CURRENT MISSION

Realizing, Learning, Discovering, Teaching, Loving, and Being Proved Wrong

ABOUT ME

I love making people laugh, and people who make me laugh. I'm pretty laid-back and chill, but I have alot of energy. I am observant and open-minded, and am wise (or foolish) enough to try almost anything once. I love tacos and salmon, and people watching.

PHILOSOPHY

"How vain is it to sit down and write, when you have not stood up to live?"
-Ralph Waldo Emerson

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I got into CS while living in Germany, where i met the most amazing group of people. Since then I have hosted and surfed, and founded a few local groups in Michigan. visited 22 states (9.77%)Create your own visited map of The World or Free ipad travel guide

visited 32 states (64%)Create your own visited map of The United States or another interesting project

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Surfed:
Heydi- 1 night
Marit- 6 nights in various places
Svenja- 2 nights in July 2007, a week in July 2006, and odd weekends here and there!
Elizabeth- probably about a toal of three months over the years
Dani D'Antonio-1 night
Zach Albright- 1 night
Gail- 1 Night
Jose-3 Nights
Sanjay and Anu -3 Nights
Prateik's dad- 2 Nights
Berk and Sophie- 1 night
Tess and Dakota- 4 nights.
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Hosted:
Marit: more one-nighters than I can count!
Svenja- 4 months a few years ago
Elizabeth- 4 weeks total over the years
Anna-Mareike- 1 month
Annalisa and Matthew- 1 night
Sanja- 3 nights
Steven- 3 nights
Val and Roman-3 nights
Philip- 2 nights
Amy and Caroline- 3 nights
Claire and Lea- 3 nights
Annie- 3 nights

Interests

I love people, and art, making an listening to all kind of music. I love stories of all kinds, people, and history. languages, idiocyncracies, football (soccer). sunshine, and splashing in puddles. I rarely forget small things, and i therefore enjoy time when I can sit and let all of the small memories bounce around in my head (I usually do this with paper and a pen). I love photography and theatre, and sketching in art museums.

• arts
• photography
• sketching
• traveling
• music
• snorkeling
• soccer
• history
• languages
• tourism

Music, Movies, and Books

Music: Beethoven, rock, Apoclyptica, pop, , some hip-hop, folk. Movies: Garden State, Home At The End of The World, Domino, A Midsummer Nights Dream, Die Weisse Massai, The Fall, Pride and Predudice, The Illusionist, American History XBooks: Harry Potter, The Robe, The Tempest, Flowers for Algernon, The Chosen, Holes, Far Side and Calivin And Hobbes comics

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Il Duomo in Florence at sunset. Masada. The Taj Mahal. Snorkeling with a sea turtle in the indian ocean.

Teach, Learn, Share

I'm a grab bag of knowledge. I know a little about a lot, and like to share and receive more than a little!

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Canada, Croatia, Czech Republic, France, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Spain, Switzerland, Tanzania, Tunisia, United Kingdom

Countries I’ve Lived In

Germany, India, Turkey, United States

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