My name is benjamin and I live in illinois, USA.  I am very interested in moving to Europe and enjoy getting different people's perspectives​ on the world.  In my spare time i like to play guitar, golf, ski, draw, read, and listen to music.  I really enjoy traveling and try to do so any opportunity I can get.  My undergraduat​e degree is in marketing with a minor in finance and after that I got my MBA.

I took spanish in high school and a little in college, but am currently very interested in learning.  I plan to purchase the rosetta stone series for spanish or italian as soon as I have the money to blow on it!

Like I said above listening and playing music, most anything outdoors like camping and skiing, drawing, going to  concerts, most of the time I am up for anything

The Beatles, Led Zeppelin, The Kinks, Umphrey's Mcgee, Wilco, SUBLIME, Pink Floyd, Phish, Grateful Dead, Modest Mouse, Sufjan Stevens, tom petty, Rolling Stones, black keys, Ben Harper, blind melon, the D!!!

Big Lebowski, Snatch, Royal Tenenbaums, Layer Cake, Fight Club, Across the Universe Rushmore, Superbad, Knocked Up, Rules of Attraction, Trainspottin​g, The Darjeeling Limited, Lord of War, Lock Stock, Tombstone, Fight Club,  300, Garden State, Se7en, Vanilla Sky, 12 Monkeys, American History X, Requiem for a Dream, the list goes on...

Weeds, Breaking Bad, The Universe and anything on the history channel, entourage, Dexter, Flight of the Conchords, Daily show, colbert report, Brotherhood,​ Sopranos, Intervention​, Lost, SouthPark, Sportscenter​

Ismael, Dexter, HP, but mostly non-fiction history related books like the rubicon by tom holland, the battle for GOD, confessions of an economic hitman, i've got loads of favorites!

"Time you enjoy wasting, was not wasted."​
-John Lennon

"The enjoyment of power inevitably corrupts the judgement of reason, and perverts its liberty."​
-Immanuel Kant

"imbala​nce between rich and poor is the oldest and most fatal ailment of all Republics"​
-Plutarch


"I'm so tired of being tired
Sure as night will follow day
Most things I worry about
Never happen anyway"​
-Tom Petty