CURRENT MISSION

Trace the history of mankind through global travel and meet some interesting poeple along the way

ABOUT ME

I was born near Chicago, Illinois, and have 2 siblings. I am a sophomore in college, majoring in International Business and minoring in Economics. There are few things I enjoy more than talking to people of different cultures. I love the Chicago Cubs, as well as Manchester United Football Club and AS Roma. I have many relatives living in Naples, Italy, as I am 50% Italian from my father's side of the family. I'm enjoying college so far, although I find it all rather tedious and somewhat overrated, but all things considered its certainly not bad at all. I enjoy traveling. I am motivated by money and by the prospect of traveling. At this point I am focused on enjoying life...and saving up $7,500 or so to go to the 2010 FIFA World Cup.

PHILOSOPHY

A good friend once said "I'd like to see the world. Seriously, the whole world. Which means either actually traveling every single road, or just going out into space and looking down. Or up, pending on where we are. Either way, I guess I have expensive taste"-Brian Dombeck. As I could not put my philosophy any better than that, I used his quote.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I'll let anyone stay in my apartment at school (Bloomington-Normal, Illinois) or my home near Chicago

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

None...yet

Interests

Chicago Cubs, Man United, FIFA 09, traveling, learning about different cultures, watching sports or the history channel, music, anything involving my heritage, family, Italian cuisine, and pretty much everything else

• clubbing
• traveling
• watching sports
• music
• sports
• soccer
• world cup
• business
• economics
• history

Music, Movies, and Books

Kill Bill vol. 1+2, La Vita E Bella, Casino, Fargo, Forrest Gump, Blow, The Godfather 1+2, Charlie Wilson's War, Gladiator, and anything else involving Roberto Benigni, Tom Hanks, or Jack Nicholson, etc.

The Beatles, Traffic, Jimmy Buffett, The Killers, Tom Petty, The Traveling Wilburys, Bob Dylan, Santana, The Who, Louis Armstrong, Bix Beiderbecke, John Coltrane, and everything else

Literally anything by Kurt Vonnegut, Tom Robbins, Nick Hornby, history books, books about culture, The Great Gatsby, and anything else

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Snorkeled with whale sharks in The Philippines

Teach, Learn, Share

I tend to know an enormous amount about cultural history, so if I'm every couchsurfing or hosting someone, expect random facts often.

Countries I’ve Visited

Bahamas, China, Indonesia, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, Netherlands, Philippines, Singapore, South Korea, Spain, Turkey, United Kingdom

Countries I’ve Lived In

China, United States

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