirror
japanese
deichkind
the knife
germany

Music, Movies, and Books

william gibson, neal stephenson, tolkien, george r.r. martin, 4 hour workweek, robert jordan, orson scott card, robert kiyosaki (rich dad poor dad), r.a. salvatore..

movies: braveheart, the wrestler, starship troopers, okuribito, the prestige, i can't recall there's so, so many.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

one of the big sights i visited in japan stands out. i spent four hours getting to amanohashidate, with four hours to get back, and arrived 40 minutes before the observation area 'closed'.. but it was totally worth it.

Teach, Learn, Share

i have built, upgraded or configured many computers over the years. i know a lot about asian culture, cinema, electronic music and literature, technology, the internet, to name some things. i was an eagle scout, whatever that means. i speak a good amount of japanese and plan a return to tokyo.

What I Can Share with Hosts

world knowledge with an asian focus and IT skills, general cultural psychobabble

Countries I’ve Visited

Canada, China, Japan, Philippines, South Korea, Taiwan, Thailand

Countries I’ve Lived In

Canada, Japan, Taiwan