CURRENT MISSION

Get a couch and destroy my ignorance of other cultures

ABOUT ME

I have just finished my degrees and all I can say is that I want to go out there and travel before I start the next stage. I'd like to start getting my doctorate in Economics next year so I think the best thing for now is to run around and get into as much new stuff as I can. I love reading, writing and music both as a consumer and as a practitioner. Although I can be reserved and shy I enjoy being around people a lot and I can be pretty loud with my friends. I am someone who wants to explore, learn, and laugh his ass off at least a lot of the time.

PHILOSOPHY

Be open and be patient.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

By treating others as I would have them treat me. Being kind, open, and generous with everything.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I am totally new to this but I hope to add some experiences soon.

Interests

Music (making it, listening to it, bitching about how the record industry is screwing it up), Writing (everything), Reading, math (especially combinatorics), economics (labor economics especially), beer, people, food

• writing
• dining
• beer
• running
• reading
• traveling
• coding
• music
• economics
• mathematics

Music, Movies, and Books

Sideways, One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest, The Godfather, The Shining, A Scanner Darkly, The Kill Bill Series, The Big Lebowski, The Southerner, ...god I dunno so many. Music: John Frusciante, Dot Hacker, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Incubus, R.E.M., Tool, Wayne Krantz, Beck, are my big guys. Books: Infinite Jest, To Kill a Mockingbird, Catcher in the Rye, The Great Gatsby, Dune, The Old Man and The Sea, A Wrinkle in Time, others I can't remember now.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

My first kiss and writing my first working piece of computer code. Seeing severe poverty in India left a mark on me too.

Teach, Learn, Share

I am talented at my studies and I love applying them to my everyday life. Perhaps I could offer a new perspective on societal and cultural changes...or just a good talk! I can program at an intermediate level in Java and Python. I also love writing short stories. As far as learning goes, I am always hungry.

Countries I’ve Visited

Canada, Estonia, France, India, Malaysia, Mexico, Spain, Sweden, Turkey, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

United States