CURRENT MISSION

mission? so corporate. Enjoy life and don't hurt others

ABOUT ME

To make a living I write, teach and lecture about water issues. All things considered, it's a great gig: i get to talk to interesting people, travel to amazing places and create a product I can be proud of.

In my spare time I hike and bike (summer) and hibernate (winter), i.e. read, write, cook, bake, watch movies. My housemates tell me I should open a doughnut cart and bring delicious apple cider doughnuts to all of Seattle, but I think that might spoil the joy of making a dozen for friends.

PHILOSOPHY

Sir Gawain said it: "Whether fate be foul or fair/why falter I or fear?/What can man do but dare?"

Pourquoi je suis sur Couchsurfing

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Many in Turkey, Georgia (the country) and the United States.

Centres d'intérêt

sports (especially basketball, baseball and track & field), hiking and biking, big ideas, photography, writing, baking, Chechen funerary rituals, international affairs, live music...spot the fake one, win a prize

• writing
• photography
• cooking
• baking
• movies
• traveling
• music
• live music
• cycling
• hiking
• sports
• baseball
• basketball
• track and field

Morceaux de musique, films et livres

Movies: film noir (e.g. Miller's Crossing) and dumb comedies (e.g. Zoolander). Chinatown is the best american film.

Music: again, we're talking a wide range here: Seattle hip hop (Fresh Espresso, Blue Scholars, Mash Hall, Champagne Champagne), Run DMC, De La Soul, The Coup, RJD2, TV on the Radio, Pearl Jam, Bach's cello suites

Books: P.G. Wodehouse, Shakespeare, Joseph Conrad, John McPhee, Salman Rushdie, David Foster Wallace, Tim O'Brien, Raymond Chandler, Italo Calvino, Darkness at Noon, The Third Policeman, grand historical narratives, hard-boiled fiction, travelogues, too much to list

Une aventure extraordinaire que j'ai vécue

I lived in Kyrgyzstan for a year teaching English. I've done some crazy things, but that's got to be #1

Pays que j'ai visités

Canada, Georgia, Greece, Kenya, Turkey, United Kingdom, Uzbekistan

Pays dans lesquels j'ai vécu

Kyrgyzstan, United States