CURRENT MISSION

To jam in as many experiences as I can before I have to go back to the U.S.

ABOUT ME

I hail from the Land of 10,000 Lakes, and am a proud Minnesotan of Norwegian heritage. I love music and movies, amateur travel photography, anything that's zombie related, and engaging in furious debates with people that know I never take anything too seriously, especially myself.

I'm currently studying abroad in London, an opportunity I took for the purpose of exploring Europe.

I'm the laid-back, absent-minded type, in all situations but those involving looming deadlines. I avoid drama like the plague and tend to get along with almost everyone.

My career destination is attorney. After becoming one, I will likely pursue the goal of all attorneys: to follow in the footsteps of former attorney John Grisham in not being an attorney. I'm currently developing plans with my cousin to open and run a mustard emporium concurrently and adjacent to an octopus farm.

PHILOSOPHY

Always endeavor to be too weird to live and too rare to die.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Once I get back to the U.S., I'd like to start hosting.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I've only had one so far. Two summers ago I lived with a friend who signed up as a host, and we had one guest (he was bicycling across America). I have no experience surfing as of yet.

Interests

I love traveling, hiking, sight-seeing, camping. One of my favorite places in the world is the Boundary Waters in Minnesota.

My main hobby is probably martial arts, currently Boxing and Judo.

I also enjoy writing, bourbon, philosophy, and making mix CDs.

• arts
• writing
• photography
• running
• movies
• traveling
• music
• hiking
• camping
• surfing
• boxing
• martial arts
• law
• lakes

Music, Movies, and Books

Movies: Wes Anderson, Paul Thomas Anderson, and Stanley Kubrick top the list in terms of directors. Some of my favorites: Rushmore, Blues Brothers, The Good The Bad And The Ugly, Dawn Of The Dead (1978 version), The Thing, Dr. Strangelove, Old Boy, Fear And Loathing In Las Vegas

Music: Tom Petty, The Traveling Wilburys, The Cardigans, Husker Du, Queen, Daft Punk, Warren Zevon, Ben Folds, Passion Pit, Ben Folds

Books: Hunter S. Thompson, Ernest Hemingway, Joseph Heller, George R.R. Martin, Fyodor Dostoevsky

Countries I’ve Visited

Czech Republic, France, Netherlands, Spain, United Kingdom

Countries I’ve Lived In

Japan, South Korea, United Kingdom, United States