I originally left Austin after graduating from university, looking for adventures. Since that time, I've lived in Japan, Thailand, New Zealand, South Korea, Peru and other US cities including San Francisco, LA, and Seattle. No matter what city you're in, look me up. Always in the mood for a good traveling companion for a trip to a hot springs, a cat cafe, a good restaurant, or sightseeing. It's not what you do; it's who you're with. "Sometimes, things that may or may not be true are the things a man needs to believe in the most - that people are basically good; that honor, courage, and virtue mean everything; that power and money, money and power, mean nothing; that good always triumphs over evil; and - I want you to remember this - that love, true love, never dies. You remember that, boy. You remember that. Doesn't matter if they're true or not. You see, a man should believe in those things, because those are the things worth believing in. Got that?" "Every morning in Africa, a gazelle wakes up. It knows it must outrun the fastest lion or it will be killed. Every morning in Africa, a lion wakes up. It knows it must run faster than the slowest gazelle, or it will starve. It doesn't matter whether you're a lion or a gazelle - when the sun comes up, you'd better be running." "I would rather sit on a pumpkin and have it all to myself, than be crowded on a velvet cushion." "The problem, often not discovered until late in life, is that when you look for things in life like love, meaning, motivation, it implies they are sitting behind a tree or under a rock. The most successful people in life recognize, that in life they create their own love, they manufacture their own meaning, they generate their own motivation. For me, I am driven by two main philosophies, know more today about the world than I knew yesterday. And lessen the suffering of others. You'd be surprised how far that gets you."