CURRENT MISSION

To create a smile on your face

ABOUT ME

I am an avid traveler who's main principle in life is, "it's short, so love it and live it the best you can." I am also a songwriter. Traveling and music are my two strongest passions. I travel as often as possible, and it is my desire to keep traveling for as long as I can. University was a means to supplement my insatiable curiosity about what it is to be human. I love meeting new people and having new experiences. My goal in life is to die smiling.

PHILOSOPHY

it seems that existence is a series of dichotomies, at each point we are given a choice. The more conscious we can be of this choice the easier it is to say, "Yes. I love life. I appreciate the gift of experience."

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Currently I am traveling, but it has always been a pleasure of mine to be a host. As always, I am exited to be a guest and to have the opportunity to show people around my neck of the woods. I think CS is a great means for cultural exchange.

i also think that it is key as a guest to contribute. i love cooking and usually try to learn from my hosts, and try to share something new in this arena. i'm also a very compact and tidy traveler. i don't mind staying in squalor, i just try not to contribute to it.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

So, I have been an avid couchsurfer ever since I first started traveling around the U.S. on my own when I was 16. I have always valued a large and diverse friendship network, and I try visiting my friends everywhere and anywhere, hoping to keep in touch with friends scattered all across this amazing planet we know as home.

i have been surfing with couchsurfing.com for a few years now, and it rocks. i have met so many amazing people since i joined, and i am excited to meet more.

Interests

Laughing. Having a great time. Seeing people smile. Existence. Dynamism. Playing music. Life.

• dancing
• cooking
• partying
• clubbing
• traveling
• music
• surfing

Music, Movies, and Books

movies: amelie (and jean pierre-junet in general). into the wild. most things distopian (i don't know why but i love this genre). waking the dead. waking life. too many to mention really.

Music (in no particular order, and just to name a few): built to spill. neil young. danger mouse. c-low. gorillaz. beirut. joanna newsome. kickball. radiohead. the mercury program. the album leaf. blonde redhead. band of horses. pinback. outkast. the confusors. intergalactic sissy octagon. krunkadellic. the fleet foxes. florence and the machine. bon iver. eskmo. aphex twin. mu!. you.

books: one hundred years of solitude. franny and zooey. on the genealogy of morality. the republic. capital. the fountainhead. 1984. the darma bums. jitterbug perfume. momo. zen and the art of motorcycle maintenance. illusions. siddhartha.

personal music projects:

todaystomorrowsyesterday.bandcamp.com

myspace.com/kaileleon
myspace.com/confusors
myspace.com/krunkadellic

you can see some short videos i've made by searching:
"kaithelion" on youtube as well (but be aware, these are only to be taken with utmost serioiusness, ehem).

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

jumped from a plane with a tiny Japanese man strapped to my back; shaken the hand of the Dali Lama; started dance parties in crazy night clubs in Tokyo; gone home to Black Rock City; cried with many of my close friends; and laughed so hard that that there was serious consideration of how dying by laughter wouldn't be such a bad way to go.

Teach, Learn, Share

I would love to learn everything, and I would love to teach anything I can.

Countries I’ve Visited

Australia, Austria, Belgium, Belize, Bhutan, Cambodia, Canada, China, Czech Republic, Denmark, Ecuador, France, Germany, Greece, Guatemala, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Kenya, Laos, Malaysia, Mexico, Myanmar, Netherlands, Norway, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Singapore, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Thailand, Turkey, Ukraine, United Kingdom, United States, Viet Nam, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Countries I’ve Lived In

Japan, United States

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