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  • Fluent in English; learning Chinese (Simplified), French
  • 39, Male
  • Member since 2011
  • Student
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About Me

CURRENT MISSION

Living like I came from outer space

ABOUT ME

I think I'll start with peanut butter. I like it (but who doesn't?). I have a cat. I often live inside my head, lost in thoughts. I can cycle without hands and I imagine myself chauffeured by a ghost rider. I like the surrealists. They would've been very fun to hang out with (especially Dali). I like contradictions and paradoxes and impossible things. I am rooted in rationality but not shackled by it. I'm a little obsessive-compulsive.

Interests

Videogames, swimming, long bus rides, food with egg in it, philosophy, paranormal

  • cats
  • dining
  • cycling
  • swimming

Music, Movies, and Books

I like indie music that is whimsical and strange. I'm somewhat of a TV junkie. I am hardcore about games but I don't like shooters and strategy games.

Movies: Requiem for a Dream, Amelie, Army of Darkness, Evil Dead 1 & 2, 2001: A Space Odyssey, Brazil, In The Mood for Love, movies by Wong Kar Wai, Stanley Kubrick, Darren Aronofsky, Christopher Nolan

Music: Sufjan Stevens, Björk, of Montreal, Sonic Youth, Fever Ray, M. Ward, Metric, Animal Collective, Modest Mouse, Chopin, Yeah Yeah Yeahs

Books: Neil Gaiman's The Sandman, everything by Haruki Murakami, White Oleander, The Hours, Specimen Days, Green Eggs and Ham

Games: Planescape Torment, Braid, Super Meat Boy, Fallout 1 & 2, The Secret of Monkey Island, Minecraft, Deus Ex, Thief 3, Neverwinter Nights, Legend of Zelda series, Super Smash Bros. Brawl, Castlevania series, Final Fantasy VII

TV: Curb Your Enthusiasm, Seinfeld, Doctor Who, Fringe, Modern Family, True Blood, 30 Rock, Buffy, Firefly, Battlestar Galactica, Scrubs

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Swimming after midnight with friends. The street lamps casts beautiful orange patterns under the water surface. It's a sublime experience.

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