CURRENT MISSION

meet and network with friendly international-minded people!

ABOUT ME

I got into couch surfing in Peace Corps Kazakhstan and am currently getting my MBA in International Development.

PHILOSOPHY

"Getting there is half the fun"- Kermit D. Frog

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

hosting in Uralsk, Kazakhstan.

Interests

banyas, fishing, the muppets, assassaning down the avenue, russia, sports, dive bars, outdoors, shuffleboard, big cities greyhounds, traveling, passion fruit, museums, picnics, ice cream

• traveling
• outdoor activities
• fishing
• surfing
• sports

Music, Movies, and Books

music: The Pixies, The White Stripes, Daman Albarn, Radiohead, Philip Glass, Devendra Banhart, Ratatat, Built to Spill, Esau Mwamwaya, The Very Best, DJ/rupture, The Fratellis, Yael Naim, Four Tet, The Bug, M.i.a., Raekwon, Uma2rman, Dizzee Rascal, Prefuse 73, Amadou & Mariam, Antony Hegarty, Why?, R. Kelly, Santogold, Madvillain, Jamie Lidell, Basement Jaxx, Lauryn Hill, The Arctic Monkeys, Mos Def, Sufjan Stevens, Junior Boys, Grizzly Bear, Cat Stevens, Nas, Chromeo, Animal Collective, Seu Jorge, Phoenix, Wilco, Hot Chip, Modest Mouse, Ghostface Killah, Burial, Bon Iver

movies:Barry Lyndon, The Royal Tenenbaums, Donnie Darko, Lost in Translation, Rear Window, 2001, Beauty and the Beast, Empire Strikes Back, Closer, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Seven Samurai, Requiem for a Dream, Borat, Bladerunner

books: foucalt's pendulum, lolita, catcher in the rye, lotr, clockwork orange, eureka street, fahrenheit 451, heart of darkness, woman warrior, house made of dawn, 1984

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

i recently had a broken nose reset in an old soviet hospital.

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