CURRENT MISSION

I'm working on moving back to Seattle, hoping to couchsurf while I get settled in.

ABOUT ME

I'm a world citizen, traveler when I can afford it, and avid student of foreign languages; I enjoy both experiencing and learning about any and all cultures - especially learning the language and learning to prepare the cuisine.

PHILOSOPHY

"Hedonism need not be a purely self serving ideology: To revel in the pleasures of life, both phenomenal and noumenal, should include the promotion of such experiences for others."

Pourquoi je suis sur Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Right now, I'm sadly not in a place to supply a couch, but I always try to have room anywhere I live to support other travelers.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I've couchsurfed between hostels and among travel in areas ranging from Paris to Tokyo, as well as in the US; I think it's a great way to build international community, and to meet new people!

Centres d'intérêt

Reading, Foreign Languages, Cooking, Bartending/Mixology, Travel, Cycling, Backpacking, Overland Travel, Vagabonding

• cooking
• cocktails
• reading
• traveling
• cycling
• backpacking
• divinity
• languages
• political science
• science
• mountains

Morceaux de musique, films et livres

Movies: Gattaca, Brazil, Before Sunset/Before Sunrise, Hard Candy, Waking Life, Revolver, Across the Universe, Moulin Rouge, Priscilla: Queen of the Desert...
Music: David Bowie, The Beatles, The Eagles, Elliot Smith, The Magnetic Fields, Stars, Deathcab for Cutie, Coldplay, Keane, Johnny Cash, Weezer, Jeff Buckley...
Authors: Umberto Eco, Rilke, Hesse, Tolkien, Aasimov, Terry Pratchett, Douglas Adams, Neil Gaiman... and tons more =)

Une aventure extraordinaire que j'ai vécue

Climbed two of the Holy Mountains of China (7 left ;).

Enseignez, apprenez, partagez

I have pretty extensive (for an American ;) ) language skills, and some well rounded knowledge of theology and spirituality. My Bachelor's Degrees are in Political Science and Sinology