CURRENT MISSION

Life!

ABOUT ME

I'm a vagabond, never wanting to stay in one place for long. I'm quite outgoing and am comfortable with just about anyone, anywhere. I'm really good at just taking life as it comes and making the best of my situation. I *love* to eat and amazing food is the key to my heart. Seriously, my friends make fun of me because you can basically buy my friendship and adoration by feeding me...

PHILOSOPHY

Honor. I believe in and live by my own code of honor. Respect for everyone and everything first and foremost. I'm also an Animist, and it shapes every moment of my life. I'm deeply spiritual, but (other than this posting right here) I almost never talk about it. It's a very personal thing for me, and unless you ask me, I prolly won't ever bring it up.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I host and I surf. I've hosted people from all over the world and I've surfed in 9 different countries. I love Couchsurfing and the awesome and crazy experiences that come with it.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I've had pretty much nothing but great CS experiences, from CS meetings in foreign cities to hosting a guy from Paraguay for 3 months in my tiny one bedroom in Sarasota, FL (you're an amazing roommate, Bruno!). Two of my best friends in all the world came from a hosting that turned into a 2 week roadtrip full of ridiculousity. I miss you two, Fanny and Camille...But yeah, I'll host and surf any chance I get, because it's always interesting and often down right amazing, and I typically come away with great new friends.

Interests

I play djembe and love to just sit around and jam out with other musicians. I practice Parkour. I love to explore (read: "break into") abandoned buildings or scale shopping centers, or basically go anywhere I'm not supposed to go. I play Capoeira and practice a few other martial arts, though I'm not adept at any one form, really. I love anything that's a physical challenge. I climb stuff, a lot. I enjoy random adventures and spur of the moment road trips. Food. Good food. I love art and watching people create art, be it dance, drawn, voice, sculpture, whatever. I simply love creative people and watching them create. I love animals of all sorts and can spend quite a bit of time at the park with a dog or just sitting next to a cat on the porch, pondering life and all it's mysteries together. Hiking, camping, the wilderness. Scuba, too. If you haven't gathered yet, I do and enjoy just about anything...

• animals
• cats
• dogs
• arts
• dancing
• capoeira
• dining
• boating
• shopping
• traveling
• juggling
• coding
• hiking
• backpacking
• camping
• scuba diving
• martial arts
• rock climbing
• languages
• road trips

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I hiked a mountain, by myself, outside of Quito, Ecuador. It was the highest I've ever been, and I could barely breathe. But I made it to the top, after hours of climbing and stopping to rest. I was inside the birthplace of clouds, watching them form and dissipate all around me, hearing the cry of eagles and looking out over this entire valley so, so far below me. It was deeply spiritual and beautiful and probably the most amazing personal moment I've had.

My trip to and through South America was simply incredible, in general. It was the first time I'd ever gone backpacking, and I hitchhiked from Puerto Rico on a boat through the Caribbean, island hopping, couchsurfing, meeting strangers and traveling with them, sorting it as I went, working on farms, getting lost, and pretty much having the time of my life as all backpacking trips are, I'm sure. It was an incredible challenge and something I wasn't sure I could accomplish when I started, and I learned so much and pushed myself so far on that trip. It was an incredible growing experience.

Teach, Learn, Share

Djembes and Rhythm. Also, how to laugh at artificial societal constructs of space and limitations. Who says you can't do whatever you want when you want to, as long as it's respectful of those around you?

I'd love to learn languages. All languages! Also, anything circus or acrobatics related.

Acroyoga, too. And juggling.

Countries I’ve Visited

Colombia, Ecuador, Grenada, Martinique, Peru, Puerto Rico, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Trinidad and Tobago, United States, Venezuela

Countries I’ve Lived In

United States

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