CURRENT MISSION

To find time and cash to get back on the road and travel more

ABOUT ME

"To define is to limit." - Oscar Wilde

PHILOSOPHY

"Oh the places you'll go!" - Theodore "Dr. Seuss" Geisel

"Some may never live, but the crazy never die." - Dr. Hunter S. Thompson

"The Edge... there is no honest way to explain it because the only people who really know where it is, are the ones who have gone over." - Dr. Hunter S. Thompson

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Stayed on a few couches while backpacking Europe. Generally an all-around life changing experience.

Interests

People-watching, chess, dancing, disc golf, long boarding, reading, stargazing, travel

Exploring, experimenting, learning and experiencing what life and the world has to offer. Interests are fleeting and capricious at this age.

• dancing
• chess
• reading
• traveling
• backpacking
• hunting
• golf

Music, Movies, and Books

Favorite Music:
Too many to list, but here's the basics:
Amon Tobin, Atmosphere, The Avett Brothers, Bat for Lashes, The Beastie Boys, Beck, Ben Folds, The Beta Band, Blockhead, Broken Social Scene, Busdriver, Cake, The Cat Empire, The Chemical Brothers, Clare & the Reasons, Daft Punk, The Devil Makes Three, DJ Shadow, Do Make Say Think, Doves, Elf Power, Fingathing, The Fire Theft, Gil Scott-Heron, Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Jason Webley, Jurassic 5, Justice, Kid Koala, Le Peuple De L'Herbe, Massive Attack, Menomena, Morcheeba, The Most Serene Republic, My Brightest Diamond, Nick Drake, Nine Inch Nails, The One AM Radio, Pink Floyd, Portishead, Radiohead, Rainer Maria, Ratatat, The Reverand Horton Heat, RJD2, Saltillo, The Samuel Jackson Five, Scratch Track, The Sea and the Cake, Shawn Lee's Ping Pong Orchestra, The Smashing Pumpkins, Sneaker Pimps, SoKo, Stereo Total, The Streets, Sublime, Sunny Day Real Estate, Tom Waits, Valley of the Giants, V.A.S.T., Wax Tailor, Wu-tang Clan

Favorite Movies:
2046 (Wong Kar Wai is a genius), Amelie, The Big Lebowski, The Boys and Girls Guide to Getting Down, Buono il brutto il cattivo Il, Chasing Amy, Dazed and Confused, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, Garden State, Harold & Kumar, High Fidelity, Paris Je t'Aime, Revolver, Romeo + Juliet, Swingers, Tombstone

Favorite Books:
Kurt Vonnegut jr, Voltaire, Oscar Wilde, George Orwell, Dr. Hunter S. Thompson, Neal Stephenson, Douglas Adams, Dow Mossman (If you think Kerouac is good, check this guy out.)

Fav recent read: A Salty Piece of Land - Jimmy Buffet.
Seriously. Yes it's by Buffet, but it's actually a pretty amazing book about finding yourself via travel and letting go of everything that society would have you think is important. I highly recommend it.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Backpacked Europe and North Africa for 3 months with no itinerary.

Teach, Learn, Share

I've got a lot of random knowledge.

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Belgium, Canada, Croatia, Czech Republic, Egypt, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, Spain, Turkey

Countries I’ve Lived In

United States