ABOUT ME

Hello all! I am officially changing my residence from Chicago to Bloomington, Indiana as I am moving there for graduate school. If any of you guys are interested in seeing a part of the US no tourists ever go to, definitely drop me a line while I'm there ;-) Peace

PHILOSOPHY

I used to pour over philosophy trying to figure out the meaning for life. I think it's more important for me to just try to let beautiful things happen before I die.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Mostly as a host but I have surfed as well!

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I have never had a bad experience with couchsurfing. The folks I've stayed with and vice-versa have always been fantastic people: fun, respectful and easy-going.

Interests

Music, literature (esp. poetry), food, languages, comparative religion, LGBTQ stuff

• literature
• poetry
• dining
• traveling
• music
• hiking
• languages
• religion
• beaches

Music, Movies, and Books

Music: Bob Dylan, Beethoven, Robbie Robertson, Schubert, Mercedes Sosa, Lucinda Williams

Books: Moby Dick, Lolita, Swann's Way, One Hundred Years of Solitude, The Dhammapada, Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance, Greek tragedies

Poetry: Walt Whitman, Percy Shelley, Wallace Stevens, William Blake, Octavio Paz, Emily Dickinson

Movies: Harold and Maude, Mysterious Skin, Wild Strawberries, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

A few special memories stick out...however, nothing comes close to just people that I have met while travelling! a few others would be: lazing around the nude beach at Tayrona National Park in Colombia, hiking to the top of Aspen Mountain to see the sunrise over the valley; Lago de Ometepe in Nicaragua; Canterbury Cathedral in England; seeing the ruins at Palenque in Mexico; exploring caves in Guatemala; seeing the Italian Alps by train; seeing the countryside of Spain by bus...so many others

Teach, Learn, Share

Anybody

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Belize, Canada, Colombia, Czech Republic, England, France, Germany, Guatemala, Honduras, Hungary, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Mexico, Morocco, Nicaragua, Spain, Switzerland

Countries I’ve Lived In

United States