CURRENT MISSION

Living without hope is simply dying.

ABOUT ME

Graduate Student in Chicago.

PHILOSOPHY

I feel like anything I'll say will be cheesey or cliche...though the thing about cliches is they're generally cliche because they're pretty true.

Perhaps, my personal philosophy is that my personal philosophy is always changing, but changing to figure how to love the world the best that I can.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Hosting again. Surfing. I hosted a little bit when I lived in Washington, DC.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I've hosted a surfer from New Zealand.

I've surfed in Helsinki, Utrecht and Stockholm.

Both hosting and surfing have been awesome.

Interests

Anthropology, Liberation Theology, Geography, People, Simplicity, Sustainability, Post-Colonial theory

• arts
• books
• cooking
• partying
• gardening
• surfing
• anthropology
• divinity
• geography
• languages
• study abroad
• beaches

Music, Movies, and Books

Movies: Shawshank Redemption, Charlie Bartlett, coming of age movies, dark comedies.

TV: The Wire, Shameless, Battlestar Galactica, Parks and Rec, 30 Rock

Music: Mumford and Sons, Johnny Flynn, others. I'm in a folk phase though

Books: A Prayer for Owen Meany, Life of Pi, Bless Me Ultima, Wind-Up Bird Chronicle

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

1.Before I left the States, I sat on the beach with some friends at 2am watching a meteor shower. The sensory experience (sight - meteors, sound - crashing waves, smell - salty air, taste - the ocean air, touch - the cool summer sand) was incredible.

2. An Erasmus Christmas Party in Stockholm.

3. Russia.

Teach, Learn, Share

Teach: American Style cooking, english, sustainability, liberation theology

Learn: languages, cooking, farming/gardening, art

Share: exploration, ideas, books, opinions

Countries I’ve Visited

Estonia, Finland, Russian Federation, Slovakia, Sweden, Ukraine, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Hungary, Russian Federation, United States