CURRENT MISSION

Inspire.

ABOUT ME

I'm in the process of planning and networking in order to bring to life some business ideas I have. While I am developing more than one at a time, they all revolve around a common theme: To encourage people to build their own dreams through entrepreneurship. As I travel the world to build a network behind my ideas, I'll need some cost-effective places to stay (for the meantime, anyway :). Here is my current project: http://sideview.us (hopefully you will all participate!). And the idea that inspired it was my previous project: http://initialdescent.com/about. I look forward to meeting you!

PHILOSOPHY

Life is not the number of days you live. It's the number of days you remember.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I'm willing to host people who are in the Washington, DC area to visit. And since I've been to 50 countries and counting, CouchSurfing can help me add to that!

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I have had some fortunate experiences of meeting people along the way of my travels that took me in and that I became life-long friends with, and I think that can continue through this site.

Interests

Traveling (really?), Sports (Basketball, American Football, Real Football, Hockey, Baseball, Golf, Tennis), Reading and Writing, Photography

• writing
• photography
• flying
• reading
• traveling
• socializing
• sports
• baseball
• basketball
• american football
• soccer
• hockey
• tennis
• golf
• business
• entrepreneurship

Music, Movies, and Books

Music: a lil' bit of errething...but I'll name names: The Roots Little Brother Common Tribe De La Radiohead U2 Jill Scott Bob Dylan Jimi Murs Coltrane Ellington Monk Tori Amos Foreign Exchange Bic Runga Coldplay Lily Allen APC Maroon 5 D'Angelo Biggie Pac Amel Larrieux Sade Snow Patrol Telepopmuzik GCH Busta JT Crown City Rockers Kanye Lupe Zion I John Legend T.I. Fishbone Ghostface Morcheeba Curtis Mayfield Al Green Dramatics Diana Krall Astrud Gilberto Jackson 5 Digable Planets Big Daddy Kane Gift of Gab Frankie Ruiz Ella Fitz Billie Holliday Dashboard Weezer Avril Lavigne Meiko Kaji Thievery Corporation NIN Nas Jay-Z J-Live Iomos Marad Morcheeba Marvin Led Zeppelin Jewel Prince Outkast Sinatra Van Hunt K-OS The Coup Blacksheep Boccherini Kweli Mos Stevie Wonder Tamia Citizen Cope The Game Organic Thoughts Sergio Mendes Saigon Portishead REUB...and, umm (open to suggestions...)

Movies: Godfather I & II, City of God, Goodfellas, Coming to America, Amores Perros, Life is Beautiful, Bronx Tale, Gladiator, Finding Forrester, The Muppet Movie, Amelie, Ernest Goes to Camp, Dodgeball, Scarface, Wedding Crashers, Shawshank Redemption, Blues Brothers, Carlito's Way, The Constant Gardener, Thank You For Smoking, Malibu's Most Wanted, Coach Carter, Crash, Good Will Hunting, Cars

Books: The Bible; Things Fall Apart--Achebe; The Art of War--Sun Tzu; When Pride Still Mattered--Maraniss; The Road Less Traveled--Peck; Playing for Keeps--Halberstam; Atlas Shrugged--Rand; The Divine Comedy--Dante; If On A Winter's Night A Traveler--Calvino; A Million Little Pieces--Frey; Blink--Gladwell

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Does flying nearly 200,000 miles in one year on leisure, while maintaining a regular 9-to-5 job in the same office, count?

Teach, Learn, Share

Rinsing strawberries with water and then dipping them in sugar makes for a tasty snack. And grape kool-aid is off the hook.

Oh, and I have more pics and all that on facebook (UNC network). Too lazy to post them all here!

Countries I’ve Visited

Argentina, Australia, Austria, Bahamas, Bahrain, Belgium, Brazil, Cambodia, Canada, Chile, China, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, France, French Polynesia, Germany, Indonesia, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Mexico, Monaco, Netherlands, New Zealand, Oman, Philippines, Poland, Qatar, Senegal, Singapore, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Switzerland, Taiwan, Thailand, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States, Vatican City State, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

United States