CURRENT MISSION

To come to a better understanding of myself and the world through travel, study, new interactions, and wild experiences

ABOUT ME

I grew up in Chicago (Berwyn), went to high school and college out there as well. I never knew the wonders of travel until I was 19, and decided to study for four months in Rome. I've been hooked ever since.

I took bachelor degrees in psychology and mass communication, but ended up working for a small company doing sales full-time right out of college. I quickly decided that this was no life for me and after saving up a bit, quit and took a backpacking trip through India. I returned to Chicago, got restless and ended up as a teacher in Nakhon Si Thammarat, Thailand. I'm loving my life out here now and hope I can share some of it with some couch surfers out here.

PHILOSOPHY

Just live, speak truth, live truth, be open to new experiences, everything should sort itself

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I've been couch surfing since 2007, but now I finally have my own place to host visitors to Nakhon Si Thammarat. I just created this profile when I moved out here, but if you're curious about my past CS experience you can check out my old shared profile here:

http://www.couchsurfing.org/profile.html?id=39NTI2K

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Nothing but amazingness, I love this site.

Interests

Reading, music, discussions, friends, drifting away from normal consciousness, interchange of deep thoughts, climbing things, working for real social change, wandering

• shopping
• reading
• traveling
• music
• backpacking
• surfing
• rock climbing
• teaching
• psychology

Music, Movies, and Books

So many...here's a few from each:

Music: Reggae, Dub, Radiohead, Hip Hop, Zeppelin, Bossa Nova, Mingus, etc.

Movies: Sans Soleil, The Harder They Come, Network

Books: Chomsky, Tolstoy, Marx, Dostoyevsky, Orwell, and on an on

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Might be cliche, but climbing Kilimanjaro was the most amazing week of my life. I'm still amazed at the wonders life offers through different situations. Packing up shop and moving to Thailand has been great for me!

Countries I’ve Visited

India, Tanzania

Countries I’ve Lived In

Italy, Thailand, United States