CURRENT MISSION

To Explore the World and the Many People Who Inhabit It and Show Compassion to All Along the Way

ABOUT ME

33 year old who enjoys travel (obviously), art, architecture, culture, photography, movies, reading, music, and volunteering in efforts that show compassion to others. I play tennis, volleyball, and baseball, spend summers on the river with jet skis, and spend time in the kitchen practicing my skills (having been raised in a Southern kitchen). I love to travel, especially road trips, and enjoy walking through my destinations, seeing things as a local does. I was trained classically on piano, but, due to different circumstances, got out of practice. I have since invested in a digital grand piano and am working toward regaining my proficiency around my busy schedule. I am a fan of classic literature and other arts, including works by William Shakespeare, John Donne, Thomas Paine, St. Augustine, and Alfred, Lord Tennyson. I strongly believe in working to make the world better, so I am a member of a service organization dedicated to helping children. I firmly believe in laughter, fun times, good friends, excellent family, and enjoying the one life you have, not letting people of pessimism, arrogance, power control, or other misery and evil drag me down. As cliche as it is, each moment should be lived as if it could be your last...no regrets

PHILOSOPHY

The quality of mercy is not strained. It droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven Upon the place beneath. It is twice blest: It blesseth him that gives and him that takes.--Shakespeare /// Evil triumphs when good men do nothing.--Sir Edmund Burke /// Cudgel thy brains no more about it, for your dull ass will not mend his pace with beating.--Shakespeare

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Meeting people from different areas of the world, forming lifelong friendships

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Daniel guided me through Prague.

Interests

Art, architecture, history, movies, travel, reading, photography

• arts
• culture
• literature
• architecture
• photography
• walking
• movies
• reading
• traveling
• socializing
• music
• piano
• jet skiing
• baseball
• tennis
• volleyball
• history
• volunteering
• road trips

Music, Movies, and Books

Movies: Titanic (1997), Martian Child, RV, Stardust, Star Wars, The Chronicles of Narnia, Jurassic Park, Wanted, Little Children, Cirque du Soleil, Kingdom of Heaven, Lord of the Rings, The Queen, Rear Window, Walk the Line, The Orphanage, The Reader, The Visitor, Young at Heart, and more

Music: Anything Classical, Trans-Siberian Orchestra, Celtic Woman, Celtic Thunder, Bowfire, and more...my musical tastes are quite eclectic

Books: A Tale of Two Cities (Charles Dickens), The Book Thief (Martin Zusak), The Witch of Blackbird Pond (Elizabeth George Speare), Duty Faithfully Performed: Robert E Lee and His Critics (John M Taylor)

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Riding down Broadway and through Times Square in Manhattan, New York City, standing through the moonroof of a stretch limousine; Sitting in Tuesday night Mass in the Duomo (Milan, Italy), listening to the pipe organ (one of my favorite instruments) for an hour and a half

Teach, Learn, Share

Share: Life experiences and travel stories...overall, just giving you a look into my life while I get a look at yours..."Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness." --Mark Twain

Countries I’ve Visited

Cayman Islands, Czech Republic, Germany, Italy, Jamaica, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

United States