CURRENT MISSION

learning languages!

ABOUT ME

I'm fairly laid-back, a language person, and a bit of a politics buff. I enjoy the independence of travel and the company of a good friend. I get homesick every now and then, but I find it helps to develop a bond with the spaces around me.

PHILOSOPHY

There's (almost) no such thing as normal. Cultural and intellectual diversity craft vibrant and interesting conversations that force us to experience life in a way we haven't before.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I'm a social and financially participatory member and try to spread the word about how great an undertaking this is.

Interests

-Empathy, Dependency, and Vulnerability
-Meaning of Relationships
-Meaning of Property and Possession of Beauty
-Meaning of Truth and Collective Memory
-Technology, Magic, and Morals
-Human Identity and the Uncanny Valley
BELONGING
-Acceptance of Duty, Wanderlust
-Rejection of Duty, Homesickness
-Acceptance of Death/Limitations
-Rejection of Death/Limitations; Wickedness
-Limitations and Flaws as Elements of Character
-Charade of Capitalism
-Charade of Communism
-Madness, Surrealism, Absurdism, and Alienation
-Drives of Humanity
-The Brutality of Nature
-The Brutality of War
-The Family of Humanity
-The Unexamined Life
-Evaluation of Choices

• beauty
• politics
• technology
• chess
• traveling
• magic
• languages

Music, Movies, and Books

Queen, The Beatles, David Bowie, Daft PunkThe Lives of Others, Metropolis, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Spirited Away, Being John Malkovich, MelancholiaHarry Potter, A Farewell to Arms, Fahrenheit 451, The Kite Runner, The Post-American World, The Picture of Dorian Gray

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I walked on the Baltic Sea when it was frozen over.

Teach, Learn, Share

I can teach you how to play chess (poorly), and I know a couple of cute phrases in about twenty languages. I'm an expert at German adjective declination.

Countries I’ve Visited

Belize, Canada, Czech Republic, France, Honduras, Iceland, Israel, Mexico, Netherlands, Norway, Spain, United Kingdom

Countries I’ve Lived In

Austria, Germany, United States