CURRENT MISSION

To travel as far and fast as I can. I want to gain as much experience and knowledge as i can during my life. i want to meet as many beautiful, interesting people as possible.

ABOUT ME

i love life. i love unexpected curves that get thrown my way, and i love unexpected good times that get thrown my way. i love writing. i love people. i like getting to know people briefly or for extended amounts of time. i like when people share a connection, whether they've known each other for only two minutes or decades. i love intense, passionate conversation. i love traveling. I'm free spirited, and i don't want to plant my feet on the ground for years to come. I love reading alone, out loud to people, and being read to. I like sharing writing, and having it shared back. I love constructive criticism, but not the nonconstructive kind so much. I love being surrounded by positivity, diversity, creativity, and understanding. I am always up for new adventure, knowledge and experience.

PHILOSOPHY

I just decided one day that I didn't want to follow generic rules of life, like going to college right after high school, getting married, having children, working day to day at miserable, low paying jobs where you're insignificant and not making enough to live on anyhow, and I knew those things would never make me happy. I knew if I put off my dream adventures, I would become stuck, and be just as miserable as the next person. I live my life to learn and truly experience as much as I can possibly cram into my soul, heart, and brain. I love spreading positivity through dreams, speech, smiles, gestures, and meetings. I believe if you're absolutely genuine when talking to, looking at, passing by any one, while being completely positive, loving, and caring, that it really does affect your surroundings. I take risks so that I won't end up wondering where the hell my life went, or regretting the things that I never did.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I just joined because of a woman I met tonight at an Open Mic Night downtown. I told her I try to travel as much as I can, and she told me about this god send of a website.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I have no "official" couch surfing experience yet, but from the traveling I've done I can recall countless nights spent on many different floors and couches.

Interests

Books, Music, Writing, Art in any form, People, Coffee, Bukowski, Freedom of Expression, Travel

• arts
• writing
• books
• literature
• coffee
• reading
• traveling
• music
• surfing
• history

Music, Movies, and Books

I love any books and poetry by Bukowski, Kerouac, Plath, Vonnegut, Anderson, Thompson, Palaniuk, Corso, Celine, Puig, Burroughs, and so many more that I will never possibly be able to name, and I always enjoy taking a shot at new things.
I listened to mostly reggae, indie, blues, folk, hip-hop,and so much more; it would just be easier to say what I don't listen to, and that is country, rap, and church music.
A few of my favorite bands and singers are, Modest Mouse, Neutral Milk Hotel, Johnny Hobo and the Freight Trains, Miles Davis, Albert King, Tom Waits, Pato Banton, Johnny Cash, Bob Dylan, The Doors, The Microphones, The Books, Buju Banton, Bob Marley and the Wailers, Third World, NOFX, Wilco, Pavement, Ella Fitzgerald, The Pogues, Tracey Chapman, Xiu Xiu, Bessie Smith, it nevers ends.

I love foreign films (especially french), horror films, art films, zombie flicks, b-side flicks, cult classics, good comedies, documentaries, and more.
A few favorites are Boondock Saints, Waking Life, What the Bleep Do We Know?, Fight Club, Henry and June, any movie by Alejandro Jodorowsky, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Lost in Translation,Barfly, What Ever Happened to Jack Kerouac, Dawn of the Dead (original and remake), 28 Days Later, Spirited Away, A Life Aquatic, Ren and Stimpy, American Psycho, and many that are escaping me at the moment.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Actually deciding it was time to hit the road, and finally just taking off.

Teach, Learn, Share

Teach me about, Learn from me, or share with me:
Good Literature, different cultures, beautiful places, various surroundings, family history, life history, lessons well learned, any noun that has made a difference, or any funny/serious/sad/happy/exciting stories.

Countries I’ve Visited

United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

United States