CURRENT MISSION

To contribute to a world culture of peace through sharing knowledge, dialogue, games, and curry

ABOUT ME

Information junkie, nomad, gastronome, political activist, and consumer of raspberry jam and other art (not necessarily in that order but sometimes simultaneously).

PHILOSOPHY

I believe in the necessity of social justice, the potential of spirituality, the cautious use of science, and the possibility of peace.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I hosted a CS vegetarian/vegan potluck in Seoul during January 2008. That was how I discovered CouchSurfing.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I've participated in two veggie/vegan potlucks, and have liked the people I've met so much that decided to finally join up. Since then I've hosted some lovely people and had a great time.

Interests

Politics (especially radical and anarchist), non-violence, religion, travel, philosophy, food, activism, film, music, ending poverty,

• arts
• culture
• dining
• cooking
• potluck
• vegetarian
• vegan
• politics
• traveling
• music
• religion
• science

Music, Movies, and Books

Movies: A few favs: Citizen Kane, Casablanca, My Man Godfrey, Thin Man movies, The Big Sleep (best screenplay ever), Brief Encounter (most other David Lean as well), All About Eve, East of Eden, Lost Horizon, Some Like it Hot, Dr. Strangelove, La Reine Margot, Star Wars, North by Northwest, Seven Samurai, Sanjuro, Rushmore, The English Patient, NMb4Xmas, Ed Wood, Edward Scissorhands, LOTR, Fifth Element, Jungle Book (1969), The Big Lebowski.

Music: Lots and lots but I always come back to these: Air, Arcade Fire, JS Bach, The Beatles, Beethoven, Belle and Sebastian, Ane Brun, Johnny Cash, Clearlake, Clor, The Cure, Dan the Automator, Miles Davis, The Decemberists, (Elephant 6 collective bands), The Fiery Furnaces, Figurines, Final Fantasy, Four Tet, Hello Saferide, Hooverphonic, Les Savy Fav, The Lovely Feathers, Mando Daio, Manu Chao, Maritime, Massive Attack, Mew, Modest Mouse, Moonbabies, Muse, My Bloody Valentine, The National, Pixies, The Postal Service, Pulp, Radiohead, Royksopp, Saint-Saens, Ravi Shankar, The Shins, Shonen Knife, Elliot Smith, The Sounds, Stereolab, The Stills, The Streets, St. Vincent, Anna Ternhiem, UNKLE, Velvet Underground, Verdi, Wager, Tom Waits.

Books: Too many to name. Bad Samaritans, Ways of Knowing, Shock Doctrine (best book i've read in years!!), Foucaultâ

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

The most amazing things I have seen are the Temples of Karnak, Ankor Wat, and The 2010 Word Expo (for both positive and negative reasons)

Teach, Learn, Share

I can teach: veggie/vegan cooking, US politics, Conflict Resolution, anarchist/parecon theory

I want to learn: Arabic, more cooking, other knowledge

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Cambodia, China, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Japan, Spain, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

Australia, South Korea, United Kingdom, United States

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