I'm a PhD CS student at UF. I plan to be in Anchorage for IJCNN and then stay a bit longer to check out the town.

I'm a vegetarian, I don't drink/smoke or do drugs, I'm tidy, and I'm a bit allergic to pets.

Much of the following is a bit old.

ABOUT ME

I studied physics at the University of South Florida in Tampa. I'm trying to understand the nature of reality while trying to contribute to society. I'll be going to University of Florida starting in August.

I am a clean, respectful, and understanding person. I've been a vegetarian for about 5 years. I also don't drink, smoke, or do drugs.

I like learning just about everything.

PHILOSOPHY

My main goal in life is to increase my awareness and help others.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I've met a bunch of people through couch surfers and they've all been amazing. It's a great way of networking in a new area. I've unfortunately not had the pleasure of hosting anyone yet.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I met a bunch of couch surfers in Mexico, Pensacola, and Milwaukee.

Interests

programming, hiking, canoeing, kayaking, math, eating healthy, aviation, computers, technology, physics, inventing, communication, reiki, art, clay, food, investing, puzzles (rubix), instruments, languages, martial arts, meditation, reading, tennis, soccer, traveling, weapon smithing, video games, biofeedback, enlightenment, tea, traveling, eating, psychology, people, learning, nature, herbology, health, new age stuff, healing, climbing rocks/trees/mountains, snow, hiking, surfing, beach, philosophy, business, architecture, mythology, skiing, snowboarding, skiing, ice skating, roller blading, biking, sleep, lucid dreaming...

• vegetarian
• meditation
• hiking
• rock climbing
• computer science
• mathematics
• physics

Music, Movies, and Books

300, 5th Element, Accepted, Akira, Akira Kurosawa, Big Fish, Bourne Ultimatum, Brave Heart, Bush's Brain, The Celestine Prophecy, City of God, City of Lost Children, Deja Vu, The Departed, Die Hard, Dodgeball, Donnie Darko, Enron:Smartest Guys in The Room, Equalibrium, Eternal Sunshine of a Spotless Mind, Fighter in the Wind, Finding Neverland, The Forbidden Kingdom, Gladiator, The Gods Must Be Crazy, Golden Compass, Grave of the Fireflies, Harry Potter, Hellboy, Hero, THGrail, Hotel Rawanda, House of Flying Daggers, Howl's Moving Castle, Idiocracy, Iron Man, Iron Monkey, Interstate 60, Jumper, Jurassic Park, Kill Bill, King Kong, Kundun, Kung Fu Hustle, Lawrence of Arabia, The Legend of 1900, Lemony Snickets, Little miss sunshine, Lord of War, Lucky Number Sleven, Matrix, Me and Issac Newton, Meet the Parents, Mind Walk, Motorcycle Diaries, My Dinner with Andre, Nacho Libre, Narnia, Naussica, Ocean's 11-13, Once Upon a Time in China, Ong Bak, Pan's Labyrinth, Paprika, Pi, Rain Man, Ray, Rush Hour 1-3, School of Rock, Science of Sleep, The Secret, Sicko, Serenity, The Skulls, Spiderman, Spirited Away, Star Wars, Stranger Than Fiction, Superbad, Super Size Me, Thank you for Smoking, Tibet:Cry of the Snow Lion 2003, Troy, True Lies, Unbreakable, Walle, Wedding Crashers, What the Bleep Do We Know, What Dreams May Come, Who Killed the Electric Car?, X-men 1-3

acdc, al demiola, animals, aerosmith, beach boys, beatles, beethoven, black sabbath, bobby mcferrin, bob dylan, boston, charlie parker, chopin, dave brubeck, david bowie, deep purple, elvis, ennio morricone, enya, flecktones, guns and roses, howlin wolf, israel kamakawiwo'ole, james brown, jimi hendrix, jason becker, malmsteen, nirvana, nobou umatsu, ozzy, queen, ray charls, simon and garfunkel, sinatra, van morrison, wooten, zepplin
...instrumental music, bluegrass, jazz, classical, 12 bar blues, celtic, fiddle, oldies, rock, but I'll listen to anything, well almost anything...

Hitch Hikers (Guide, Restaurant, Life the Universe and Everything, So Long and thanks for all the fish, Mostly Harmless), The Alchemist, Surfing the Himalayas, 6 Easy Pieces, Feynman's Rainbow, Call of the Wild, Tales of the Dervishes, Finnegan's Wake, Tao Te Ching, On a Pale Horse, The Da Vinci Code, A Brief History of Everything, Island of blue dolphins, the hobbit, harry potter (1-4), wrinkle in time, eye of the world, The Dragons of North Chittendon, holes, the things they carried, where the sidewalk ends, Eye of the World, the giver, bridge to terabithia, Burn, Hyperspace, Alice in Wonderland, 100verses from old japan, Voltaire micromegas, Japanese Fairy Tales (My Lord Bag of Rice* The Tongue-Cut Sparrow* The Story of Urashima Taro, the Fisher Lad*), Celestine prophecy, 10th Insight, Secret of Shambhala, Walden, Zumdhal 7th Ed., scientific american

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I obtained my private pilot's license.

Repelled down the cliffs of Tamul Waterfall

Teach, Learn, Share

Tai Chi, Bagua, Physics/Math, Programming, Chess... (see interests)