CURRENT MISSION

Experience different cultures, meet new people, explore, adventure, and to have a mutually beneficial relationship with people and the planet

ABOUT ME

I'm very laid back, open minded, and usually up for anything. I work as a photographer on the beaches of Florida during the summer and in the ski resorts of New York during the winter. I grew up in the country near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and obtained a civil engineering degree from Penn State University.

PHILOSOPHY

I am only on this planet once so I gotta try and make it good! Go through life with an open mind and a positive attitude.
Now time for a bunch of great quotes!

"Human beings do not live forever, Reuven. We live less than the time it takes to blink an eye, if we measure our lives against eternity. So it may be asked what value is there to a human life. There is so much pain in the world. What does it mean to have to suffer so much if our lives are nothing more than the blink of an eye?

I learned a long time ago, Reuven, that a blink of an eye in itself is nothing. But the eye that blinks, that is something. A span of life is nothing. But the man who lives that span, he is something. He can fill that tiny span with meaning, so its quality is immeasurable though its quantity may be insignificant. Do you understand what I am saying? A man must fill his life with meaning, meaning is not automatically given to life.

It is hard work to fill one's life with meaning. That I do not think you understand yet. A life filled with meaning is worthy of rest. I want to be worthy of rest when I am no longer here."

-Chaim Potok

Once the game is over, the King and the Pawn go back in the same box

"Be Who You Are and Say What You Feel Because Those Who Mind Don't Matter and Those Who Matter Don't Mind.”
-Dr. Seuss

Alice asked the Chesire Cat, who was sitting in a tree, "What road do I take?"
The cat asked, "Where do you want to go?"
"I don't know", Alice answered.
"Then," said the cat, "it really doesn't matter, does it?"
Alice in Wonderland, LEWIS CARROLL

"A ship in port is safe...but that is not what ships are made for"

Grace Murray Hopper

CHOOSE LIFE. NOT EXISTENCE.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Surf, host, and travel with folks

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Several people have hosted and it has been amazing! Met some really great people!

Interests

Reading, running, biking, skiing, sitting around fires, sunrises, sunsets, swimming, the beach, hiking, guitar playing, travelling, hangin by the river, nature, volleyball, kayaks, politics, history, science, meeting people, hula hooping, baseball, kickball, yoga, parties, dive bars, concerts, etc. etc. etc.

• cats
• concerts
• yoga
• running
• partying
• politics
• reading
• traveling
• socializing
• guitar
• cycling
• hiking
• skiing
• baseball
• boxing
• volleyball
• swimming
• kickball
• engineering
• history
• science
• beaches

Music, Movies, and Books

MOVIES: dumb and dumber, billy madison, pulp fiction, boondock saints, usual suspects, anything with steven seagal, happy gilmore, reservoir dogs, shawshank redemption, beavis and butthead do america, count of monte cristo, office space, caddieshack, back to the future, big lebowski, its a wonderful life, dazed and confused, home alone, goonies, rambo, terminator, indiana jones, fear and loathing, etc.

Favorite Books:Goosebumps novels, catch-22, one flew over the cuckoos nest, 1984, the brothers karamazov, fahrenheit 911, the jungle, of mice and men, water for elephants, for whom the bell tolls, the big sleep, alice in wonderland, gone with the wind, crime and punishment, cat's cradle, anything by Thomas Hardy, the call of the wild, the good earth, anna karenina, animal farm, sometimes a great notion, gulliver's travels, harry potter books, hardy boys novels, coloring books, Howard Zinn's A People's History of the United States (should be required reading), etc.

Music: sublime, alice in chains, zeppelin, radiohead, acdc, bb king, stevie ray, RATM, nirvana, NWA, marshall tucker, jonny cash, rancid, violent femmes, korn, sabbath, hendrix, guns n roses, green day, everclear, fuel, metallica, tupac, coldplay, 311, audioslave, bob dylan, blind melon, bob marley, chili peppers, stp, anti flag, the dead, wu tang, stones, beatles, pink floyd, ccr, nofx, doors, pearl jam, tom petty, dropkick murphys, and so on and so on

Teach, Learn, Share

"Take wrong turns. Talk to strangers. Open unmarked doors. And if you see a group of people in a field, go find out what they're doing. Do things without always knowing how they'll turn out. You're curious and smart and bored, and all you see is the choice between working hard and slacking off. There are so many adventures that you miss because you're waiting to think of a plan. To find them, look for tiny interesting choices. And remember that you are always making up the future as you go." - xkcd

Countries I’ve Visited

Australia, Canada, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Malaysia, Mexico, Panama, Singapore, Thailand, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

United States

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