CURRENT MISSION

To boldly go where no one has gone before, or else maybe Oregon

ABOUT ME

I am an easy-going, thoughtful small-town guy doing his traveling thing. My girlfriend, Jenna, and I are trying to see as much of the world as possible. We're trying to WWOOF, camp, back-pack, hike, and couch-surf our way through all the places we've always wanted to see. I'm vegan and like making food. I love biking, but unfortunately, I couldn't take it with me on my travels. I like simple things; not much of a partier, but if you are, that's cool too.

We have a blog which probably tells more about us than this profile:
http://makeitsovan.blogspot.com

PHILOSOPHY

Everything in context.

Some of my favorites were Lacan, Agamben, Irigaray, Sartre, Freud, Chantal Mouffe, Kristeva, Baudrillard, and Nietzsche. Rock-star philosophers.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

So far, Jenna and I have only traveled using CouchSurfing, but we will definitely be hosts when we're back in the States.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I love CouchSurfing. I've only been using it for a few months, but it's already introduced Jenna and me to people who we can count as friends. It's also landed us in weird and wonderful situations of culture shock. I really believe in the things that CouchSurfing represents and am glad to have participated in the project.

Interests

Biking, coffee, reading, philosophy, punk, food, Star Trek.

• culture
• writing
• dining
• cooking
• coffee
• vegan
• gardening
• technology
• reading
• traveling
• blogging
• cycling
• hiking
• camping
• agriculture
• wwoof
• mountains

Music, Movies, and Books

Books:
Gravity's Rainbow by Thomas Pynchon
A Naked Singularity by Sergio de la Pava
Cyclonopedia by Reza Negarestani
Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides
The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver
Oryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood
The Rainbow Stories by William T. Vollmann
The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway
Complete Short Stories by J.G. Ballard
The Information by Martin Amis

Music:
Black Flag, Wire, Jesus Lizard, Sisters of Mercy, Amebix, Dead Kennedys, Kate Bush, Crass, Big Black, X-Ray Spex, Beastie Boys.

Movies:
A Zed and Two Noughts; Synecdoche, New York; Jubilee; Return of the Living Dead; No Country for Old Men; Gummo; Videodrome; Slacker; Chinatown; Suspiria; Claire's Knee; Mulholland Drive; Repo Man; There Will be Blood; Last Night; Apocalypse Now

TV:
Star Trek, Downton Abbey, Twin Peaks, Firefly, Lost

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Survived a plane crash (I was on the ground; the plane crashed in front of me)
Saw the sun rise over the Bitterroot Mountains in Montana.
Splashed through glacial streams in Iceland.
Shaved with Steve Buscemi's razor.
Heard Steve Jobs' last words (that one's not true).

Teach, Learn, Share

Jenna, my traveling partner, is an excellent writer and editor. I'm competent in these areas. I'm a good barista, and enjoy cooking vegan food. We are good cooks. I will soon be working on some organic farms, so I should have some sustainable gardening/agriculture skills. I'm pretty good at fixing and building bikes, especially older, sort of low-tech bikes. I made a tall-bike, even.

Looking to learn more about carpentry and building, mechanics, and furthering my food skills. Actually, looking to absorb just about anything there is to learn.

Countries I’ve Visited

Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Hungary, Iceland, Italy, Mexico, Netherlands, United Kingdom

Countries I’ve Lived In

United States

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