I'm an American college student studying Computer Science and Philosophy.

I'm currently on a mission to figure out how to live well and have a good life. So far I think it means drinking a lot of tea.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I'm new to CS; this will be my first CS experience. My friend introduced me to CS and after hearing about how much fun he had I decided to give it a try on my trip to Paris.

Interests

I'm pretty much a nerd. I love to read and think and have good conversations with friends. My favorite topics are philosophy, history, sociology, psychology, spirituality, and ethics. Recently I've been fascinated with meditation and the ways western philosophy and psychology can benefit from incorporating meditation and mindfulness.

I love cooking even though I'm not that good at it, tea, meditation, TV and movies, especially making fun of bad TV, traveling, meeting people from other cultures and learning from them.

• ethics
• cooking
• meditation
• drinking
• movies
• tv
• traveling
• socializing
• skydiving
• computer science
• history
• psychology
• science
• sociology

Music, Movies, and Books

-Music-
Mostly Indie music and folk rock although I have a healthy appreciation for good pop music and love to dance to EDM. Just a sample:

Florence and the Machine / Marina and the Diamonds / Lana del Rey / Mumford & Sons / Alt-J / Arctic Monkeys / The Wombats / The Kooks / Franz Ferdinand, Vampire Weekend / San Cisco / Young the Giant / Grouplove /The Black Keys, Two Door Cinema Club / Jungle Giants / Yellow Ostrich / Hozier / Jose Gonzalez / Ben Howard / Milo Greene / Benjamin Francis Leftwich / Angus and Julia Stone / The Avett Brothers / Dresses / Kopecky

-TV-
Drama:
Mad Men / Game of Thrones / Black Mirror / Dollhouse / House of Cards / Dexter / Top of the Lake / Orphan Black

Comedy:
Portlandia / Parks and Rec / Orange is the New Black / The Office / Arrested Development

-Movies-

Looper / Alice in Wonderland / Stardust / Harry Potter / American Hustle / Fargo / Pulp Fiction / Annie Hall / The Godfather / Silence of the Lambs / V for Vendetta / One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest / Slumdog Millionaire / The Patriot / Braveheart / The Shawshank Redemption

-Books-

Fiction:
Crime and Punishment / The Brothers Karamazov / The Picture of Dorian Gray / The Death of Ivan Ilyich / The Alchemist / Persepolis / Siddhartha

Philosophy:
Aristotle / Plato / Nietzsche / Kierkegaard / Kant / Spinoza / Russell

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

After being absolutely terrified of heights as a kid to the point where I could barely climb up a ladder, I went skydiving after my high school graduation.

What I Can Share with Hosts

A conversation / English / Spanish / Computer Programming / Philosophy / My experiences growing up in small town America

Countries I’ve Visited

Spain

Countries I’ve Lived In

United States