CURRENT MISSION

In a broad sense, excellence.

ABOUT ME

I'm a fast talker, the punchline of many jokes, a veteran in love, and an outlaw in Peru. My feet occasionally smell like freshly buttered popcorn (I might need a doctor). Other than buttery feet, I'm in good health and good spirits. I take care of drunks, but don't drink. People trust me. One of these days, I'll go to law school. In the meantime, I'm snarky, musical, and hard to annoy.

PHILOSOPHY

This is a gross misappropriation of the word "philosophy," but I get the gist of it. My goal is to entertain; I'm a hard worker, and from myself I demand a robust approach to everything that comes my way, whether it's a tough problem or the chance to go off on a grand adventure. I refuse to allow dogmatism, ideology and inertia to play a role in my life because they do violence to my commitment to a thoughtful and high-energy reaction to life. I refuse to oversimplify my ideas to accommodate the modern attention span, but I'm not opposed to explaining myself.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

My couch is your couch when my roommate consents.

Interests

Guitar, drums, piano, political and ethical philosophy, facetious political commentary, American history, classics, film, puns, journalism, loud music, acid jazz, linguistics, wiseacry, law, economics, tea, zombies, surrealism, Dinosaur Comics, writing, hiking, snowshoeing, biking, conversation, conservation, parkour, pizza.

• humanities
• writing
• drinking
• comics
• music
• jazz
• guitar
• piano
• drums
• cycling
• hiking
• snowshoeing
• economics
• history
• journalism
• law
• medicine
• political science
• science
• sociology

Music, Movies, and Books

There Will Be Blood; The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly; Rocket Science; The Wind that Shakes the Barley; Gangs of New York; The Departed; Fight Club; Bond movies; Science of Sleep; The Life Aquatic; The Count of Monte Cristo; The Man Who Would Be King; The Godfather; Orgazmo; Rushmore; The Italian Job; Advise and Consent; The Good Shepherd; 300; Gladiator; The Dark Knight; The Good Indiana Jones Movies; The Treasure of the Sierra Madre; Reservoir Dogs; Pulp Fiction; Back to the Future; Blade Runner; North by Northwest; Transsiberian; The Rape of Europa; The Great Escape; Children of Men; Schindler's List; Goodfellas; American History X; Chinatown; Memento; Citizen Kane; Harvey; The Princess Bride; Groundhog; Brazil; Casablanca; The Maltese Falcon; Scarface; Glory; The Wedding Singer; Almost Famous; The Shining; Shaun of the Dead; Iron Man; Vertigo; The Manchurian Candidate; No Country for Old Men; Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid; and The Searchers.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I hiked the Crow Pass around Anchorage, AK.

Teach, Learn, Share

Music, political science, philosophy, advice, history, sociology, etc.