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Overview
About Me
CURRENT MISSION
Just moved to Tokyo.
ABOUT ME
Just moved to Tokyo to teach.
Now am flying solo.
Why I’m on Couchsurfing
HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING
Meet the odd surfer in Tokyo, but it's pretty quiet at the moment due to studious obligations.
COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE
Re-engaged as of now.
Interests
Music, films, books, more books. Playing the guitar (but only in private as therapy). Occasional writing.
- writing
- books
- beer
- yoga
- flying
- movies
- music
- guitar
- hiking
Music, Movies, and Books
Jack Nicholson in the 1970s; early Hal Hartley films; David Lynch; Robert Altman; 'The Master'; 'Gummo'; 'McCabe & Mrs Miller'; 'The Player'; 'King of Marvin Gardens'; John Cassavetes; 'The Saddest Music in the World' or any Guy Maddin; Codeine; Mission of Burma; Ornette Coleman; Poets: John Ashbery, Wallace Stevens and James Tate; Nicholson Baker; 'The Lime Twig' by John Hawkes; 'Loving' by Henry Green; David Markson, full-stop. 'Carpenter's Gothic' by William Gaddis. 'The Loser' by Thomas Bernhard. In general contrarian, energetic fiction.
One Amazing Thing I’ve Done
I saw legendary folk singer Michael Hurley play a gig in a grocery store in North East Portland, Oregon.
Hiking around Sai Kung territory in Hong Kong - it looks like Scotland.
Teach, Learn, Share
Yoga, the wrong way.
What I Can Share with Hosts
beer-tasting,
floor-mopping,
flustered monologues.
Countries I’ve Visited
Germany, Spain, United Kingdom, United States
Countries I’ve Lived In
Hong Kong, Ireland, Japan, United States