CURRENT MISSION

Live, live, live! Life is a buffet, and some suckers are starving!

ABOUT ME

Looking at the small "about me" box on this page, I am forced to abbreviate my existence into a blurred, fuzzy, and rough-edged snapshot. Therefore, to begin this self-photography, I like to consider myself as decently cultured through the people, books, films, art, and distant cities I have encountered throughout my twenty-two years. I basically try to constantly explore life through a new and different perspective.

Emotionally, I know myself to be a romantic at heart and a humanist in spirit. I greatly value quality over quantity in everything, for example, having fifteen great friends will always beat thirty good acquaintances. This follows in-line with my believes of simplicity over complexity, becoming more eco-friendly, and health conscious.

PHILOSOPHY

I believe that there is no past-life, and no after-life; there is only this life. Therefore, I try to experience everything I desire, because once I'm dead, that's it! Life is meant to be full of passion, ecstasy, and contentment...

Interests

Like a book of hobbies, my interests are diverse and somewhat cliché. Travelling is my first love because experiencing another society with an overwhelming sense of culture-shock makes me feel most alive and aware of the surrounding world. In this transit state, I receive the most lucid views on life. Besides travelling, I adore photography as it captures a new perspective into something tangible that I can show to others. Art history, I will admit, feeds this passion, as I learn from the past masters of image-making and as everyone knows, we can only build upon what has preceded.

Socially, I enjoy hosting a salon, where my friends and their friends can share a cup of tea, or something stronger, while conversating about the latest scandal, newest inspiration, and freshest concept. Such subjects could include the Grand 18th. Century, b+w classic films, and costume period drama.

Athletically, I greatly adore rock-cliff climbing, canoeing, swimming, and lifting weights. I believe in the ancient Greek model of exercising the mind and the body.

• arts
• culture
• books
• photography
• coffee
• exercise
• modeling
• movies
• traveling
• canoeing
• boxing
• rock climbing
• swimming
• art history
• history

Music, Movies, and Books

BOOKS
Biographies on Kings, Queens, and Mistresses
Painters' Compilations
Philosophical (Feng Shui, and Humanism)

FILMS
2 Jours à Paris
All About Eve
Birds, The
Casablanca
Dangerous Liaisons
Easy Virtue
Fatal Attraction
Girl with a Pearl Earring
He Knew He Was Right
Immortal Beloved
Jason and the Argonauts
Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham
Last Emperor, The
Memoirs of a Geisha
Now, Voyager
Onegin
Poseidon Adventure, The
Queen, The

MUSIC
Classical (Beethoven, Mozart, Vivaldi, etc.)
Jazz (1930's-1950's)
Pop (1980's-1990's)
R&B (1930's-1960's)

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Climbing the stairs to the top of the Eiffel Tower, and having a coffee and croissant in the top-floor restaurant.

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Italy, Monaco, Netherlands, Norway, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Italy, United Kingdom, United States