CURRENT MISSION

searching the sky for answers

ABOUT ME

i moved back to seattle may 2016. i spent the last 2 years in shanghai. originally from pittsburgh

PHILOSOPHY

being shot out of a cannon will always be better than being squeezed out of a tube. (hunter s thompson)

The joy of life comes from our encounters with new experiences, and hence there is no greater joy than to have an endlessly changing horizon, for each day to have a new and different sun. (christopher mccandless)

Remembering that you are going to die is the best way I know to avoid the trap of thinking you have something to lose. You are already naked. There is no reason not to follow your heart. (Steve Jobs)

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

some hosting. i want to get plugged into the seattle CS community

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

i've surfed a lot, and have hosted

Interests

hiking, snowboarding, running, napping, biking, climbing, backpacking, eating good food cheap, meeting world travelers, taking extreme photos, sleeping in, sharing stories

• dining
• running
• traveling
• cycling
• hiking
• backpacking
• hunting
• snowboarding
• rock climbing

Music, Movies, and Books

yes

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

i spent a year traveling around the world

in total i've been to around 60 countries on 6 continents

Teach, Learn, Share

steve jobs, commencement speech to stanford class of 2005:

Remembering that I'll be dead soon is the most important tool I've ever encountered to help me make the big choices in life. Because almost everything — all external expectations, all pride, all fear of embarrassment or failure - these things just fall away in the face of death, leaving only what is truly important. Remembering that you are going to die is the best way I know to avoid the trap of thinking you have something to lose. You are already naked. There is no reason not to follow your heart

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Your time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life. Don't be trapped by dogma — which is living with the results of other people's thinking. Don't let the noise of others' opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become. Everything else is secondary.

Countries I’ve Visited

Argentina, Australia, Austria, Bahamas, Belgium, Belize, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brazil, Bulgaria, Cambodia, Canada, Chile, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Ecuador, Egypt, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Greece, Guatemala, Hungary, Iceland, Indonesia, Ireland, Japan, Jordan, Laos, Latvia, Lebanon, Lithuania, Malaysia, Maldives, Mexico, Morocco, Myanmar, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Oman, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Thailand, Tunisia, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, Uruguay, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

China, Taiwan, United Arab Emirates, United States