CURRENT MISSION

enjoy life in the moment, all of the moments.

ABOUT ME

i'm, you know, just trying to see the world and have a good time. making new friends, hearing new stories, learning new things, making new memories, creating new adventures...

PHILOSOPHY

live and let live.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

i'm open to hosting and surfing. so far i've hosted just once and have met several for dinner/drinks around istanbul.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

so far so good.

Interests

travel, photography, teaching, learning, exploring, living...

• photography
• walking
• drinking
• traveling
• equestrian
• surfing
• sailing
• bungee jumping
• skydiving
• paragliding

Music, Movies, and Books

authors: haruki murakami, kurt vonnegut, richard dawkins, sam harris, fyodor dostoevsky, chuck palahniuk, jonathon safron foer

books: kafka on the shore, dharma bums, harry potter, hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy, the windup bird chronicle, molecules of emotion, maus, our inner ape, notes from underground, the amazing adventures of kavalier and clay, the fountainhead, ender's game, running with scissors, choke, the hunger games, the girl with the dragon tattoo

tv shows: lost, dr. katz, home movies, seinfeld, parks and recreation, it's always sunny in philadelphia, modern family, flight of the conchords, arrested development, curb your enthusiasm, the it crowd, bob's burgers, the league, breaking bad, orange is the new black, louis

movies: waking life, i heart huckabees, fantastic mr. fox, where the wild things are, mary and max, amelie, four rooms, 12 monkeys, running with scissors, fight club, girl interrupted, the darjeelng limited, ferris beuller's day off, scott pilgrim, vanilla sky, eternal sunshine of the spotless mind, edward scissorhands, the big lebowski

music: radiohead, ratatat, sufjan stevens, julie doiron, jens lekman, neil young, modest mouse, andrew bird, talking heads, belle & sebastian, jack johnson, kimya dawson, sublime, scissor sisters, iron & wine, she & him, sigur ros, the guess who, simon & garfunkel, donovan, starfucker, breathe owl breathe, the xx, of mice and men, the civil wars, of montreal, the postal service

comedians: mitch hedberg, norm macdonald, jimmy fallon, ellen degenerous, george carlin, tina fey, louis ck

food: indian, thai, middle eastern, korean, japanese, vietnamese, ethiopian

other: high fives

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

skydiving in the states, bungee jumping in south korea, paragliding in bavaria, horseback riding and hot air ballooning through kapadokya, turkey, sailing through halong bay, walking through the temples of angkor, and others and more and more to go...

Teach, Learn, Share

i'm skilled in the teaching of english as a second language, and i know a thing or two about apple products and digital photography, though i'm no pro.

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Cambodia, Canada, Croatia, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Greece, Italy, Macedonia, Netherlands, Serbia, Slovenia, Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

South Korea, Turkey, United States