CURRENT MISSION

Get as far away from anywhere as I can. Learn Uyghur!

ABOUT ME

Despite being a failed student of a handful of languages, the plan is to keep trying. I love exploring outside, camping, swimming and meeting new people.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

New CS friends gave me a soft landing when I arrived in Xinjiang, for which I am deeply grateful. It's a dusty nowhere and it'd be a daunting place to spend a summer alone.

Interests

Martial arts, folk music, new experiences, language, weird food, literature - esp. magical realism, sci fi, New Weird etc.

• arts
• literature
• dining
• music
• folk music
• camping
• martial arts
• swimming
• languages

Music, Movies, and Books

I chose my field of study because it covered such a range of the things that interest me. Too late I discovered that I only enjoy reading things I'm not told to.

Anyway, these are some authors whose writing I have really enjoyed - I seek writers of equal fucking awesomeness for my free time:

Borges. Gabriel Garcia Marquez; Hesse; Conrad; Paul Auster; Flann O'Brien. Also, Frank Herbert. Charles Bukowski, though I'm not sure how well that would stand up now. And everything by Nabokov.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I saw a circular rainbow above the petrified waterfall at Hierve El Agua, with vultures circling beneath.

Teach, Learn, Share

I'd love to swap English language for Uyghur.

Also, I can teach you make bread. I am a master of bread theory. Sometimes things I touch just turn into bread even if I don't mean for them to.

Countries I’ve Visited

Mexico

Countries I’ve Lived In

China, Japan