ABOUT ME

I'm an outdoorsy extroverted science geek with a passion for meeting new friends.

PHILOSOPHY

Pass it on - helping others in whatever way you can.

Work hard, play harder, sleep harder-er.

Pourquoi je suis sur Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE

It's not about finding "a place to crash", it's about meeting new people and having rewarding interactions that each can grow from, and taking those experiences back home, weaving a complex and unified global community. Unless, you know, you just want it to be "a place to crash".

Centres d'intérêt

Hiking, bicycling, mixed martial arts, stand up comedy, renewable energy, the electric grid, adrenaline, camping, meditation, tea, last minute decisions, jokes, riddles, stories, yoga, scuba, computer games, music, and dancing.

• dancing
• technology
• video games
• podcasts
• music
• cycling
• hiking
• camping
• wrestling
• jiu jitsu
• science
• road trips
• self improvement
• comedy
• deep conversations
• optimism
• dota2
• grappling

Morceaux de musique, films et livres

Books: Game of Thrones/A Song of Ice and Fire, Inheritance Cycle, Harry Potter, the Dark Tower (and other Stephen King), Dan Brown, and self-improvement books. About to start in on The Wheel of Time.

Music: Everything.

Movies: Yes.

I have a bunch of media on an external hard drive, bring it up when we meet if you want to copy some of it over to your laptop.

Une aventure extraordinaire que j'ai vécue

Hitchhiked New Zealand

Motorbiked across Vietnam

Full Moon Party on Koh Phangan

Counted how many licks it takes to get to the tootsie roll center of a tootsie pop (spoiler alert: it's 233)

Enseignez, apprenez, partagez

Mechanical/Electrical Engineering, Material Science, and Optimization
Science topics in general (I can drag you down the rabbit-hole on CRISPR, the multiverse, and artificial intelligence)
The history of Ghengis Kahn
Brazilian jiu-jitsu/grappling self-defense techniques
Clean energy
Card games/tricks

Ce que j'aimerais partager avec mes hôtes

I can share stories, help with chores (even better if they're of the heavy lifting variety), and do other typical couch surfing stuffs.

Pays que j'ai visités

Cambodia, Dominican Republic, Italy, Japan, Laos, New Zealand, Singapore, Thailand, United States, Viet Nam

Pays dans lesquels j'ai vécu

New Zealand, United States