CURRENT MISSION

Occupy and change the world. I'd also like to travel through Europe and Latin America, playing music, bicycling, backpacking, studying and doing yoga.

ABOUT ME

My partner and i live in a duplex near the center of the city. She is not a couch-surfer, but we might be able to host some people who have compatible values.

I love music, yoga, cycling, the wilderness, back country skiing, backpacking, kayaking, philosophy, education, eating good food and drinking many types of fermented beverages.

I also try to participate in social justice activism and teach youth to be critical thinkers.

https://www.facebook.com/hyung.nam

The local PBS station did this show about one of my bands. http://www.opb.org/television/programs/artbeat/segment/swing-papillon/

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I've done this a bit now and have met some great folks so far.

I'm especially interested in France, Spain, Czech Republic, Hungary, Argentina, Chile, Cuba and everywhere in Latin America. Also, even B.C., Canada would be great too. I also love Asia and have traveled there a bit.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I've hosted a few times and stayed with a few wonderful host in the Netherlands, OR and DC.

Interests

see above

• education
• dining
• yoga
• drinking
• traveling
• music
• jazz
• cycling
• hiking
• backpacking
• kayaking
• skiing
• teaching

Music, Movies, and Books

Music
Django, Angelo Debarre and Ludovic Beier, Bireli, Robin Nolan, carla kihlstedt (2 Foot Yard and Tin Hat), John Zorn, Marc Ribot, Faun Fables, Iva Bittova, Beth Gibbons/Portishead, Billy Bragg, Bruce Cockburn, Wilco, Bon Iver

Movies
The Flaw, Latcho Drom (and all of Tony Gatliff's films), Science of Sleep, Brazilian films including one called, Man of the Year, Some random films i can remember from the past are I (heart) Huckabees, Intolerable Cruelty, Bulworth, Delicatessen, Rivers and Tides, Touch the Sound, Land and Freedom, Adaptation, Being John Malkovich, Big Lebowski, Crash, Bamboozled, Buena Vista Social Club, Step Across the Border, Strictly Ballroom, Eloquent Nude (w/Djangophiles on soundtrack), Tarantino

Books
Hard Boiled Wonderland, Norwegian Wood, Omnivore's Dilemma, Anatomy of Hatha Yoga, Ken Wilbur-Brief History of Everything, The River Why (Also Brothers K), Oryx and Crake, Wind Up Bird Chronicle, My Year of Meats, Poison Wood Bible, The Dispossessed, Lilith's Brood (trilogy) Woman on the Edge of Time, Cascade Olympic Natural History, Botany of Desire

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Helping out on a permaculture farm in Auroville, India.
Hiking in the Himalaya.
Hanging out with Dorado and Tchavolo Schmidt, Andreas Oberg and Kruno Spisic, late night during Djangofest- with lots of drink and music.

Teach, Learn, Share

Critical theory, music and jazz, yoga, cross-country skiing, bicycling, social justice.

Countries I’ve Visited

Belgium, Canada, India, Mexico, Nepal, Netherlands, South Korea, Thailand, United Kingdom

Countries I’ve Lived In

South Korea, United States