CURRENT MISSION

Loving the world, one person at a time.

ABOUT ME

I enjoy taking life easy. I love branching out and trying new things. My main goal is to create good friendships. Making new friends and making old ones stronger is the main reason I participate in a lot of outdoor activities. I like to participate in leisure activities as well, I never really master any of them (hard to do in Bend, Oregon where there is so much to do). A few of the recreational activities I enjoy are: Rock climbing, biking, hiking, backpacking, mountaineering, rafting, swimming. When I don't have time for recreation, I like to hang out in the local tea house to converse with people and read. I do a lot of reading. I read fictional adventure books, philosophy, educational, and books for school. In the evenings it is nice to go out and get a brew with a couple of friends and play some pool or shuffle board.

PHILOSOPHY

I live to love God and to love my neighbor. To create and reinforce relationship with people. I am here to love and not hate. To love the people that others hate. To build up and strengthen everyone around me. I want to bring joy into peoples lives through love, compassion, comedy, selflessness.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Why waste a good floor or couch and make someone pay for a hotel room? Why miss out on all the new people you will meet?

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I have been roommates with people who have hosted couch surfers and it has only been positive! Most of my life I have been a local couch surfer, but all through friends not online.

Interests

Board Games!!! Recreation! Sports! Books! Tea! Coffee!

• writing
• books
• coffee
• politics
• board games
• reading
• billiards
• outdoor activities
• cycling
• hiking
• backpacking
• mountaineering
• skydiving
• sports
• rock climbing
• swimming
• psychology
• religion

Music, Movies, and Books

In no particular order:
Movies: Avengers, Braveheart, Willow, Star Wars Trilogy, Boondock Saints, Monty Python's Holy Grail, Berry Gordy's Last Dragon, Big Trouble in Little China, Matrix 1, Equilibrium, Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou.

Books: The Wheel of Time series(11 books so far, the 12th to come in 3 different volumes :-P), Disappointment with God, Radical Revolution, Book of the 5 rings, The Art of War, Harry Potter series, LOTR, Shawshank Redemption, ohh man so many others I can't think of at the moment.

Music: I enjoy a great deal of music. Lately i have been on a Jurassic 5 and Postal Service kick... but I generally enjoy ska, punk, and 90's alternative.
Here is a list of some of the stuff in my Itunes.
Alien Ant Farm, B-52's, Beastie Boys, Beatles, Blink 182, Blue Scholars, Bob Dylan, Bob Marley, Bowling for Soup, Brand New, The Clash, Damien Rice, Dido, Donovan!, Ella Fitzgerald, Eve 6, Flight of the Conchords, Franz Ferdinand, Future of Forestry, Gorillaz, Guns N' Roses, Jack Johnson, Jars of Clay, John Butler, Jurassic 5, etc.... you get the point I think.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Skydive. That was fun. That is all I can think of at the moment.

Teach, Learn, Share

Things I could bring to the table are topics on: Philosophy, Psychology, Criminology, Religion, Local Politics, and Creative Writing.

I would love to learn in all these area and much much more. I love to learn, and I have yet to meet someone who has not taught me something! Come teach me!

Countries I’ve Visited

Japan, Thailand, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

United States