Hey there, my name is Dakota. :)

Alumnus from the University of Hawai'i at Manoa previously enrolled in a dual-major program for both Political Science and U.S. History. Currently working as a civil servant, and attempting every day to touch the lives of the citizens I work for. I like to drink, brew and study different alcoholic beverages from around the world, but most particularly beer!

I hope I can find some folks from Japan, Korea or China to do language study with!

Social movements and justice, histories of warfare, bringing more of our lives into the political fold, reading, and myriad of other things that escape me. Ask me for more, and I'll try to remember. :P

Music:
Huey Lewis and the News
Chicago
Muse
Dream Theater
Audioslave
Queen
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
Alice In Chains
Stone Temple Pilots
Boston
Bon Jovi
Kansas
The Eagles
Steve Miller Band
Linkin Park
Sublime
Reel Big Fish
311

Dawn Of The Dead, Iron Man, Escape From L.A., Escape From New York, The Thing, Top Gun (so cheesy), mostly horror films after that.

Dexter, Narcos, Westworld, Daredevil, Jessica Jones, Luke Cage, Shameless, Game Of Thrones, Mythbusters, Family Guy, Robot Chicken, American Dad, South Park, WWII in Color, Mail Call, Pawn Stars and many, many more.

Current Reads:

-The New Jim Crow
-When Affirmative Action was White
-War is a Racket
-History of Nazi Germany (very interesting, tells of Hitler's tactics on the political battlefield, as well as the battlefields of Europe)