I arrived in Boston in 2010 to study art, and now I'm working here in an industry that has nothing to do with art whatsoever, which I still find pretty hilarious. I now work for a Japanese Immunologist. As you do.

My political views fall on the liberal side of things. Sometimes I care deeply about politics and other times I just want to eat my pancakes in peace, GLENN BECK.

I like riding my bike (cue Queen's "Bicycle") and playing soccer.

I spent 3 out of the past 6 years in Japan (as a student, then working). I've done some traveling - mostly Southeast Asia, a lot of Europe, and a little bit of Latin America. Probably want to go on a long-term trip to South America next. By llama and/or hired emu.

I am always reading, or if not reading, then listening to podcasts. RadioLab, This American Life, Fresh Air, Ricky Gervais, WTF, and the Moth are my favorites and help the commute go by.

I started learning French last fall. Francophones welcome to message.

Working at a lab in Cambridge. This mostly involves filling beakers with mysterious bubbling purple liquid, tossing my head back, and cackling maniacally while lightning flashes outside.

Rendering you unconscious with the power of pure distilled friendliness, appreciating irony, astrophysics (NOT REALLY ASTROPHYSICS)

The fact that I'm 6'9" and have giant hands.

Books: Hermann Hesse, Milan Kundera, Haruki Murakami, Flannery O'Connor, Jane Austen, Ian McEwan, James Joyce, Hemingway, Richard Ford, Paul Auster, Yukio Mishima, Arundhati Roy, Nicole Krauss, etc etc ad infinitum

Movies: Coen brothers, Anchorman, Chocolat, The Secrets in Their Eyes, Pan's Labyrinth, Robin Hood: Men in Tights, Woody Allen films, Innaritu films, Yasujiro Ozu films, old romantic films where everything's a battle of wits.

Music: I go through two-month affairs with different bands. Recently: Serge Gainsbourg and opera up in this business. Other loves: Radiohead, Andrew Bird, Feist, Lisa Hannigan, Postal Service, Death Cab for Cutie, Coldplay, Cat Power, Bill Withers, lots of jazz artists (Charles Mingus, Ella, Coltrane), Passion Pit, Travis, and lots of Japanese artists (Angela Aki, ikimonogakari, Mr. Children, etc.).
Classical: Chopin, Ravel, Beethoven, Debussy, Mozart, among others.

TV Shows: Flight of the Conchords, 30 Rock, Parks and Recreation, Mad Men, Modern Family, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Arrested Development, Doug, the terrible awesomeness of Boy Meets World. I've also recently become obsessed with "Community." That show is the shit.

Food: Everything but licorice.
Favorites: Indian, Thai, Japanese, Greek, Korean. Big fan of beer, too.

Novelty
NPR
Art
Coffee
Laughter
Parks and Recreation

Oy. Everything.

Plotting the hostile takeover of a small island nation*.
*Still accepting applications for cohorts!

I've eaten raw horse. In my defense, it was conveyor-belt sushi and raw horse apparently looks a lot like tuna. Plus I wasn't paying attention.

All I could think of after I found out was, "Noo! Black Stallioooon!"

You are a positive, intelligent, funny, kind person. Preferably the tall/dark/handsome type.

And/or if you are Ryan Gosling.