I've been accused of being child-like... guilty, I guess.
I'm Michael, I'm Buddhist, I'm 23, and I'm studying sustainable living at Maharishi University in Fairfield, Iowa. I have a lot of possible career scenarios swirling around, but my main ambition is to liberate myself from the classist society of modern America by sustaining myself from nature.
I used to have major depression, but I chose meditation over medication and now I'm basically an optimistic person. I love nature, and I'd rather be in a forest most of the time. Oddly, I also love big city life. When it comes to problems, I try my best to realize the passing nature of all circumstances and know that there is love in everything. And when that doesn't work I just say f*** it.
I like anime and manga, used to have a chronic addiction to it but it's grown into a more sophisticated artistic appreciation. My favorite animator is Hayao Miyazaki (Spirited Away, Castle in the Sky, My Neighbor Totoro, etc); his films strike me as extraordinarily existential for all their innocence. I'm very polite, almost awkwardly so, but I actually learned all of my social ideals of behavior from watching anime. I also had a semi-recent experience among the Ho-Chunk tribe which changed my views on a lot of things, and that's where I got my username. I'd be happy to tell you the story, if you'd like to know. It's kind of embarrassing, but doubtlessly awesome nonetheless.
I tend to be occasionally disassociated from social situations, but I'm always deep in thought. Truthfully, I hate being alone, but I find myself alienated from American culture sometimes. That's why I'm here, to hopefully find someone who's had similar influences in their life and who can understand what it's like to have an eastern mind in a western society. -_-* Sometimes it is irritating, no?
I'm Michael, I'm Buddhist, I'm 23, and I'm studying sustainable living at Maharishi University in Fairfield, Iowa. I have a lot of possible career scenarios swirling around, but my main ambition is to liberate myself from the classist society of modern America by sustaining myself from nature.
I used to have major depression, but I chose meditation over medication and now I'm basically an optimistic person. I love nature, and I'd rather be in a forest most of the time. Oddly, I also love big city life. When it comes to problems, I try my best to realize the passing nature of all circumstances and know that there is love in everything. And when that doesn't work I just say f*** it.
I like anime and manga, used to have a chronic addiction to it but it's grown into a more sophisticated artistic appreciation. My favorite animator is Hayao Miyazaki (Spirited Away, Castle in the Sky, My Neighbor Totoro, etc); his films strike me as extraordinarily existential for all their innocence. I'm very polite, almost awkwardly so, but I actually learned all of my social ideals of behavior from watching anime. I also had a semi-recent experience among the Ho-Chunk tribe which changed my views on a lot of things, and that's where I got my username. I'd be happy to tell you the story, if you'd like to know. It's kind of embarrassing, but doubtlessly awesome nonetheless.
I tend to be occasionally disassociated from social situations, but I'm always deep in thought. Truthfully, I hate being alone, but I find myself alienated from American culture sometimes. That's why I'm here, to hopefully find someone who's had similar influences in their life and who can understand what it's like to have an eastern mind in a western society. -_-* Sometimes it is irritating, no?
