CURRENT MISSION

To not only see the world, but experience it, live it, and write it.

ABOUT ME

I am alive. While I am in this state I plan to enjoy it, write about it, and help others do the same.

PHILOSOPHY

Well if you really want to know, ask me. Even better, invite me to your awesome country/state! If I can find the money, I will be there.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Any way I can, which, on my -20k college student salary, isn't very much.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

None! You should fix that.

Interests

Writer/dreamer/philosopher/political analyst/reader/wanna-be explorer/procrastinator/understander(new word)/wish-he-could-be-anywhere-but-here-er (also a new word).

I LOVE to snowboard. I am not any good yet, as evidenced by my massive bruises, but practice makes perfect right? Or in my case, falling makes perfect.

I also love basketball, but this I can say I am good at. Maybe even great (tinge of sarcasm with an injection of truth) and would love to play a pick-up game in China, shoot around in Greece, or play 21 in Brazil.

• writing
• flying
• reading
• painting
• piano
• sailing
• snowboarding
• sports
• baseball
• basketball
• soccer
• philosophy
• religion

Music, Movies, and Books

I have a wide range of tastes. I love music more than most things in life. Some bands include:
The Black Keys
Spoon
The White Stripes
Anberlin
Skillet
Imogean Heap
Fort Minor
Train
Counting Crows
Sean Hayes
Anything but country (not a band but still true)

Movies, well you could say I am a movie buff. Here are a few of my favorite things! (he sings in the Sound of Music tone):
Fight Club
Crash
Dark Knight
Pan's Labyrinth
So many more...soooo many

Well I am an aspiring writer, so I love books, and poetry, and plays, and any combination of words that inspires new thought. A couple "good" ones:
Fahrenheit 451
Mere Christianity
The Great Divorce
Ender's Game
World War Z
Lathe of Heaven
A tone more...and if you can recommend one I will read it.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

The Ocean, for the first time. My jaw dropped, and it stayed that way until it was filled with the less-than-desirable taste of salt water.

Road tripped halfway across the country without a plan...A-mazing.

Fell into love, and then out of it.

Found what it was like to fly down a mountain, and then repeated the process until I left bleeding and bruised.

Teach, Learn, Share

I can teach how to write something worth reading,
how to play some songs on the piano, and how to create your own.

I can discuss, in great depth, my own philosophy, the philosophy of many different religions, and simply dive into any topic you so desire. I am a man of many interests. Probably too many.

I can teach how to play basketball, baseball, football (both American and non) and pretty much any other American sport.

I am an English major, so I can teach you anything you want to know about English.

Want to learn something from me just ask, chances are I can learn it quickly and teach it back to you.

I want to learn to surf, to paint, to photograph, to climb, to fly, to sail, to do anything I don't already know how to do.