CURRENT MISSION

To explore the world, meet good people, and fall in love

ABOUT ME

I love music, movies, my family, my friends, and reading. I have traveled and camped pretty extensively in the US and I love hiking as well. I am kind of quiet but still I think I am a super friendly guy. I enjoy both being alone and being with people but I absolutely love having a great conversation with someone. I am trying to travel and see as much as I can around the world. I plan on getting my bachelor's degree in August 2009 and then taking the LSAT and traveling around Australia and Southeast Asia for a year before going to law school with my best friend.

PHILOSOPHY

"The man in me will do nearly any task, and as for compensation, there's so little he would ask. It'll take a woman like you to get through to the man in me."
This line by Dylan pretty much describes me in a nutshell.
My personal philosophy, ever-refining, is that you should just look into your heart and do whatever makes you happy. As long as you don't hurt others, who the hell cares what anyone else thinks. Live to the fullest and love as much as you can. Never hesitate, never regret, never feel shame. Someday you will die and something's somehow gonna steal your carbon, so enjoy what you have now before it's too late.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

As of now, I am a student and have only a couch to offer. I hope to use this network to travel and then, in August 2009, when I return home to California I can offer a more comfortable bed to others. Moreover, I will have people who met me through CS and other friends who have a couch to stay on and can reach me through CS.

Interests

Music, movies, reading, history(!), sightseeing, hanging out with friends, hiking, exercising, fine dining, sports, dating

• dining
• fine dining
• exercise
• drinking
• movies
• reading
• traveling
• music
• guitar
• hiking
• sports
• economics
• history
• languages
• law
• mathematics
• sightseeing

Music, Movies, and Books

Music: I absolutely love music. Like I don't think I would be who I am at all if it was not for the music in my life. Some of my favorite bands are, 311, Aerosmith, Aimee Mann Al Green, Alanis Morisette, The All-American Rejects, All Time Low, American Hi-fi, Arcade Fire, Arctic Monkeys, Bad Company, Badfinger, Badly Drawn Boy, Band of Horses, Barenaked Ladies, Barry Louis Polisar, Beach Boys, Beastie Boys, The Beatles, Beck, Beethoven, Beirut, Belle And Sebastian, Ben Folds, Billy Joel, The Black Crowes, Blind Melon, Blink 182, Bob Dylan, Brett Dennen, Cake, Cartel, Cat Stevens, Chopin, The Clash, Coldplay, Counting Crows, CCR, The Cure, Dashboard Confessional, Dave Matthews Band, Death Cab For Cutie, The Decemberists, Dispatch, The Doors, The Eagles, Everclear, Everybody Else, Fall Out Boy, Fastball, The Flaming Lips, Foo Fighters, Fountains Of Wayne, Franz Ferdinand, Fruit Bats, George Michael, Gin Blossoms, Goo Goo Dolls, Green Day, Guns N' Roses, Hootie and The Blowfish, Jack Johnson, Jackson 5, Jackson Browne, James Blunt, James Taylor, Janis Joplin, Jason Mraz, Jeff Buckley, Jimi Hendrix, Jimmy Eat World, Joe Purdy, John Lennon, John Mayer, Joshua Radin, Journey, Julia Nunes, Kaiser Chiefs, The Killers, Kimya Dawson, The Kinks, The Knack, Led Zeppelin, Lit, Live, Maroon 5, Marvin Gaye, Matchbox 20, Mighty Mighty Bosstones, Moby, Modest Mouse, Mozart, My Chemical Romance, Nada Surf, New Found Glory, New Pornographers, Nirvana, Oasis, The Offspring, OK Go, The Only Ones, Panic! At The Disco, Patrick Park, Pete Yorn, Phantom Planet, Pink Floyd, Plain White T's, The Police, The Postal Service, Presidents Of The Usa, Queen, Queens Of The Stone Age, R. Kelly, Radiohead, Rage Against The Machine, The Rakes, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Reel Big Fish, Rhett Miller, Rilo Kiley, Rod Stewart, The Rolling Stones, Rufus Wainwright, Savage Garden, Say Anything, Sea Wolf, The Shins, Simon And Garfunkel, Smash Mouth, Smashing Pumpkins, Snow Patrol, Social Distortion, Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin, Soundgarden, Spin Doctors, Steve Miller Band, Stevie Wonder, Stone Temple Pilots, The Strokes, Sublime, Sugar Ray, Taking Back Sunday, Tegan & Sara, Third Eye Blind, Train, U2, Uncle Kracker, Usher, Van Morrison, The Verve, Weezer, The White Stripes, The Who, Wilco, Yellowcard, & Yo La Tengo

Movies: Pulp Fiction, Reservoir Dogs, Star Wars, The Great Dictator, High Fidelity, Fight Club, Anchorman, Boondock Saints, Harry Potter, Remember The Titans, The Departed, About A Boy, Love Actually, Lord Of The Rings, Little Miss Sunshine, Finding Nemo, Ace Ventura, Dumb And Dumber, Young Frankenstein, Office Space, Garden State, The Last Kiss, The Lion King, 40 Days And 40 Nights, V For Vendetta, Varsity Blues, Casino, Goodfellas, Good Will Hunting, Catch Me If You Can, The Royal Tenenbaums, The Last King Of Scotland, The Wizard Of Oz

Books: The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich, The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, anything History-related, Confederacy of Dunces, Empire Falls, The Assistant, The Prince, The Little Prince, Anna Christie, Heart of Darkness, The Holy Terrors, Crime And Punishment, Dracula, 1984, Animal Farm, Wuthering Heights, Hamlet, Macbeth, A Tale Of Two Cities, Candide, The Three Musketeers, Harry Potter, The Adventures Of Huckleberry Finn, Catcher In The Rye, Reflections on the Revolution in France, Alice's Adventures In Wonderland, The Red Badge Of Courage, Nicholas Nickleby, Great Expectations, The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin, Fahrenheit 451, Beyond Good and Evil

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I hitchhiked through Portugal. My first night I ended up staying at a random man's house whom I met in a bar on the side of the highway. The following day this guy, Hermann, drove me across southern Portugal into Spain and shared with me both good drink and food as well as stories of love and life.

Teach, Learn, Share

I would love to learn new languages and would be willing to help people learn English or math. (I was a mathematics major at UCLA initially, but changed to economics) And I think music makes the world go round, so I sincerely wish I could play acoustic guitar and am trying to learn to play the ukulele!

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Ireland, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia, Spain, United Kingdom

Countries I’ve Lived In

Netherlands, United Kingdom, United States