CURRENT MISSION

I don't want... I NEED to make the most of what this big 'ol/tiny world has to offer!!!

ABOUT ME

I'm a likable guy! Very down to earth and low key. Experience is first on my list! If it's out there, I want to see/try it!

I'm a graduate of the Hartford Art School with a BFA in Illustration. This means that, if you look weird/different/interesting I'll probably want to take your picture and paint you later. I have an addiction to exclamation points. I'm trying to keep it under wraps at the moment but they're like "Lay's" potato chips... one is not enough!!!

I have many favorite places in this world and all of them are near the ocean. Cape Cod is on the top of my list.

PHILOSOPHY

I think an excerpt from one of my favorite books is in order... if you know the book/author, it's a sure bet we'll hit it off.

I can believe things that are true and I can believe things that aren't true. I can also believe things where nobody knows if they're true or not. I can believe in Sasquatch and the Loch Ness Monster and Marilyn Monroe and the Beatles and Elvis and Mister Ed. I believe that people are perfectible, that knowledge is infinite, that the world is run by secret banking cartels and is visited by aliens on a regular basis, nice ones that look like wrinkly lemurs and bad ones who mutilate cattle and want our water and our women. I believe that the future sucks and I believe that the future rocks and I believe that one day White Buffalo Woman is going to come back and kick everyone's ass. I believe that the decline in good sex in America is coincident with the decline in drive-in movie theaters from state to state. I believe that all politicians are unprincipled crooks and I still believe that they are better than the alternative. I believe that California is going to sink into the sea when the big one comes, while Florida is going to dissolve into madness and alligators and toxic waste. I believe that antibacterial soap is destroying our resistance to dirt and disease so that one day we'll all be wiped out by the common cold like the Martians in "War of the Worlds". I believe that jade is dried dragon sperm, and that thousands of years ago in a former life I was a one armed Siberian shaman. I believe that mankind's destiny lies in the stars. I believe that candy really did taste better when I was kid, that it's aerodynamically impossible for a bumblebee to fly, that light is a wave and a particle, that there's a cat in a box somewhere who's alive and dead at the same time (although if they don't ever open the box to feed it it'll eventually be two different kinds of dead), and that there are stars in the universe billions of years older than the universe itself. I believe in a personal god who cares about me and worries and oversees everything I do. I believe in an impersonal god who set the universe in motion and went off to chill with his buddies and doesn't even know I'm alive. I believe in an empty and godless universe of casual chaos, background noise, and sheer blind luck. I believe that anyone who says that sex is overrated just hasn't done it properly. I believe that anyone who claims to know what's going on will lie about the little things too. I believe in absolute honesty and sensible social lies. I believe in a woman's right to choose, a baby's right to live, that while all human life is sacred there's nothing wrong with the death penalty if you can trust the legal system implicitly, and that no one but a moron would trust the legal system. I believe that life is a game, that life is a cruel joke, and that life is what happens when you're alive and that you might as well lie back and enjoy it.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I've never couch surfed or hosted (officially) before but I do know LOTS of surfers and hosts. I figured it was time to join the club since my summer break from school is coming up.

Interests

Zombies, ninjas, cheeseburgers, good 'ol American diner breakfasts, new people and new places, building things, destroying things.

• cats
• arts
• writing
• books
• illustrations
• running
• clubbing
• flying
• painting
• boxing
• law

Countries I’ve Visited

Canada, Mexico, Netherlands, Saint Lucia, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Japan, United States