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Overview

  • 1 reference 1 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in English; learning Chichewa, Chewa, Nyanja, Spanish
  • 40, Male
  • Member since 2008
  • peace corps volunteer, and music
  • college, travel
  • From dallas, tx
  • Profile 80% complete

About Me

CURRENT MISSION

adventures

ABOUT ME

I spend most of my time either playing improvised music, composing music, studying music history, or playing beach volleyball. i'm relaxed and generally interested. I wear sandals in the snow, and hope to someday outwit winter.

I'm currently a Peace Corps volunteer, doing work on medicinal plants and community health in a village in northern Malawi.

PHILOSOPHY

work in progress

Interests

music, beaches, sports, large crowds of people, moving bodies of water. and i like ducks.

  • music
  • jazz
  • sports
  • volleyball
  • history
  • volunteering
  • beaches

Music, Movies, and Books

William Faulkner, jazz music, westcoast gangsta rap.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

watching my cousins grow up from infancy to 6 and 4 years old, respectively, has been one of the most amazing spectacles i can possibly imagine.

Teach, Learn, Share

if anything, i could teach you jazz history, traditional japanese gagaku music, or the fundamentals of volleyball. or how to speak Chitumbuka. Tell me who you are and what you've done, and i'm sure i'll learn.

Countries I’ve Visited

Burkina Faso, Canada, Cuba, Ghana, Israel, Japan, Jordan, Mali, Mexico, Morocco, Senegal, Spain

Countries I’ve Lived In

Malawi, United States

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