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Overview

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  • Fluent in English; learning Amharic, Spanish
  • 42, Male
  • Member since 2013
  • I find ways to explore, at times those ways involve creat...
  • BA in animation and cinema
  • From Redwood City, CA
  • Profile 75% complete

About Me

CURRENT MISSION

To find out, once and for all, if it is possible to get a taco in every country in the world. So far: yes!

ABOUT ME

Isn't it just so cliché to say "outgoing and adventurous"? I'm wandering artist and soon to be ex-Peace Corps volunteer. I like helping people with their adventures almost as much as I like having my own (it's the best way to fall in love with my own little corner of the world all over again).

PHILOSOPHY

"In ten years, if i had to pick between the money and the experience, I'd rather have the experience" I said from the soggy cardboard box I will call home, ten years from now.

Interests

I love art of all kinds (creating and appreciating)! I'm also an avid cyclist, and self-proclaimed foodie. I try to be a vegetarian, but you know what? There's no way I'm going to New York and NOT getting a pastrami on rye, and there's no way I'm going to Germany and NOT getting a brat at the beer garden. On that note, I like fancy beers on shady patios and cheap beers in dingy dives. I like the feel of an actual book between my fingers, and after two years in Ethiopia, I like any kind of shower that doesn't involve me pouring cold water over my own head with a pitcher (but sometimes you just gotta make due). If i can have just those few things in life, I can die happy.

  • arts
  • books
  • beer
  • vegetarian
  • gardening
  • boxing
  • volunteering

Countries I’ve Visited

Canada, Czech Republic, Djibouti, Germany, Ireland, Mexico, Morocco, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Puerto Rico, Thailand, Togo, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom

Countries I’ve Lived In

Ethiopia, Ghana, India, Nepal, Taiwan

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