CURRENT MISSION

To expand my current perspective as a teacher and a student by traveling abroad

ABOUT ME

I am an honest, trustworthy, laid back, independent person that has always loved traveling. I haven't traveled in a few years and would love to take the opportunity to do so now more than ever.

I've worked many interesting scientific jobs mainly in florida, but am looking to travel abroad to expand my horizons and tastes. Some of the jobs that I have undertaken include biochemical engineering for the National Aeronautics Space Administration (NASA), professor of anatomy for University of Central Florida, and materials chemistry for the nanotechnology center.

Although my heart is filled with science, I have loved and played piano for years. I love to play with other people and enjoy new perspectives on jazz, classical, and other genres.

PHILOSOPHY

All that is gold does not glitter,
Not all those who wander are lost;
The old that is strong does not wither,
Deep roots are not reached by the frost.
From the ashes a fire shall be woken,
A light from the shadows shall spring;
Renewed shall be blade that was broken,
The crownless again shall be king.

-Tolkien

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I plan on traveling within the next month or so, but when I return, I plan on being able to host people.

Interests

Piano, Philosophy, Art, Theory, Science, Fun facts

• arts
• aviation
• traveling
• jazz
• piano
• scuba diving
• anatomy
• chemistry
• teaching
• engineering
• science

Music, Movies, and Books

Movies:
The Rocket
City of God
PULP FICTION (anything by Tarantino really)
Fight club
12 Angry Men
Stranger than Fiction
The Grand Budapest Hotel (anything by Wes Anderson)
THe usual Suspects
Leon: The Professional
Ponyo (anything by Miyazaki

Music
Jazz, Classical, Indie Rock, Post Rock, Whatever Really

Lately... Submotion Orchestra, Portico Quartet, As tall as Lions, Toe, Parlour Steps, SAINT MOTEL, Paco de Lucia, Edsart Udo de Haes, Alex Conde, REIGN OF KINDO, Minus the bear, Young the Giant

Books
Meditations on First Philosophy by Descartes
Godol, Escher, Bach by Hofstadter
Living in the End Times by Slavoj Zizek
Thus Spoke Zarathustra by Friedrich Nietzsche
Apology by Plato

Short Stories!
The Gentle Seduction by Marc Stiegler
The Last Question by Isaac Asimov
Scarlet Ibis by James Hurst
The Dead Past by Isaac Asimov

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Surfed, Fished, Scuba Diving, Everything Water