CURRENT MISSION

To learn, plain and simple.

ABOUT ME

I like oreos, and chocolate. Dark chocolate. I like puddles, but that doesn't really tell you anything, does it? Lets see, I'm a cyclist, and after college I would like to bicycle across America, through South America, and from there I don't know because I'm terrible at planning. Seriously, the only thing I seem capable of remembering are dates (sometimes) and bicycle rides. The main reason I want to travel is the stereotypical reason any idealistic teenager wants to travel: to visit ever McDonald's in the world. Just kidding. I don't even eat meat. I would like to travel because I have that perhaps naive belief in individual potential. Oh well. I got to believe in the tooth fairy for longer.

PHILOSOPHY

"Have a good time all the time. That's my philosophy, Marty"
-Viv Savage
I don't know. I try to remember that I am only one person, and there is much I do not know. I believe in community, and the power of community. I fully recognize that I am a dork.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I stood on my couch at home once while listening to "Surfin' USA" if that counts.

Interests

cycling, recycling, hiking, re-recyicling, gerunds, writing, billiards, mental spelunking (I don't even know what that is). Primates of all types, running, frisbee, running to or from frisbees. Running to or from killer snowmen. imagination. kermit the frog. The environment.

• writing
• dancing
• salsa dancing
• environment
• cooking
• chocolate
• running
• traveling
• billiards
• cycling
• hiking
• spelunking
• mountains

Music, Movies, and Books

Inconvenient Truth, Pan's Labyrinth, The Big Lewbowski, This is Spinal Tap.
Books: Catcher in the Rye, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Jupiter's Travels
Music: The Rolling Stones, Elvis Costello, The Allman Brothers, Eric Clapton, Neil Young, Bob Dylan, Bjork, The Presidents of the USA, and yes, I kind of have a thing for both Shakira and her music. Tinariwen, Africando

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Bicycle trips with my father, a local ride that takes you high up into the mountains, and you can see ALbany, and the whole valley, and I go there before I travel, just to remind me how my home is, and how beautiful the world can be.

Teach, Learn, Share

I can cook reasonably well, spanish, french, basic bicycle mechanics, and I know how the basics of salsa dancing, if that interests anyone