CURRENT MISSION

Make friends. Have fun. Do mostly good.

ABOUT ME

I'm 26. I'm moving to Austin to change up my life a bit. My life is currently pretty damn good, but I want to be in a cooler location with more activities and opportunities.

Some of my interests are: photography, backpacking, hiking, kayaking, mountain biking, climbing (only been indoor, but you can help me make the change), and guitar.

I'm hiking the Appalachian Trail in spring 2013 with some friends. I've done a short section hike there and loved it, and I'm excited about making my hike into a sort of photo-documentary of the people/places/things/ideas I come across.

I also like computers. I've built a few. It's just researching and buying parts then assembling them, but it's a lot of fun and relaxing.

I'm a bit of a nerd.

PHILOSOPHY

People and the experiences you share with them are the most important things in life.

"It is sometimes an appropriate response to reality to go insane."
― Philip K. Dick

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I couchsurfed during my move to Austin, TX. The person who hosted me became one of my favorite people, and we are good now good friends.

Interests

I like: photography, rock climbing, guitar, backpacking, hiking, computer science and, lately, I do lots of math.

• photography
• documentaries
• working out
• guitar
• cycling
• hiking
• backpacking
• kayaking
• rock climbing
• computer science
• mathematics
• science

Music, Movies, and Books

Music: Radiohead | Arcade Fire | Broken Social Scene | Regina Spektor | Washed Out | Peter Bjorn & John | MGMT

Movies: The Royal Tenenbaums | Pan's Labyrinth | The Science of Sleep | Fargo | Snatch

TV: It's Always Sunny | Portlandia | Community | Breaking Bad | Workaholics

Books: The Hobbit | Philip K. Dick stories

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

1. 9 friends and I completed a Tough Mudder.
2. I accepted a marriage proposal to a Zulu girl without realizing it. (It didn't work out.)
3. Visiting Petra was amazing. Before I went, I thought it was just that one stone-carving from Indiana Jones. That place is massive.
4. Backpacked the Appalachian Trail in 2013.

Teach, Learn, Share

- I have a working knowledge of Modern Standard Arabic. I'm useless in dialect situations, but I can read Arabic newspapers like it's my job.
- Photography. I have technical knowledge, and I enjoy making portraits and doing photo shoots.
- I can write simple programs in JavaScript.

Countries I’ve Visited

Germany, Greece, Jordan, South Africa, Spain

Countries I’ve Lived In

United States