CURRENT MISSION

To discover me discovering you discovering me

ABOUT ME

I'm a die-hard optimist with a good heart, a fire for life, and a desire to learn everything I can about this sphere I live on and the creatures that inhabit it.
I truly believe that any experience is a good experience and am pretty much down for whatever, whenever.

PHILOSOPHY

I am he as you are he as you are me and we are all together.

My purpose is to spread as much light and love as I can with the time that I have.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I have hosted a handful of surfers in Austin, Texas and used this invaluable resource while traveling across the US.

I believe in the goodness of people and the interconnected global community upon which this organization is built.

For the next few months I will be traveling across Europe, relying on this community to help me connect with friends I have yet to meet and realize adventures that I have yet to imagine. I am endlessly thankful that such an opportunity exists and I will strive to always find ways as I travel meet generosity with the like.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

The people that I have met through CouchSurfing are of the absolute highest quality. Although we are extremely diverse, we all share the fire and hospitality that make CS so successful.

Interests

In no particular order:
photography, painting, gardening, writing, juggling, meditation, anything involving fresh air and communion with nature, Yoga, basketball, cooking/feeding people, dreaming, discussing the human condition, beat boxing, making you smile.

• writing
• photography
• cooking
• yoga
• running
• meditation
• gardening
• traveling
• juggling
• painting
• basketball
• boxing

Music, Movies, and Books

Books: Walden, Benjamin Franklin's Autobiography, Tolken, anything by Carl Jung, books about yoga and eastern philosophy/spirituality.

Music: Andrew Bird, the Album Leaf, El Ten Eleven, the Cinematic Orchestra, Wilco.

Movies: Eternal sunshine of a spotless mind, the Fountain and most of Darren Aronofsky's work, Life Aquatic and all of Wes Anderson's work.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

During a week-long fiesta that I stumbled upon in the tiny coastal village of Mutriku, in the Spanish Basque country, I got to run with the bulls and celebrate like a Spanish Pirate.

The view from Der Zugspitz on the German-Austrian border also comes to mind as striking quite a bit of awe.

Also, the last time I stopped to really look at a tree.

Countries I’ve Visited

France, Germany, Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Germany, United States

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