CURRENT MISSION

Acquire a mission.

ABOUT ME

I love new experiences. Music is the worlds greatest drug. Nature is infinitely more interesting than the artificial. The desire to understand the world is disturbingly intoxicating. My idea of "life" and what it means to be alive is constantly changing, and while I cannot see what is ahead of me, looking back, I see a trend that leaves me totally exuberant about what the future holds.

I love going somewhere without a plan and seeing what presents itself.

At my core I see myself as an explorer of the world, of myself, and of the validity of the differentiation between the two.

I believe every human being has something of value to share with every other human being - it is only a matter of the one being willing to share, the other being willing to listen, and both offering no resistance to what is. When we succeed at this process we often say we are friends. When we fail, we call each other strangers, enemies, or indifferent.

PHILOSOPHY

"Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter, and those who matter don't mind." - Theodore Geisel

"You must be the change you wish to see in the world." - Mohandas Gandhi

"We take a handful of sand from the endless landscape of awareness around us and call that handful of sand the world." - Robert Pirsig

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

So far, I've been lucky to meet a lot of amazing people through surfing. I am looking forward to the day when I can offer to surfers some of the same hospitality that has been given to me.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Couchsurfing has introduced me to a very diverse group of truly interesting people. If you take a moment to think about it, you realize that it takes a special kind of interesting person to be willing to either welcome a complete stranger into their home, or to sleep on a complete stranger's couch. I'm very grateful to have crossed paths with all of these generous people.

Interests

Meeting people, making music, DIY, the study of knowledge, mountain biking, being present, burning events, things I haven't been exposed to yet.

• diy
• socializing
• juggling
• music
• cycling
• surfing

Music, Movies, and Books

Blindness - Jose Saramago
Siddartha - Hermann Hesse
The Power of Now - Eckhart Tolle
The Road Less Traveled - M. Scott Peck
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance - Robert M. Pirsig

American Beauty, The Usual Suspects, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

James Blake, Sufjan Stevens, Bon Iver, Brian Blade, Joshua Redman, Ray LaMontagne, The Dears, The Postal Service, Sara Bareilles, Sigur Ros, Imogen Heap, Everything Everything

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Contemplated my own existence - by far the most amazing thing any one of us has ever had the opportunity to do.

Teach, Learn, Share

I can teach you some funky drum grooves, how to juggle (barely), computer troubleshooting, problem-solving in general.

Countries I’ve Visited

France, Japan, Myanmar, South Korea, Spain

Countries I’ve Lived In

United States

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