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  • 精通 English, Spanish
  • 37, 男
  • 成为会员的时间:2011
  • Research and data analyst at an environmental NGO
  • B.A. in Political Science from Williams College
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关于我

CURRENT MISSION

Trying to find make some progress professionally while getting to see the world while I still can.

ABOUT ME

Never liked these self-descriptions. I like speaking Spanish, reading (fiction and social sciences), playing soccer, listening to electronic music, traveling, and pigging out on good food (especially Indian food).

PHILOSOPHY

Life is short; try to enjoy it while you can.

我为什么加入 Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I host.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

It's been very good so far!

兴趣

Reading, listening to/playing music, playing/watching/reading about soccer, sports, some video games, hanging out with good people, travelling

  • video games
  • reading
  • traveling
  • music
  • piano
  • sports
  • soccer
  • world cup
  • social science

音乐、电影和书籍

Books:
Just about anything by Milan Kundera, especially the Unbearable Lightness of Being
The River Why by David James Duncan
The Virgin Suicides by Jeffrey Eugenides
A River Runs Through It by Norman Maclean
Zorba the Greek by Nikos Kazantzakis
The Great Gatsby F. Scott Fitzgerald

Short stories:
Flannery O'Connor is probably my favorite, I've read everything she ever wrote. Raymond Carver is great, too, and I've always been a big fan of John Cheever.

Lots of others that I can't recall off of the top of my head.

As far as movies go, I'm not even going to say. With books it's easy to name off my favorites. I can't at all with movies. I really enjoy movies but there aren't any that really stick out as favorites, except for maybe Goodfellas. I really like Alejandro González Iñárritu, Wes Anderson, and the Cohen brothers as directors, among many others.

I like lots of different kinds of music. I have a classical and jazz background (really like the West Coast guys: Brubeck, Desmond, Mulligan, etc.) but I like hip-hop and rock as well. Radiohead is my favorite band. I really like Nine Inch Nails too. And the Pixies are probably my third favorite band. If I had to give my top three.

Since I originally wrote this description five years ago or so, I've gotten really into electronic music. Guy J and Guy Mantzur are my two favorite DJs.

我做过的一件不可思议的事情

Going to the World Cup in Germany in 2006 and seeing 5 games (3 US games) was pretty amazing.

教,学,和分享

Hmm...I can play piano and saxophone and know a bit about DJing. I feel like I know a lot about the social sciences for someone who has never been to graduate school. My Spanish is good. That's about all I can think of.

I'd love to learn more about how I can find/succeed in a career.

我可以与沙发主分享些什么

Advice on Mumbai, maybe my time (Saturday night/Sunday, some weeknights), and anything else you need. I consider myself to be a pretty good host.

我游览过的国家

Argentina, Brazil, Cambodia, Canada, Chile, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, France, Germany, India, Laos, Malaysia, Mexico, Myanmar, Nepal, Netherlands, Nicaragua, Oman, Peru, Portugal, South Korea, Spain, Sri Lanka, Switzerland, Taiwan, Thailand, United Kingdom, United States, Uruguay, Viet Nam

我居住过的国家

Argentina, India, Mexico, South Korea, United States

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