I am outside of time, saving the world, and cannot be stopped..
My Self-Summary
Things that I am into/ things that get me SUPER pumped up/ things
that just generally make me feel alive in 100 words:
Curiosity, creativity, nanobots, 50 push-ups a day, good jokes,
pancakes, milk, homemade stew, foreign films, saving the world,
Paul Newman movies, 80s action movies, ill-advised road trips,
teaching, language, Japanese, philosophy, science, the romantic
implications of time travel, poetry, adventure, love, good books in
bed, climbing trees, swimming underwater, blankets, robots, the
space behind waterfalls, Mario Kart, LOST, Flight of the Conchords,
The Current, chess, breakfast at 12am, movie marathons, staying up
far later than is reasonable, Quasimodo when he breaks the chains,
Data when he saves the Enterprise, complete and total honesty, the
good, the beautiful, and the true.
What I’m doing with my life
Attempting to inspire my future and past selves.
I currently live in Uptown within walking distance of the Lagoon
and Uptown theaters -- two of my favorite places to be on a Friday
night.
I also sometimes make videos: www.youtube.com/kotashq
I’m really good at
thinking outside, inside, and all around the box... and then making
a fort out of the box.
The first things people usually notice about me
That I am a human.
Okay, since that was too easy, BONUS:
Top 5 Qualities I Look For In Another Human Being, Friend Or
Otherwise (oh, how I love top 5 lists!)
1.
Honesty - I’m
talking the kind of truth-seeking honesty that is not afraid to
talk about anything, complete openness – basically trying to be as
honest as possible, as often as possible.
2.
Confidence -
Knowing yourself, loving yourself.
3.
Sense of
humor - In my experience, sharing a sense of humor is the
number one criterion for a good friendship. This probably should
have been number one!
4.
Intellectual curiosity -
Questioning everything, and on a constant quest for new interesting
questions, and answers.
5.
Moral
beauty - A strong sense of empathy, and an intuitive sense of
morally right actions. A person with this quality will also be
moved by seeing moral beauty in others (example: choking up at the
end of good movies).
My favorite books, movies, music, and food
Mind if I narrow the question? (these things can get kind of long).
Let's see, for the month of April, roughly, here is my favorite
book, movie, music, radio station, TV show, website, webcomic,
food, newly coined emotion, and quote:
1.
Still Life With
Woodpecker by
Tom Robbins
2.
Adventureland
3.
Dresden
Dolls
4.
NPR Really liked
the recent
Russell Brand interview.
5.
LOST
6.
www.ted.com
7.
Dinosaur
Comics
8.
Indian
9.
elavation
10.
"So long as you have courage and a sense of humor, it is never too
late to start life afresh." Freeman Dyson
The six things I could never do without
Oxygen, food, water, sunlight (doesn't necessarily have to be *our*
sun), temperatures ranging from 50 to 80 degrees Fahrenheit,
nostalgic conversations about the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.
I spend a lot of time thinking about
science, philosophy, polyglottery, art and the third culture,
music, nanobots, love, poetry, saving the world, good jokes.
Note that taken to their awesome extremes, all ten of these things
become more or less the same thing. Let's call this point "x". (It
is this point that I'm really interested in).
On a typical Friday night I am
probably hanging out with friends (85% probability), maybe watching
a movie (40% probability), maybe watching a powerfully gripping
Steven Seagal movie (1% probability), or maybe, if it happens to be
on TV again are we are properly medicated with drink, watching Con
Air (.1% probability). Who knows? Maybe you'll be there too,
watching it with me, witnessing the awesome power that is Nick
Cage, laughing and laughing and laughing (.00024%
probability).
By the way, I actually calculated this. It's right.
The most private thing I’m willing to admit here
When I finally had to throw away the water bottle that had kept me
alive for six weeks of solo backpacking though Europe, I almost
cried.
You should message me if
If your mind lights up when you talk about ideas; if you have left
pieces of your heart in multiple continents (or would like to); if
you have a mantra, and would like to share it; if you are a
dreamer; if you are looking for a partner in crime, but not for
actual "crimes" (well, maybe a few crimes, but only the fun ones,
like chewing gum in Singapore).
Or, if you want to challenge me in Mario Kart or chess!