FYI: I haven't been an active member of the CS community for a while, and much of my profile is out of date; but this could change some day. For now I've corrected my hosting availability. It's been a pleasure so far.

CURRENT MISSION

Fill mine and others' lives with beautiful memories and outrageous stories.

ABOUT ME

I am a young professional who loves exploring. While I enjoy concerts, clubbing, and drinking; I will usually pass up a late night in the city for an early day hiking mountains and swimming lakes. I love airplanes and flight; I have experienced every stage of an airplane's life from the drawing board, design, manufacturing, and flying as pilot in command.

I tamper with music, poetry, politics, and philosophy. I especially enjoy learning about social systems and local issues that people live with in other countries.

I love to play guitar; but I rarely travel with mine. I should try a small instrument-- harmonica, maybe.

I enjoy arguing obscure points.

I get distracted easily and I often wander off of the path.

PHILOSOPHY

Never pass up a chance for a good story.

Everything oscillates.

“To build a flotilla of ships, don’t sit around and talk about carpentry. Rather set people’s souls ablaze with visions of exploring distant shores". – Antoine de Saint-Exupery

"The unexamined life may not be worth living, but the life too closely examined may not be lived at all." -Mark Twain

Work hard; play hard.

Learn from the past. Live in the present. Plan for the future.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I don't surf as much as I used to; but I'd still like to host and meet up.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I surfed a fine gentleman's spare mattress in Dusseldorf after a great night on the town. This was my first couch surfing experience with a former stranger. During the same weekend, my friends and I had a great time going out with mine and another host, along with their local friends.

My second experience was in Amsterdam and my third was in Paris. I particularly enjoyed the Paris experience. Our host had an insatiable desire for hosting; I was one of twelve couch surfers that weekend. We had a great house party after a long day of exploring the city.

Couchsurfing turned grad school visits into so much more. I stayed with an awesome engineering design student while visiting Stanford. Purdue provided a hotel for me to sleep, but I still spent most of my free time with couchsurfers at a clubhouse and some bars.

I surfed with a crazy (good crazy) guy in Zurich (Switzerland) while on a long roadtrip with my girlfriend. He gave us a great night tour of the city and he didn't kill us.

I surfed in the Philly area for a few days when starting my career while homeless.

I haven't had the privilege of hosting yet.

Interests

Exploring, Problem Solving, Games, Lakes, Mountains, Happy Hour, Poker, Music, Board Games, Guitar, Airplanes, Flying, Space, Poetry, Computer Programming, Food, Mixed Martial Arts, Hiking, Boating, Wakeboarding, Fusbol, Snowboarding, Philosophy, Politics

• arts
• poetry
• design
• concerts
• dining
• cooking
• partying
• drinking
• clubbing
• drinking games
• happy hour
• flying
• boating
• politics
• board games
• traveling
• drawing
• poker
• music
• guitar
• hiking
• mountaineering
• surfing
• scuba diving
• sailing
• snowboarding
• wakeboarding
• martial arts
• swimming
• engineering
• mathematics
• lakes
• mountains

Music, Movies, and Books

I love a good adventure.

Movie examples: Pan's Labyrinth, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Shutter Island, The Matrix, Memento, The Prestige, Fight Club, "Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels".

Book examples: Foundation, Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, 1984, Dracula, The Kite Runner

Music: I listen to a lot of indie and alternative rock. I prefer electro-pop music in social situations. I begin my days with classical music. I play some guitar and oscillate between acoustic and electric preferences.

Music examples: The Decemberists, Queens of the Stone Age, LCD Soundsystem, The Naked and Famous

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Flew (piloted) solo cross-country in a Cessna 172.

Teach, Learn, Share

Teach: Drinking games, maths, how airplanes and rockets work, guitar, cooking traditional American fare as well as some German and Indian dishes.

Learn: Cultures, guitar, cooking, mountaineering, piloting, sailing, scuba-diving, sky-diving, Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu and other martial arts, Computational Design & Optimization.

Share: Philosophical conversation; opinions; food and drink; stories; adventures; beautiful days and crazy nights.

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Belgium, Canada, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Mexico, Netherlands, Switzerland, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Germany, United States