About
About this blog
This blog started as a way for me to keep my mother and friends up-to-date on what was going on in my life while living in Taiwan. It’s gone through many transformations, changes of focus and redesigns. It’s currently focused on the city I was born, raised and live in, community building and other thoughts on topics that interest me (economics, politics, video games, martial arts, social (media), you get the idea).
Header photo by [Nate Falendysz]
About Me
Quick stats:
Age: 31
Ethnicity: African American+English American
Languages: English (native), Mandarin (fluent), Spanish (intermediate… was)
Favorite Foods: Sashimi, Ramon noodles+grilled cheese, Eggs Benedict
Favorite OS: The one that gets the job done most efficiently
Favorite Shoes: Vibrams
I’m miltownkid. I created the name miltownkid when I made my first hotmail account. Mil-Town is a nickname for Milwaukee. Kid because… I want to embody all of the positive aspects that kids have for my entire life. miltownkid is the only name I’ve EVER used online since then.
I was brought into this world by a White Mother from Iowa (aka miltownmom), a Black Father from Arkansas (aka miltownpops) and the city they met in. I can’t remember living with my father as they divorced when I was two, but I regularly saw him growing up even though I lived with mom. Being biracial and being exposed to both cultures gave me an advantage over most people that I wasn’t aware of until I was in my mid-twenties. What advantage? Being able to see all situation through 2 (and now many more) points of view.
For as long as I can remember I’ve been fascinated with Asian culture and martial arts. It started in grade school with the “Karate Kid.” In high school I “graduated” into a fascination with Jackie Chan, Bruce Lee and Chinese arts and culture. It was also around this time that I was first exposed to Daoism and begin training at a local kung school. Daoism, Chinese culture and arts, technology and video games DOMINATED my interests in high school. It’s all I thought about and did. During my final years of high school I became infatuated with entrepreneurialism, personal development and “changing the world.”
It was also during high school that the internet really started to take off. Before the internet I was romping around on local BBSes. I was (and still am) an information junkie. I read everything I could find online about martial arts, daoism, Dragon Ball Z, Chinese culture, video games, etc.
In the summer of 2000, I had a my first manic (spiritual) episode. Basically, I went on a spiritual journey through the streets of Milwaukee that got me tackled by cops and put in a mental institution. That’s where I began my “battle” with being medicated and labeled bipolar. I eventually got out, got out of shape, got off of medication, got in shape again, regained my mind and lost it again (times 3, except for I’ve now I’m taking medication).
In 2002 I moved to Taiwan, got fluent in Chinese language (Mandarin) and culture, practiced tai chi, competed in BJJ, taught English, made a bunch of friends and drank a lot of Taiwan Beer.
In 2007 I moved back from Taiwan to the US with dreams of building a fortune 500 company and making Milwaukee the most socially connected city in the world. Since then I’ve been studying internet marketing, teaching tai chi, visiting the hospital and getting out again and starting up the fortune 500 company.
yo man pretty nicee site man peaceee
Hi. Check out my youtube account now ! Its pretty great ! By the way, nice site, im dign`it!
Thanks!
Heyyyyy your awsome and so funny
check out my youtube account robonutz put a comment on my old youtube account but someone from my school got my account deleted i had a video of me licking my elboow wich got his attention youtube.com/xocrazydoglover
rofl some good videos i do play xbox360 but mine has broke lol so i just searched up some youtube and found some vary good comady vids cant wait to get back on the xbox360 lol gona be a long time
By far one of the best You tuber I have ever seen, you are very intelligent by viewing your vids and comments and body language and you remind me of my mentality and personality, my god I would’t be surprised you becoming very famous one day and wishing you well!!!!! You are very talented and gifted idividual. Keep up the excellent and very funny vids and giving people a reality check!!! I am age 40, GT Flymasta. God bless you for our talents which by your recent video U yourself are realzing your gifts!
因為在youtube看到你的中文教學短片(MTK Chinese Introduction Video)，進而連到此網站。Blog內容挺有意思的，你很可愛喔，但我還沒看完。希望你能的新書早點推出，也能成為一個中文老師。祝你好運 (ps:如果連這中文也看不懂，中文能力就要加強囉！呵….)
你好，因為在youtube上看到你的中文教學(MTK Chinese Introduction Video)，進而連到此網站。Blog內容蠻有意思的，你很有趣喔！希望你的新書能早點推出，也能成為一個中文老師，祝你好運
ps:若你看不懂我寫的，中文能力就有待加強囉！呵..
我好像寫兩篇一樣的…..
so it’s kind of unclear to me… i watched your video on youtube and are you manic-depressive? i’m just curious because I myself went through a pretty rough 4 month manic episode and haven’t really figured out who i was during that time. there’s very little media and literature on this condition so i was surprised and interested to see your blogs. are you manic-depressive?
Yes. I’m manic-depressive/bipolar. I was diagnosed when I was 20 (after an episode that led to a hospitalization). I had 2 more hospitalizations after that one, battled medication for a long time and now I’m managing things without medication.
I’m not sure which video you saw, but I’m guessing it’s not this one (as then you wouldn’t have needed to ask.
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好久不見,我好想你,我有加你的skype,我的skype叫 Mario 鍾秉穎 你在youtube的影片很好看很好笑,我現在長高了,也要上高中了,希望你可以再跟我們出去玩.
MARIO! 對！好久不見！我也想你跟你弟弟。我見天看我的SKYPE加你的名字。我這個週末開始講中文的Youtube Channel. 我好久沒有說中文。我的中文應該很爛。
我可能開始一個用中文的Blog. 這樣我會練習我的中文。:)
我現在有戴眼鏡,也長到178cm,看到你變成光頭我蠻驚訝的,你會來台灣嘛?我弟變的越來越胖,可能會比你還要重!!!!!
Hey Casey,
You and I were talking about a book regarding healthy eating habits that a friend of yours used with great weight loss success. I’ve been trying to remember which one it was. Can’t for the life of me remember. Can you shoot me an email with a title and author. Thanks
The blogs look awesome I’m excited to see how you stick with things. Thanks for the reminder of the “Do, Be, Have” list. Funny enough the year after I made mine 3 things were crossed off. Now you have reminded me to find my list. The coolest was how peace in my family. Then my first missions trip and it was too italy.
Take care,
Maggie