CURRENT MISSION

walking across the planet

ABOUT ME

i'd like to herd horses in the australian outback or sheperd sheep in the czechosolovakian countryside; bartend in ibiza/waiter in barcelona; take up russian literature in st. petersburg/metaphysics in frankfurt. I have a very eclectic reading list. Filmmaking, soccer/b-ball/hiking/snowboarding/ice hockey, the outdoors, mountain air/rainy days/cool sweeping wind, movie marathons

PHILOSOPHY

few things in life are black and white, and even those are speckled with gray. attitude is key. adaptation is key. life is all about circumstance, each situation having its own complex universe. i believe the foremost way to contribute to the world is to seek self-knowledge. solutions must remain personal, as history demonstrates that theories and systems and institutions have increased technology, but violence and hatred and greed continue. basically, we live and die, so reach out, grab what you want, and suck the marrow out of life!

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

idea exchange, human rapport, "i'm not an athenian or a greek, but a citizen of the world." Socrates

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

i've slept on couches of friends and families, cold bare floors, in train stations, airports.

Interests

• horses
• literature
• film making
• walking
• technology
• reading
• outdoor activities
• hiking
• snowboarding
• soccer
• hockey
• teaching
• history

Music, Movies, and Books

movies:
limelight, the life and death of colonel blimp, the quills, the unbearable lightness of being, the year of living dangerously, master and commander, la confidential, chunking express, gosford park, the company, a room with a view, ikiru, the dreamers, the women, my girl friday, my man godfrey, to be or not to be, the third man, three kings, adaptation, orpheus, pirates of the caribbean: at world's end, The Best Years of Our Lives, hero, trapeze, raise the red lanterns, all about eve, citizen kane, the insider, apocalypse now, black hawk down,
books:
Shantaram, The Deathly Hallows, Naked, The Razor's Edge, The Fountainhead, See No Evil, The World According to Garp, Blink: the Power of Thinking w/out Thinking, In Cold Blood, American Pastoral, Killing Hope, The Death of Ivan Illyich, Middlesex, Jarhead, The Painted Veil, The Conversations, The Lord of the Rings, Charlie Wilson's War, Blindness, The Essential Carl Jung, Krishnamurti's, The Human Stain
music:
jon bon jovi, sting, alberto iglesias, sigur ros, morcheeba, classical music, scorpions, shpongle, coldplay, ella fitzgerald, louis armstrong, david grey, metallica, cat power, billie holiday, johnny cash, flamenco, indian, citar,

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

spent three days homeless in venice, met all sorts of characters there, and shivered the night away in the piazza san marco.

Teach, Learn, Share

i'm a film buff. i was an english tutor and a soccer tutor. and other stuff.