CURRENT MISSION

To live life such that, when I'm very old, I regret nothing.

ABOUT ME

At the risk of sounding pretentious and lazy, I don't think I can describe myself in any definite terms - but we're all full of contradictions, aren't we? I'm 23, but I still feel 12. I love to travel, but have traveled little. I'm a pessimistic but irrepressible dreamer.

PHILOSOPHY

Live, love, be passionate, never fear to have an opinion, and seek to improve the world. Or don't.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

None thus far, but very excited to begin.

Interests

Physics, engineering, aerodynamics, music, science fiction, trivia (any and all), travel, hiking, the wilderness.

• trivia
• traveling
• music
• hiking
• engineering
• physics
• science
• hitchhiking

Music, Movies, and Books

Movies - Apollo 13, In the Shadow of the Moon, Dr. Strangelove, Pi, The Shining, The Departed, Amadeus, The Godfather, The Shawshank Redemption, any and all Monty Python, Le Diner du Cons, Motorcyle Diaries, Casablanca

Music - No country or "whiny" rock; other than that, I'll listen

Books - Anything by Alastair Reynolds, some Peter Hamilton, Mark Mathabane, Orwell, Dumas, and more technical stuff than I should admit

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I once found myself hitch-hiking in Canada to receive medical attention for a broken finger. I ended up riding in the back of a pickup truck next to a recently deceased moose. Maybe not amazing, but both a bizarre and oddly formative experience.