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Overview

  • 2 references
  • Fluent in English; learning Italian, Spanish
  • 35, Male
  • Member since 2011
  • Student
  • Syracuse University
  • From Akron, NY
  • Profile 95% complete

About Me

ABOUT ME

I'm only just getting into travel and I can't get enough of it. I grew up (and have spent the majority of my life) in a small town in western New York state. I'm presently a student and I love learning. I'm studying English, as I have always had a huge love of books and reading. Now though I'm getting into linguistics and sub fields therein. I love language and accents. I like to think I'm fairly outgoing, but I've come to learn that watching people is just as enriching and enjoyable as is interacting with them. I do love people, but I also find a certain pleasure in solitude, whether it be alone with myself, nature, or whatever else. I enjoy the outdoors. Hiking, camping, biking, and the like. I'm into sports too, I played soccer and tennis throughout high school and have recently begun dabbling in rugby and cycling.

PHILOSOPHY

I really don't have any single code I adhere to. I figure that for better or worse, I am here, on this good Earth. I am young, and I'm thrilled to be able to steer my life in whatever direction I choose. I could go out and get a tattoo, or get in an accident, or anything else. I like to think of Invictus, "I am the master of my fate: / I am the captain of my soul." I take pride in my moral code and behavior.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

If you're not at least slightly out of your element, you're not fully living. I want to meet as many interesting and foreign people as I can. My living conditions at present do not allow for me to host anyone, though that will change in the summer months. Still though, as a guest I eagerly look forward to most every form of interaction. A conversation over a cup of tea, go through a photo album or two, go out for a hike or walk, play some tennis, anything really.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

None so far

Interests

Books and literature, culture, languages, anthropology, linguistics, history, philosophy, architecture, thinking, sport, tea.

  • culture
  • books
  • literature
  • architecture
  • beauty
  • walking
  • reading
  • traveling
  • coding
  • music
  • outdoor activities
  • cycling
  • hiking
  • camping
  • sports
  • soccer
  • tennis
  • rugby
  • anthropology
  • history
  • languages

Music, Movies, and Books

Books: I like to think I'm fairly well read. When I was in kindergarten my mother would read me a bit from C.S. Lewis' Chronicles of Narnia each night before I went to bed. I genuinely feel that I am the way I am today partly because of that book. I consider T.S. Eliot's Four Quartets to be the greatest thing I've ever read. The reason I chose to study English literature. I also am partial to Jules Verne, H.P. Lovecraft, G.K. Chesterton, C.S. Lewis, Dostoyevsky, etc.

Music: However cliché it may be, I listen to everything. My music library hosts a spectrum of genres ranging from folk-metal to Lady Gaga. Right now, my favorite band is Porcupine Tree. Yann Tiersen, Muse, Radiohead are up there as well. I'm a musician myself, I've played Trombone since I was 10. I LOVE jazz and classical music, and I have over 200 vinyl records (most of which are jazz and older stuff.) I play 1st trombone in the UNH Concert Band, and in my high school years I auditioned for and won a spot in the All New York State Jazz Ensemble every year I was eligible, grades 7-12. (Sadly I didn't actually play my senior year, because my soccer team made it to the New York state tournament and it was the same day.)

http://www.last.fm/user/TheSwissElite

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

My Alaska trip. Specifically, a Thanksgiving weekend spent in a cabin in Eklutna with good friends and sublime natural beauty. Seriously, I can never hope to do justice to my time in Alaska through words.

Teach, Learn, Share

I have a supreme passion for learning and knowledge. Conversation is probably my biggest and most readily available resource. I have a lot of trivial knowledge, and I love to pick up odd facts and little tid bits from others. Also I love accents and languages, so just hearing you speak will be a gift to me. I'm active and outdoorsey, and I'm more than willing to go out walking around outside or going to a field and throwing a ball around. If you're a musician or otherwise musically inclined, I have a ton of music that we could listen to, or we could even play together.

Countries I’ve Visited

Canada

Countries I’ve Lived In

United States

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