CURRENT MISSION

To write the Great Korean Novel...and to do acid on a beach in Thailand

ABOUT ME

I'm currently an ESL teacher in Suncheon, South Korea trying to write the Great Korean Novel and more or less kickstart a life-time of drinking, drugs, traveling and writing in the spirit of one Dr. Hunter S. Thompson.

PHILOSOPHY

"Buy the ticket, take the ride" sums it up nicely.

Interests

• writing
• books
• drinking
• traveling
• hunting
• teaching
• beaches

Music, Movies, and Books

Books: Anything by HST, Vonnegut, Orwell, Eggers, Kesey, Wolfe, Palahniuk etc.

Music: Punk rock and classic rock with a smattering of old school hip-hop. And I'm giving this whole Yeah Yeah Yeahs/Metric/indiefunkelectropop whatever the fuck you want to call it stuff a shot recently, too. It's pretty alright.

Movies: Many and varied. Special mention to Boondock Saints, Lucky Number Slevin, Requiem, Trainspotting, Rocky IV, Good Night and Good Luck and the Sandlot.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Rage Against the Machine/Wu-Tang/Public Enemy/Cyrpess Hill in NYC. The power was taken back, if only for a night.

Countries I’ve Visited

Cambodia, Canada, China, Cuba, Laos, Mexico, Philippines, South Korea, Thailand, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Canada, South Korea, United States