CURRENT MISSION

To continue doing what I believe is good, and meeting new people with their own current missions

ABOUT ME

I am insanely curious about why people are the way they are and how to make people happy and healthy... I suppose that is why I am drawn to both psychology and biology, and am now in the process of studying stem cell research in San Diego. I am also insanely curious about different cultures and lifestyles abroad, so I try to travel as often as I can. I have relatives and family friends all over the world, which is even more of an incentive to visit new places.

PHILOSOPHY

My personal philosophy is to be true to myself and do what I believe is a good thing to do. Of course my idea of "good" changes as I experience things more, but I value honesty in myself as much as I do in others.

Pourquoi je suis sur Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

My roommate Andrea and I have hosted a fair amount of surfers, and I have surfed a lot around South America and the southwest US and Hawaii. All good experiences, and I hope to continue hosting and surfing for a long time!

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I have had great experiences with couch surfing, as evidenced in my reference section if you read my references of friends I have met through hosting/surfing. It's a great organization that I fully support and appreciate!

Centres d'intérêt

music and musicians, Ghanaian dance/drumming, laughing (I pretty much can't go more than an hour without laughing about something), good movies, bad movies, good books, good comedians, Landmark Theaters, friends' artwork, candles and incense, friendly poker games, understanding people, understanding myself, weeping camels, and being amazingly cool.

• books
• dancing
• movies
• traveling
• poker
• music
• surfing
• biology
• psychology

Morceaux de musique, films et livres

Music: Beatles (especially John Lennon), Cat Stevens, Simon and Garfunkel, CSNY, Nick Drake, Leo Kottke, Django Reinhardt, Van Morrison, James Taylor, The Rolling Stones, Led Zeppelin, Television, Captain Beefheart, Steely Dan, ELO, Dave Matthews, Mason Jennings, Iron and Wine, Cubanismo, BVSC, Caetano Veloso, OS MUTANTES!!!, Elis Regina, Adriana Calcanhotto, Ozomatli, Manu Chao, basically ALL latin music, Fela Kuti, Antibalas, Miriam Makeba, Al Green, Nina Simone, Stevie Wonder, Bill Withers, Jill Scott, James Brown, Pointer Sisters (oh i'm serious!), Chris Isaak, Michael Jackson, Jamiroquai, Bob Marley, Pinback, The Album Leaf, The Arcade Fire, Hadag Nahash, Shotei Hanevua, Cibo Matto, Cat Power, Spoon, The Black Keys, Pedro the Lion, Radiohead, Sigur Ros, Air, Tom Waits, Brian Eno, The Decemberists, Yo La Tengo, MUSE, Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Mogwai, Do Make Say Think, Zero7, Portishead, Stereolab, Mono, DJ Shadow, Deltron3030, Pharcyde, Blackalicious, Queen, Erik Satie, Chopin, Miles Davis, Brad Mehldau, and A LOT MORE!! Movies: Alice in Wonderland, Yellow Submarine, Bedknobs and Broomsticks, Fantasia (old skool of course), Donald in Mathmagic Land, Anchorman, Ghostbusters 1 and 2, Harold and Maude, Best in Show, Royal Tenenbaums, Rushmore, Bottle Rocket, Lost in Translation, Punch Drunk Love, Super Troopers, Kentucky Fried Movie, Spaceballs, The Big Lebowski, Zoolander, Baseketball, Virgin Suicides, GARDEN STATE, In Good Company, All the Real Girls (anything with Zooey Deschanel) Bridget Jones Diary, Clueless, Almost Famous, Wonder Boys, Rear Window, North by Northwest, Goodfellas, The Court Jester (has ANYONE other than my family seen this?), Monty Python movies, Beetlejuice, The Sword in the Stone, 12 Monkeys, Pulp Fiction, Bad Timing, Waking Life, Amelie, CITY OF GOD, Chocolat, Blue, Annie Hall, Broken Wings, Rodger Dodger, Volver, Eternal Sunshine..., Little Miss Sunshine, The Neverending Story. Books: Huge fan of Murakami, Vonnegut, Tom Robbins, Bradbury, The Harry Potter books, and a lot more :)

Pays que j'ai visités

Brazil, Canada, Chile, France, Greece, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Mexico, Netherlands, Puerto Rico, Uruguay

Pays dans lesquels j'ai vécu

Argentina, United States

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