CURRENT MISSION

Grow outward, upward.

ABOUT ME

I'm an adventurous and happily nerdy software engineer with a lot of curiosity about the world and other people. I seek small ordinary adventures -- going to a new place, trying a new food, sitting in someone's living room with drinks and talking.

PHILOSOPHY

I believe in "following the crumbs." Doing things one step at a time, figuring out what comes next based on your feelings and knowledge in that moment.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I have enjoyed traveling and Couchsurfing. Couchsurfing is the best way I know to meet new friends and see a new place from an inside on-the-ground perspective -- which is my favorite way to get to know a new place, not by visiting tourist sites.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I Couchsurfed in Chile with 2 friends, and I loved it! In the places I stayed, I created and tried the Brazilian national cocktail (delicious), listened to a sitar played live and tested it out myself (amazing instrument), and watched the Godfather for the first time (nothing like a movie projector in a living room).

Interests

What to do with this life. Politics. Social change. Comics and cartooning. Books. Thoughtful conversations.

• writing
• books
• dining
• cocktails
• drinking
• gardening
• politics
• comics
• traveling
• engineering
• software

Music, Movies, and Books

Books: Ender's Game, Infinite Jest, Ishmael, To Kill a Mockingbird, Red Mars, Footnotes in Gaza, Palestine

Movies: Fight Club, Amelie, Persepolis, Serenity

Music: John Legend, Keziah Jones, Bonobo, Four Tet, Bibio, Ratatat, Avenue Q, West Side Story, classical music (Dvorjak)

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Traveled alone in Argentina for 1 month, following my intuition to go place to place.

Teach, Learn, Share

Gardening, writing, storytelling, programming (Ruby, Javascript, HTML, CSS)