CURRENT MISSION

To travel, to learn, to create....................Life is the art of drawing without an eraser

ABOUT ME

I am 28 years old from a small town in the middle of Kansas (US). I work in research and development at a pharmaceutical company and coach cross country and track and field at the college in town.

PHILOSOPHY

Life is an opportunity, benefit from it. Life is beauty, admire it. Life is bliss, taste it. Life is a dream, realize it. Life is a challenge, meet it. Life is a duty, complete it. Life is a game, play it. Life is a promise, fulfill it. Life is sorrow, overcome it. Life is a song, sing it. Life is a struggle, accept it. Life is a tragedy, confront it. Life is an adventure, dare it. Life is luck, make it. Life is too precious, do not destroy it. Life is life, fight for it.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I backpacked through Europe for 2 months a few years ago and couch-surfed along the way. I have met some wonderful, amazing new people and am looking forward to every opportunity in the future.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Every couch-surfing experience has been enjoyable and unique in its own way.

Interests

Sports - Track and Field (I coach track at a college where I am from), Baseball, Tennis, Football (American), golf...........pretty much any and all sports.

Music - I am a huge fan of music. I love obscure bands, acoustic rock, and try hard to find up and coming underground music before they get killed and overplayed by radio or sell out to commercials.

Traveling the world!

• arts
• singing
• beauty
• dining
• cooking
• coach
• traveling
• drawing
• music
• guitar
• surfing
• sports
• baseball
• soccer
• tennis
• track and field
• swimming
• golf

Music, Movies, and Books

Muisc - I love all types of music U2, Coldplay, The Kooks, Angels and Airwaves, Arcade Fire, The Ataris, Athlete, Augustana, Band of Horses, Ben Jelen, City and Colour, Counting Crows, Damien Rice, Dashboard Confessional, Dave Mathews, Death Cab for Cutie, Elliot Smith, Foo Fighters, The Fray, Funeral for a Friend, Gin Blossoms, Goo Goo Dolls, Graham Colton, Gratitude, Howie Day, Incubus, Ingram Hill, Jack's Mannequin, Jackson Browne, James Blunt, Jimmy Eat World, JJ Cale and Eric Clapton, Johnny Lang, Joseph Arthur, July for Kings, The Killers, Lifehouse, The Long Winters, Lou Barlow, Magnet, Marc Cohn, Making April, Mat Kearney, Matchbox 20, Matt Nathanson, Michael Stipes, REM, Missy Higgins, Neil Young, Dan Fogelberg, The Eagles, The Doors, Led Zepplin, Jethro Tull, Keane, Nelly Furtado, The Nixons, O.A.R, Oasis, Our Lady Peace, Pat McGee Band, Pearl Jam, The Perishers, Pete Yorn, Phantom Planet, Placebo, Poets of the Fall, Porcupine Tree, Paolo Nutini, Red Hot Chili Peppers, The Red Jump Suit Apparatus, Robbie Williams, Rufus Wainright, Ryan Adams, Seven Mary Three, Shindown, Sigur Ros, Smashing Pumpkins, Snow Patrol, Something Corporate, South, Stars of Track and Field, Stereofuse, STP, Story of the Year, Straylight Run, Tabitha's Secret, Third Eye Blind, Tom Petty, Tori Amos, Trapt, Uncle Bob, Val Emmich, The Wallflowers, Yellowcard, Youth Group, Zwan, 3 Doors Doors, I'm sure I missed tons but this is a good start!

Movies - Shawshank Redemption, The Count of Monte Cristo, 3:10 to Yuma, Crash, Back to the Future, Indiana Jones, K-Pac, A Beautiful Mind, Glidiator, Braveheart, The Last of the Mohicans, Dances with Wolves, Tombstone, The Last Samuri, Seinfeld, The Illusionist, The Prestige, The Last Castle, Road to Perdition, Pirates of the Caribbean

Books - I don't read a lot to be honest

Teach, Learn, Share

Would like to hear your travel stories and share mine. I want to learn more about myself and the world around me. I want to experience other cultures, customs, food, and meet new amazing people. I have taught swimming, can play the guitar, and I like to cook!

Countries I’ve Visited

Australia, Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Germany, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom

Countries I’ve Lived In

United States

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