CURRENT MISSION

"I spoke with a man once upon a time that told me his soul mission in the United States was to BRING HAPPINESS TO THE PEOPLE...that's it! His name was Son Sei, he was a Buddhist Monk. After getting the oppurtunity to speak with him I realized that I......

ABOUT ME

...Well, I realized that there is sooo much more to this world that we live in and that people need me as much as I need them...everywhere, randomly. BUT! I'm pretty positive that I need them more. I have realized that the people I meet and come across are so much more interesting than a book. This is my life, These are my chapters, this is my book...
My steps are my tip-tap typwriter.
I want to meet as many interesting people as I possibly can for the rest of my life...here and there, and everywhere. I learn from and about people more than anything on earth...
Sooo,
I will not become a permanent fixture in any specific society but rather exist and learn through multiple, beautiful, encounters...
...
Specifically, the date is 5-19-08, and the time is 4:21...
My name is Larry Ruiz Jr.
I was born in Los Angeles California in 1980 and lived there till I was 3. My Pop's did not want to raise his family in L.A. so he moved our family to Pueblo Colorado, even though L.A. is where my Ma' and Pa' were both born and raised.
I grew up in the Southern Colorado town of Pueblo, Colorado that many people loathe...
I don't.
Life is what you make of it, as well as the cities and the experiences that we experience and share.
When asked what my passion is I always reply the exact way...with one word only...
"People."

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PHILOSOPHY

Learn to listen.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I don't have a couch right now...but I will...I am going to visit SouthEast Asia first and when I arrive back to the States I will have one for you, MOST DEFINITELY!

Interests

WALKING...Art, Music, Poetry, Dance, Culture, Mountains, Bodies of Water, Ideas, Books, Bicycles! People.

• arts
• culture
• books
• poetry
• dancing
• running
• walking
• music
• baseball
• mountains

Music, Movies, and Books

Favorite Movie-
"Butch Cassidy and The Sundance Kid"
Paul Newman/ Robert Redford.

Music-
Everything...but most country...sorry, I just don't dig.

Books-
Bible, On The Road

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Learned and worked with some awesome Vietnamese people.
Conversated with a Buddhist Monk named, "Son Sei."
Was a part of the end of the Major League baseball season's 21-1 end of the season run by The Colorado Rockies to get them to the World Series in 2007 against the Boston Red Sox...
They got swept...but it was awesome.

Teach, Learn, Share

3, 2, 1.....

Countries I’ve Visited

Laos, Thailand, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

United States