Seiji Carpenter

Washington Elementary, Longfellow, Willard Middle, Berkeley High, Northwestern University, Coro Northern California

affecting social change

Swirl, AAPC, AAPOR

daily adventures, dry wit, analysis, change, international development, gadgets, food, dancing, vertical stripes, frisbee, discussing, fire, movement, biking, stims, numbers, capoeira, travel, organizing young people, hats, rock climbing, yoga, indyvoter.org, life's minutae, adapting to new cultures

rilke, one market under god, end of poverty, sartre, dostoevsky, tolstoy, orson scott card, kafka, corrections, salinger, surely you must be joking mr feynman, hitchhiker's guide, jon carroll, culture of fear, end of poverty, high fidelity, pattern recognition, confessions of an economic hitman, mountains beyond mountains, how to get stupid white men out of office, king leopold's ghost

mulholland dr, pi, run lola run, coen brothers, kevin smith, primer, usual suspects, memento, adaptation, professional, terry gilliam, fight club, john waters, david lynch, lock stock, matrix, ang lee, red without blue, capturing the friedmans, lost in translation, rivers & tide, old boy, science of sleep

m.i.a., diplo, tok, devandra banhart, arcade fire, album leaf, fiery furnaces, seu jorge, pine*am, mfa, kanye, futureheads, warp records, duo505, octet, clay your hands&say yeah, architecture in helsinki, sufjan, rjd2, avalanches, decemberists, shadow, talib, ms. john soda, royksopp, miles, m83, postal service, all things ninja tune, hype, krush, kid koala, ozomatli, peaches, four tet, prefuse 73, mos def, notwist, aim, two gallants, flunk, juana molina, quannum, lady sovereign, islands, mountain goats, kimya dawson, wax tailor, regina spektor, erlend oye

tv has replaced religion as the opiate of the masses, west wing, daily show, colbert report

always in a hurry, world citizen, processor, systems thinker, giving friend, FOMO

people who inspire, excite, challenge, impress, amuse, push, or amaze me