ABOUT ME

Eventually, I want to climb Mt. Everest, become a Fortune 500 CEO, sail around the world, and get elected to the US Senate. The only caveat is that I canâ

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

brand new

Interests

sleeping in (always need more), coffee, women, rollerblading, pretending I'm smart, guitar, jeeps, politics/current events, swimming in the summer, hockey, insisting i don't smoke with cigarette in hand, italian food, my career, cheese, bashing right wing "morals" and left wing economics, blush wine, new beers, traveling, dry sarcasm that no one else gets, rockclimbing, whole wheat, unique people who don't weird me out, sunglasses, snowboarding, economics, partying

• dining
• italian food
• wine
• cheese
• beer
• coffee
• partying
• politics
• traveling
• guitar
• sailing
• snowboarding
• hockey
• swimming
• economics

Music, Movies, and Books

Music- The Beatles, Rancid, Dave Matthews Band, Atmosphere, Led Zeppelin, Dead Kennedys, Dashboard Confessional, Sublime, Bouncing Souls, Eric Clapton, Jurassic 5, Dropkick Murphys, Pink Floyd, Suicide Machines, Beastie Boys, Jimmy Hendrix,Bright Eyes, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Spoon, Alkaline Trio, White Stripes, Rage Against The Machine, Beck, Weezer, Gorillaz, Pearl Jam, The Misfits, Panic! At the Disco, The Decemberists, NOFX, Live, Citizen Cope, Louis XIV, The Rolling Stones, Oasis, My Chemical Romance, O.A.R., Less Then Jake, Toothpick, Bad Religion, Tom Petty, Catch 22 etc, etc.... I like variety; classic rock, punk, emo, bluegrass, good hip-hop, blues, funk, disco, techno, classical, jazz, indie and just about anything else that catches my ear. I have something for every tast and I actually listen to all of it too.

Movies- I enjoy a mindless comedy or action flick as much as the next guy, but I really like epics or movies that inspire thought....

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Clerks, Blow, Dogma, Munich, Pulp Fiction, Cast Away, Snatch, Garden State, Dances with Wolves, Syriana, Saving Private Ryan, 7 Years in Tibet, Good Will Hunting, O Brother Where Art Thou, Romeo and Juliet, A River Runs Through It

Television- MTV and the ilk have a horribly detrimental effect on society, but are still very entertaining at times. Family Guy, The Daily Show, South Park, History Channel, Discovery Channel, That 70s Show, The Colbert Report, Entourage

Books- War & Peace, For Whom the Bell Tolls, Hamlet, Crime & Punishment, 1984, Animal Farm, Brave New World, A Farewell to Arms, Anna Karena, etc. (I can read, I just can't spell) But I've read more text books then anything else, seriously, who has time for recreational reading
oh, but i do like The Economist

Countries I’ve Visited

Canada, New Zealand

Countries I’ve Lived In

Australia, United States