CURRENT MISSION

To create film and music that moves people and makes them think.

ABOUT ME

I am very passionate about my goals in life. I plan to be a film-maker someday. I have done a ton of local and statewide acting and have been making little movies since I was 11. I currently shoot with my Canon XL2 camera and edit on my iMac, soon to be using Final Cut pro. My second passion is music. I probably listen to my iPod on average 4 hours a day. My first love in music is Piano...I play Piano/Synth, mostly Synthesizers and keyboards these days in my bands. I also play guitar and drums. My bands are Torgo! and Scamtron, and we play a lot of local shows. We are working on Torgo!'s second album, "Choose Your Own Adventure", which is a huge deal, and Scamtron just finished our first album, "RetroFuture". Torgo! is indie rock pretty much, we sound like The Strokes and Kings of Leon and Midlake sort of...we have our own sound though. Scamtron is on this whole NEW RAVE bandwagon...we sound a little like Cut Copy and New Young Pony Club and The Rapture. It's Dance music.

I am a devout Christian, non-denomenational. I read a ton of books and my favorite author is C.S. Lewis. His apologetics are life-changing, but his fiction is even moreso. I do not make Christian music, however, because it sucks. I hope that someday I can make films with subtle Christian themes that fit into the mainstream of popular movies.

PHILOSOPHY

I believe in a personal and intimate relatioship with our Saviour, Jesus Christ. I am usually willing to hold up my end of the argument for Intelligent Design, but I expect complete open-ness and maturity in a debate. I will not continue the debate if personal attacks or anger get in the way of the argument.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

My room-mate was involved and while travelling in Germany I decided to get my own account. I think it's a great relationship-builder and a cool way to experience other cultures.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I have had a few people stay at a house I lived in in Amarillo and I have stayed with people in Germany. I really had a good time...it's a great way to get to know the community firsthand.

Interests

Film (all aspects, mainly Direction), animation (traditional mainly), music, my band Torgo! and such side projects....Apologetics, some philosophy, Theology, Psychology, Piano...I dabble in jazz improv but i suck at it...existential psychology and films revolving around those themes, and mere Christianity.

• writing
• books
• design
• acting
• dancing
• clubbing
• news
• movies
• traveling
• music
• jazz
• guitar
• piano
• drums
• dance music
• christian
• animation
• divinity
• psychology

Music, Movies, and Books

Modern:
Midlake, The Futureheads, Pinback, Grandaddy, The Strokes, Kings of Leon, Mew, The Octopus Project, Radiohead, Fleet Foxes, Mystery Jets, Iron and Wine, Grizzly Bear, Menomena, Ozma, Weezer (only oldschool weezer), The Shins, Horse the Band, The Red Chord, The Acacia Strain, The Jonbenet, Between the Buried and Me, The Locust, Architecture in Helsinki, Explosions in the Sky, The Invincible Czars, M83, Ratatat, Aphex Twin, The Album Leaf, Mono, Tortoise, Mogwai, Autechre, Boards of Canada, Fischerspooner, Franz Ferdinand, The Flaming Lips, Air, Andrew Bird, The Arcade Fire, The Walkmen, Yo La Tengo, Bloc Party, The Cranberries, The Proclaimers, Mates of State, The Briefs, The Deadlines, Clinic, The Coach and Four, Coldplay, Dead Kennedys, Enya, Godspeed you Black Emperor!, DARTZ!, The Macabees, Maximo Park, The Long Blondes, Erase Errata, Stellastarr, The Isles, New Young Pony Club, Cut Copy, Hot Chip, Grand National, Hail Social, KOMPRESSOR, Kubichek, The Mystery Jets, Outkast, The Rapture, Rooney, Broken Social Scene, Sonic Youth, Stereolab.

Classic:
Yes, The Police, The Beach Boys, Parliament Funkadelic, The Talking Heads, Crosby Stills Nash & Young, Neil Young, The Buggles, Blondie, The Cars, Styx, Kraftwerk, The Beatles, Pink Floyd (1967-1977), The Who, Led Zeppelin, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Black Sabbath, Queen, Wings, Simon and Garfunkle, U2, Men Without Hats, Chicago, The Moody Blues, The Guess Who, Cream, The Byrds, The Yardbirds, The Doors, The Doobie Brothers, Neil Young, Emerson Lake & Palmer, George Clinton, Sly and the Family Stone, Electric Light Orchestra, Rush, Cat Stevens, Deep Purple, The Clash, The Sex Pistols, The Ramones, Dead Kennedys, The Misfits, The Minutemen, The Bad Brains, The Screamers, Wire, Gang of Four, The New York Dolls, The B-52's, Del Shannon, Buddy Holly, Fats Domino, Chubby Checker, and almost any song off of a 50's compilation.

