ABOUT ME

I have always been an inquisitive person. I'm a loyal friend, fierce competitor, and creative thinker.

Former flight attendant/future social worker

PHILOSOPHY

"A pessimist is one who makes difficulties of his opportunities and an optimist is one who makes opportunities of his difficulties."
~Harry S. Truman

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I surf, host, and attend events.

Interests

ART: photography, painting, film & mixed media
SPORTS: tennis, wallyball, swimming & skiing

• arts
• photography
• painting
• sailing
• bungee jumping
• skiing
• sports
• tennis
• swimming
• communications
• social work

Music, Movies, and Books

Artists: Deth P. Sun, Double Parlour, Jessica Joslin, Ozabu, and Gregory Crewdson

Authors: Ernest Hemingway, Haruki Murakami, David Sedaris, Oscar Wilde, and Kurt Vonnegut

Shows: Rick and Morty, The Crimson Field, Louie, The Walking Dead, Parks and Rec, The Wire, Curb your Enthusiasm, Derek, Broad City, and Game of Thrones

Directors: Jim Jarmusch, Hayao Miyazaki, Kar Wai Wong, Pedro Almodóvar, Wes Anderson, Christopher Guest, and Lars Von Trier

Movies: Boy, The Grand Budapest Hotel, The Sea Inside, Nobody Knows, The Counterfeiters, The Trip, The Secret in Their Eyes, and Battle Royale

Music: King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizzard, Crystal Castles, Arthur Russell, The Microphones, Bill Callahan, No Age, Phantogram, Sun Kil Moon, Caribou, The Smiths, Wand, Neutral Milk Hotel, Health, Akron Family, Yo La Tengo, Unwound, Joy Division, Portishead, Bibio, Mission of Burma, Pixies, My Bloody Valentine, Subtle, Tennis, Boards of Canada, Belle and Sebastian, Godspeed You! Black Emperor, El Perro Del Mar, Department of Eagles, Kurt Vile, Otis Redding, Real Estate, Fog, Andrew Bird, Dirty Three, Explosions in the Sky, Menomena, The Kinks, Fuck Buttons, The Magnetic Fields, Hella, Toro Y Moi, The Arcade Fire, Blonde Redhead, Kendrick Lamar, Echo & the Bunnymen, Wild Nothing, David Byrne, Mogwai, Atlas Sound, Colin Stetson, Sunny Day Real Estate, Future Islands, King Crimson, Bat for Lashes, Cloud Nothings, The Knife, Radiohead, Philip Glass, Women, Kate Bush, Why?, We Were Promised Jetpacks, Tom Waits, Owen Pallet, The Tallest Man on Earth, Kings of Convenience, Johnny Cash, Baths, Daft Punk, Black Moth Super Rainbow, Joanna Newsom, Les Savy Fav, Deerhunter, Brian Eno, The Wrens, Pasty Cline, Beck, Plants and Animals, Slint, The Avalanches, The National, PJ Harvey, Mac DeMarco, Animal Collective, Iron & Wine, Pavement, St. Vincent, Roy Orbison, and Grizzly Bear

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I went bungee jumping in Switzerland.

Teach, Learn, Share

“Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.” ~Mark Twain

Countries I’ve Visited

Antigua and Barbuda, Canada, Cayman Islands, Dominican Republic, France, Germany, Greece, Guyana, Ireland, Italy, Kuwait, Mexico, Netherlands, Portugal, Puerto Rico, South Africa, Spain, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

United States