CURRENT MISSION

I'm a writer and filmmaker from Long Beach, NY. I taught ESL in South Korea last year. This year, I plan to travel in Asia while I document my travels through video and writing.

ABOUT ME

I just turned 25. I'm an avid skateboarder, hiker, photographer, writer and filmmaker. I enjoy learning about science, art, history--I love to learn in general. I think traveling's a great way to do that. Hopefully, I'll be able to add to my language skills as I travel; right now, my English and minimal Spanish just don't feel sufficient to communicate with such a vast and eclectic world.

PHILOSOPHY

For the low cost of 100 payments of $9.99, I'll send you a handwritten copy of my personal philosophy.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Although I've been signed up as a CouchSurfing member for a while, I haven't yet had a CouchSurfing experience. After my travels, I hope to reciprocate the generosity and open my couch to intrepid travelers.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I've had a good deal of experience crashing on the couches of families and friends while here in the United States, however, I've still yet to have an official CouchSurfing experience

Interests

Being in the outdoors. Learning about the multiverse. Making things out of bamboo.

• arts
• writing
• traveling
• outdoor activities
• hiking
• skateboarding
• history
• science
• beaches

Music, Movies, and Books

As far as films, I like American independents (Spike Lee, Scorcese, Jim Jarmusch, David Lynch, Ramin Bahrani), classic Hollywood (John Ford, Billy Wilder, Frank Capra), German Expressionism, Slapstick (Jacques Tati, Charlie Chaplin, Buster Keaton), French New Wave, Documentaries by Werner Herzog and Errol Morris and more.

Books: Fiction/Drama/Poetry: William Faulkner, Ralph Ellison, Alice Munro, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Jhumpa Lahiri, James Baldwin, James Joyce, Junot Diaz, Aleksander Hemon, Tolstoy, Chekhov, Dostoevsky, Shakespeare, William Blake, T.S. Eliot.
Nonfiction: Books on current events, economics, public health, scientific innovation, etc.

Music: Elvis Costello, Burkina Electric, St. Vincent, Otis Redding, Al Green, Aretha Franklin, Charles Mingus, Duke Ellington, Compay Segundo, Talking Heads, Ralph Stanley, The Beatles, Bassekou Kouyate, Tinariwen, Toots and the Maytals, Desmond Dekker, Ella Fitzgerald, The Pixies, Beethoven, Bach, Tchaikovsky, Chopin, Satie, Mississippi John Hurt, Son House, Caetano Veloso, Os Mutantes, Tom Ze, Elmore James, Howlin' Wolf, Jorge Ben, Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, Oscar Peterson, Thelonious Monk and much, much more...

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I saw a seagull swoop down and snatch a hotdog out of the bun my brother was holding. Never trust a seagull.

Countries I’ve Visited

Denmark, France, Mexico, Russian Federation, Spain

Countries I’ve Lived In

South Korea, United States