CURRENT MISSION

walking in the woods

ABOUT ME

<:>= I really just try to treat everyone with respect

PHILOSOPHY

bivalves

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I stay on couches. I have had people stay on my couch.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I have hosted and been hosted, and that has always gone well. As a host, I make sure you have food and a towel and are warm and take you to do fun things if you want to do fun things, like going to tidepools; as a guest, I am respectful and flexible.

Interests

painting, drawing, botany, West African music, Indian music, Balkan music, Kool Keith, Tropicalia, Sun Ra, hiking, marine invertebrates, traveling, reading, sitting still

• dining
• walking
• reading
• traveling
• painting
• drawing
• music
• hiking
• emergency services
• volunteering

Music, Movies, and Books

whale song; French gangster movies; samurai movies; books on natural history; Charles Bukowski; and the like

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I used to volunteer at an urban farm in Oakland. One day a cowboy from East Oakland came to deliver some horse manure to our plot by the highway, and while I was shoveling the manure into a wheelbarrow, I noticed that he was practicing his lassoing on a plastic police barrier.

Countries I’ve Visited

Belize, Brazil, Canada, Czech Republic, France, India, Italy, Mexico, Singapore, United Kingdom

Countries I’ve Lived In

Brazil, India, United States

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