ABOUT ME

I am in the process of trying to determine how to live my life for others through Jesus Christ to the fullest. I intend to dedicate my work towards increasing the welfare of others because of Jesus Christ via teaching, translating, or some other form of 'aid' or nonprofit work. I enjoy turkish coffee, yerba maté, the blues, flannel shirts, and scarves.

PHILOSOPHY

Find a reason for your existence. Work out your salvation with fear and trembling, whatever that may be. People have the freedom to deny salvation, but all paths of life must be considered. The searching must take place before the decision.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I stayed with one of the founding members of CouchSurfing in Seattle, WA, while on a bike tour of the Pacific Northwest with my pal. He was the most amazing host and we became instant friends. I love the idea behind couch surfing and only wish I was in a more frequented zone of the world so that I could host more couchsfurfers!

Interests

The things I enjoy doing:
Reading - My favorite authors are Shakespeare, T.S. Eliot, Soren Kierkegaard, Alan Moore, Ngugi wa Thiong'o, James Joyce, Jack Kerouac, Ernest Hemingway, Goethe, Freud, Sylvia Plath, Dante. I enjoy reading about religion, Eastern and Western aestheticism, etc.
Running
Writing: I enjoy metered poetry primarily, but also write creative nonfiction.
Music: I play the guitar, piano, and harmonica. I listen primarily to old blues and folk music i.e. Son House, Blind Willie Johnson, The Carter Family, Blind Willite McTell, and Mississippi John Hurt.
I also enjoy cinema, studying foreign languages (though I have gotten a late start on this), cycling. I cycle most places within a reasonable distance.

• writing
• poetry
• coffee
• running
• working out
• movies
• reading
• music
• folk music
• guitar
• piano
• blues
• cycling
• surfing
• languages
• religion

Music, Movies, and Books

Cinema:
The Lives of Others
V for Vendetta
El laberinto del fauno
Everything is Illuminated
Darjeeling Limited
Coffee and Cigarettes
Books: Dante's Inferno and Purgatoria. T.S. Eliot's poetry and prose, any of James Joyce's work. I like modernist literature. Tennessee Williams is my favorite playwright.

Teach, Learn, Share

Do not think that love, in order to be genuine, has to be extraordinary. What we need is to love without getting tired.
I extract this from Mother Teresa.

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Belize, Canada, Denmark, Egypt, France, Germany, Honduras, Liechtenstein, Mexico, Morocco, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Tanzania, Tunisia, United Kingdom

Countries I’ve Lived In

Bahamas, Kenya, United States