CURRENT MISSION

I'm caught up in my own story.

ABOUT ME

Adventurous, enjoys new experiences and adventures (e.g. learning to drive a stick shift in Joburg), likes excitement but can also gladly spend a week reading A Song of Ice and Fire and contemplating the best way to perform a SQL statement on a relational database.

PHILOSOPHY

Be the best "you" you can be.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

Meet people and make some rad memories.

Interests

Music, working out, movies, TV, study, learning, videogames, coffee, programming, writing

• writing
• performing arts
• coffee
• working out
• technology
• movies
• reading
• tv
• music
• languages
• psychology

Music, Movies, and Books

Horror movies (Insidious), science fiction movies (Prometheus), nerd movies (Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World)

Metal music (Disturbed, SOAD, Nightwish, Tool, Slipknot), electronic music (Deadmau5, Steerner), rock music (Nine Inch Nails, Imagine Dragons, Radiohead, Creedence Clearwater, Jimi Hendrix), NERD MUSIC (Anamanaguchi, the Donkey Kong Country soundtrack, the Legend of Zelda soundtrack)

Fantasy Books (A Song of Ice and Fire, Riftwar, Harry Potter), classic literature (Crime and Punishment, Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, The Stranger), Horror fiction (Call of Chthuhlu, Stephen King)

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I was once trapped in a fridge on a train going to Paris. That was a pretty insightful experience.

I spent the night in a Geneva airport and slept on a hardwood floor...somehow.

I was in a car that broke down outside of Chicago and miraculously kept my friend from freaking out.

I once spent 24 straight hours getting to know somebody.

Oh, I met Keith Richards once. That was unexpected. Think Johnny Depp in Pirates of the Caribbean only with a lot more swagger.

Teach, Learn, Share

Teach - programming, writing, technology, communication, psychology
Learn - languages, cultures, writing