CURRENT MISSION

Expand my mind

ABOUT ME

I go to school full time during the day and during the evenings I work part time as an analyst in an environmental lab. Basically what I do is walk around in a white lab coat and try to look important. I spent this past summer wandering around Europe by myself for three months. I stayed in some hostels; I did a lot of camping; I slept in some train stations when the police didn’t kick me out; and a few people’s homes that I met during the trip. So pretty much, I was just an international bum for the summer. Well, that’s all I can think of for now.

PHILOSOPHY

I am trying to accumulate as diverse an experience base as I can so that I can hopefully break away from this narrow world perception that I hold. I find it easy to get caught up in my day to day life and forget about the dramatically diverse and amazing world around me. If I had to choose a personal philosophy it would be to never let time get the best of me. I live life as best I can in with the perspective that money isn’t real and that the only thing that really matters is how I impact the people around me.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I have only unofficial couchserfed by staying with people I have met during my travels.

Interests

Fly Fishing, Backpacking, Baseball, Sailing, Snorkeling, Motorcycles, and Kayaking

• running of the bulls
• running
• flying
• motorcycles
• fishing
• backpacking
• kayaking
• camping
• snorkeling
• sailing
• skydiving
• baseball
• emergency services

Music, Movies, and Books

My favorite movies are "A River Runs Through It," "Gladiator," "Enemy at the Gate," and "Braveheart."
A few of the books that I have read recently include "The Fall" (Albert Camus), "For Whom the Bell Tolls," and "Things Fall Apart"

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Running of the Bulls in Pamplona, Spain 2006
Skydiving in Interlocken, Switzerland
Watching a volcano erupt on the island of Stromboli, Sicily