CURRENT MISSION

I want to understand the world better by seeing more of it. I like the idea of wandering about to do that.

ABOUT ME

I grew up on a dairy farm in Southeastern PA with my five brothers. I go back from time to time to do real work.

On a more current note, I just finished school in Ithaca, NY at Cornell and I am going to Paraguay for the Peace Corps where I will work with small farmers and their crops. I originally thought I only needed to learn one new language, but it turns out that Paraguay has two official languages: Spanish and Guarani. I already have some knowledge of Spanish, but Guarani is entirely new to me. So I am excited to be learning both. I will spend two years in Paraguay and then I want to work my way over to Europe to learn other languages. Once I've learned Spanish I want to tackle German. Why? Because my favorite author is Hermann Hesse and one day I would like to be able to read his work in his native language.

我为什么加入 Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Right now I am home in PA briefly until the third week of September. Since the Peace Corps. has some very structured scheduling I may not be able to host people immediately. But I am looking forward to the opportunity of hosting people once that schedule is determined and slows down.

Through meeting people around the world I hope to share where I have come from and strike up conversation about the places we love and why. Rather than simply observing, I want to be a participant in some fashion wherever I go. I want to taste the food, the beer, and wine; and I want to get my hands dirty outside.

兴趣

-tossing frisbees
-Milking cows
-Camping
-Making and then eating food
-Drinking quality beer
-Watching movies
-Riding my bike
-Drinking coffee

Singing: I sing any of the songs that I listen to, I also sing choral music.

-Listening to music: Beatles, Bowie, Radiohead, Beethoven, Bruch, Sibelius, Dvorak, R.E.M., Sigur Ros, Grieg, Rachmaninov, The Arcade Fire, Phish, Bob Dylan...

-Literature: Hesse, Vonnegut, Ray Bradbury, Tolkien, Hemmingway, Steinbeck, Cormac McCarthy...

• writing
• literature
• singing
• fashion
• dining
• wine
• beer
• coffee
• drinking
• movies
• socializing
• music
• cycling
• camping
• languages