I do my best to make people laugh, both personally and professionally. I performed improv comedy in Oregon for more than 5 years before moving to Korea.

I am an elementary school English teacher. I love Korea, and plan to be here for several years.

I am a pop culture fanatic who loves films, music, plays, and museums.

I have written film history/criticism articles about Jean Cocteau, Salvador Dali and Luis Bunuel, and the cartoon character Astroboy (his original Japanese name is Tetsuon Atomu, and his Korean name is Atom) published in "Filmfax" magazine. I have also had film reviews published in Oregon newspapers, and poetry published in several small poetry journals, including one I used to publish myself ("Sisyphus Poetry Quarterly").

I am easy to talk with. I have a relaxed personality --- except when I'm doing a loud character on stage or belting out songs by the likes of David Bowie, Judas Priest, and Radiohead at noraebang!

Living it and loving it.

Listening, finding fun things to do, writing and editing, working with kids, and other things that I wrote about above.

Books: Ulysses by James Joyce, The Favorite Game by Leonard Cohen, A Hell of a Woman by Jim Thompson, The Wind-Up Bird Chronicles by Haruki Murakami, Days Between Stations by Steve Erickson, the novels of Albert Camus, Franz Kafka, Jean Cocteau, Margaret Atwood, Angela Carter, and lots more.

Movies: For starters: Blue Velvet; The Cook, the Thief, His Wife, and Her Lover; Exotica; Lost in Translation; Taxi Driver; Mulholland Drive; Bitter Moon; Red; Withnail and I; The Company of Wolves; Stranger Than Paradise; Manhattan; Waiting for Guffman; Best in Show; The Science of Sleep; I Heart Huckabees; Rushmore; The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou; The Prestige; Children of Men; The Fountain; Volver; The Descent; Inland Empire; The Page Turner; Cache; The Wrestler; the Lone Wolf and Cub series . . . the list goes on and on! I tend to gravitate toward art house, independent, and foreign films, and my favorite genres include film noir, Asian horror and thrillers, quirky comedies, silent, and horror and science fiction films from the silent era through the 1960s.

Music: Leonard Cohen, Kiss, Liz Phair, Kristin Hersh, PJ Harvey, Luna, Lori Carson, Diana Krall, Charlie Parker, Sonny Rollins, Powderfinger, Doves, Echo & the Bunnymen, Smiths, Ramones, David Bowie, Roxy Music, Philip Glass, Bill Nelson, Sleater-Kinney, Elvis Costello, Starsailor, UFO, Snow Patrol, Judas Priest, XTC, Eisley, British Sea Power, Storm (Large) and the Balls, Kate Bush, Wolfmother, Jonathan Richman, Travis, Wall of Voodoo, Nick Drake, Saxon, Stranglers, Altered Images, Keren Ann, Charlotte Gainsbourg, The Rosebuds, Camera Obscura, The Fratellis, The Veils, Kraftwerk, Cheap Trick, Klaus Nomi, Howlin' Wolf . . . and SO much more! Classical music, as well.

Food: Korean, Chinese, Japanese, Italian . . . something from most countries. I love dumplings and noodles!