CURRENT MISSION

Enjoying the simple pleasures of life—scotch, books, and oxford comma.

ABOUT ME

I'm a graduate student at Savannah College of Art and Design. I'm a tech geek with an affinity for the humanities; I try to balance art and science. People say I'm funny, genuine, and witty.

PHILOSOPHY

Einstein put it well when he wrote,
"How strange is the lot of us mortals! Each of us is here for a brief sojourn; for what purpose he knows not, though he sometimes thinks he senses it. But without deeper reflection one knows from daily life that one exists for other people -- first of all for those upon whose smiles and well-being our own happiness is wholly dependent, and then for the many, unknown to us, to whose destinies we are bound by the ties of sympathy. A hundred times every day I remind myself that my inner and outer life are based on the labors of other men, living and dead, and that I must exert myself in order to give in the same measure as I have received and am still receiving...
The most beautiful experience we can have is the mysterious. It is the fundamental emotion that stands at the cradle of true art and true science. Whoever does not know it and can no longer wonder, no longer marvel, is as good as dead, and his eyes are dimmed. It was the experience of mystery -- even if mixed with fear -- that engendered religion. A knowledge of the existence of something we cannot penetrate, our perceptions of the profoundest reason and the most radiant beauty, which only in their most primitive forms are accessible to our minds: it is this knowledge and this emotion that constitute true religiosity. In this sense, and only this sense, I am a deeply religious man... I am satisfied with the mystery of life's eternity and with a knowledge, a sense, of the marvelous structure of existence -- as well as the humble attempt to understand even a tiny portion of the reason that manifests itself in nature."
~Albert Einstein, The World As I See It

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I participate by hosting and traveling.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Nothing statistically significant, but that's okay.

Interests

Comedy, Technology, Continental Philosophy, Critical Thinking, Language Learning, Swimming, Drawing

Music, Movies, and Books

Movies:
Idiocracy, What Dreams May Come, Before Sunset, Before Sunrise, Before Midnight, Waking Life, The Pink Panther series, Dr. Strangelove, The Great Dictator, Volver, Io Sono L'Amore, Ricordati Di Mi, Habla Con Ella, The Fifth Element, etc.

Books:
Classics like Crime and Punishment and such, The Picture of Dorian Gray, Perks of Being a Wallflower, Infinite Jest, anything from Jorge L. Borges, etc.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Michelangelo's "David" and Botticelli's "Birth of Venus." Had scotches with Christopher Hitchens. Had lunch with Ralph Nader. Discussed tech and politics with Lawrence Lessig. Saw the sunrise over the Iberian coastline from 30,000 feet. Wrote an iPhone app. But perhaps the most amazing thing I've done is beat 40 million others to an egg; I'm competitive, I suppose.

Teach, Learn, Share

You can teach me more than I can teach you, methinks. I know a lot of software and theories. The more I learn, the more I realize there is to learn...
-Cooking
-Random facts that could help you win Jeopardy!
-Programming
-Web design
-Critical Thinking
-Design Thinking

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