Jon Lang

I'm not pretentious and/or famous enough to write about myself in the third-person for the author bio, so I'll stick with what I know. I was raised deep in the Midwest, where the land is sold in acres and the horses, cows, and chickens outnumber people. I fled as soon as I could by going to UC-Berkeley, and ended up graduating with a degree in Japanese with a few years of molecular cell biology on the side. Fleeing even further, my travels took me to Tokyo, where I discovered the best sushi and the worst weather. The wind has now blown me to Seattle, where I can be found running down Pike St. yelling, "Go Seahawks!" at the top of my lungs, in turn scaring small animals and children.

I seem to be an eternal nomad, spending a few years in one place and then moving on. It's normally not by choice, but sometimes things just work out that way. But I try to pick and choose the best of every culture I come across to distill a way of living that works the best for me. I'd like to visit the places I write about, but I am content to explore them in my imagination for now.