Torn between a desire to improve the world and enjoy it. Can't resist adventures but also compelled to be spiritual, thoughtful, and empathetic. Got to make the most out of life, body and soul. Like that Rainer Maria Rilke guy said, If your daily life seems poor, do not blame it; blame yourself, tell yourself that you are not poet enough to call forth its riches.

If you've never known anyone who is a geologist... well we are a strange but awesome breed. I feel obligated to warn you before you sleep next to my rock collection. Just read the wiki and you'll be fine. http://uncyclopedia.wikia.com/wiki/Geologist

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

Before moving to New Jersey, I hosted UGA applicants who want to know more about the university and the famous music and downtown scene in Athens, Georgia, including one young lady from Madagascar. I have hosted a few surfers visiting the NYC metro area since I moved here in August 2012. I look forward to hosting more, hopefully people who are willing to explore NYC with me since I'm fairly new here myself.

I have couchsurfed in Houston, Texas so far and am looking forward to expanding my experience.

Interests

Music and art in all forms, bicycles, motorcycles, tennis, all water sports, working out, dancing, learning and exploring earth (thus I'm a geologist), founding random organizations, philosophizing, questioning the status quo, making old codgers mad, and so forth.

• arts
• dancing
• working out
• motorcycles
• music
• sailing
• sports
• tennis
• geology
• languages
• religion

Music, Movies, and Books

BOOKS: Great Expectations, The Unbearable Lightness of Being, The Heart is a Lonely Hunter, Their Eyes Were Watching God, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, A Wrinkle in Time, The Book of Ruth, A Thousand Acres, Earth Odyssey, Independent People, The Secret Life of Bees, The Kite Runner, A Thousand Splendid Suns, And the Mountains Echoed, White Oleander, The Invitation, The Poisonwood Bible, The Rapture of Canaan, Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance, Tess of the D'Urbervilles...

MUSIC: The Who, The Stones, REM, Neil Young, Fleet Foxes, Foster the People, Neutral Milk Hotel, The Lumineers, The Black Keys, MGMT, RJD2, Avicii, Gala, Goldfrapp, Marina and the Diamonds, Madonna, Janelle Monae, Imogen Heap, Feist, Astrud Gilberto, Gabriela Montera, Badly Drawn Boy, The Beatles, Chopin, Satie, Debussy, Rachmaninoff, Dave Brubeck, Duke Ellington, Nick Drake, Norah Jones, Muddy Waters...

MOVIES/TV: Parks and Recreation, Sherlock, Inglorious Basterds, Once Upon a Time in Mexico, Ocean's Eleven, The Italian Job, Limitless, Silver Linings Playbook, Hugo, Raising Arizona, True Grit, Star Wars, Office Space, October Sky, Good Morning Vietnam, The Royal Tennenbaums, Waking Ned Devine...

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Amazing because it was cool: Night-sailing on a bio-luminescent bay on a Hobie 16 catamaran. Amazing because I did it: Working my way through college (on my own since age 18).

Teach, Learn, Share

I am a trained geologist and semi-professional pianist with experience teaching budding scientists and musicians.

I would love to learn more languages and about world religions.

What I Can Share with Hosts

My experiences and love of life.

Countries I’ve Visited

Canada, Fiji

Countries I’ve Lived In

United States

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