CURRENT MISSION

“What we do for ourselves dies with us. What we do for others and the world remains and is immortal.”

ABOUT ME

"Every man dies, but not every man really lives!"
- Braveheart

PHILOSOPHY

Ask not what your country can do for you- ask what you can do for your country."
- John F. Kennedy, Inaugural Address, January 1961

“Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful people with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent. The slogan "press on" has solved and always will solve the problems of the human race.”
- President Calvin Coolidge

PEACE...It does not mean to be in a place where there is no noise, trouble, or hard work. It means to be in the midst of those things and still be calm in your heart.

"There are no facts, only interpretations."
-Nietzsche

“Whether you think you can or can’t either way you are right.”
- Henry Ford 1863-1947

"I've missed more than 9000 shots in my career. I've lost almost 300 games. 26 times, I've been trusted to take the game winning shot and missed. I've failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed."
- Michael Jordan

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I share my couch. I share my knowledge with the people I spend time with.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

San Juan, Puerto Rico for 12 days, amazing experience.

Interests

Peace Corps Volunteer, Recycling, Kappa Sigma Fraternity, Alpha Phi Omega Fraternity, Academic Integrity Council, Amnesty International, Greek Bible Study Leader, Intervarsity, Net Impact,
International development, Diplomacy, Fantasy baseball, Learning, Saxophone, Chess, Jazz, Working Out, Baseball, Wiffle Ball, World and Domestic Travel, Politics, Movies, Golf, Photography, Business, Sino Us Relations, Philosophy, Eastern Medicine and Meditation, Scuba diving, Reading, No Limit Hold'em, People watching, Foreign policy, Social change, French art, Learning the Guitar, Think Tanks, Speaking Spanish, Investing, Honduras, Straight Edge Shaves, Joshua Chamberlain, Horseback Riding, Special Olympics, Apples to Apples, Swimming in the rain,

• arts
• photography
• education
• working out
• meditation
• politics
• movies
• chess
• reading
• traveling
• investing
• jazz
• guitar
• equestrian
• scuba diving
• baseball
• olympics
• swimming
• golf
• business
• teaching
• medicine
• volunteering

Music, Movies, and Books

Confessions of an Economic Hitman, The Modern Gentleman a Guide to Essential Manners Savvy and Vice, The Triple Bottom Line, What Is the What, How to Win Friends and Influence People, The Davinci Code, The Bible, The Republic, Thoughts Without a Thinker, The Art of Happiness, Kite Runner, Where the Red Fern Grows, Tuesdays with Morrie, War and Peace, Guns, Germs, and Steel

Home,The Shawshank Redemption, The Goonies, Office Space, The Last Samurai, The Big Lebowski, Fight Club, Ocean's Eleven, The Notebook, The Butterfly Effect, Sleepers, Blood Diamond, Walk the Line, Bull Durham, The Secret, Music Within, The Diving Bell and the Butterfly, Y Tu Mama Tambien, The Motorcycle Diaries, City of God, The Constant Gardener, Gattaca, Superbad, Enemy at the Gates, Into the Wild, Sin Nombre, Up In The Air

The Big Bang Theory, Criminal Minds, Major League Baseball, The Daily Show, CNN, Fox Broadcasting Company, BBC, Al Jazeera, Mad Money, Bill Green's Maine, Official Biggest Loser Page

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Turkey: City of Troy

Teach, Learn, Share

"I expect to pass through life but once. If therefore, there be any kindness I can show, or any good thing I can do to any fellow being, let me do it now, and not defer or neglect it, as I shall not pass this way again."
- William Penn

The perfect blossom is a rare thing. You could spend your entire life looking for one, and it would not be a wasted life.
- The Last Samurai

What I Can Share with Hosts

I share my couch and knowledge of DC.

Countries I’ve Visited

Australia, Bahamas, Canada, Costa Rica, Denmark, England, France, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Iceland, Jamaica, Japan, Kenya, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Turkey, United Kingdom, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

Australia, England, Honduras, South Sudan, United States