CURRENT MISSION

live learn and enjoy. hedonism but not at the expense of others. rock and roll

ABOUT ME

*UPDATE* so I know some of you who are having a glance at my profile might have noticed the (relatively) low reply percentage, and I just want to clarify that I didn't have a computer and went inactive for a several month period a while ago, but I'm back in full swing and ready to get surfing!

tall, easygoing, spirited yet terrible dancer, music is the best, pretty eclectic in my tastes but rock and roll is definitely best, I play drums/percussion mostly amongst other things. Austin is a fun place to live. I live for new experience

PHILOSOPHY

Live simply so that others may simply live. Enjoy myself but not at the expense of others. To quote Max Erhmann:

"You are a child of the universe,
no less than the trees and the stars;
you have a right to be here.
And whether or not it is clear to you,
no doubt the universe is unfolding as it should.

Therefore be at peace with God,
whatever you conceive Him to be,
and whatever your labors and aspirations,
in the noisy confusion of life keep peace with your soul.

With all its sham, drudgery, and broken dreams,
it is still a beautiful world.
Be cheerful.
Strive to be happy."

And a good followup by Jack Kerouac:

"the only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are mad to live, mad to talk, mad to be saved, desirous of everything at the same time, the ones who never yawn or say a commonplace things, but burn like fabulous roman candles exploding like spiders across the stars..."

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

hosted a couple, surfed a bit, let's make more says i

Interests

music, riding my bike, wakeboarding, disc golf, fine green herbs with large frosty buds, drinking beer on the river, going to shows and other austin nightlife, being a cheap wine connoisseur when I'm not drinking gin and tonic

• dancing
• wine
• beer
• nightlife
• drinking
• music
• drums
• cycling
• backpacking
• surfing
• wakeboarding
• golf

Music, Movies, and Books

some current tunes: the parlor mob, gomez, the beatles, howlin rain, bowie, the stones, radiohead, the black crowes, explosions in the sky, mogwai, sts9, galactic, king tubby, caspa, tom waits, and dirty thumping beats you can shake your hips too

movies: easy rider, waking life, the darjeeling limited, amelie, the day the earth stood still, labyrinth, the life aquatic, 24 hour party people, it's all gone pete tong, trainspotting, human traffic

books: anything by jack kerouac, hunter s. thompson, or kurt vonnegut, into the wild, the electric kool-aid acid test, one flew over the cuckoo's nest, the celestine prophecy

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Backpacking Europe for 8 weeks was pretty awesome; while I was there I got to go to the Love Parade in Berlin, which was just about the bitchenest thing I've ever been to--imagine a million people packed into a mile long park in central Berlin going absolutely wild to some thumping beats

Teach, Learn, Share

i can show you how to spin fire, make the best peanut better and jelly sandwich, levitate, and i'll even teach you the secret of one hand clapping if you are so inclined

Countries I’ve Visited

Belgium, France, Italy, Netherlands, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom

Countries I’ve Lived In

United States

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