CURRENT MISSION

Look Up

ABOUT ME

"I am a Man, but I can change, if I have to, I guess."

PHILOSOPHY

Altruism

我为什么加入 Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

My first experience with couch surfing involved a trip across the US staying with surfers the whole way...

I'm hooked.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

On a road trip from San Francisco to Pittsburgh I surfed in Los Angeles, CA - Flagstaff, AZ - Oklahoma City, OK - St. Louis, MO.

The trip was incredible, but even more than that I loved the crazy characters I met along the way!

兴趣

All things music! (playing/writing music, attending concerts, A Cappella Groups, Theatre)

Martial Arts / Yoga / Meditation

hiking / backpacking / camping (I was a Boy Scout once upon a time)

Shenanigans.

Seeing the world and sharing it with good friends, old and new. (shocker!)

• arts
• writing
• concerts
• yoga
• meditation
• music
• a cappella
• hiking
• backpacking
• camping
• surfing
• martial arts

音乐、电影和书籍

Music - I try to listen to a little bit of everything, but some of my favorites are: Coheed and Cambria, John Butler Trio, Frank Ocean, Queen, Dream Theater, Thelonious Monk, Jason Mraz, Jukebox the Ghost, The Beatles, Macklemore, The Dear Hunter, Haim, Alt-J, The Black Keys, Rush, Miles Davis, Janelle Monae, Common, Vampire Weekend, Porcupine Tree, The Eagles... I could be here for a while...

Books - some of my favorites over the years: Ender's Game, Catch-22, The Hobbit, Brave New World, From Hell (and anything by Alan Moore), Anything by R.A. Salvatore, Perks of Being a Wallflower, John Dies at the End, Looking For Alaska, and I'm currently working my way through a Song of Ice and Fire

Movies - I love almost all of the movies by these directors: Hayao Miyazaki, Christopher Nolan, Quentin Tarantino, Joss Whedon, Wes Anderson & Guillermo del toro. And Birdemic: Shock and Terror. OH, and how could I forget Sharknado???

我做过的一件不可思议的事情

THON is an incredible organization that raises money to support pediatric cancer research and provide aide to the families of children affected by pediatric cancer. As a student at Penn State I was fortunate enough to be able to participate in this organization's efforts for 4 years, and in that time we raised a total of around $40,000,000!