CURRENT MISSION

to become a person of substance.

ABOUT ME

I studied Math and Physics in college. Several people have told me, "Really? You don't look it."

Take that as you will.

PHILOSOPHY

"If it's easy then it probably isn't worth your time."

Not always true, but usually is appropriate.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Have surfed quite a bit, hosted a couple of times. Sometimes I will make an appearance at a CS event.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Surfed: Paris, Marseilles, Rome, Florence, Vienna, Munich, Berlin, Frankfurt, NYC, Istanbul, various places in China, Mongolia (UB)

Hosted: Chicago, Beijing

Some through couchsurfing, some through hospitality club.

Interests

Impromptu trips
Pomelos
Running for a really long time
Climbing on walls
Walking around randomly
Riding horses
Living in a dream.

• horses
• singing
• dancing
• running
• walking
• clubbing
• cycling
• equestrian
• rock climbing
• mathematics
• physics
• tourism
• mountains

Music, Movies, and Books

oy, this is difficult. it's hard to pick favorites. instead, I'll list the ones I tend to watch/listen to/read over and over...

movies: Royal Tenenbaums, Pulp Fiction, LOtR, withnail and i
tv: Twin Peaks, Arrested Development.
music: Animal Collective, Deerhunter, Cocorosie, Bob Dylan, ane brun, radiohead, johnny cash. anything, really.
books: I read a lot of physics papers. outside of that, I really loved The Windup Bird Chronicles, The Broom of the System, . I sheepishly admit to reading the entire Hunger Games trilogy over the course of two days, without break.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Putting my life into the hands of a Mongolian guide for a weeklong horseback riding trek in Mongolia, with only a Lonely Planet phrasebook to aid in communication.

A close second would be biking 100km into the mountains outside of Beijing on one of those shit, single speed bikes whose pedals like to fall off (ahem).

Teach, Learn, Share

I'd rather learn from one bird how to sing
than teach ten thousand stars how not to dance

--ee cummings

Countries I’ve Visited

Argentina, Austria, China, Czech Republic, Germany, Italy, Mongolia, Netherlands, South Korea, Taiwan, Turkey, United Kingdom

Countries I’ve Lived In

China, France, Japan, United States

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