CURRENT MISSION

to live, not merely exist.

ABOUT ME

I live in Tucson, where I study genetics at the University here, and work in a biochem lab. I've slept in ice caves in Ontario, I've planted gardens in South Africa, and I'm an Eagle Scout. I'm learning the banjo, and I try to live simply.

PHILOSOPHY

it takes time to live. like any art, life needs to be thought about.

-Albert Camus

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I've couch-surfed around Europe a bit, and I attended a few functions in Stuttgart as well.

Interests

My interests are a bit scattered, and I generally don't find the time to pursue them all. They generally include music, biology, biochemistry, how and why things function, language and culture, art, literature, traveling, board games, reading, getting lost in thought, good conversation, and other things, as well.

• arts
• culture
• literature
• board games
• reading
• traveling
• music
• rowing
• biology
• genealogy

Music, Movies, and Books

books/authors: Jorge Borges, Italo Calvino, Lewis Carroll, P.K.D., Fyodor Dostoevsky, C.S. Lewis, Vladmir Nabokov, J.R.R. Tolkien, Mark Twain, Kurt Vonnegut, jr. A brave new world, Ender's Game, the giver, the jungle, lord of the flies, the brothers K, the unbearable lightness of being.

music
(currently, though not only, a lot of): 764-Hero, the Sisters of Mercy, Mortualia, Duster, the Builders and the Butchers, The Cult, Ladytron, Seabear, Siouxsie and the Banshees, and Chris Clark.

(ten bands I seem to always turn back to): 764-hero, boards of canada, Depeche Mode, earl scruggs, eluvium, modest mouse, Mono, pixies, sarah maclachlan, worlds end girlfriend.

Movies: alien, the dark crystal, lola rennt, red beard, stray dog, the usual suspects, der untergang.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Rowing on the Willamette, as the sun rises over the city.

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Czech Republic, Mozambique, Norway, South Africa, Spain, Switzerland

Countries I’ve Lived In

Germany, United States

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