CURRENT MISSION

To live forever as long as I can

ABOUT ME

I'm an American Peace Corps Volunteer living in Tete, Mozambique. I teach Biology to students...or at least, I try to. I'm only here for one more year and then I get to drown myself in the real world with things like jobs and paychecks and 401ks and shitty stuff like that. So I'm doing my best to have fun now. My best isn't always good enough.

PHILOSOPHY

Joe Strummer for President!

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

It's been a while since I live so far in the bush. I live an hour and a half outside a smallish city in a country not too many people visit. But during the summer of 2013, I found places to stay in both Amsterdam and Brussels to phenomenal results!

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

As I said before, CouchSurfing helped me in a pinch in two different European cities when I was alone, spoke none of the languages, and seriously considered sleeping on benches in parks. They really helped me enjoy Brussels and Amsterdam.

Interests

Interests usually include chain-smoking Marlboro-Reds, drinking whiskey, and arguing about something (preferably international politics or punk rock of the 1980s, but you can choose the topic if you'd like).

• culture
• drinking
• politics
• traveling
• guitar
• piano
• biology
• chemistry
• languages
• volunteering
• parks

Music, Movies, and Books

Movies: Almost Famous, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Capote, Doubt, Mona Lisa Smile, Gosford Park, The Remains of the Day, Never Let Me Go, Notting Hill, and so many more.
Music: Punk rock and folk. The Gaslight Anthem, Regina Spektor, The National, Hot Water Music, The Decemberists, Rocky Votolato, Tallest Man on Earth, and more.
Books: Dubliners, Never Let Me Go, Me Talk Pretty One Day, The Disappearing Spoon, Cloud Atlas, The Great Gatsby, The Catcher in the Rye, Hearts in Atlantis, Push, The Sound and the Fury, Lord of the Flies, The Sun Also Rises, and others.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I have lived in and around America's capital all of my life with a little traveling across America. I've visited a good portion of Europe. And now I live in a tiny town in the middle of Mozambique. I've got some stories for you if you want them.

Teach, Learn, Share

I can play guitar, piano, and ukulele.
I have a degree in Biology and a large knowledge of Chemistry.
I have a soft-spot for pop-culture and have studied it immensely.

I'm looking for a good conversation, something that makes me think harder, defend my positions, honestly consider the truths that I've believed for so long. And let me challenge yours as well.