About
Patrick
Born
1990
34 years old
Raised
Brantford, ON
Home of Wayne Gretzky and the telephone. A blue-collar hockey town, rough around the edges but endearing in its own way.
Lived
Southern Ontario & The Sea to Sky Corridor (BC)
Kitchener (ON), London (ON), Toronto (ON), St. George (ON), Whistler (BC), Squamish (BC), North Vancouver (BC)
Travelled
Some interesting places, and hopefully many more to come
Hobbies
Playing outside, creating, and learning
Hiking, camping, skateboarding, snowboarding, weightlifting. Photography, videography, writing, guitar, cooking. Reading, binging “infotainment” on YouTube, podcasts, documentaries.
Traits
Curious, empathetic, pragmatic, articulate
I’m fascinated by the human experience and our individual subjectivities. I believe there is a “best” way to do everything and commit myself to figuring it out. I spend 90% of my time listening and observing, but when I speak I have much to say.
INFP, if you’re into that sort of thing.
Values
Honesty, courage, kindness
We are imperfect, impermanent beings who have been summoned (seemingly) from the abyss to experience an inexplicable consciousness, full of joy and pain and uncertainty. Let’s withhold the judgment and assume everybody is doing their best to cope with this insane situation.
Bucket List
#1 Be happy, spread love
#2 Start a family
#3 Own a country home with lots of land, with a trampoline in the yard (among other fun things)
#4 Travel to Norway, Japan, Amsterdam, and Costa Rica (and so many more places)
#5 Produce a feature documentary about an inspiring person or event
#6 Do a “gainer” off a cliff
#7 Attend an ayahuasca retreat
#8 Fast for >7 days
#9 Climb the Stawamus Chief (Squamish)
Random Facts
I like turtles
I even have a turtle tattoo (it’s a sea turtle riding a skateboard, to be exact).
I was once a sponsored finger skateboarder.
My favourite movie is Finding Nemo, and yes I especially enjoy the turtle scene. My other favourites are Billy Madison and Pulp Fiction.
My favourite books are The Dark Tower series (Stephen King), My Booky Wook (Russell Brand), Meditations (Marcus Aurelius), and the Dune Chronicles (Frank Herbert). I laboriously work through a few “classics” every year because it makes me feel wise and edumacated.