CURRENT MISSION

Get out!

ABOUT ME

I am shockingly, impressively unique; you've never met someone as interesting as me. I am just positively rolling in unique life experiences.

Allow me to illustrate: I am medium height, medium build. I'm white with brown hair, AND - get this - I grew up in a suburb of a major American city. Oh, but it doesn't stop there. No no, my friend, I also attended a public high school in a charming neighborhood (!).

I have a dog. I have a cat! I have one brother and one sister! I have two loving parents! We live in a comfortable house! I have a car! A cellphone!

That's right folks, I've got it all.

For the love of god, help me.

PHILOSOPHY

Future-oriented hedonistic existentialism, with a hearty splash of individualism: I enjoy the present, but I always make sure that the future will be even better; I wouldn't want someone else to judge me, so I try not to judge others, but I don't always get that one right.

Here we are on a giant rock, spinning too fast, we should at least try to have some fun. 70 years really isn't enough time to waste taking yourself seriously.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Just started.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

None, yet.

Interests

World travel.
Maps.
Writing.
Kettlebells.
Foreign languages.
Stand-up comedy.
Technology.
Meeting new people.
Pranayama breathing.
General semantics.
Minimalism.
Psychedelic substances.
Stuff I've never heard of.

• cats
• dogs
• writing
• fitness
• running
• technology
• traveling
• minimalism
• swimming
• cartography
• teaching
• languages

Music, Movies, and Books

Music:
-Bassnectar
-Pendulum
-Datsik
-Nero
-Beethoven
-Damian Marley
-NEW STUFF

Movies:
-Fight Club
-Inception
-Memento
-In Bruges
-Top Secret
-Airplane!
-RocknRolla
-Snatch
And so on

Books:
-Anything by Robert Anton Wilson
-Global Brain
-The Lucifer Principle
-Malcom Gladwell (all)
-Chuck Palahniuk (early)
-1984

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Not enough.

Teach, Learn, Share

First off, let me say that this is just about the best idea I have ever seen. Now that that's out of the way:

Things I can teach:
-Fitness. I have extensive training and experience in kettlebell lifting, weight training, barefoot running and biofeedback testing. I have worked as a personal trainer and swim teacher.
-English. I am (obviously) a native speaker, and english has always been my strong suit. I can provide pointers on grammar, writing style etc.

Things I want to learn:
-Spanish. I have taken classes in school, but I can't escape the feeling that they are irrelevant and inadequate; learning Spanish (for real) strikes me as a very valuable and world-expanding skill.
-Foreign cultures. I want to learn as much as I can about cultures all around the world.
-Anything you're willing to teach me.

Countries I’ve Visited

United Kingdom

Countries I’ve Lived In

United States