CURRENT MISSION

To take Europe by storm armed only with my rapier wit and insatiable thirst for fun/knowledge/humor/culture

PHILOSOPHY

Most of what I feel about life can be summed up in quotes by one of my favorite poets, Rainer Maria Rilke:

"I live, not in dreams, but in contemplation of a reality that is, perhaps, the future."

"Let life happen to you. Believe me: life is in the right, always."

"If your daily life seems poor, do not blame it; blame yourself that you are not poet enough to call forth its riches."

Interests

• culture
• skydiving

Music, Movies, and Books

Music: ABBA, Dolly Parton, Cat Power, David Gray, Diana Krall, Ella Fitzgerald, Jamiroquai, Juanes, Kelly Clarkson, Madonna, Nelly Furtado, Norah Jones, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Amy Winehouse, Lily Allen, Regina Spektor

Movies: Mulholland Drive, Frida, Todo Sobre Mi Madre, Minority Report, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Finding Nemo, The Hours, Tipping the Velvet, Fire

Books: Catch-22, The Inferno, any Rainer Maria Rilke poetry, Animal Farm, Dubliners, Crime and Punishment, King Lear

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Skydiving out of a helicopter over the Swiss Alps in Interlaken, Switzerland

Countries I’ve Visited

Belgium, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Greece, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom

Countries I’ve Lived In

United States