CURRENT MISSION

spreading love, cheer, and justice

ABOUT ME

Working as a high school science teacher. I teach chemistry and physics. I'm pretty mild-mannered, equally down for adventures and hanging around.

I put a fair amount of time on random hobby projects that change from week to week. I love biking, backpacking, climbing mountains, and hiking; gardening, cooking, and photography; electronics. I play piano pretty well, mostly jazz these days, and guitar for fun.

My favorite way to explore a new city is by wandering. I try to not have many expectations on trips; there's little I try to "see". I want to see a city on its own terms, not necessarily a website's or a guidebook's.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I've only done it a few times. I'll be looking for places to crash on random trips -- predictably. I hope to someday be a host!

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Vancouver, Canada - 1 night

Interests

reading, fiction and nonfiction. walking, strumming ukuleles, silly hats, dancing bears

I had a radio show on an internet station here in Seattle, Hollow Earth Radio. I played all PNW artists, mostly on the spectrum of jazz-hiphop-electronic-ambient.

• photography
• dancing
• cooking
• walking
• electronics
• gardening
• reading
• socializing
• jazz
• cycling
• hiking
• backpacking
• rock climbing
• teaching
• science
• mountains

Music, Movies, and Books

music: James Blake, Mount Kimbie, Dirty Projectors, Flying Lotus, Andrew Bird, Boards of Canada, Yeasayer, the Black Keys; lots of new small PNW bands I've found as I did my radio show

movies: Samsara, Synechdoche NY, Clockwork Orange, Dune; Avatar the Last Airbender, Adventure Time, Rick & Morty

authors/writers: Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Samuel Delany, David Foster Wallace, Donna Haraway, Ursula Le Guin, Anne Carson,

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

One time I climbed this mountain to the top. Plenty of other people had been there before, but everyone has their own mountain. This one was amazing.

But also one of the coolest things I've done is a 100+ mile, 11 day trip along the John Muir Trail in the Sierras. It was rough, beautiful, epic, and rewarding.

Teach, Learn, Share

I know some things and have a lot to learn. I'm looking forward to meeting people and exchanging perspectives.

What I Can Share with Hosts

Stories from the classroom
Science knowledge
Music skills

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Liechtenstein, Mexico, Netherlands, Switzerland, United Kingdom

Countries I’ve Lived In

United States