CURRENT MISSION

I'm all about bringing people together for great conversations. The world looks much better in my eyes when we open ourselves up to more randomness, trust each other, and share stories and experiences meaningfully.

ABOUT ME

I’m often scared to let myself be summed up in response to a prompt like this, so I feel a natural obligation to defend my poor online image: ‘There’s much more where this came from!’ I’m constantly in fear that I take things for granted. So I try to err on the side of being really thankful of my luck. I was really lucky to be born to a family that I love to no end, I was lucky to learn from incredible teachers, I was lucky to have friends that love me dearly, and I’ve been lucky to live in three amazing cities — New York, Philly and, now, SF. All those circumstances alone make me feel hugely indebted to the world around me, so I spend pretty much all my time trying to find ways to pay off this massive loan. Fortunately, my payment plan is amortized over 100 years or so.

PHILOSOPHY

I think about all the people I haven’t really seen yet. It’s so crazy to think that we barely even understand ourselves very well, but we often have the audacity to consider ourselves in ripe position to form judgments and perceptions of the people around us. Arguably, there’s no one that should have more data points on us than, well, us, and even while, theoretically, knowing everything there is to know, we may decide that we ‘get it’ enough to create thoughts on others. Ultimately, the most we can really say for sure is, ‘That’s a thing that exists.’ There’s a weird peace to that. And an even weirder tension.

That’s why I like to sit with people of different backgrounds and understandings — because the more I can ask questions and hear the way people answer them, the more I understand that I don’t understand anything, really. Increasingly frustrating. Increasingly inspiring.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I'm actually new to couchsurfing and have never stayed with anyone, so giving this a try for the first time.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I'm new!

Interests

I like to sit and watch people, explore architecture, hear amazing stories of how things work and why they ended up as they did. I love to write and draw. I'm not particularly good at either, but I love to do them nonetheless.

• architecture
• drawing

Music, Movies, and Books

Braveheart, American History X, Gladiator, Avatar, Finding Forrester, The Dark Knight, A Beautiful Mind