CURRENT MISSION

To ressurect Tippin's, the pie emporium.

ABOUT ME

I'm eclectic and talkative... the talkative part is key: philosophy, hobbies, politics - but I must be frank, I have difficulty keeping up with sportstalk (I particularly love philosophy: I'm a big fan of John Stuart Mill).

What else... I'm currently a student at UTD living on the scholarship they gave me (a stipend). So, that means that you can either see me as a guy who's getting paid to go to school or an unemployed bum. I think I'm slightly more okay with being called a bum. Any "guy who's getting paid to go to school" is probably an arrogant ass, and I don't really want to have to get a beret.

PHILOSOPHY

I'm a utilitarian hedonist with a belief in Omega Point Theory (most religious folk would call me an Atheist, though). It's a simple philosophy: in all things, try to bring about the greatest happiness in the greatest number of people.

Oh, yeah, and I'm also a pacifist - but I enjoy practical martial arts. I hear this is uncommon?

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I like to travel, try to couchsurf when possible, and keep my couch open for whoever wants it. I could do more, but I'm just a rank-and-file couchsurfer for now.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Haven't couchsurfed yet, but I'd love to. I've hosted a couple times. Once for a man from New Zealand, and once for a couple here from France. It was a very enjoyable experience both times. The guy from New Zealand was actually travelling the world writing a book about what he saw. Pretty cool.

Interests

Trying to find my pants
Stock trading
Brazillian Jiu-Jitsu and Muay Thai Kickboxing
Yoga
Debate
Keeping up with politics
Meeting new people
Still trying to find my pants
Weird DIY projects (I made a hookah table last week?)
Trying to keep linux and beryl from freaking out on me when I need them most.
Seriously, guys, where the hell are my pants?

• arts
• writing
• books
• diy
• yoga
• running
• politics
• traveling
• atheism
• martial arts
• economics
• psychology

Music, Movies, and Books

Books -Anything I can get my hands on, America: The Book, The *entire* Ender's Game Series, God's Debris, The Sandman, anything by Neil Gaiman or Chuck Palahniuk, Anything by John Stuart Mill, The Wheel of Time series, His Dark Materials, I could keep going forever. I also like classical philosophy, but I prefer Aristotelian ideas to most others - it feels more rooted in science.

Movies - Anything that makes me think, especially if it has a twist, FIGHT CLUB, The Prestige, Primer, The Dark Knight, American History X, Ferris Bueller's Day Off, Zoolander, Thank You For Smoking, Lord of War, drawing a blank now.

Music- STILL Pretty much anything (see a trend?), Steven Lynch, Barenaked Ladies, the Hush Sound, Scroobius Pip Vs. Dan Le Sac, Regina Spektor, Third Eye Blind, Train, Cake, Incubus, Jack Johnson

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I've survived a motorcycle accident with a mack truck at 80 miles an hour. Still trying to figure that one out.

Teach, Learn, Share

I can teach you to fight *very* well, given the time. Over the short term, I could give you tricks you can use in scuffles. I wouldn't feel comfortable teaching an overly aggressive person how to fight, though. I don't like the idea of being the originating point for violence - but self-defense? That's something everyone should know.

I'm fairly well-versed in psychology, economics, philosophy, and finance.

I've also got a strong knack for computers. I can fix yours, get it running smoothly, or show you how to pirate (if you want).

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