Adventurer

I am an avid traveller, although that was halted during the Covid years. I have travelled to Iran, North Korea, and I hope to eventually complete the so-called “Axis of Evil” when I visit Iraq. Other travel goals include Tajikistan – I made a video game set in the country, Uzbekistan to see the Gateway to Hell, and a road trip across the USA to visit the National Parks.

I lived in China for eleven years, but after recently moved to Ireland, I was made redundant. So I’ve decided to spend some time travelling the world, starting with South-East Asia, and am looking forward to many new adventures.

Burner

While living in China I met Sven, an older man who liked to wear funny hats and talk about football. When he wasn’t talking about football, he talked about bringing Burning Man to China. Though I was initially wary of the prospect, I ended up joining him in his efforts and, with the help of many others, we managed to make Dragon Burn an Official Burning Man Regional Event. It has run for 6 years, though the last fews years have been stifled by the pandemic. Though I will be less involved with the project going forward, I intend to continue to support the project and am looking forward to returning to China and participating in the event again, as well as participating in many other Burn events around the world.

Drinker

As a result of being a Burner, I ended up running bar crawls around Burns and Shanghai. This led me to be involved with another Cacophony Society spinoff. Known as SantaCon, it started out as a protest against commercialism. In keeping with that spirit, we maintained a free bar crawl and worked with local bars to run what was probably the largest bar crawl in China. At one point, you couldn’t go anywhere in JingAn without seeing a Santa Clause.

Anyway, point is I like to drink, and this has led to cool things.