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Scott

I am here for Friends and Networking

About Me

.. "The only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are mad to live, mad to talk, mad to be saved, desirous of everything at the same time, the ones who never yawn or say a commonplace thing, but burn, burn, burn, like fabulous yellow roman candles exploding like spiders across the stars and in the middle you see the blue centerlight pop and everybody goes "Awww!"
- Jack Kerouac

I'm an archer for the U.S. Olympic team. Came to Beijing early to get used to the climate for next year.

My Interests

Theravada Buddhism, car repair, Madden, parties, Fantasy Football, Baseball, Kung-Fu Movies, world history, surfing, DODGERS, NFL

I'd like to meet:

J.D. Salinger & Tyler Durden
I really don't like meeting very many new people because I'm constantly let down. Why don't you surprise me?

Music:

Weezer, The Beatles, Tenacious D, The Pixies, Vanilla Ice, Bob Dylan, Elevator Music, OutKast, Snoop Dogg, West Coast Rap

Movies:

Adaptation, Being John Malkovich, Fight Club, Happiness, Your Friends and Neighbors, Storytelling, Welcome to the Dollhouse, Wet Hot American Summer, Zoolander, This is SPINAL TAP, Waiting for Guffman, Best in Show

Television:

The Simpsons, Family Guy, Trading Spouses, America's Next Top Model, Law & Order SVU, The Office

Books:

Jack Kerouac, William S. Burroughs, Bret Easton Ellis, Irvine Welsh, Biographies, great literature, poetry

Heroes:

My dad, Charlie Kaufman, Howard Hughes, Jack Kerouac, Neal Cassady, Orson Welles, Ricky Gervais, Bret Easton Ellis

My Blog

Beef Jerky...

Zoe bought this beef jerky stuff a while back, it was pretty good, and I found bags of it in the store next to my apartment. I bought about 3 bags of it last week and ate it all. Yesterday, I was in t...
Posted by Scott on Wed, 02 Apr 2008 03:41:00 PST

Dodgers vs. Padres

So I attended the first Major League Baseball game ever in China. It was a little annoying on a few levels, but nonetheless quite a worthwhile endeavor. Most of the annoyance came from perceived poor ...
Posted by Scott on Sun, 16 Mar 2008 07:34:00 PST

Standing Room Only

Work ended about a week and a half ago, so rather than sitting around alone, I went to Beijing to visit Zoe for a week. As soon as I arrived in Changchun, we bought a return sleeper ticket for Friday....
Posted by Scott on Mon, 21 Jan 2008 07:32:00 PST

Changchun Taxi Driver

First, some images taken by student cell phones on the train trip:And while I'm in the blogging mood, I have to comment on Changchun taxi drivers, and more specifically, and incident that happened on ...
Posted by Scott on Mon, 21 Jan 2008 08:06:00 PST

Hooters Beijing

For my birthday (this was weeks ago), I went with a couple of girls to Hooters just for a laugh. I look CREEPY in the picture:The place was pretty empty, which was understandable, but the funniest par...
Posted by Scott on Wed, 19 Dec 2007 03:54:00 PST

The Usefulness of College

I assigned a phone call assignment to all of the first-year students, and of course only a couple of them actually did it. As a sort of punishment, I explained Phil Atlkakson's play workshopping from ...
Posted by Scott on Wed, 28 Nov 2007 03:51:00 PST

Some Thoughts on Politics and American Healthcare

I watched Michael Moore's Sicko last night, and it made me pretty sick. In fact, it made me ashamed to be American, quite frankly. If you have not seen it, the movie culminates with Moore and some 9/1...
Posted by Scott on Mon, 12 Nov 2007 08:26:00 PST

From Hong Kong

I found a coffee shop right on the promenade with free internet, so here I am. I get off the plane and wander through the airport till I see a "China Visa" kiosk. I go straight there and ask if they c...
Posted by Scott on Wed, 03 Oct 2007 09:38:00 PST

Hong Kong Solo

I'm about to walk out the door and pay some Chinese guy to take me to the airport. This will be weird to go on a trip all alone. I booked a private room in a Hostel in Kowloon (as opposed to the islan...
Posted by Scott on Tue, 02 Oct 2007 04:06:00 PST

Catastrophe Averted (I think) Going to Hong Kong

The school agreed to pay for me to fly to Hong Kong for the Visa. I leave October 2 and come back October 5. Through some internet research on the subject, I've found it's possible to apply for the vi...
Posted by Scott on Sun, 23 Sep 2007 09:47:00 PST