CURRENT MISSION

Learn

ABOUT ME

Intrepid, risk-taker. I enjoy staying up dancing until past sunrise with great friends and future great friends.

PHILOSOPHY

Do one thing every day that scares you

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Attending events, meet-ups, and happy hours, and hosting/surfing when I can.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

CS has reinvigorated my need for travel, to learn about new culture and languages.

Interests

Music, reading/writing, science (microbiology, endocrinology, genetics, biochemistry), anthropology, linguistics, frisbee, crossword puzzles, jigsaw puzzles, board games, standup comedy, beer, learning something new every day!

• culture
• writing
• music festivals
• festivals
• dancing
• beer
• happy hour
• board games
• reading
• traveling
• puzzles
• music
• surfing
• american football
• soccer
• anthropology
• genealogy
• languages
• science
• hitchhiking

Music, Movies, and Books

modern lit (eugenides, franzen, wallace, diaz)
short stories (carver, chandler, cheever, donald barthelme, george saunders, sam lipsyte)
documentaries; bizarre, foreign, and campy films (ie john waters, david lynch)
Rap, 90's alt rock, jazz, classical, ambient electronica (nicolas jaar, aphex twin, ricardo villalobos, white rainbow, julia holter)

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Sunrises over the Sierra Nevadas, Burning Man and dozens of other music festivals, Carnival in Rio de Janeiro, hitchhiking across borders

Teach, Learn, Share

I can teach you about lake effect snow and American football

Countries I’ve Visited

Bahamas, Belize, Brazil, Canada, Mexico

Countries I’ve Lived In

Brazil, United States