I live in Los Angeles, California. In a predominantly Chinese community ...I'm a drummer in a band, and a martial artist. ...I also teach both.
I am Here for:
I'm just here to have a little bit of a social life. ...Besides the few times a week. ...I'll be social with anyone who wants to have some good conversation and shoot the breeze about whatever. ...Goof-balls also welcome.
Hobbies:

g33k1n' with Linux and such, playing chess, making anaglyph 3D's, night hiking, smoking my hookah, painting, listening to eclectic music, evening walks, getting creative with PhotoShop, riding my beach cruiser, practicing martial arts, playing my drums sets, hand drums and didgeridoo, working out / exercising in many ways. ...Building and maintaining the perfect fires?!
Favorite Movies:
Blade Runner, The Big Lebowski, Most "Zatoichi" movies, Casablanca, The Blue Daleih, Star Wars - A new Hope, The Big Sleep, Chungking Express, Key Largo, Under the Cherry Moon, They Drive by Night, all "Ghost in the Shell", Suzhou River, Gold Diggers of 1933, Rashomon... Basiclly, I love Classics, Indie, and foreign films. ...And some anime' and modern movies too.
Favorite TV Shows:
For TV Shows: Starsky and Hutch, Gunsmoke, Leave it to Beaver, and Bonanza. ...For the most part. ...But I'll usually watch a movie or documentary. ...I don't watch TV all that much though.
Favorite Music:
Hmm... My Band's music, and Funk, Trip-Hop, Jazz Fusion, Ambient, some New-Wave, Industrial Rock, some Japanese Pop... for kicks, Tabla music, Shakuhachi music, ...Basically, I listen to all kinds of stuff.
Favorite Books:
Books by Louis L'amour, Raymond Chandler and Philip K. Dick, for the most part. ...Gotta' have "The Word" too!
I Love:
God, my family, my band, my friends, my country, playing drums for people, playing DJ, ...cool, down ta' earth people that know how to also party it up in a fun way! ...Umm, I love ramen, taquitos, Thai food, Chinese food, Japanese food, the drive-in theater, good movies, worm clear sunny days, ...with some clouds too, the rain, the beach, the mountains, the city, ...like China Town & Little Tokyo, candles and campfires ...ok, I love playing with fire! ...eating with chop-sticks, working out, drinking coffee and high-end loose teas, going for walks, enjoying some sake' or a few mixed drinks and such, taking photos and turning them into 3D's, making 360 panorama photos, camping, fishing, A cool moon out, practicing martial arts and chi-kung, ...Ahh, I see no end to this list.
I Hate:
I dislike... ...Direct sunlight (It stings, the second it touches me), hate filled hearts. people who shake your hand with one and stab you with the other. ...Two faced people, gossips. people that can't keep secrets, cheats, chronic complainers and snibblers, neurotic people, trouble makers, ...Well, I see no end to this list either.