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About Me

I have no fear. Fear is the mind-killer.
If you are racist, homophobic, sexist, christian supremacist, a fundamentalist-whatever...don't bother emailing me.

I climb. A lot. Setting routes is a creative outlet for me. I travel. I am learning different languages because I want to. I have a cat. I drive a normal car. I love Seattle.
I collect art and not just on my body...though what you'll find there is fantastic.
I am into goofy sci fi, though not in a pocket-protector way.
Life is too short to be totally reserved and frightened of being yourself.
I have strange tastes in music. Digging old Maiden, new H.I.M., and Sleepy Brown. I listen to Mariachi music at work for some reason.
My current favorite beverage is Li Shan (Fu Shou). I practice Gungfu Cha.
My recurring favorite meal is from Pho Viet. Gimme gimme chile paste and lime.
I am practicing Japanese with my old classmates. I am finally memorizing Kanji. I am also thinking of taking a Japanese cooking course somewhere but I can already do some mean sushi.
When I climb, I try to brutalize myself between climbs with weights, push-ups and dead-hangs. I have gone up another full number grade in ability recently.
I have traveled so much that I feel my heart leap out of my chest when I see Seattle out the window of the plane.
My new favorite places in Taiwan include Ying Ge and Kaohsiung.
I doubt I'll miss another Rollins spoken word show.
I saw a bottle of Russian vodka on the breakfast buffet next to the salad when I was eating breakfast at 7AM in Estonia.
I have eaten 'century old egg' on three occasions in Taiwan. The first because I will try almost anything once, the second because the first I hated so much I was sure I got a bad one, the third because I couldn't turn it down and not offend my host. I don't think I can do that a fourth time.
I think I love the Mercury.

My Interests

I'd like to meet:

People who are active and engaged by life.

Be real and be into what you're into.

You Are an Indie Rocker!
You are in it for the love of the music...
And you couldn't care less about being signed by a big label.
You're all about loving and supporting music - not commercial success.
You may not have the fame and glory, but you have complete control of your career. What Kind of Rocker Are You?

Heh Heh Heh...

Your Stripper Song Is
Master and Servant by Depeche Mode

"There's a new game
We like to play you see
A game with added reality
You treat me like a dog
Get me down on my knees"

Yawn, dancing is so boring without a little spice. What Song Should You Strip To?

My Blog

After the fall...

Turns out my brain was on autopilot a tad much. I spaced a roast of a stale Bao Zhong and let it go a bit longer than I usually would have. It is very tasty, but takes a rinse and a MUCH quicker steep...
Posted by on Sat, 24 Jan 2009 11:33:00 GMT

on the subject of roasting tea

I have now four different roasts of four different techniques. From Jin Xuan '08 to Tie Kuan Yin '06 using slow very low heat and faster higher heat, I have achieved some rather stunning results. Th...
Posted by on Fri, 16 Jan 2009 21:21:00 GMT

this holiday

added an 11apracticed japanesemade pizzaconsidering buying laptop
Posted by on Sun, 30 Nov 2008 10:46:00 GMT

Yay me

Studied many more hours of Mandarin this week.The new Batman flick is fucking awesome.My new ink is coming along nicely.My Japanese is much better. Strangers understand me well and I don't make too ma...
Posted by on Sun, 20 Jul 2008 22:35:00 GMT

New tea and fun stuff

Cool beans. Have new:1. Winter Li Shan that rocks hard. Sweet and satisfying.2. New Shan Lin Sea that has good legs. Survives 5-8 hard steeps and keeps it’s character.3. New Organic Oolong with ...
Posted by on Sat, 29 Mar 2008 15:07:00 GMT

Frustration

Dealing with Seattle Language Academy is like pushing a fucking rope.They sat on their hands for so damn long they've allowed the class size to dwindle to the point we need a custom program.Serves the...
Posted by on Wed, 09 Jan 2008 09:07:00 GMT

Egad.

Right now I am listening to La Negra from Mariachi Vargas de Tecalitlan and preacticing Japanese adjectives like ??? (hoshii - meaning "wanted" more or less).If anyone knows the names for the little p...
Posted by on Thu, 20 Dec 2007 16:42:00 GMT

So damn busy

I am almost out of the tea I brought back from Taiwan.I have spoken to some of the good people from there. Specifically my new friends in Tai ChungClimbing like a mofo.Rollins coming soon. Then Tokyo ...
Posted by on Sun, 07 Oct 2007 11:16:00 GMT

Sun Lin Sea

This afternoon is dedicated to the silver-bagged Sun Lin Sea tea that is steadily and kindly dragging me out of my coma. The feeling is of light, butter and herbs. The liquor is light and the stems ar...
Posted by on Thu, 26 Jul 2007 00:00:00 GMT

Li Shan and Dong Ding

I am sipping down some Spring and Winter (special harvest) Li Shan and Dong Ding (respectively)Very cool stuff. The Li Shan is particularly tasty and features some remarkable physical traits. The leav...
Posted by on Tue, 24 Jul 2007 06:33:00 GMT