CURRENT MISSION

Continue to travel the world and master another language.

ABOUT ME

I'm quiet but I enjoy small groups of close friends, and have an interest in really getting to know those I meet. I've lived all over the United States, and have traveled the world. I love discussing philosophy, politics, and science, and appreciate other opinions and ideas. I'm studying international relations, with a primary focus on EU and East Asian politics, and have a minor in philosophy. Lastly, the three loves of my life are as follows: my girlfriend, my piano, and a pint of Guinness Extra Stout!

PHILOSOPHY

-Ask yourself whether the dream of heaven and greatness should be waiting for us in our graves - or whether it should be ours here and now and on this earth.

-It takes more courage to reveal insecurities than to hide them, more strength to relate to people than to dominate them, more 'manhood' to abide by thought-out principles rather than blind reflex. Toughness is in the soul and spirit, not in muscles and an immature mind.

-All things change in a dynamic environment. Your effort to remain what you are is what limits you.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I am relatively new to couch surfing and have only ever surfed. However, I am willing to harbor travelers who might be passing through while on their trek to nicer places than my own.

Interests

Travel, Piano, Ireland, Pub Crawls, Martial Arts, Le Parkour, Soccer, Rugby, Surfing, Art

• arts
• environment
• pub crawls
• politics
• traveling
• piano
• surfing
• martial arts
• soccer
• rugby
• international relations
• science

Music, Movies, and Books

Movies: The Matrix, The Bourne Trilogy, Body of Lies, Spy Games, Ronin, Enemy of the State, The Devil's Own, The Departed, Léon, SLC Punk

Music: Mors Principium Est, Dark Lunacy, Eluveitie, Suidakra, Rammstein, Afro-Celt Sound System, Gaelic Storm, Planxty, Christy Moore, The Tossers, Flogging Molly, The Real McKenzies, Authority Zero, Bad Religion, Rise Against, The Distillers, Chevelle, Tool, A Perfect Circle, Melody Gardot

Books: A Confession, Atlas Shrugged, Breaking the Spell, Call of the Wild, Das Kapital, Discourses on Livy, God Is Not Great, I'm A Stranger Here Myself, Into the Wild, Kokoro, Neuromancer, Only a Theory, Pale Blue Dot, Shogun, Snow Crash, Tao: The Watercourse Way, The Art of War, The Blind Watchmaker, The Communist Manifesto, The Diamond Age, The End of Faith, The God Delusion, The Japanese Mind, The Portable Atheist, The Problem of Consciousness, The Republic, The Social Contract, Walden, Books on the Northern Ireland conflict, Books on political theory and anarchism, and Books on subversion of the state

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I've visited 43 countries (19.1% of the world)

I've visited 49 American states (98% of the U.S.)

I've lived in three countries and have moved 16 times.

Teach, Learn, Share

Teach: English, Piano, and how to hold your liquor.

Learn: Everything I can!

Share: Whatever I learn.

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Bahamas, Canada, Cayman Islands, China, Costa Rica, Czech Republic, Dominican Republic, France, Germany, Haiti, Ireland, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Mexico, Mongolia, Netherlands, Norway, Puerto Rico, Saint Lucia, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom, United States, Virgin Islands, British, Virgin Islands, U.S.

Countries I’ve Lived In

Ireland, Mexico, United States

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