CURRENT MISSION

traveling through europe

ABOUT ME

I'm a laid back, happy person and enjoy experiencing new things whenever possible. Life is too short to spend it trapped inside wasting your time with TV or working a shit job to make money.

PHILOSOPHY

Live life in the moment and make the best of your situation. Spread love to all, especially when you don't expect any in return.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Hosting when I have the space, surfing while traveling

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Surfed a lot while traveling (not necessarily through this website) and hosted while living in Asheville, NC

Interests

people, playing and listening to music, traveling, nature, good conversations, animals, comic books, movies, psychology, good beer, self-sufficiency, graffiti, abandoned things, squatting, alternative lifestyles

• animals
• books
• cooking
• beer
• movies
• tv
• traveling
• homesteading
• music
• surfing
• psychology

Music, Movies, and Books

Music: All types of music have good artists; music simply needs passion, whether relaxed or intense. I play a variety of instruments, mostly acoustic ones such as the banjo, saw, washboard, guitar, etc. and really enjoy learning to play new instruments. My musical tastes are all over the place; I don't like to discriminate until Ive taken the time to to actively listen to it.

Styles of music: folk, bluegrass, punk, metal, gypsy, blues, klezmer, jazz, big band, hip-hop, old R&B, classic rock, world music, etc.

Some bands I listen to: Bad Brains, Bela Fleck, Big Nasty Jazz Band, Black Lips, Black Sabbath, BJM, Bob Dylan, Bombino, The Books, C.W. Stoneking, Choking Victim, De La Soul, Dead Kennedys, Devil Makes Three, Dirty Three, Django Reinhardt, Doc Watson, The Doors, Duke Ellington, Electric Wizard, Elizabeth Cotton, Frank Zappa, Fugazi, GBH, Gorillaz, Hank Williams, John Fahey, Johnny Cash, Joy Division, King Crimson, King Khan, Leonard Cohen, Mac Demarco, Meat Puppets, Melvins, Mischief Brew, Morphine, Neil Young, Neutral Milk Hotel, Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds, Nirvana, Notorious BIG, Nujabes, Old Crow Medicine Show, Operation Ivy, Otis Redding, Pavement, Pink Floyd, Pixies, Ray Charles, Ravi Shankar, The Roots, Shlohmo, Shuggie Otis, Sleep, Smashing Pumpkins, Sonic Youth, Squirrel Nut Zippers, Talking Heads, Television, Tinariwen, Tom Waits, Tortoise, Townes Van Zandt, A Tribe Called Quest, Velvet Underground, Violent Femmes, Wu-Tang, .357 String Band, etc

In terms of books and movies I am a big fan of magical realism, science fiction, and dystopian futures. I really enjoy comic books/graphic novels that aren't based off of superheroes.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I have traveled to 18 different countries across the world, spending most of my time in the US and Europe. I would love to swap stories with you over a beer

Teach, Learn, Share

I can teach cooking, things about music, philosophy, some craft skills/handiwork, and german.

I am open to learning about anything, but would like to learn specifically about homesteading, herbalism, and farming