i'm passionate about international health, both in terms of the work and the places that i am lucky enough to do it -- India, Vietnam, Mozambique, Swaziland, South Sudan.

also, i'm an aspiring multi-linguist in relentless pursuit of street food. and a relatively shameless dancer.

videos: http://vimeo.com/jjjttt

PHILOSOPHY:

Life is ten percent about what happens to you and ninety percent about how you respond to it.

Perhaps better said -- Experience is not what happens to you, it is what you do with what happens to you.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

to host, surf and spread the word about CS!

Interests

music, scubadiving, languages, food & drink (thalis, bun cha, tacu tacu, coffee, scotch, wine), napping in the grass (preferably in the fall), wandering.

• dancing
• dining
• wine
• coffee
• drinking
• chess
• music
• languages

Music, Movies, and Books

MUSIC
this is a moving target, but as of mid-2015: alt-rock, americana, jazz, soul, african.... Future Islands, Eastern Sea, alt-J, The National, Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr., Grizzly Bear, Local Natives, The Avett Brothers, Kings of Convenience, Notorious B.I.G., Mos Def, Billie Holiday, Ibrahim Ferrer, Bill Evans, Otis Redding, De La Soul, Sarah Vaughan, Johnny Cash, Sonny Rollins, Horace Silver, Grant Green, Joe Henderson, Fela Kuti, The Strokes, The Shins.

BOOKS
Magical realism (i.e. Marquez, Rushdie, Murakami), Midnight's Children, Brothers Karamazov, all Capote, East of Eden, Love in the Time of Cholera, War & Peace, Cuentos de Juan Jose Millas, Lolita, Underworld, Demian, Antes Que Anochezca, David Copperfield, Geek Love, A Fine Balance, Los Cuadernos de Don Rigoberto, Cien Años de Soledad, Middlesex, Shantaram, The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao, Interpreter of Maladies.

MOVIES
Cool Hand Luke, Amelie, Awakenings, When We Were Kings, Il Postino, Butch Cassidy & The Sundance Kid, Amores Perros, Edward Scissorhands, Man on the Moon, Rize, Todo Sobre Mi Madre, Central Station, Documentaries.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Peace Corps Guatemala 2002-2004.
white-water rafting on the nile.
hiked around annapurna in nepal.

Teach, Learn, Share

spanish. chess. patience. being a big kid.

Countries I’ve Visited

Aruba, Barbados, Bolivia, Brazil, Cambodia, Canada, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, France, Germany, Grenada, Guatemala, Honduras, Hong Kong, India, Kenya, Kuwait, Lesotho, Malawi, Mexico, Morocco, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Nepal, Netherlands, Oman, Palau, Panama, Peru, Puerto Rico, Seychelles, Singapore, South Africa, Spain, Sudan, Swaziland, Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand, Uganda, United Kingdom, United States, Viet Nam, Zambia

Countries I’ve Lived In

Guatemala, India, Namibia, Nepal, United States, Viet Nam

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