CURRENT MISSION

I want to create stuff that people use and appreciate

ABOUT ME

I live in a big house with 23 other people. I earn my keep tutoring math and doing contract programming work. I hope to become a full time teacher in the next few years.

I jump fences, hop freight trains, peruse Wikipedia, and read German poetry. I own a barely functional 2000 corolla, which mobilizes friends, lost animals, and quixotic visions. I'm vegan, and I try to respect the world around me. I dabble in programming, carpentry, and applied math, with varying degrees of success.

PHILOSOPHY

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Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

So I thought I'd give it a try.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I used to live in an apartment where we hosted a few couchsurfers. Many of my friends are loyal users of couchsurfing, both as hosts and guests. They have reliably been fun, wholesome folks.

I'll be travelling a lot this summer, mostly in the western US, and I hope to be a surfer on all manner of couch.

Interests

Computer science, hiking, sustainability, urban planning, infrastructure, social entrepreneurship, historical linguistics, software engineering, and offensive humor.

• animals
• poetry
• dining
• cooking
• vegan
• traveling
• hiking
• computer science
• teaching
• engineering
• entrepreneurship
• mathematics
• science
• software

Music, Movies, and Books

I read some magazines (New Yorker, Atlantic, Economist, Harpers). I occasionally read poetry and short fiction, but rarely novels. I really like those books in the "Best American {short fiction, essays, science writing, etc}" series.

I listen to a lot of folk music and indie rock, but I used to be a classical geek. I guess I find it difficult to characterize my taste in music.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I once got from my apartment in Chicago to my brother's apartment in New York City for $1.75, without breaking any laws. Ask me how.

I once climbed to the top of Mount Shasta and back in a day, carrying nothing but a jug of water and a few pounds of almonds.

A customer at my store once freestyle rapped for a solid 3 minutes about how much he liked the place. He was literally surveying the shelves as he rapped, rhyming one product with another. Some would call the experience "transcendent," but I prefer to think of it as immanent in the best way possible.

Teach, Learn, Share

I can teach you how to use linux, start a grocery store, cook vegan food, save money on air conditioning, travel by freight train, solve tricky integrals, fix bicycles, drive a truck, and throw an effective punch.