CURRENT MISSION

First, to do documentaries. Eventually, I aspire to become a wise old man, grow a beard, and write a book.

ABOUT ME

I am a 23 year old product of the Pacific Northwest, digital native, raised in the silver spoon suburbs and currently living in Seattle with 6 of my best friends in a big old house that is always full of music. I feel alive now that I'm done with school, I think the winters are too cold here, and I think Americans like myself should travel beyond tourist hotspots.

PHILOSOPHY

It seems the greater one broadens their surroundings, the greater they are exposed to a whole range of ideas and lifestyles.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I fantasize of warmer places and we have plenty of couch space!

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Good people, good stories, good times

Interests

Soccer, reduction of global disparities, video making, sustainable agriculture, music, freedom of information via the internet, balancing things on my nose, effectiveness and ineffectiveness of "aid" and NGO efforts, cooking.

• books
• documentaries
• cooking
• traveling
• music
• soccer
• agriculture

Music, Movies, and Books

Music: Tera Melos, Mars Volta, Santana, the Beatles, Cesaria Evora, the Refugee AllStars, King Tubby
Movies: Alamar, South of the Border, They Call It Myanmar
Authors: Colin T. Campbell, Howard Zinn, John Perkins

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I've seen the northern lights!

Teach, Learn, Share

Teach: The United States, while having 5% of the world's population, consumes 25% of the world's resources.
Learn: What are foreign perceptions of America?
Share: soundcloud.nezlightning.com