CURRENT MISSION

Expand my horizons and escape my comfort zones

ABOUT ME

Yo! I'm an open-minded, fashionably-unorganized-but-not-dirty, tree-hugging, optimistic surfer of couches. I like novelty and trying new things! This includes food and new hobbies.

I love to spend time outside too soaking in the sunshine or getting soaked! Hiking, swimming, running, windsurfing, skating, kayaking are all favorite pastimes.

I appreciate good stories and different perspectives on life. As long as you are not an asshole, we will likely get along haha.

If you know multiple languages, I admire you. French is a beautiful language by the way ;)

My celebrity doppleganger is Ryan Higa (any takers? I've heard this a couple times). My patronus is a cheetah.

PHILOSOPHY

I have a lot of personal philosophies, but if I had to boil it down it'd be that we should all love one another and try to help each other succeed at our individual goals.

One study found that people's happiness/fulfillment in life is determined by how much they express gratitude and serving others is the only way to achieve true happiness. I'd love to talk more about this!

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I host when I can (I'm currently in a dorm).

I surf most of everywhere else because couchsurfing is freaking amazing.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Yes I have traveled to all 7 continents and explored the four corners of the earth. JUST KIDDING - I wish though.

I have had the fortune to hear about couchsurfing this past year so I do not have much experience. But I am working at it!

Interests

Food (eating exotic foods and making food)
Swimming (competitive and by the beach)
Soccer (futbol for all my non-american friends)
Getting lost in big cities
Sprint workouts (HIIT or basically any type of exercise)
Road-biking
FIFA or NBA 2k-anything
FPS games
Blackjack (have you seen 21?)
Cooking (I can make your basic dishes. Unfortunately, no gourmet meals...YET)
Mixing (learning how to make dubstep right now)
Music (Music is my life)

• culture
• photography
• dining
• cooking
• exercise
• running
• sprinting
• reading
• music
• piano
• cycling
• hiking
• kayaking
• windsurfing
• soccer
• swimming
• world cup
• languages
• beaches

Music, Movies, and Books

Movies: Good Will Hunting, Godfather, Gran Torino, Pirates of the Caribbean, anything starring Morgan Freeman or Scarlett Johansson (<3), Breaking Bad, HIMYM, Orange Is The New Black, Superbad, Dukes of Hazard, The Terminator Series, Casino Royale, Se7en, Shawshank Redemption, Pulp Fiction, anything thriller/comedy/action&adventure

Music: Basically everything except scream metal

Books: Siddartha, Invisible Man, 4-four series, anything by Dan Brown or Tom Clancy.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I made scrambled eggs without burning them.

But besides that, I've jumped into lake michigan, witnessed the Macy's Fireworks in person, went to the South Side of Chicago and survived, went to the top of the Empire State Building, got sunburned badly in Boston, climbed a Rocky Mountain, and survived a night on the streets of Toronto.

Teach, Learn, Share

I can teach you some chinese (speaking), basic photography (DSLR), reading music/playing the piano, basic cooking, and how to squirt water using your hands.

I'd like to learn other languages, your life philosophies/beliefs, culture.

I can share hugs, kisses, but not my toothbrush.