CURRENT MISSION

Fuck up the US Justice System

ABOUT ME

I love listening to a good story as much as telling one. I crave the latest and edgiest music on the scene. I hate politics but love to rap about it. I am passionate about the law and how badly ours suck.

PHILOSOPHY

The only way to live forever is to live a passionate life that ripples forever. I want to spend every waking moment working towards a better country and a better world.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I surf, I host, and when I meet people who are on the level, I spread the couch surfing gospel

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I'm rewriting this after about four years in the couchsurfing game. Several people whom I surfed with (many moons ago) are now people I consider good friends. Weird how that worked out. The nature of my life doesn't allow me to surf or host as much these days, but I'm still a vocal proponent of what couchsurfing is all about. Five years ago nobody had a fucking clue what it was. Now when it comes up, people have some vague understanding, and admiration, but still don't really get it. Either that, or they're crashing on my couch and living it.

Interests

Listening to music, going to music, playing guitar, inhaling news tidbits and current events, despising television, ultimate frisbee, somewhat embarrassed to say ping pong, micro brews, gourmet coffee...black, stellar conversation, recently gambling on likelihood of catastrophic events (bombing Iran), finding and buying new neck ties, riding my bike...

• coffee
• politics
• news
• socializing
• music
• guitar
• cycling
• surfing
• table tennis
• law

Music, Movies, and Books

My favs.....Radiohead, The Antlers, The Dirty Projects, Devandra Banhart Jeff Buckley, Rilo Kiley, Vampire Weekend, MGMT, Jack Penate, Jason Collett, Broken Social Scene, The Rumble Strips, Red Hot Chili Peppers, St. Germain, Nada Surf, Beck, Coldplay, Jack Johnson, Michael Franti and Spearhead, Sufjan Stevens, My Morning Jacket (AWESOME), Modest Mouse, !!!, Sigur Ros, Foo Fighters, Miles Davis, Radiohead, Embercoast, Thievery Corporation, David Bowie, Ben Harper, Rogue Wave, Fiona Apple, Radiohead, did I mention Radiohead, Smashing Pumpkins, The Flaming Lips (YEESSSS), The New Pornographers, Counting Crows, Damien Rice, Rage Against the Machine, Shiny Toy Guns, Weezer, Madonna, Michael Jackson, The Beatles, Ben Folds, Ben Folds Five, Ben Kweller, even Ben Lee, Citizen Cope, Elliot Smith, The Decembrists, Digable Planets, Chemical Brothers, JEM, The Ramones, Spoon, TV on the Radio, Wilco, The Mars Volta, The Fire Theft, Jimi Hendrix, Outkast, Cake, Queen, R.E.M., Rufus Wainwright, The Who, Talib Kweli, Medeski Martin and Wood, Gorillaz, Eric Clapton, Better Than Ezra, Gogol Bordello, A Tribe Called Quest, Blackalicious, Boards of Canada, Louis Armstrong, Pixies, Minus the Bear, Gogol Bordello, Bob Dylan, Nick Drake, Peter Tosh, Soul Coughing, The Strokes, Death Cab for Cutie, Jurassic 5, Led Zeppelin, The Streets, Nirvana, Sean Brennan, The Strokes, Rod Stewart (yeah, really), Prince, Tool, Pearl Jam, Dave Matthews, Queens of the Stone Age, Built to Spill, TV on the Radio, Regina Spektor, The Morning Benders, The Coup, The Blue Scholars, Fleet Foxes, Bon Iver, Skybox.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Saw the Ancient Rice Terraces of the Philippines - biked down the largest active Volcano in the world.

Teach, Learn, Share

Teach - I suppose I now have a far above average knowledge of the law, in many areas. Whether it is copyrighting your music, listening to how you got screwed by a landlord or discussing how to help a friend expunge their record so they can get a job...I know a fair amount about it.
Share - Music
Learn - I want to hear stories, I want to hear what it's like to live where you live.

Countries I’ve Visited

Czech Republic, Ecuador

Countries I’ve Lived In

Philippines, United States

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