CURRENT MISSION

uhh.... meet interesting people? help people travel?

PHILOSOPHY

I just try to be happy. I guess I'm not really tremendously socially outgoing, but I'm expanding in that direction. I love to learn.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Hosting so far. I don't travel too much.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

None as of yet. Will update with relevant info as it occurs.

Interests

Boardgames, Computers, Gaming, Keyboards, Movies, Academics, Books, Biking, Making Chainmaille

• horses
• chickens
• books
• gardening
• movies
• traveling
• cycling

Music, Movies, and Books

Movies: Matrix, Equilibrium, The Usual Suspects, Lucky Number Slevin, Star Wars, Serenity, Planet of the Apes (original), MiB, LOTR, District 9, District 13, V for Vendetta, Hot Fuzz, Nightmare Before Christmas, Dark Knight, Resident Evil, Underworld, 28 Days/Weeks Later, I Am Legend, Let the Right One In, Good Will Hunting

TV shows: Dr Who, Game of Thrones, Eureka, Avatar the Last Airbender, The Guild, Firefly, Dr Horrible's Sing Along Blog

Music: Nearly anything. Focus on stuff like Royksopp, Playradioplay!, The Postal Service, Ratatat, Foster the People, La Roux, Pornophonique, Van Canto, TYR, Omnia, Gaelic Storm, The High Kings, Flogging Molly, Muse, Fall Out Boy, Rammstein, Metalica, Marilyn Manson, Bach, Vivaldi, Copland

Books: Fantasy (JRR Tolkien, Brian Jacques, CS Lewis), Political Intrigue (Frank Herbert, Martin, Doctrow), tremendous amounts of Sci Fi (Isaac Asimov, William Gibson, Stephenson, Orson Scott Card, Douglas Adams, Cherie Priest, Larry Niven)

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Stuff I've done that I think is interesting/fun
* Visited Nepal
* Grew up raising goats, chickens, horses and gardening (6 acres in Oregon)
* Born in Hawaii although I remember very little
* While living in Hawaii, lived on a 45' schooner for a while (>1 year)
* Attended numerous primitive skills gatherings
* Boyscouts between age 13 and 18 (earned Eagle Scout)

Countries I’ve Visited

Nepal

Countries I’ve Lived In

United States