CURRENT MISSION

Live as many lives as possible!

ABOUT ME

I'm Jeff, originally from Southern California, however, now a Phoenix transplant while studying for my MD. I'm an easy-going, relaxed individual who loves to smile and laugh. I'm a terrible planner, and I tend to find the best experiences in life come when you just get out there and do it. I've been described as hard-working, but I'm doing my best to shake that particular descriptor. Most of all, I like to travel, to meet new people and enjoy their company, and to teach and expand upon the (very little I know about the) world.

PHILOSOPHY

Determinism.
Secular humanism.

There probably is no god, so stop worrying and enjoy your life!

I like skepticism.

我为什么加入 Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I've hosted a few people at my place here. More than providing a place to sleep, what I enjoy most is the exchange between people. It can be anything, from a favorite meal, to an idea, to a funny joke! It's usually the smallest things that are the most enjoyed/memorable, anyway.

I've also surfed a bit and I think it is the best way to travel.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Yet to meet a couch surfer I didn't like!

兴趣

The following are a few items I could probably have a moderately intelligent conversation about (assuming I can generously cite Wikipedia):

Swimming, science, movies, health, travel, nature, camping, hiking, horses, beer, atheism.

I LOVE Spanish (I'm always trying to improve it) and Latin America (I'm always trying to go there).

• horses
• beer
• clubbing
• movies
• traveling
• socializing
• hiking
• camping
• swimming
• medicine
• science

音乐、电影和书籍

Movies - I really love revisionist westerns. Spaghetti westerns a lot. I am a huge Clint Eastwood fan; I like most of his movies. I'm a bit of a SciFi geek. Really, anything with memorable, believable characters. I prefer movies that aren't sequels, remakes, or based on comic books (except Sin City, which is an amazing film!)

Books - I read mostly medical text books. For pleasure, I read scifi/fantasy. I like modernist (Hemingway is my all time favorite) and victorian (especially Thomas Hardy, Dickens) authors.

My favorite quote from Hamlet (everyone should have one, right?): "I could be bounded in a nutshell, and count myself a king of infinite space, were it not that I have bad dreams."

Music - Nineties alternative. Country is my guilty pleasure.
Also, I am a HUGE Bruce Springsteen fan; he is one of the great songwriters and performers of his generation.

我做过的一件不可思议的事情

Lived a year in Europe while swimming professionally for a club there.
Traveled across the Andes in a bus in the shadow of Mount Aconcagua (the tallest mountain in the Americas!)

教，学，和分享

I like to travel. Our time here is so limited, and I think more than anything I would like to know as many places as I can, to meet people from all corners of the world, and to view things from their shoes. In today's world, where everything happens within the blink of an eye, I think we should all strive to create something that is lasting--especially relationships!

我游览过的国家

Argentina, Australia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Canada, Chile, Costa Rica, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Hungary, Mexico, Nicaragua, Norway, Russian Federation, Serbia, Slovenia, Sweden, United Kingdom

我居住过的国家

Croatia, United States