I'm a visual artist who moonlights as an academic by day. I love to travel, learn about other cultures and meet people who are passionate about the world around them.

I'm always interested in penpals and getting to know new people, so feel free to drop me a line. BUT, if you're interested in romance or anything of that strain, then please don't contact me! That's what dating sites are for. No creeping, please!

Things I enjoy include: hiking, traveling, academia, art, culture, educational initiatives,​ fashion, politics, nature, reading, music, language revitalizati​on, visual-kei, good films (especially grotesquely bizarre ones), gastronomy, techno gadgets, make-up, piercings, tattoos, and living with passion and humour.

David Bowie, The Band, Radiohead, The Beatles, The Clash, The Arcade Fire, Feist, Broken Social Scene, The Smiths, Tom Petty, RHCP, Adele, Nico, Amy Winehouse, Massive Attack, Bob Marley, Violeta Parra, Mark Ronson, Beirut, Built to Spill, Fleetwood Mac, The Pixies, Thao Nguyen, Wolf Parade, Cursive, The Odds, Tool, Neil Finn, Crowded House, Psychedelic Furs, Sade, M.I.A., Julie Delpy, Grizzly Bear, She and Him, The Pogues, Bic Runga, Moana Maniapoto, Buena Vista Social Club, Death Cab For Cutie, My Bloody Valentine, Gipsy Kings, Seu Jorge, Ana Carolina, The Dodos, Jack Penate, Cocteau Twins, Múm, Hooverphonic​, Kinnie Starr, Ladytron, Interpol, Modest Mouse, The Jesus and Mary Chain, MIYAVI, Dead Can Dance, Anna Tsuchiya, [OLIVIA], Dir en Grey, Liz Phair, Franz Ferdinand, JUSTICE, David Usher, Moist, Nishnaa-madw​ewechigewin,​ Yo-Yo Ma, Matthew Good, Flight of the Conchords, Sneaker Pimps, Sublime, Sloan, The New Pornographer​s, Neil Young, Laruku, Metric, Chemical Brothers, Lemon Jelly, Sigur Rós, The Prodigy, Le Tigre, Daft Punk, Sam Roberts, Portishead, DJ Mark Farina, Lisa Germano, Marvin Gaye, Ladyhawke, Fugazi and so on.

I won't lie and say that I don't like films that are visually gratifying (e.g. aestheticall​y pleasing cinematograp​hy), but there is value in content and context.

I enjoy morbidly obscene real life shows and crappy teen melodramas from the 1980s. Wit is something that isn't easily achieved and there's something to be appreciated about subtle humour. I usually watch comedy-based​ television: The Larry Sanders Show, Pushing Daisies, Kids in the Hall, Absolutely Fabulous, Arrested Development,​ Family Guy, The Office, Chappelle's Show, Sex and the City and Flight of the Conchords.

I read a lot of different work, so I'll list my favourite authors instead: Chuck Palahniuk, Douglas Coupland, Bret Easton Ellis, Peter Suskind, Eduardo Galleano, Pablo Neruda, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Laura Esquivel, Albert Memmi, Edward Said, Frantz Fanon, Vine Deloria Jr., Bell Hooks, George Coppaway, Epeli Hau’ofa, Linda Tuhiwai Smith, Marie Battiste, Haunani Kay-Trask, etc.