CURRENT MISSION

explore. learn. be inspired. think big. share. cook. eat.

ABOUT ME

While I would probably write a whole different summary of myself now that I've passed the wise old age of thirty, I'm going to leave what I wrote for my profile some 6 years ago when I first started surfing... it still rings true :) --

"sometimes i dress[ed] up as wheres waldo (wally) at large public events to boost per capita smile barometers. occasionally i am dishonest and compliment people on things im not very impressed by in an attempt to lift seemingly low morale and confuse karmic juries. i usually stand on one foot when i sauté vegetables. i always smile when the salty smell of the sea is carried to my face atop a warm breeze."

I smile a lot.

PHILOSOPHY

my favorite quote from a favorite author (especially to read while traveling)
"At birth we are red-faced, round, intense, pure. The crimson fire of universal consciousness burns in us. Gradually, however, we are devoured by parents, gulped by schools, chewed up by peers, swallowed by social institutions, wolfed by bad habits, and gnawed by age; and by the time we have been digested, cow style, in those six stomachs, we emerge a single disgusting shade of brown..... So the lesson of the beet, then, is this: hold on to your divine blush, your innate rosy magic, or end up brown." :)

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

with gumption

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

sofasurfer since september 2006 maybe?

Interests

i like dancing like only a subaru in patagonia is watching

• writing
• dancing
• cooking
• traveling
• magic
• surfing

Music, Movies, and Books

i like all three of those

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

walked and bribed my way up the train tracks to machu picchu

got to meet and visit you!

Teach, Learn, Share

i like that little blurb CouchSurfing wrote.. i just realized i like the word 'blurb' too...

Countries I’ve Visited

Argentina, Austria, Belize, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Cambodia, Canada, Chile, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Croatia, Ecuador, Fiji, France, French Polynesia, Germany, Guatemala, Honduras, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Laos, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Panama, Peru, Romania, Serbia, Slovenia, Solomon Islands, Switzerland, Thailand, Tonga, United Kingdom, Uruguay, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

United States

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