CURRENT MISSION

Talk about a dream, try to make it real

ABOUT ME

Born and bred in Ireland, I lived a simple and regular life until one day in 2008 I decided to pack up my things and move to Toronto, Canada. After living there for a year, and whilst travelling around the country, I met a lot of amazing people and saw some of the most amazing things on this planet. A truly life changing experience that really opened my eyes. It was only when I returned home and settled back in, I realised that I wasn't content in my regular everyday life anymore and that there was a whole world out there for me to discover, a world that in my opinion, I have seen very little of. So now it is my plan to visit and travel as many places as I can. Funds are hard to come by, but I'll be as patient as I have to be. I'm also considering doing a course in TEFL sometime in the future so as I can travel the globe and earn a living and help others in the process. At the end of the day, I just want to have a good time because "In the end, it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years" (Abraham Lincoln)

PHILOSOPHY

I like to try to base my life on quotes and lyrics from my favourite movies and songs...

"Talk about a dream, try to make it real" (Bruce Springsteen - Badlands)
"You just gotta keep livin' man, L-I-V-I-N" (Dazed And Confused)
"Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it." (Ferris Bueller's Day Off)
"This is your life and it's ending one minute at a time" (Fight Club)
"Buy the ticket. Take the ride" (Fear And Loathing In Las Vegas)
"You live, you learn" (Alanis Morissette - You Learn)

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I'm a newb to the whole CouchSurfing experience, but I have crashed on countless couches after a night out if that counts?

Interests

Playing bass in my band, going to concerts (a lot), swimming, teaching people how to swim, having a drink with friends or family, air guitar, food (gotta love food), cups of tea, relaxing with a good movie (preferably with a cup of tea), roadtrips, NHL, Gaelic football, hurling, NFL, hugs, Canada, making playlists for EVERYTHING, learning about and experiencing other cultures, Irish history, dreaming, watching thunderstorms, discovering new places, having a quote for every situation, family reunions, sleep, giggling for no reason, Halloween, TV marathons, shakeface

• concerts
• dining
• drinking
• clubbing
• movies
• tv
• traveling
• guitar
• soccer
• swimming
• history

Music, Movies, and Books

MOVIES: The Big Lebowski, Fight Club, Ferris Bueller's Day Off, Almost Famous, Into The Wild, American Beauty, Star Wars, Dazed And Confused, Fear And Loathing In Las Vegas, Dogma, Shaun Of The Dead, Natural Born Killers, The Matrix, Old School, Vanilla Sky, Withnail & I, 80s movies, Disney, movies directed by Tim Burton, Kevin Smith, the Coen Brothers, John Hughes and Cameron Crowe, most movies starring Johnny Depp, Tom Hanks, Christopher Walken, Steve Buscemi, Leonardo Di Caprio or Robert Downey Jr.

MUSIC: Bruce Springsteen, Garth Brooks, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Broken Social Scene, Metric, Pearl Jam, Radiohead, REM, U2, The Tragically Hip, Arcade Fire, Tool, Rage Against The Machine, Daft Punk, Muse, White Stripes, Aerosmith, AC/DC, The Beatles, KISS, Pink Floyd, Weezer, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Green Day, Bon Jovi, The Rolling Stones, Led Zeppelin

BOOKS: To Kill A Mockingbird, Fear And Loathing In Las Vegas, Scar Tissue, Hitman, Open, Alice's Adventures In Wonderland, The Men Who Stare At Goats, Walk This Way, I Predict A Riot, My Boring Ass Life

Countries I’ve Visited

Canada, Croatia, France, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Monaco, Netherlands, Slovenia, Spain, United Kingdom, Vatican City State

Countries I’ve Lived In

Canada, United Kingdom