CURRENT MISSION

to learn about everything

ABOUT ME

i was born in chambersburg, pennsylvania, U.S.A.

i attend college at Kenyon College, which is in Ohio in the U.S. where i am an english/literature major

i'm on a junior year abroad program right now at the University of Exeter in England

PHILOSOPHY

my personal philosophy is sort of all over the place and subject to change on an hourly basis, but i'm really just trying to learn everything i can about as many things as i can. i'm interested in art of all forms. i like sincerity and trying to be true at all times. i hope the soul is immortal. i'm also very much into the idea of redemption. not really religious redemption, but internal, personal redemption. that's sort of a cross-section of my personal philosophy right now.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

well it would be somewhat hard for me to host somebody right now because i'm living in a single college dorm that's about the size of a closet, but i'm looking to start surfing.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

i just joined couch surfing, so i'm currently planning what will be my first experience!

Interests

i enjoy reading, learning, and playing music. i really want to travel and experience other cultures. i think couch surfing is the most authentic way to do this. meeting people from different backgrounds, finding common bonds, building friendships, sharing experiences, growing, etc.

• arts
• literature
• reading
• traveling
• socializing
• music
• surfing

Music, Movies, and Books

i like lots of music: wilco, modest mouse, bruce springsteen, bob dylan, the velvet underground, nirvana, john lennon, tom waits, the smiths

movies: anything directed by terrence malick (badlands, days of heaven, the thin red line, the new world), anything directed by david lynch (particularly blue velvet, the elephant man, and mulholland drive), lots of westerns, some jean-luc godard films (especially contempt), lost in translation, unforgiven, marathon man, requiem for a dream, wes anderson movies

books: anything by david foster wallace, dostoyevsky, james joyce, john barth, moby dick, hamlet, f. scott fitzgerald

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

i'm relatively untraveled at this point in my life, although i'm looking to change that. i went to the louvre in paris recently, which was pretty amazing.

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