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?"

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

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

Interests

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

Music, Movies, and Books

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

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

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

Countries I’ve Visited

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

Countries I’ve Lived In

Kyrgyzstan, United States