CURRENT MISSION

Live fully and love well

ABOUT ME

Um...I'm me.

PHILOSOPHY

If I took pieces of the various philosophies I've learned from books or other people, and was able to combine them into something cohesive from the fracturing, I might have a personal philosophy. I've had no success with this so far. Right now, my personal philosophy is to learn, greedily, and to take in as many views, from people and scenery, as my mind has room for.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

China, Cambodia, Thailand...

Interests

I'm interested in almost everything, so here's a random sampling of things I've been interested in lately: traveling, stand-up comedy in general, beaches and oceans, monkeys in Asia, Obamacare, my sister's roommate's 100-lb dog that still looks and acts like a puppy...why aren't more people that easygoing?

• dogs
• books
• traveling
• beaches

Music, Movies, and Books

For movies: most flicks by Mike Leigh or Jane Campion, The Secret Life of Words, Persuasion, Talk to Her, Atom Egoyan movies, Charlie Chaplin movies, The Breakfast Club, The Graduate, The Hangover, Judd Apatow and Adam McKay movies, anything with Will Ferrell.
For books: The Bluest Eye, The Parable of the Sower, all of Jane Austen, To The Lighthouse, Notes from Underground, Lolita, Pale Fire, Crescent
For music: Bon Iver, Elliott Smith, Modest Mouse, Iron & Wine, Ray LaMontagne, Dave Matthews Band, Bright Eyes, Jazz music, pop music to dance to including Michael Jackson and The Black-Eyed Peas, a lot of other stuff...

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I camped on The Great Wall. On my birthday.

Countries I’ve Visited

Cambodia, Hong Kong, India, Nepal, Peru, Puerto Rico, Spain, Thailand, Turkey, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

China, United States