CURRENT MISSION

To learn as much as I can and hopefully have some fun along the way.

ABOUT ME

I am a son of the Air Force and spent most of my childhood moving around the US and Germany. I graduated from the College of Charleston with a philosophy major and theatre minor. I spent a lot of my college years overextending myself, working in IT, journalism, theatre, French kitchens and farms. I look forward to slowing down some and working only one or two jobs and enjoying myself.

I am still trying to decide what I want to be when I grow up, right now it is a toss up between teaching and the US Foreign Service. In the meantime I am transitioning from teaching sewing and tailoring to Karen and Nepali refugees to teaching English in Korea. The next step is a writing/IT job in Hong Kong or Taiwan if I am lucky.

PHILOSOPHY

I have a reluctant foundation as a Kantian and my formal education is in Continental philosophy and some modern analytical.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I am just starting. I hope to host CSers when I get my apartment set up in South Korea, and I hope I can find people to host me as I travel.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I have not had the pleasure of hosting anyone yet or surfing with anyone, but I have had great experiences with the Seoul and Korea groups. I love meeting up with other CSers for social events.

Interests

Sewing and tailoring: Mostly this is a utilitarian interest

Cooking: Lately I have been fermenting anything I can get my hands on. Preserved lemons, pickles, kimchi, kombucha, and ginger beer. Once I get started I am going to start curing meat and brewing beer.

Cultural studies: been reading quite a few Georgian anthropological studies and epic poetry (mostly just Shota Rustaveli).

Public and Foreign Policy: I am one of the few people I know that actually enjoys watching CSPAN occasionally.

I love podcasts.

• writing
• poetry
• performing arts
• education
• cooking
• beer
• gardening
• technology
• reading
• traveling
• homebrewing
• homesteading
• podcasts
• surfing
• cultural studies
• teaching
• journalism

Music, Movies, and Books

Movies: Star Wars, Serenity, Lord of the Rings, The Brothers Bloom, Old Boy, The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford, Love Me If You Dare, Fantastic Mr. Fox, Star Trek, 500 Days of Summer

Music: Beirut, Best Coast, Broken Bells, Shovels and Rope, Carolina Chocolate Drops, Astor Piazzolla, Gotan Project, Red Baraat, Zee Avi, Tin Hat Trio, The Decemberists, Kronos Quartet, The Bad Plus, Blind Guardian, Stromae, Beats Antique, Neko Case, Andrew bird, Anamanaguchi

TV: Daily Show, Colbert Report, Attack of the Show, How I Met Your Mother, The Big Bang Theory, Batman the Brave and the Bold, Castle, Firefly, Bored to Death, Jeeves and Wooser, Black Adder, Father Ted, Carnivale, Game of Thrones, Pushing Daisies, The IT Crowd, Rome, Archer, Cowboy Bebop, Mad Men, Outsourced, A Bit of Fry and Laurie, Battle Star Galactica

Books: Norse Eddas, Graham Greene, Heidegger, Catullus, David Sedaris, David Hume, Shota Rustaveli, G.K. Chesterton, Wittgenstein, Kierkegaard

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

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Teach, Learn, Share

I pride myself on being able to competently perform quite a few skilled trades, some I get paid for and some I just perform for myself. I think I know a good bit about homesteading (canning, curing, pickling, gardening, preserving). I have worked as a tailor, mechanic, carpenter, house handyman, plumber, landscaper, gardener, journalist, computer tech, and cook. If I can teach something I'll be happy to and I am always looking to learn something new.