CURRENT MISSION

Exploring life, one day at a time

ABOUT ME

I love traveling--pick a place, make a plan, and go. Recently discovered how great it is to wear kilts--badass man skirts if you must. Now I wear them whenever I can locally. Served in the Peace Corps for awhile helping community development and loved it, which pushed me into grad school for public service. I'm a bit concerned about what goes into animal farms for meat and how it's industrialized, so I tend to eat vegetarian unless it's cruelty-free/organic. I can be a bit of a nerd--talking about anything from computers to zoology and love sharing random bits of knowledge. An octopus is one of my favorite animals.

Things I'd love to learn: SCUBA diving, sign and other languages, how to play my djembe better, and to help convince to kids in schools today that math and science is actually cool.

PHILOSOPHY

I live by my 3-M rule: Motivate, Mobilize, Materialize. In other words: think about it, build the momentum and tools to succeed, and then make it happen. I try to live by general Buddhist philosophies to help guide my other day-to-day choices, but I'm not devoutly religious.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I'm brand new to CS. I've got two friends to both surf and host who have inspired me to try this out. After surfing a few times, I may start hosting too.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Brand new. :)

Interests

Many types of music, but any sort of drumming is the best. Cooking, news, hiking, camping, anime, board & card games, improv comedy, museums & zoos, animals, evolutionary morphology, computers, volunteering, all things science, sudoku, exploring new places, meeting new friends, and having great adventures!

• animals
• cooking
• vegetarian
• news
• anime
• traveling
• sudoku
• music
• hiking
• camping
• surfing
• scuba diving
• languages
• mathematics
• science
• tourism
• volunteering

Music, Movies, and Books

Anything Star Wars and most things sci-fi, fantasy, and fun--books or movies. Horror movies are a great night in. Believe it or not, but I also like textbooks on all sorts of subjects.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Serving in the Peace Corps gave me a new perspective on service simply for the sake of helping someone else and I loved it. I made many friends and had many amazing adventures.

Countries I’ve Visited

India, Japan, Panama

Countries I’ve Lived In

Italy, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, United States