CURRENT MISSION

Learn, see, meet

ABOUT ME

Intelligent, hilarious, modest, musically gifted, fun-loving, empathetic

PHILOSOPHY

This is always changing. I suppose the best description would be a variation of Buddhism currently. I live my life in order to understand other people and concepts to the best of my ability.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Plan on both hosting and surfing.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

No experience hosting or surfing thus far.

Interests

Learning languages, teaching myself and improving myself, reading, traveling

• reading
• traveling
• surfing
• buddhist
• horse racing
• languages

Music, Movies, and Books

Authors: F Dostoevsky, K Vonnegut, H S Thompson, D Adams, G Orwell, D Mitchell

Film: Anything directed by Chris Nolan, Guillermo del Toro, the Coen bros., and David Fincher; Millennium trilogy (Girl w/Dragon Tattoo), The Man with No Name trilogy, Dirty Harry films, Big Fish, Children of Men, Gravity, There Will Be Blood, Once Upon A Time in the West, Lost in Translation, Hero, James Bond films

Music: Woodkid, Radiohead, Sufjan Stevens, Animal Collective, M83, Diplo, M.I.A., Kanye, Deltron 3030, Mos Def (Yasiin Bey), Jaga Jazzist, Ratatat, Caravan Palace, Daft Punk, Queen, Groove Armada, Arcade Fire, The Chemical Brothers, Massive Attack, Grieg, Sibelius, Beethoven, Wagner, Liszt, Chopin, Prokofiev, Shostakovich, Rachmaninoff, Philip Glass, Tchaikovsky

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Horse race in Siena, Italy
Viewing my city of Philly from a different angle (helicopter)
Visiting the city where I grew up after over a decade

Teach, Learn, Share

Share: knowledge of any of the aforementioned interests
Learn: Anything!