Hello couchsurfers, peace and grace be with you!

About me:
After studying mechanical engineering for two years, I decided instead that I aspire to be a professor or teacher of religious studies and philosophy!

I love learning about other cultures, discussing sociology, and opining about philosophy, so I'm eager to talk and learn to anyone and everyone!

I graduated Cornell in 2021 with a degree in Religious Studies and a minor in East Asian Studies.

I've been to Haiti and Italy for musical performances (I play french horn, piano, and accordion) and Japan to study monks, the ecology of pilgrimage; and Zen Buddhism.

I love camping, reading, film analysis, and the Bible. More below!

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

Looking to share, explore, and meet! Also hotels are so expensive when there's no hostels around.

Interests

I'm interested in music, religion, philosophy, history, sociology, culture, technology, and ecology!
I find anything interesting, and it's my personal goal to learn something from everyone I meet.
But there's no doubt whether you'll learn something from me, based on the amount of talking I'm capable of haha😅

• books
• music
• backpacking
• ecology
• history
• languages
• philosophy
• esperanto
• religious studies

Music, Movies, and Books

I know you're probably interested in tasting some new waters, so here's some specific material which I personally enjoy and would recommend you try for fun (look them up):

Music:
Air on G String- Bach
The Wire- Kanye
Tchaikovsky 7th
WÖR (belgian folk band)
First Suite in Eb by Holst
Motorway (album) by Fear of Dark
Ryo Fukui (pianist)
Russian Easter Overture by Rimsky-Korsakov
Puccini's Mesa di Gloria
Missa de Angelis (can only be experienced in person, dont even try online. If you know you know)

Tv Shows:
Better Call Saul
Demon Slayer (best anime imo)
Avatar the Last Airbender

Books:
Restoration of Christian Culture
Dubliners by James Joyce (favorite short story)
What Makes Sammy Run
The Man in the High Castle (book>>tv series)
Jurassic Park (BOOK! >> movie)
Twilight Land, by Howard Pyle
Samurai Trails, Lucian Swift Kirtland
How to Be a Man by Harvey Newcomb

Movies:
Only Yesterday (Studio Ghibli Anime)
Seven Samurai
Prince of Egypt
The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly
The Empire Strikes Back

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Climbed a mountain in Italy in the morning before an orchestra rehearsal with a professional French Choir in a 13th century church. Then climbed one in Japan on accident, thinking it was a half hour hike.

Teach, Learn, Share

I know lots of things and love to talk, which is a dangerous combination for someone like me.
But I also love to learn, which gets me to shut up enough to listen to more interesting people than myself. That won't stop you from learning something interesting while we talk though!

You should look into:

-Project Gutenburg
-Goodreads (commonly known, but could help you keep track of what you read)
-Todoist
-Notion.so
-Auto Hot Key

What I Can Share with Hosts

I'm an amateur chef of all things exclusively egg related, and cook a mean french toast and omelette for hosts!
I can provide the ingredients, unless you'd rather use yours of course.

Countries I’ve Visited

Canada, Dominican Republic, France, Haiti, Italy, Japan

Countries I’ve Lived In

Japan, United States