CURRENT MISSION

Before I can hope to do any good in the world I have to try to understand it.. and the only way to do that is to experience it. It's as simple as that.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I've surfed before, but haven't been able to travel much lately. Hoping to change that next summer.

Interests

• traveling

Music, Movies, and Books

Movies:
The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou, The Royal Tenenbaums, 300, Constantine, Bull Durham, Lost In Translation, Batman: The Dark Knight, Doctor Zhivago, Fight Club, Snatch, the Darjeeling Limited, Taxi Driver, The Last King of Scotland, Rushmore, The Departed, The Shining, Akira, Helvetica, A Crude Awakening, The Corporation, The Graduate

Music:
Animal Collective, Arctic Monkeys, Battles, Beck, Between the Buried and Me, The Black Dahlia Murder, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, Calla, The Calm Before, The Chariot, Converge, Cult of Luna, the Decemberists, Deftones, Depeche Mode, Every Time I Die, Fear Before the March of Flames, Genghis Tron, Himsa, Interpol, Johnny Cash, John Vanderslice, the Last Shadow Puppets, Led Zeppelin, M83, Man Man, Minus the Bear, Modest Mouse, Mogwai, Muse, Neutral Milk Hotel, Norma Jean, Oasis, Poison the Well, Queens of the Stone Age, Radiohead, The Shins, Team Sleep, Weezer, the Yeah Yeah Yeahs.

Books:
Wind, Sand and Stars by Exupery; The Sea-Wolf by London; Ender's Game by Card

Reading now:
Seneca: Letters from a Stoic;

Countries I’ve Visited

France, Jamaica, Mexico, Netherlands, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

United States