CURRENT MISSION

learn and grow

ABOUT ME

social, intellectual, curious, adventurous

PHILOSOPHY

"all things are manifestations of one thing only"

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I stayed with a number of different hosts while on a two-month backpacking trip across Japan, and am eager to pay it forward to the Couchsurfing community!

Interests

I love hiking, literature, electronic dance music, and poetry (both reading and writing.)

• writing
• literature
• poetry
• dancing
• reading
• music
• dance music
• hiking
• backpacking

Music, Movies, and Books

movies: The Truman Show, A Bout de Souffle, Pay it Forward, The Mirror, Russian Ark

music: The Beatles, Bassnectar, Queen, Kanye West, Phoenix, The Strokes, Alt-J, LCD Soundsystem, Daft Punk

books: East of Eden, Siddhartha, Mrs. Dalloway, Harry Potter

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Re-traced the entirety of "Oku no Hosomichi," the famous path followed by classic haiku poet Matsuo Bashō across northern Japan. (He went on foot; I took the train).