CURRENT MISSION

See the world, write my stories, experience all the culture and life I can

ABOUT ME

I'm a pretty funny guy, at least it's pretty easy to make me laugh. I'm a former gymnast (high school) and cheerleader (college). I enjoy sports, but not really spectating. That attitude applies to other parts of my life too; I like involving myself, not just spectating. I'm a consummate carnivore, although I empathize with vegetables. Sorry feline lovers, but my cat allergies will probably make surfing with you difficult. I'm psyched to get surfing.

PHILOSOPHY

Life is meant to be lived. It isn't enough just to exist and go day in day out. People were meant to create and experience. It makes life a fuller experience. You cannot learn until you understand and you cannot understand until you are waist-deep in it.

Interests

I like reading fiction (especially the classics), journal writing, gymnastics. I pretty much live off of the Daily Show and am a huge fan of political comedy/satire. I got the travel bug young and would like to get my fix at any moment I can. I'm a wicked trivia/crossword doer, I don't know why, it's a gift. I'm also a comic book fan.

• cats
• culture
• humanities
• writing
• books
• trivia
• movies
• reading
• traveling
• surfing
• sports
• cheerleading
• gymnastics
• history

Music, Movies, and Books

Music: 311, Anberlin, Seven Mary Three, The Shins, Fall Out Boy, The Postal Service, Death Cab for Cutie, Lost Prophets, AFI, A Perfect Circle, Rhett Miller, Motion City Soundtrack, Led Zeppelin, Mayday Parade, Tom Petty, Ani Difranco, The Beatles, The Band, The Black Crowes, Blind Melon, Tom Waits, Green Day, Chevelle, Wes Montgomery, Howlin' Wolf, Nirvana, Jimmy Eat World, Saves the Day, Thursday, Metallica, Augustana, Eve 6, Story of the Year, Further Seems Forever, Hot Hot Heat, Kill Hannah, Dave Matthews Band, Elvis Costello, The Clash, The Who, Weezer, Three Days Grace, Eric Clapton, Bob Dylan, The Flaming Lips, Incubus, Jack Johnson, The Darkness, Rise Against, Race the Sun, Me First and the Gimme Gimmes, Jet, Kanye West, Common, Outkast, John Williams, Michael Jackson, Remy Zero, Rufio

Movies: The Dark Knight, Children of Men, Stranger Than Fiction, Juno, There Will Be Blood, No Country for Old Men, Wedding Crashers, Boondock Saints, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Tristan and Isolde, On the Waterfront, 300, Snatch, The Sting, Cool Hand Luke, Fight Club, Spaceballs, Superman I and II, Knocked Up, Walk Hard, Pan's Labyrinth, Indiana Jones, Harry Potter movies (don't judge), Napoleon Dynamite, Clerks I and II, Blazing Saddles, Matrix Trilogy, Star Wars, Serenity, Superbad, The Adventures of Baron Munchausen, Evil Dead 2, Spiderman 2, Army of Darkness, Casablanca, Hudson Hawk

Books: A MAN WITHOUT A COUNTRY by Kurt Vonnegut (EVERYONE should read this), Ishmael, Slaughterhouse-Five, Fight Club, Shane, The Iliad, The DaVinci Code, Angels and Demons, Choke, Survivor, Good Omens, To Kill A Mockingbird, Harry Potter series (don't judge me), Hamlet, A Midsummer Nights Dream, Neverwhere, American Gods, Zen Guitar, Red Branch, The Camulod Chronicles, On the Road, Anthem, Catcher in the Rye, The History of Knowledge, Calvin and Hobbes, Foxtrot

Teach, Learn, Share

Teach: Anyone willing to learn some english or anything I have to say about history, I am willing to teach. I'm a huge trivia buff and know way too much about movies.

Learn: Everything and anything. The world is a book and those who do not travel have only read the first chapter. My mind is open.

Share: Philosophy/stories/jokes.

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

United States

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