Howdy new friends!

I spent the first half of my life growing up in a small town in Iowa and the second half primarily in big cities. I've lived abroad for about 5 years in several different countries in South America. I think I was a Brazilian in another life, and look forward to becoming one again in this life.

I went to business school before I went to film school, and have spent my career working in film, finance and politics ( or some combination of the 3). I made the to move to west coast about 5 years ago, after grad school and a 7 year run in D.C. I love the energy of compact east coast cities, living w/out a car & not even noticing, but have become enamored with the west coast vibe. I think I'll stay out here as long as I live in the States.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I was a foreign exchange student in high school (I spent a year in Juiz de Fora, Brazil) with Rotary Foreign Exchange. That experience completely changed my life and I have been addicted to traveling ever since. I had the good fortune to live with a local Brazilian family and since then I've been convinced that the only way to truly get to know a place is by spending time with the people that actually live there (what a crazy concept, right?!?).

"Travel is fatal to ignorance" - Mark Twain

Interests

• books
• yoga
• politics
• hiking
• camping
• geology
• languages
• travel
• quantum physics
• film
• cosmology
• conservation
• singularity
• anthroplogy

Music, Movies, and Books

Good Ole' American Movies

Butch Cassidy & the Sundance Kid , Blade Runner, Happiness, True Romance, Memento, A Single Man

Foreign Films
City of God, 9 Queens, Intacto, That Obscure Object of Desire, A Prophet

Books - I've kept a mental list of my 5 favorite books since I was young. Every few years a new book will come along and knock out 1 of the 5. This is the current list, in order in which they were read.

The Outsiders, Beloved, The Winter of Our Discontent, Clockers, Infinite Jest,

Music - As far as contemporary stuff goes Unknown Mortal Orchestra is my favorite recent discovery. The last 5 big shows I went to were: Radio Head, Courtney Barnet & Kurt Vile, LCD Sound System, Jenny Lewis, Tame Impala

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I spent a month deep in the Amazon Rainforest with a Shaman

Countries I’ve Visited

Argentina, Brazil, Cambodia, Chile, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Czech Republic, El Salvador, Germany, Honduras, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Nicaragua, Peru, Serbia, Singapore, South Korea, Spain, Thailand, Uruguay

Countries I’ve Lived In

Argentina, Brazil, Costa Rica, United States

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