Film Composers:

John Williams, Ennio Morricone, Elmer Bernstein, Jerry Goldsmith, Phillip Glass, Vangelis, Howard Shore, James Newton Howard, Hans Zimmer, and many more.

I've probably left out a ton of my music.

I'm going to leave out a ton of my movies too.

THX-1138, Return of the Jedi, Rope, Twelve Angry Men, Indiana Jones and The Last Crusade, The Godfather Trilogy, The Untouchables, It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World, The Producers, Clue, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, Groundhog Day, Ghostbusters, Caddyshack, The Meaning Of Life, The Holy Grail, Life of Brian, A Fish Called Wanda, Fierce Creatures, This is Spinal Tap, A Mighty Wind, Best in Show, Star Wars A New Hope, The Empire Strikes Back, Temple of Doom, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Close Encounters of The Third Kind, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead, Young Frankenstein, History of the World Part 1, Blazing Saddles, Spaceballs, Dracula: Dead and Loving It, To Be or Not to be, Silent Movie, High Anxiety, Rear Window, The Birds, Vertigo, Psycho, North by Northwest, The Spy who loved me, The Trouble With Harry, James Bond series, The Great Escape, Bridge on the River Kwaii, The Train, A Bridge Too Far, Hanover Street, The Others, What Lies Beneath, The Forgotten, The 6th Sense, Signs, Unbreakable, The Happening, Lucky Number Sleven, King of Comedy, Matchstick Men, K-PAX, Snatch, Oceans Eleven, Catch me if You Can, Back to the Future, LOTR, The Majestic, The Matrix Trilogy, Gremlins, First Contact, The Truman Show, The Princess Bride, Time Bandits, Brazil, 12 Monkeys, Yellowbeard, Baron Von Munchausen, Pirates of the Carribean, The Big Lebowski, Start the Revolution Without Me, Secret Window, Apocalypse Now, Predator, The Fountain, Gangs of New York, The Prestige, Noises Off, Deathtrap, Tron, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, The Sting, Silverado, Tombstone, Citizen Kane, so much more....so much more. I'm stopping there.

T.V. Shows:

Monty Pythons Flying Circus, Space Ghost Coast to Coast, Star Trek the Next Generation, Extras, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Dethklok Metalocalypse!, The Office (bbc), The Office (nbc), Fawlty Towers, In Living Color, Da Ali G Show, Alfred Hitchcock Presents, The Twilight Zone, Mr. Bean, Blackadder, The Young Ones, Trigger Happy TV, Whose Line is it Anyway?, Ripping Yarns, Celebrity Deathmatch, M.X.C., Banzai, The Thin Blue Line, The Muppet Show, The Colgate Comedy Hour with Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis, Your Show of Shows, The Ed Sullivan Show, The Red Skelton Show, The Dean Martin Roasts, The Lucy Show, Late Night with Conan O'Brien, Late Late show with Craig Ferguson, 24, That 70's Show, Family Guy, The Venture Brothers, The Boondocks, Futurama, Korgoth of Barbaria, Sealab 2021, Samurai Champloo, Mr. Show, Aeon Flux, Star Wars Clone Wars, Stella, Spongebob Squarepants, The Cosby Show, The British House of Commons, Seinfeld, Metalocalypse, Arrested Development, Lost, Heroes, Voyager.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I have met and spoken with Elie Wiesel and Chris Gardner, flown over the canyon in a hot air balloon, flown in a couple helicopters, once over a corn maze and another time over the city, I have seen dozens of murder scenes and a handful of dead bodies...creepy...I've seen a 45 car pile up...most of this stuff happened while working in News. Uh...I've climbed to the top of the Schilthorn and down in one day...I've travelled quite a bit....I've performed quite a bit...I don't know.

Teach, Learn, Share

I'm not sure what this means.

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