CURRENT MISSION

to come up with a wittier mission

ABOUT ME

Jordan likes art. Garrett likes history. Actually, Jordan likes history too. We are really confused and don't know what to say here. We like eating food and talking about food--we think food is a good way to discover culture. We like music. We like to travel but usually lack the money to do so (we are students, after all). We hate pretension, but probably sound pretentious. Luckily, we can laugh at ourselves (which we are doing, right now).

Animals are great. Killing people is not great. Talking about things is fun! No topic is off-limits. For example, we once spent hours discussing which state would win if the US broke out into a state-on-state brawl. We decided it would be either Arkansas, Oregon, or California (no, we are not biased, Arkansas is just badass--okay maybe we are a little biased).

We will buy you a beer if you host us. Maybe even two :)

PHILOSOPHY

G: I live because I prefer it to the alternative.
J: I like pie. Other people like pie. I like sharing pie. I want to live happily and responsibly, bettering myself through learning, traveling, and making friends.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Well, we'll offer you a couch. But it's in Arkansas, which is a fantastic, but low populated state. Traveling the world is something many people feel the need to do, us included. Though we can't offer a couch in the most exotic place in the world, we are more than happy to do so (AR is actually a really awesome place) and hope others will do the same for us.

Even if we can't surf in other places, it's a program we definitely like to support and spread word about. Traveling shouldn't be all about money--it should be about sharing an experience and learning new things. We don't know of a better way to do that than to stay with a real local instead of at a shitty hotel.

Interests

A collective list of things we both like: art, history, LOST, food, beers, coffee, dogs, cats, internet memes, movies, frisbee, music, long drives listening to music, concerts, linguistics, art history, anthropology, soccer, technology, philosophy, hiking, climbing stuff, volleyball, martial arts, painting, accordion, piano, reading, harmonica, melodica, woodworking, hammocking, biking, jump roping, the occasional hopscotch, turtles, jumping jacks, regular jacks, laser pointers + animals, lights, candy, kindles, netflix, accents, crossword puzzles, games, hookah, legos, halo, batman, ninja turtles, carnivále, anthony bourdain, that guy that eats way too much food on TV, community, parks and rec, party down, comedy, laughing, frolicking through fields, museums, late night discussions, trivia, late night waffle house, late night taco bell, rain, singing when you can't sing well at all, snow, flashlights, cigars, water guns, sneezing, mustaches, bandanas, talking about how bad cigars taste, synthesizers, drums, ukeleles, cooking, lucid dreaming, mythologies and fairty tales, wikipedia, elephants, hot sauce, graffiti, bacon, siestas.

Just to prove we aren't picking random stuff, here's a list of things we DON'T like: feminism (JUST KIDDING), freedom (Haha sorry again)
SERIOUSLY: no pickles, COD, pretentiousness, arrogance, passive aggression, thrifting, people who hate things just because other people like them, apathy, self-inflicted ignorance, terrorists, bigots, when people ask, "How are you?" not expecting a response, preoccupation with money, nickelback, daughtry, loss of community, commercialization, 3D movies, haters, studying for the GRE, andy warhol, mosquitos, fire ants, canned mushrooms, computer viruses, real viruses, blomedies, melodrama, runny noses, Denny's, littering, low attention spans, pollution, not being polylingual, state of the food industry, negativity, fanaticism, vegemite, chicharron, U.S. reliance on oil, chou doufu, maple bacon shakes.

• animals
• cats
• dogs
• arts
• culture
• singing
• concerts
• womens rights
• dining
• cooking
• beer
• cocktails
• coffee
• partying
• boating
• thrifting
• technology
• trivia
• movies
• reading
• tv
• traveling
• puzzles
• painting
• woodworking
• music
• piano
• drums
• cycling
• hiking
• martial arts
• rock climbing
• soccer
• volleyball
• anthropology
• art history
• history
• medicine
• beaches
• parks

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Garrett got 15 ft. from a wild cassowary in Australia (a giant blue-headed bird that looks like a velociraptor and could have killed him...he didn't know that last part at the time). He also streaked on a beach in Tasmania.

Jordan has been to North Korea and stared into the eyes of a North Korean military official. He's had a cocktail in the world's highest bar, in Shanghai. He also won a dragon boat race in Shanghai.

We met a crazy Phish fan at Bonnaroo who claimed to be a doctor and said Phish would "skull-f*ck" us if we went to see them. We didn't.

Countries I’ve Visited

Australia, China, Mexico, South Korea, United Kingdom, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

United States