I try to be an aware, progressive, and open-minded person who always has a lot of enthusiasm for everything I do. I have many passions in life including cycling (transportation and touring), food, being outdoors, traveling, science, speaking Spanish, and of course meeting interesting new people.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I am newish to the CouchSurfing community and ready to build some experiences.

Interests

cycling, the environment, reading, movies, dancing, epidemiology, radio, español, foreign cuisine, being outside, soccer, frisbee, kickball, bocce, skiing and snowboarding, skydiving, psychology, traveling, medicine, cooking

• dancing
• environment
• dining
• cooking
• drinking
• movies
• reading
• traveling
• outdoor activities
• cycling
• camping
• skydiving
• skiing
• snowboarding
• soccer
• kickball
• medicine
• psychology
• science
• beaches

Music, Movies, and Books

Music:
andrew bird, animal collective the arcade fire, the avett brothers, battles, beck, belle and sebastian, bright eyes, broken social scene, built to spill, david bowie, elliot smith, elvis costello, the get up kids, gogol bordello, grand buffet, man man, minus the bear, modest mouse, nofx, okkervil river, radiohead, saves the day, talking heads, ted leo, weezer, wilco

Movies:
There Will Be Blood, No Country For Old Men, The Bicycle Thief, The Big Lebowski, Fargo, Blood Simple, Grindhouse, Pulp Fiction, Reservoir Dogs, Rear Window, North by Northwest, LA Confidential, Spirited Away, Clerks, Mallrats, Dawn of the Dead, 28 Days Later, Evil Dead, Ferris Bueller's Day Off, The Life Aquatic, The Royal Tenenbaums, Rushmore, Me You and Everyone We Know, The Departed, Breathless, Alien, Apocalypse Now, Cinema Paradiso, Cool Hand Luke, Citizen Kane, Full Metal Jacket

Books:
The Sirens of Titan, Breakfast of Champions, Cat's Cradle, Slaughterhouse Five, Everything Is Illuminated, Incredibly Loud and Extremely Close, The Secret History, The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay, The Mysteries of Pittsburgh, Wonder Boys, A Short History of Nearly Everything, The Life of Pi, The Hot Zone, The Andromeda Strain, Candide, Syrup, The Things They Carried, Stranger in a Strange Land, Catcher in the Rye, The Great Gatsby

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Hiked to the top of Mt. Chiripo in Costa Rica. Biked from Pittsburgh to Washington D.C. Biked from Pittsburgh to my parents' front door outside of Philadelphia. Celebrated new years eve 2010 in a Bedouin village 15 miles from the next nearest civilization on the beach with 5 friends and our Bedouin hosts around a camp fire drinking desert tea.

Countries I’ve Visited

Costa Rica, Egypt, Israel, Jordan, Nicaragua, Panama, Spain

Countries I’ve Lived In

Puerto Rico, United States

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