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Overview

  • I have no formal job, but will do whatever work needs to ...
  • I graduated from Georgetown University in 2007 with a B.S...
  • From Portland, Maine, USA
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About Me

CURRENT MISSION

explore and create. use my mind to question reality and find what's meaningful to me.

ABOUT ME

I love to play/watch sports. I'm interested in spiritual development and practice, meditation, tai chi. I love to read and write. I enjoy meeting new people and learning about how others perceive situations differently than I do. Not sure what else to say, I think people are very complex and have much to learn from each other, so I try to stay open-minded

PHILOSOPHY

I am constantly re-evaluating my philosophies on life. I believe if you can learn from everything that happens in your life, no matter what happens, you have succeeded.
I am also intrigued by the constant struggle between good and evil (both within oneself and in the world)

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I am completely new to CS

Interests

Basketball. Golf. Reading. Zen. Hiking, Walking. Snowboarding. Cooking. Learning. Poker. Wine. Friends. Family.

  • cooking
  • wine
  • meditation
  • walking
  • reading
  • watching sports
  • poker
  • hiking
  • snowboarding
  • sports
  • basketball
  • golf

Music, Movies, and Books

I like comedies - Pineapple Express, Grandma's Boy, Happy Gilmore, Dazed and Confused.

I listen to just about everything except techno. Chili Peppers, Bob Marley, Sublime, Santana. Talib Kweli, Nas, AZ, The Roots

Some of my favorites books are The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco, The Tao of Pooh by Benjamin Hoff, The Art of Zen and Motorcycle Maintenance by Robert M. Pirsig, anything by Thich Nhat Hanh.

Countries I’ve Visited

Australia, Barbados, Costa Rica, Mexico, New Zealand, Spain

Countries I’ve Lived In

United States

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