CURRENT MISSION

Pretty Straightforward: To live, learn, teach, love, and travel.

PHILOSOPHY

ANDREW: I hold this quote by Jack London close to my heart:

"I would rather be ashes than dust. I would rather that my spark should burn out in a brilliant blaze than it should be stifled by dry-rot...The function of man is to live, not to exist. I shall not waste my days trying to prolong them.

I shall use my time."

LAURA: peace, love, and tolerance.

Interests

ANDREW: soccer (sports), improv comedy, wittiness, a sense of humor, MUSIC, pomegranates, labradors (dogs), green tea, concerts & shows, psychology, a good time

LAURA: politics, theater arts, traveling, reading the newspaper, concerts, human rights activism, meeting new people

• dogs
• arts
• theater
• concerts
• human rights
• politics
• reading
• traveling
• music
• sports
• soccer
• psychology

Music, Movies, and Books

ANDREW Books: A Confederacy of Dunces, The Tipping Point, Blink, 1984, How Soccer Explains the World, A Civil Action, Fugitive Days, Mountains Beyond Mountains

LAURA Books:The Life of Pi, The Hours, Eat Pray Love, The Audacity of Hope, Blink, Catch-22, Dreams from My Father, The Glass Castle, Angels and Demons, Fahrenheit 451, The Dark Side of Camelot, On the Road, The Kite Runner, The DaVinci Code, The Creative Habit, In Cold Blood, Rule of the Bone,

ANDREW Movies: Crash, Office Space, Tommy Boy, Anchorman, Boondock Saints, Fight Club, Shawshank Redemption, Garden State, trainspotting, October Sky, American History X, Pay It Forward, A Night at the Roxbury, Finding Forrester, Searching for Bobby Fischer

LAURA Movies:Ghost. There Will Be Blood. Crash. Juno. Dead Presidents. The Godfather. Pulp Fiction. American Gangster. Thank You for Smoking. Kill Bill Vol. I and II. Full Metal Jacket. Hair. American Beauty. Office Space. Love Actually.

ANDREW Music: EVERYTHING.

LAURA Music: Atmosphere, Ben Folds, RHCP, Miles Davis, 2020 Soundsystem, Radiohead,Jurassic Five, Cake, Van Morrison, Talking Heads, Eric Clapton,Jay-Z, The New Deal,Outkast, Lotus, Disco Biscuits,

Countries I’ve Visited

France, Mexico, Poland

Countries I’ve Lived In

Italy, United States