CURRENT MISSION

Life goals are complicated. It's often very difficult for people to know what they really want to get out of life. The means may vary from person to person, but the end goal is always the same: happiness. I want happiness in life.

ABOUT ME

I'm an adventurous person with many places to see and people to meet. I'm a loyal friend and a great judge of character, so those I do make friends with stay in my life for years to come. Many of my friends I've kept close since I was 5 years old.

I'm an intelligent man and always think twice before acting or speaking. Though sometimes the most appropriate words to say are inappropriate. I believe language, culture and communication are some of the most important aspects to the human experience. I would never undervalue these components in daily life.

I don't mince words. You will know if we'll get along within the first five minutes of conversation we have together. That's not to say that I'm hyper critical of everyone, in fact, I embrace the many differences people bring to the table. I accept everyone for who they are and I expect the same from those close to me.

My girlfriend and I usually share a CS account but I've had to recently take off on my own for a short while and therefore have to use my old, dusty account. Much of this description is ripped from her page. Message me to get an idea of what I'm like and where I'm going.

My girlfriend is totally awesome, by the way.

PHILOSOPHY

I live my life to shove as much "living" as I possibly can into my short span before it's all over. We're not here long enough so there's no time to waste.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Community involvement means many things to me. It means giving where you see cracks and holes in social infrastructure. It means putting time in and doing what's right, even if you're the only one doing it.

I will jump on any situation head first with everything he's got to try and contribute to it and add my own flare. That can sometimes get annoying, but I believe it's important to be sincere in the way I present myself, that way at least people will like me (or hate me) for who I am on the inside and not who I'm pretending to be.

My girlfriend, though, she's more of a wallflower. I guess that comes with her being a journalist. She really want to sit back and fully understand her place in an environment before trying to contribute to it. That being said, she's not shy. Just more reserved than I am.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I've actually surfed on the website a few times under my girlfriend's account (with her of course). I've hosted travelers too but not from this website. So far I've had only good experiences with friendly and welcoming people all around the country.

Interests

God, there are so many interesting things in this world it's hard to pick a few just to fit in this tiny box of words. Instead of interests, a list of which would number by the thousands, I'll remark on a couple of passions I have:

Music. The international language of the tapping foot; music brings people together like nothing else in this world.

Language. Lenguaje. Sprache. Langage. Lingua. язык. أسلوب. 语言.

Food. I'm a sucker for sushi. Seriously, it's not fair.

Nature. Muir once said, you're either a mountain person, an ocean person, a desert person or a sky person. Which person are you?

• culture
• singing
• acting
• environment
• dining
• exercise
• music
• folk music
• boxing
• journalism

Music, Movies, and Books

Music: Smashing Pumpkins, Foo Fighters, David Bowie, Queen, Iron and Wine, Nirvana, Stevie Nicks, Hank Williams, Marty Robbins, Merle Haggard, Chili Peppers, and a lot lot of local musicians.

Movies: Horror flicks and classics.

Books: Again, too many to count. But everyone can get behind JK Rowling, right?

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Nothing is as amazing to me as the unconditional and undying love of another person. I'm so blessed to have found who I want to be with for the rest of my life.

Teach, Learn, Share

I'm a musician who prides myself in inner ear connectivity and understanding of rhythm, scale and feeling. I'm not very accomplished but I've been playing instruments and singing for over 12 years now.

That being said, I still don't know shit.

Last summer a friend/rival of mine put out an album of his personal folk music, and though I would never tell him this I thought it was poorly written and thrown together sloppily. For a while I caught myself thinking how much better I was than him and how much better an album I could make if only I tried. Well, I tried. And it wasn't as easy as I thought it would be. The recordings would come out sounding flat, no matter what I did to them. My voice, which I usually rate as excellent, constantly sounded off-key through my microphone and I wasn't getting the right sound out of it at all. Worst of all, I would sit for hours trying to write the right words and melodies for the songs I wanted, and to be frank they really sucked.

I realized that my friend and I weren't creating albums to get rich from or to impress anyone. They were an exercise in a growing experience and they were staples in our development. God we sucked, but great bands have been made with less than what we put into those terrible sounding albums. If we wanted to grow, if we wanted to be better musicians, we couldn't just wait until we were ready. We had to build up to being ready. Hell, maybe I'll never feel ready, but at least I'll have a couple of albums to show for it.