CURRENT MISSION

to boldly go.

ABOUT ME

i'm 24, have been living in prague for two years but am about to move back to my hometown, pittsburgh, which i love. i teach english as a foreign language.

PHILOSOPHY

live every week like it's shark week.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I'm new to couchsurfing, but my current roommate has hosted a few at our apartment.

Interests

writing, reading, beer gardening, travelling, chatting on the interwebs with friends all over the world, trying to be more stylish, pittsburgh, american football (Steelers), european soccer, hockey (Pens), baseball (someday the Pirates will be good again), learning languages, dr. pepper, sandwiches, board games, taking mediocre pictures, learning the guitar again, singing in the shower and sometimes in my room when i'm cleaning, learning to cook, snacks.

• writing
• singing
• cooking
• beer
• gardening
• board games
• reading
• traveling
• guitar
• baseball
• american football
• soccer
• hockey
• languages

Music, Movies, and Books

movies: dumb and dumber. when harry met sally. anything with dustin hoffman. forrest gump. mallrats. manhattan, annie hall. anything funny, dramatic, romantic, or star trek.

books: a moveable feast. charlotte's web. slaughterhouse five. you shall know our velocity! killing yourself to live. the road, no country for old men, all the pretty horses.

music: kings of leon, cold war kids, band of horses, fleet foxes, fall out boy, taking back sunday, brand new, led zeppelin, the beastie boys, counting crows, foo fighters, the gaslight anthem, wilco, tv on the radio, jens lekman, bob dylan, the beatles, simon&garfunkel, the beach boys, chicago, the eagles, okkervil river, josh ritter, ryan adams, the tallest man on earth, lambchop, spoon, bruce springsteen, the format... i guess i could go on.

Teach, Learn, Share

teach:
how to make a mean meatball.
all the two letter words in scrabble.
the secret tricks in Super Mario Brothers 3.