CURRENT MISSION

Travel as much as possible while teaching students my passion for knowing about the world
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I'll be on summer vacation until August 8th, 2016.

ABOUT ME

I'm a couch (anti-)intellectual that loves good conversation...usually while having a good beer. I love to go to another place and get lost, stay away from the tourists, and find that great place you can only find by wandering.

PHILOSOPHY

I aspire to be a professor one day, but right now the ride is pretty good.

visited 9 states (4%)Create your own visited map of The World or Best time to visit Copenhagen

visited 27 states (54%)Create your own visited map of The United States or Best time to visit Syria

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I live in Guangzhou, China with my girlfriend and are welcoming couchsurfers wanting to explore the mainland.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I am a couchsurfing novice, but think this is a great way to meet cool people, save a buck, and travel. I have done hostels in the past, but love meeting the people who live in the places I want to travel.

Interests

Books- I read almost anything and everything
Conversation- I love engaging in conversation with people from different ways of life and with different perspectives
Beer- Never one to turn down a beer if it involves good friends
Movies- I love a well thought out and well made movie, but sometimes the mindless flick is fun
Traveling (down here because I don't do it as much as I would like)- I love to go places to get the feel of the people and their culture, not take mine to theirs

• culture
• books
• beer
• marathon
• running
• movies
• traveling
• economics
• teaching
• history

Music, Movies, and Books

Favorite Music:
Radiohead, The Doors, SRV, R.A.T.M., Swell Season, MARS WARS, Keefrider, Bloc Party, Beirut, Arcade Fire, Bob Marley, Bob Dylan, The Kooks, Mates of State, They Might Be Giants, Andres Segovia, Brazilian Girls, Thievery Corporation, Eric Clapton, old Incubus, Led Zeppelin, Miles Davis, Twang Twang Shock a Boom, Xploding Plastix, Andrew Bird, Elliot Smith, David Bowie, Jay Z, Mos Def, Lauren Hill, Simon and Garfunkle...

Favorite TV Shows:
Family Guy, Futurama, The Office, Arrested Development, It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, sports

Favorite Movies:
Lost in Translation, Igby Goes Down, Almost Famous, Royal Tenenbaums, The Incredibles, Princess Mononoke, City of God...

Favorite Books:
Novels: The Crying of Lot 49 -Pychon, A Natural History of the Senses -Ackerman, Hamlet -Shakespeare, most anything Palahniuk, Vonnegut or Voltaire...

Books with personal significance: Beyond Good and Evil -Nietzsche, The Communist Manifesto -Marx and Engels, 1984 -Orwell, Darwin's Dangerous Idea - Dennett, Profit Over People -Chomsky, All Quiet on the Western Front -Remarque, A Brief History of Neoliberalism -Harvey, The Rape of Nanking -Chang, Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance - Pirsig, The Giving Tree -Silverstein, The Dispossessed -Le Guin, and growing...

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Running a half-marathon through the streets of North Korea!

Teach, Learn, Share

I teach world history and economics at a college level so I know a decent amount about those subjects and would be willing to teach or share my knowledge with anyone interested. I've also studied person and political philosophy and love a good conversation about either of those things.

What I Can Share with Hosts

My love of learning, teaching, traveling, and hopefully make a good friend!

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Cambodia, China, Costa Rica, Czech Republic, England, Hong Kong, Hungary, Indonesia, Italy, Laos, Macao, Malaysia, Mexico, Netherlands, North Korea, Philippines, Poland, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand, Vatican City State, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

China, Taiwan, United States

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