CURRENT MISSION

Gain an understanding of the world and live life

ABOUT ME

I try to experience as many things as I can while learning and living life in the process

PHILOSOPHY

better to see something once than to hear about it a thousand times over

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

my participation has been limited but now that I'm in another area that I'm unfamiliar with I'm looking to change that!

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I have made many friends all over northern japan and surfed many couches of people I now consider close friends.

Interests

All types of music, meeting people from all over the world, all kinds of festivals, having a good time, experiencing new things, and relaxing in the wild, laughing, really anything at all...

• festivals
• dining
• wine
• running
• socializing
• music
• backpacking
• surfing
• snowboarding
• swimming
• beaches

Music, Movies, and Books

Movies: Departed, Blood Diamond, man on fire, dances with wolves, city of god
Music: Everything but some of my favorites are lauryn hill, red hot chili peppers, phoenix, ben harper, kid cudi, discovery, esperanza spading, purity ring, jack johnson, john legend, kings of leon, metronomy, mumford and sons, xxyyxx, the list goes on...
Books: anything on history or philosophy

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

running with the bulls in spain, sky dive in bohemia, backpacking for a month in brazil, samba at Lapa in rio, sunrise on the eastern beach in japan, accidentally crashing a japanese shinto ceremony/festival and some how becoming the guest of honor knowing zero japanese and no one there knowing english, swimming with sharks (unknowingly), surfing in malibu, snowboarding during the best colorado winters, winning a eating contest in texas, new years in new york, listening to children with in kabul, taste testing wine/food in crete. meeting people from all over the world with stories of their own.

Countries I’ve Visited

Brazil, Canada, Czech Republic, Denmark, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Japan, Mexico, Myanmar, Spain, Sweden, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Afghanistan, Japan, United States