CURRENT MISSION

To travel without heed until my bank account is ruined and I'm forced into slavery in a foreign land (in which case I'll still enjoy seeing the world)

ABOUT ME

I'm a California kid, grew up in LA, moved out to the little beach/surf town of Santa Cruz for college. I graduated from the University of California in Santa Cruz June of 2008. I'm a pretty laid back person, motivated toward studying but never letting it hinder my ability to go out and have a good time. Free time includes a lot of things from football (soccer), running, and chilling out along the river to SCUBA diving, seeing just how high my alcohol tolerance can get, and going into massive debt to finance my traveling. I'm really just trying to love life as much as I can, meet some good people along the way, and stay away from that dreaded life of the 9-5 workday

PHILOSOPHY

Respect yourself, respect others, and most importantly enjoy yourself

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I haven't been too involved in couchsurfing yet but I'll definitely be looking for some places to stay while I'm out here

Interests

music as a way of life, soccer, baseball, snowboarding, photography, relaxing, the almost sexual interplay of ideas, savoring food, changing the world, film, temptation, running, getting lost, cezanne, writing, opposites, engaging conversations, sushi, philosophizing, shortsighted idealism, swimming, drowning, black coffee, open mindedness, slang in other cultures, sencha tea, lucid dreams, longboarding, authenticity, speaking figuratively, scuba diving, life

• culture
• writing
• photography
• dining
• coffee
• running
• traveling
• music
• scuba diving
• snowboarding
• baseball
• soccer
• swimming
• beaches

Music, Movies, and Books

Movies: Saving Private Ryan, Dead Poets Society, City of God, Dazed and Confused, Empire Records, Good Will Hunting, Super Troopers, The Dreamers, The Waking Life, Kinsey, Thank You For Smoking, Old School, Donnie Darko: Directors Cut
Music:
Taking Back Sunday, The Starting Line, Brand New, Jimmy Eat World, Alkaline Trio, Northstar, Rage Against the Machine, Elefant, Sparta, The Academy Is..., The Cure, Of Montreal, Say Anything, Dandy Warhols
Books: zen and the art of motorcycle maintenance, catcher in the rye, emerson, the great gatsby, palahniuk, the emperor wears no clothes, nonfiction, wikipedia, books that fall into my lap

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I lived in Maastricht in the Netherlands from the summer to winter of 2007 and had an amazing time. Being able to blend with the culture (even within the limited amount of Dutch I have) and making the side trips whenever possible has been life changing

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Fiji, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Luxembourg, Mexico, Monaco, Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom, Vatican City State, Virgin Islands, British

Countries I’ve Lived In

Netherlands, United States