CURRENT MISSION

to live

ABOUT ME

I don't get in the way but I make myself heard. moms think I'm polite and I value justice above all else!! quiet and solitude in nature is just as necessary in my life as wall-shaking bass surrounded by people drinking too much. I use more of my time thinking and observing than running my mouth, but I can't survive without meaningful conversations about our world and the ideas which make it. I love being surrounded by beautiful nature and architecture, and I can't stand hanging out with people stuck in their iPhones (we're all guilty of this sometimes). I enjoy avant-garde art music and fashion, things which challenge me intellectually and emotionally, and basically anything which embodies progressive thought. I believe that stewardship of our natural world is key for any collective future, and that if you do not respect our planet in this way you cannot ultimately respect yourself or your fellow humans. I look for excitement and new experiences in life, and I hate sitting around waiting for things to happen.

PHILOSOPHY

I live in the penthouse of a building no one else can see

"The only way to deal with an unfree world is to become so absolutely free that your very existence is an act of rebellion." - Albert Camus

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CD3Q060KI28

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

Because surfing on a couch sounds pretty cool

Interests

Existing. listening to/making music, reading, walking in nature, cycling, mopeds (want to learn how to motorcycle), drinking with friends and discussing, GOOD coffee, exploring cities, beautiful minds (and people), creating art, observing/analyzing social/societal constructs, late nights and later mornings

• arts
• architecture
• fashion
• avant-garde art
• coffee
• running
• walking
• drinking
• reading
• music
• cycling
• surfing

Music, Movies, and Books

Depending on the day or hour, I could be listening to Charles Mingus, Migos or Chief Keef, or some aggressively anarchistic future-club like Total Freedom or nguzunguzu. Music is vital to my health, but sometimes I like the hum of silence. Here are a few tracks which embody my tastes:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DEC8nqT6Rrk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PvgPd5EPVzg
https://soundcloud.com/tink_g/treat-me-like-somebody
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LYrhtAchf2U

As far as literature goes I love French Existentialists -- Sartre, Camus. Indian Killer by Sherman Alexie is one of my favorites, David Benioff's 25th Hour, and Bram Stoker's Dracula, to name a few. Currently getting into Chomsky, Buddhism, and captain Ahab

Movies: The Seventh Seal, all Tarantino, Le Charme discret de la bourgeoisie, Un Chien Andalou, Layer Cake, 13 Assassins, Gomorrah. ALSO The Wire/Sopranos best television ever written.

Countries I’ve Visited

Belgium, France, Netherlands, Portugal

Countries I’ve Lived In

United States