Bio

I was born and raised in a small town just north of Toronto. My upbringing was very standard although I believe that somewhere around the age of 13 I must have experienced some sort of unconscious revelation that served as a catalyst for the introspective journey that I am still living today. High school was a confusing and sometimes painful experience. Day after day was spent staring out the window, just waiting. By the end of it, I had completely lost interest in any form of formal education. I missed my graduation due to a month-long trip to Ecuador with a YMCA leadership group of which I had been a member. It was the beginning of what I hope to be a life of constant travel. The year after high school, I participated in an exchange program called Canada World Youth which brought me to live with an extremely dysfunctional family in northern Quebec, and also with a dirt-poor polygamous Muslim family in Burkina Faso, each for 3 months. The years that follow include a few seasons of treeplanting, a brief attendance at Carleton University (due entirely to parental and social pressure), an exodus to the west coast where I fell in love with British Columbia and Vancouver, a couple mind-blowing experiences at Burning Man, a 3-month backpacking trip to Peru and Ecuador, cherry picking, a couple love-affairs, and many nights spent outside under the stars in awe of it all.

Nowadays I am doing a bit of traveling in Europe, particularly in Scandinavia.

Interests

and high energy dancing., My interests include guitar and banjo playing while sometimes singing, pretending I know how to skateboard, Psychedelic Research

What I'm Reading

Be Here Now and anything by Robert Anton Wilson, Herman Hesse, Charles Bukowski, Tim Leary, Hunter S Thompson, Terence McKenna. Also, the book TAZ by Hakim Bey has had a profound influence on my life.

What I'm Listening To

Dylan, Velvet Underground, early Modest Mouse, Pixies, Silver Jews, some electronic, the list goes on...

Movies I've Seen Recently

Taxi Driver, 24 Hour Party People, anything by Wes Anderson, PT Anderson, Daron Aronofsky, Richard Linklater. Recent favorites include JCVD, The Wrestler, Slumdog Millionaire.

Education

High school

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