CURRENT MISSION

Living a life worth living.

ABOUT ME

Currently living in the San Francisco Bay Area.
Originally from New Orleans.
Vegan.
Straightedge.
Thrill seeker.
Incessant traveler.
I'm interested in psychology and mythology, evolution and storytelling. I read a lot. I watch movies. I drink iced coffee. And I go swimming.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I created this account for a trip to Iceland and have had good experiences with it so far.
Have surfed more recently in China with great results!

Interests

Adventure travel: planes, trains, boats, band tours, and hitchhiking around islands.
Swimming & exercise.
Learning and language acquisition.
Hot springs.
Veganism.

• vegan
• exercise
• traveling
• swimming
• hitchhiking
• tours
• adventure travel

Music, Movies, and Books

THE SOUNDS:
Fiona Apple. Earth Crisis. Björk. Billy Joel. Elliott Smith. Frank Sinatra. The Cranberries. Morrissey. The Weakerthans. The Cardigans. Garbage. Trial. Seven Generations. Leftover Crack. Keith Sweat.

THE WORDS:
Evasion. The Social Animal. Confessions of a Master Jewel Thief. Save the Cat. Free the Animals. Superbetter. Vagabonding. The 4 Hour Work Week. The Magician's Nephew. Final Confession: The Unsolved Crimes of Phil Cresta. The Harry Potter saga. Bird By Bird. A Language Older Than Words. Radical Honesty.

THE IMAGES:
Kill Bill Volumes 1 & 2. American Beauty. Romeo + Juliet. Ferris Bueller's Day Off. The Breakfast Club. The Before Sunrise trilogy. Harry Potter & The Deathly Hallows 1 & 2. Inglourious Basterds (& pretty much every Tarantino movie). Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind. The 400 Blows. Rififi. When Harry Met Sally. Dazed and Confused.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Swimming right up to Multnomah Falls in Oregon was pretty amazing...
So was jumping out of that airplane...
Oh, and one time I planked for 30 minutes 8 seconds. Not to brag or anything...

Teach, Learn, Share

People with lots of "real world" experience.

What I Can Share with Hosts

Stories, stories, stories!

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Belgium, Canada, China, Denmark, France, Germany, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Mongolia, Netherlands, Poland, Russian Federation, Scotland, Slovenia, United Kingdom, United States, Wales

Countries I’ve Lived In

United States