CURRENT MISSION

Live as if I were to die tomorrow. Learn as if I were to live forever.

ABOUT ME

My name is John Pappanastos. I was born and raised in Atlanta, GA, USA. I studied English and French linguistics, and Philosophy at The University of Alabama (hence the username GO CRIMSON TIDE!). I work for the university as personal trainer and absolutely love my job. As one might deduce from my profile, i LOVE LOVE LOVE music. I play the guitar, bass, and most hand percussion. Without it i'm not sure i'd sure i'd survive. My favorite book is" The Sun Also Rises", my favorite sport is boxing, and favorite color is red. I consider myself a 'student of world culture' and don't plan on ever graduating. I love traveling, i'm totally jazzed about broadening my cultural horizons. Anything else, just ask! ;)

Je m'appelle John Pappanastos. Je suis américain et j'essaie d'apprendre le Français. Je parle Anglais. Je sais que mon Français n'est pas parfait, mais le français est une belle langue et j'apprécie l'apprentissage :) Je travaille comme entraîneur personnel et j'aime ce que je fais! J'adore la musique! J'ai besoin de la musique pour fonctionner. Je viens d'Atlanta GA, la plus grande ville du monde! Peace up! A Town down!

PHILOSOPHY

It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain and idea without excepting it.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I host and surf and donate, and generally promote CS whenever possible!

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Always looking for MORE!

Interests

God, Onomatopoeia, Greek Culture, "Jumping", Witty Banter, Bull Riding, All good music, Beauty, My Quote Board, Sports, Culture, Trucks, Off-Roading, Reading, My Friends, Fitness, History, Body Art, Photography, Philosophy, Rhetoric, Languages (particularly français!), Concerts, Salvador Dali, Movies, The ATL, Intelligent Conversation, My Spartan Heritage, Patois, Geography, Angelina Jolie, Irish Accents, Accents, U.A. Sports, and other things...

• arts
• culture
• books
• photography
• coloring
• beauty
• body art
• concerts
• fitness
• off-roading
• movies
• reading
• traveling
• music
• guitar
• sports
• boxing
• geography
• history
• languages
• mathematics
• tourism

Music, Movies, and Books

INCUBUS, Orelsan, Danakil, John Butler Trio, Hocus Pocus, A Perfect Circle, System of a Down, Imogen Heap, AFI, Flyleaf, Third Eye Blind, Phil Vassar, Emerson Drive, Saliva, Cold, Citizen Cope, Breaking Benjamin, Counting Crows, Guns N Roses, Goo Goo Dolls, Bob Dylan, Juanes, Damian Marley, Ziggy Marley, and of course BOB too, Lenny Kravitz, FRANK Sinatra! Ambrosia, Usher, Bryan Admas, Sevendust, Ra, Lacuna Coil, Mariah Carey (i dont care what you think) Muse, The Used, Blink 182, Vertical Horizon, Deftones, Nickelback, Bush, Nirvana, No Doubt, Oasis, U2, Flogging Molly, Stone Temple Pilots, Seal, Sean Paul, Blind Melon, Ambrosia, Cabas, Story of the Year, 311, DMB! Rage Against The Machine, Bullet For My Valentine, Stone Sour, All That Remains, Buckethead, Bob Dylan, The Wreckers, Trace Atkins, Poison The Well, Big & Rich, Lynyrd Skynyrd, El Chicano, Sublime, Alice In Chains, 3 6 Mafia, Joe Walsh, Steely Dan, SlipKnot, Michael Buble.

The Departed, Fight Club, Domino, Kingdom of Heaven, Gladiator, Troy, Blood Diamond, Braveheart, The Princess Bride, N E THING w/ TOM CRUISE! Interview with the Vampire, The Notebook, Waiting, Liar Liar, Blow, Lord of War, Anchorman, Seven, Legands of the Fall, Face Off, The Skeleton Key, Trainspotting, Don Juan, Once Upon A Time In Mexico, Black Hawk Down, The Decent, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Love Actually, Harsh Times, American Psycho, 8mm, Love Actually, The Covenant, 300, American History X, Forrest Gump, Scarface, ClockWork Orange, Walk The Line, Legend, Willow, Dogma, Titanic, Vanilla Sky, Underworld, Last of the Mohicans, The Fast and The Furious, Hostel, Sleepy Hollow, A Man Apart, Confidence, Gone in Sixty Seconds, Cheech and Chong, The Replacements, Shooter, Resident Evil.

The Bible, Rabelais, Victor Hugo, Tara Moss novels, Leviathan, The Iliad, Aristotle, Alexander Pope, Alexandre Dumas, Sophocles, The Oddessy, Rhetoric, The Art of War, The Sun Also Rises, E.A. Poe, The Histories, Jane Austtin, William Blake, Shakespear, Jeff Chausser, Wild At Heart, John Steinbeck, Robert Frost, anything by Randy Pope, Reformed Theology, ALL Greek Philosophy! War and Peace, Paradise Lost, The Divine Comedy, John Locke, Karl Marx, Plato, Anything by Brandon Boyd, The Phantom Tollbooth, Socrates, Dylan Thomas, St Augustine, Keats, Lord Byron, Shelley, Yeats, Albert Camus, James Joyce, T.S. Elliot, Ezra Pound, Harold Pinter, Rene Descartes, Ernest Hemingway... And other Shtuff...

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I've seen the band Incubus 23 times in concert!

visited 21 states (9.33%)Create your own visited map of The World or Free iphone travel guide

Teach, Learn, Share

TEACH: As a musician, fitness trainer, and linguist i am uniquely positioned to impart knowledge in these areas.

LEARN: I am interested in learning anything and everything except math!

SHARE: I like to think i share/play well with others. If i am in a position to help someone, i typically do.

Countries I’ve Visited

Belgium, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Guatemala, Italy, Jamaica, Martinique, Mexico, Monaco, Netherlands, Switzerland, United States, Virgin Islands, U.S.

Countries I’ve Lived In

France, United States

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