CURRENT MISSION

To partake in as much of what this world's got to offer and educate myself and others as much as possible.

ABOUT ME

Hey there, I'm Andrew! I'm twenty-five years old and I manage a recycling facility in southwestern Colorado. I love to learn and grow from others' experiences, thoughts, and ideas and share those of my own.

PHILOSOPHY

Lead a life worth living or leave it behind. I try my best to stay positive because life is too short to be worried, angry, or upset for too long. Life's a lot of things, but it's hardly ever bad. You've got to treat people with respect and behave as a civil human being. I believe that harnessing and controlling your emotions, attitude, and behavior is extremely important, an largely admirable attribute, and a trait that more people should strive to achieve.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

None yet. I'm hopeful that there are many to come.

Interests

Travel, exploring, learning about other cultures/lifestyles, cycling, hiking, camping, fishing, rock climbing (bouldering), slacklining, photography, partying and having a good time.

• photography
• partying
• traveling
• bouldering
• cycling
• fishing
• hiking
• camping
• rock climbing

Music, Movies, and Books

Music: 7L & Esoteric, Aesop Rock, All That Remains, ...And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead, Arctic Monkeys, Armsbendback, As I Lay Dying, Atmosphere, August Burns Red, Beastie Boys, Bloc Party, Brand New, BT, Chemical Brothers, Chiodos, Circa Survive, City Of Caterpillar, Coheed And Cambria, Dashboard Confessional, Deftones, Explosions In The Sky, Fatboy Slim, Fear Before The March Of Flames, Foo Fighters, Funeral For A Friend, Haste The Day, Immortal Technique, Jedi Mind Tricks, Joshua Fit For Battle, KRS-One, Led Zeppelin, Massive Attack, Muse, Nine Inch Nails, Norma Jean, N.W.A., Pierce The Veil, Pink Floyd, Poison The Well, Portishead, Public Enemy, Queens Of The Stone Age, Radiohead, Rage Against The Machine, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Sage Francis, Smashing Pumpkins, Sneaker Pimps, Squarepusher, Team Sleep, The Beatles, The Bled, The Crystal Method, The Fall Of Troy, The Mars Volta, The Prodigy, These Arms Are Snakes, Three Six Mafia, Thrice, Tool, Underoath, Unearth, Vaux, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Zao. I love oldies, classic rock, and like a lot of classical music too.

Movies: 21 Grams, A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints, Chasing Amy, Clerks, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Into the Wild, The Graduate, The Salton Sea, The Big Lebowski, Fight Club, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, Requiem for a Dream, Rushmore, Snatch, The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou, Bottle Rocket, The Science of Sleep, Amores Perros, The Motorcycle Diaries, The Blues Brothers

I don't watch much television because I'm quite convinced that most of the programming broadcasted is toilet. Strangely enough, most of the shows I like are off the air these days. To name a healthly selection of my favorites... Arrested Development, Seinfeld, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Mr. Show, Space Ghost, The Colbert Report, The Office, Trailer Park Boys, and Jeopardy.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Witnessed dozens of Americans complaining of an unfair government and how the lives they lead are riddled with unconstitutionalities, albeit that is strictly up to one's own interpretation, and all the while one in four children in Afghanistan won't live to see adolescence, let alone the tender age of five. A whole nation of individuals who can no longer behave logically or seem to agree on anything--whichever political party with which you affiliate doesn't matter, we're all still people. This is a world filled with great people doing amazing things. We should reciprocate and act accordingly more often.

Countries I’ve Visited

Andorra, Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom, Vatican City State

Countries I’ve Lived In

Iceland, United States