CURRENT MISSION

To get an engineering job or enter a master's program in the EU.

ABOUT ME

Physics major, engineer by trade. Avid rock climber and olympic weightlifter. I am currently learning German and enjoy reading!

PHILOSOPHY

Do not pity the dead, pity the living, and above all, those who live without love.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I'm looking forward to surfing some couches. I don't currently have any real plans to travel, but hope to do something spontaneous.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

None yet, but I've got high hopes.

Interests

Rock climbing, olympic weightlifting, engineering theory, reading (primarily fiction, I admit).

• aquaria
• design
• powerlifting
• reading
• traveling
• surfing
• skiing
• rock climbing
• engineering
• physics
• science

Music, Movies, and Books

Stranger than Fiction, Good Will Hunting, V for Vendetta, Lord of the Rings, anything by Akira Kurosawa, High Fidelity, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, The Deer Hunter, Scorsese, Amelie.

Elliott Smith, The Rolling Stones, The Streets, Heiruspecs, The Smiths, Joanna Newsom, M.I.A., The Clash, David Bowie, The Cure, Stevie Wonder, Neil Young, Modest Mouse, Madlib, MF Doom, The Zombies

Crime and Punishment, The Lord of the Rings series, The Silmarillion, The Brothers Karamazov, HP and the F'in Bear, Master P and the Sorceror's Stone, Harry Potter books, The Golden Compass, Vonnegut, Dune, Bulgakov.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Went to the Sistine Chapel, St. Peter's Basilica. Backcountry hiked 60 miles in Yellowstone, competed in powerlifting and currently training for olympic weightlifting competition. Been in heavy industrial plants doing maintenance which is a trip.

Teach, Learn, Share

I have expertise in woodcut printmaking, aquarium design, physics, mechanical and electrical engineering, general science.

Countries I’ve Visited

Italy, Mexico

Countries I’ve Lived In

United States

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