ABOUT ME

I have very recently come down with an incurable case of wanderlust. I think that human connection is a crucial part of existence, and I seek that out with anyone, anywhere. I'm an open book and impossible to offend. I value a good conversation and a new friend. That rhymed, completely by accident. I'm going to stop there.

PHILOSOPHY

There is no inherent meaning in the world. It is our responsibility to seek it out and create our own.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I haven't had any experiences yet, but I'm eager to get started.

Interests

reading, sharks, philosophy, vegetarian cooking, baking, people watching, eavesdropping, testing the boundaries of morality, extracting things from small places, slowly eliminating dairy products from my diet, driving really fast, exploring cemeteries and copying down epitaphs from the 1700s-1800s, ouija boards, word games, Cribbage, animal rights, medieval torture, violence & gore, purple, felines, bats, pizza, argyle, any and all kinds of mustard, albino squirrels, awkward turtles, pride, the Cheshire Cat, limeade, Martin Scorsese's eyebrows, travel, the cheshire cat, David Bowie's bulge in the Labyrinth, Steve Irwin, secrets and confessions, schadenfreude, perez hilton, cribbage, couscous, sexist jokes, Robert Irvine, basketball, Trader Joe's, epitaphs, post-apocalypse, holidays for non-religious reasons

• animals
• cats
• books
• ethics
• cooking
• baking
• vegetarian
• vegan
• dieting
• reading
• traveling
• basketball

Music, Movies, and Books

Music: Pink Floyd, The Misfits, Led Zeppelin, Deftones, Morrissey, Radiohead, Cursive, Muse, The Killers, Blink-182, Saves the Day, Sigur Ros, The Arcade Fire, VNV Nation, Margot & the Nuclear So & So's, Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Explosions in the Sky, Leonard Cohen, Tegan & Sara, My Morning Jacket, Tom Waits, Elliot Smith, Bright Eyes, Modest Mouse, Propagandhi, Velvet Acid Christ, Aphex Twin, Marilyn Manson, Neil Young, Creedence Clearwater Revival, The Shins

Movies: The Royal Tenenbaums, The Fountain, The United States of Leland, Closer, Lost in Translation, Wet Hot American Summer, American Psycho, The 40-Year-Old Virgin, Love Actually, 30 Days of Night, Pineapple Express, The Devil's Rejects, Hellraiser 1-8, Perfume: The Story of a Murderer, Little Miss Sunshine, I ♥ Huckabees, Pulp Fiction, Donnie Darko, Cannibal! The Musical, The Departed, The Shape of Things, Match Point, Death to Smoochy, Igby Goes Down, The Land Before Time, The Chumscrubber, The Pianist, Secretary

Books: The Unbearable Lightness of Being, Brave New World, Still Life with Woodpecker, The Secret History, The Road, Lolita, Watchmen, The Doors of Perception, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, Kingdom of Fear, High Fidelity, The Stranger, Catch-22, Choke, Rant, Invisible Monsters, Fight Club, Diary, Haunted, American Psycho, The Best of H.P. Lovecraft: Bloodcurdling Tales of Horror and the Macabre, The Great Gatsby, Catcher in the Rye, Nine Stories, A Prayer for Owen Meany, Into the Wild, The End of Alice, The Metamorphosis, Running with Scissors, The Celestine Prophecy, Notes from Underground, The Heart is a Lonely Hunter, Anthem, The Heart is Deceitful Above All Things, Crash, A Long Way Down, Mrs. Dalloway, The Myth of Sisyphus Norwegian Wood, The Lake of Dead Languages, Never Let Me Go, Story of the Eye, Jitterbug Perfume

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I saw over ten alligators in the wild while riding through the swamps of rural Louisiana.

Teach, Learn, Share

I could talk about philosophy for hours, and have been known to teach a few dear friends about existentialism, ethics, and ancient philosophy.

I'm also a non-preachy ethical vegetarian who is working toward becoming vegan. I will never judge anyone negatively for eating meat, but I am always eager to educate anyone who is interested in my perspective.

I love learning just about anything. What can you teach me?

Countries I’ve Visited

France, Mexico, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

United States