CURRENT MISSION

I've got A.D.D. (Attention Destination Disorder)

ABOUT ME

Hate writing paragraphs about myself...ok, how about "self-depreciating but cool with it"?

PHILOSOPHY

Stop arguing amongst yourselves about stupid, petty, human-created issues like politics, economic growth and all that self-indulgent crap. Take a look at the larger and more important picture. All living organisms are connected in some way. Stop thinking that humans are the "pinnacle of earth's bounty" 'cause we're kinda causing our own destruction. Whoops!

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Having traveled throughout other countries with solid hostel and backpacker networks, I want other people to be able to travel easily as well. America is huge, yeah. But traveling should still be simple, cheap and fun...like an easy crack whore.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

limited

Interests

Being active, running, skiing, constantly planning trips and group outings(because people need to stop being content with their boring lives), sun downers, following and playing tennis, the local food movement, books by Daniel Quinn Jared Diamond, trying to make myself into an outdoor-ish person while still maintaining my city boy "charm" (if you can call it that, haha)

• writing
• books
• performing arts
• dining
• running
• politics
• traveling
• outdoor activities
• backpacking
• bungee jumping
• skiing
• tennis

Music, Movies, and Books

Movies:
Planet Earth series(holy shit!), Zeitgeist, The Century of the Self, Blue Planet series, Gladiator, Half-Baked, A Mighty Wind, Best In Show, Pan's Labyrinth

Music:
RADIOHEAD!, Paul van Dyk, Tiesto, early Kings of Leon, Jimmy Cliff and reggae in general, Arctic Monkeys, MGMT....tons more, kind of a recovering music snob

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Skydived twice (Cape Town, South Africa and Newport, Rhode Island) and bungee jumped twice (Bloukrans Bridge, South Africa and Victoria Falls Bridge, Zimbabwe). I also witnessed Radiohead perform THE PERFECT show in Chicago at Lollapalooza 2008. Nothing says godliness like Radiohead playing against a sunset behind the Chicago city skyline. Whoa.....

Teach, Learn, Share

I want to teach people that city-life is over-rated in a sense. Splitting your time between the outdoors and the "urban jungle" can teach people a lot about life and keeping sane.

Countries I’ve Visited

Botswana, Mozambique, United Kingdom, United States, Zimbabwe

Countries I’ve Lived In

South Africa, United States