CURRENT MISSION

None. I'm not big on missions.

ABOUT ME

This is from an name analysis site and is actually pretty apt:

As Riley you seek change, travel, new opportunities, and new challenges. Your active, restless nature demands action and you dislike system and monotony. As you are versatile and capable, you could do any job well, although you would not like to do menial tasks. Having considerable vision, you could be adept at formulating new, more effective ways of doing things. You could organize the work of others, though in your impatience to see the job done efficiently, you would likely step right in and do it yourself. You could work well in sales and promotion, and would not be afraid to risk a gamble as the name gives you much self-confidence. You do not find contentment in the routine tasks and responsibilities that are associated with home and family or with administrative detail in the business world, so you have to guard against frustration and even moods of depression over your personal responsibilities. The restlessness this name creates could find an outlet in caustic, irritable expression. Although the name Riley creates an active mind and a restless urge to explore new ideas, we emphasize that it causes a superior, interfering expression whose favorite expression is "I know." (my first words)

PHILOSOPHY

"They always say time changes things, but you actually have to change them yourself." --Andy Warhol

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

None to date. But I've hosted friends and friends of friends ever since I've been lucky enough to have a place that could accommodate them.

Interests

Road trips, running, writing, traveling.

• writing
• causes
• running
• traveling
• business
• road trips

Music, Movies, and Books

Music: Mika, B.B. King, Amy Winehouse, OK GO, Snoop Dogg, Stevie Wonder, The Beach Boys, Bruce Springsteen, David Bowie, Jeff Buckley, Kanye West, Neil Diamond, Beastie Boys, Cold War Kids, Fatboy Slim, Aimee Mann, The Eagles, The Gipsy Kings, Rod Stewart, AC/DC, The Clash, Joe Walsh, The Cure, John Mayer, Jason Mraz, Talking Heads, Nina Simone, Lyle Lovett, Patsy Cline, U2, Billie Holiday, Feist, Mika, The Who, The Rolling Stones, Los Lobos, Rod Stewart, Warren Zevon, Queen, Zero 7, Corinne Bailey Rae, Lexicon, Dave Matthews, Parliament Funkadelic, Lilly Allen, Richard Cheese, Cassandra Wilson, Joss Stone, Jamiroquai, The Spinners, Spoon, Colin Hay, Tony Bennett, Frank Sinatra, Elvis, The Killers, Underworld, Imogen Heap, Elvis Costello, Franz Ferdinand, Jamie Lidell, Soul Coughing, Aretha Franklin, BB King

Favorite TV Shows: Dexter, Weeds, Californication, Lost, Charm School, Daily Show, David Letterman, Entourage, Jekyll (UK), Coupling (UK Version), Life on Mars (UK Version), 30 Rock, The Office, Family Guy, Simpsons, King of The Hill, Battlestar Galactica, The Riches

Favorite Movies: Kiss Kiss Bang Bang, Iron Giant, Knocked Up, The Blues Brothers, Round Midnight, Magnificent Seven, The Big Lebowski, Hudsucker Proxy, Raising Arizona, The Philadelphia Story, True Grit, The Bourne Identity, Casino Royale, Sicko, Adaptation, Sin City, 300, Some Like It Hot, Kill Bill, Cool Hand Luke, The Incredibles, Die Hard, Hot Fuzz, The Wild Bunch, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, Little Miss Sunshine, Harvey, Groundhog Day, Snatch, In the Heat of the Night, Old School, Animal House, Caddyshack, Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels, Shaun of the Dead, Meet John Doe, Network, Tootsie, A Night At The Opera, Ferris Bueller's Day Off, Better Off Dead, The Thin Man, His Girl Friday, A Face in the Crowd, Breaking Away, Blazing Saddles, The Bridge on the River Kwai, The Quiet Man, Born Yesterday, The Freshman, Bull Durham, The King of Comedy, Get Shorty, A Fish Called Wanda, Clerks, Bulworth, As Good As It Gets, Confessions of a Dangerous Mind, Kung Fu Hustle, 28 Days Later, Wedding Crashers, Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy, The 40 Year Old Virgin, Harold and Kumar go to White Castle, Trading Places, Swingers, Sixteen Candles, Napoleon Dynamite, Gattaca, The Last Starfighter, Galaxy Quest, The Fifth Element

Favorite Books: Catch 22, The Plot Against America, Watchmen, Think and Grow Rich

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I've been lucky enough to have lived in a lot of cities. Made a lot of friends. And learned a little along the way. Also once I tried to eat a 72 oz steak in an hour. I did not succeed. But I got a standing ovation when I gave a speech afterwards.

Teach, Learn, Share

Always find one thing in everyone that you respect enough to remember.

Countries I’ve Visited

France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Japan

Countries I’ve Lived In

South Korea, United Kingdom, United States