CURRENT MISSION

Finding a good balance between work, research, hiking, and just hanging out.

PHILOSOPHY

I guess the core of my personal philosophy would be 'enjoy yourself.' I enjoy learning. I enjoy hanging out and talking to my friends. I enjoy weird food. I enjoy different cultures. I do these things because they make me happy and that is what life is about.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Right now I'm just getting settled into a new job which means that I won't be surfing much but I might be able to host people in the near future!

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Most of my traveling has involved hostels, but when I was in Tahiti I had a great time surfing on David's couch. I can't wait to host my first surfers though.

Interests

Books, computers, hiking, running, music, languages, math, big science (think the LHC)

• books
• literature
• full moon party
• dining
• running
• partying
• traveling
• bouldering
• music
• hiking
• surfing
• computer science
• languages
• mathematics
• science

Music, Movies, and Books

Movies: MASH, Spirited Away, (more I'll get to later)

Books: Dahlgren, Stranger in a Strange Land, Jitterbug Perfume, Diaspora, (many many more)

Music: The Grateful Dead, Muse, Placebo, The Pixies, Paul Simon, The Band, Blind Faith, The Mars Volta, Iron & Wine, Bon Iver, The Apples in Stereo

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I've skied an Olympic downhill course... not very well, but I made it down in one piece! I've spear fished in Rarotonga; I've jumped a 134 meter bungy in Queenstown, New Zealand; I've been to a Full Moon party in Koh Phangan; I've traveled Cambodia and been to Angkor Wat and the Genocide Museum.

Teach, Learn, Share

I know quite a bit about computers in general, computer programming, and computer science. My specialties are in compilesrs, programming languages, and operating systems. I also know a bit about math, enough to get a minor at least. However, I don't have any area of focus there.

I also know a bit about English literature and the English language itself. I took Latin in high school and college and still remember a bit about it as long as I have a dictionary on hand.

While traveling I hope to learn about the languages in each of the places I go. As the phrase goes, this is a global community, and I would like to be able to converse with more of it and not rely on others having to speak English for me to be able to communicate with them.

Countries I’ve Visited

Cambodia, Canada, Cook Islands, French Polynesia, Indonesia, Malaysia, New Zealand, Singapore, Thailand

Countries I’ve Lived In

United States

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