CURRENT MISSION

To couchsurf on the International Space Station

ABOUT ME

I am a junior in aerospace engineering at the University of Texas at Austin, but I decided it'd be amusing to live somewhere else for a while, so I packed up what I could and moved to Toulouse, France, for the spring semester. Now I'm living on the campus of the Institut National des Sciences Appliquees, trying frantically to improve my one semester of study's worth of French, while at the same time meeting as many people, visiting as many cities, and shirking as many responsibilities as possible. I also occasionally go to class.

PHILOSOPHY

No todo lo que es oro brilla.
(Not everything that is gold glitters)

Also, I can always be a better person.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Hosting and surfing, it's what this is for, and it's what I do.

Interests

Probably just like you, I love to travel. I've got a ton of interests, but very few loves, and traveling is one of them. Music is also very important to me, and I enjoy reading a lot. It's awesome to meet new people from different places, and I love to exchange stories.

• recipes
• reading
• traveling
• music
• surfing
• engineering

Music, Movies, and Books

Music - Red Hot Chili Peppers, Led Zeppelin, Traffic, Pink Floyd, AC/DC, The Beatles, The Black Keys, Bob Marley, Creedence Clearwater Revival, The Doors, Elton John, Gipsy Kings, Gogol Bordello, Jesus Christ Superstar, Jimi Hendrix, Mana, Manu Chao, The Mars Volta, Metallica, Muse, Queen, Rodrigo y Gabriela, The Rolling Stones, Santana, Sublime, Tool, The White Stripes, ZZ Top. Yes, eventually I just went down through iTunes. Also, there are just so many more that I could put...
Movies - The Godfather pt I and II, Braveheart, all of the Lord of the Rings, anything Mel Brooks
Books - Steppenwolfe, Stranger in a Strange Land, Shogun, the Master and Commander series, the Lord of the Rings series, Sarum

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Hiked the Inca Trail in Peru for 4 days up to Macchu Picchu. Do it, you know that you should.

Teach, Learn, Share

I can make a pretty good bar-b-que sauce. Also my paper airplanes are better than yours.

If you've got any recipes, particularly if they are easy and cheap, I'd love to learn them. I've got a couple of my own too.

Countries I’ve Visited

Argentina, France, Italy, Mexico, Peru, Spain, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

France, United States