CURRENT MISSION

about to travel south

ABOUT ME

Born in Pasadena CA, lived in Kirkland WA for the past 18 years. Worked as a lifeguard in high school. U.S. Army from 2001-2003, discharged honorably as a conscientious objector. U.W. grad 2007. Currently live in puerto vallarta mx. will live in mx. city this fall

PHILOSOPHY

We shall match your capacity to inflict suffering, by our capacity to endure suffering. We shall meet your physical force. Do to us what you will, and we shall continue to love you. Throw us in jail and we shall still love you. Bomb our homes and threaten our children, and we shall still love you. Send your hooded perpetrators of violence into our community at the midnight hour and beat us and leave us half dead, and we shall still love you. But be assured that we will wear you down by our capacity to suffer. One day we will win freedom, but not only for ourselves. We shall so appeal to your heart and conscience that we shall win you in the process and our victory will be a double victory.

-Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

open to hosting, I try to be a good guest,

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

did it in washington d.c. for a couple months

Interests

Seahawks, Huskies, time with my brothers back in Seattle. Traveling. I've lived in Georgia, Cali, Florence Italy, Oaxaca Mexico, now d.c. and before Seattle for 18 years. And the typical, hiking, reading, swimming, running, climbing

• running
• reading
• traveling
• hiking
• rock climbing
• swimming

Music, Movies, and Books

Movies: Braveheart, Thank you for Smoking, anything horror (it's the most challenging move to make well). Forest Gump, cont. later
Books: Kite Runner, Mountains Beyond Mountains, A Farewell to Arms, Ernest Shakelton's story. a people´s history of the united states, howard zinn

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

stood on a runway while jets did touch and goes less than 50 ft. from me in the dark. Whidbey island Wa. No fences no security 15 years ago.

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Belgium, Canada, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Greece, Honduras, Netherlands, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Anguilla, Italy, Mexico, United States