CURRENT MISSION

Current mission: To spend time with good people.

ABOUT ME

Born in Portland, OR. Moved to small town in Washington state. Went to University of Washington and did lots of math. Studied abroad in Nantes, France. Learned French. Learned the intricacies of 'les bises' and to keep an eye on my wallet while dancing the night away. Returned to the States. Realized that I had to come back. Came back. Stayed.

Now I live in Lille and teach English at the local math and science university. When I get the chance I like to hop over to Paris or up to Ireland or sideways to Belgium and Germany. I also recently visited home and learned how to ride my bike with no hands.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

BEcause every time I meet someone from a new place I learn something.

Interests

-having intellectual conversations but also conversations about which animal would be the last to survive if all-out animal warfare broke out across the entire planet
-reading nonfiction but also reading the entire Calvin & Hobbes collection in three days
-meeting people from around the world and hearing their stories
-learning languages
-dancing: all forms, all times
-biking & hiking & striking up conversations with strangers
-train rides
-GERHARD RICHTER
-attempting to understand economic theory
-hanging out with people who understand economic theory
-roaming through art museums and across city streets but only after I've looked both ways
-thinking of "clever" interests to put in online profiles

• arts
• dancing
• reading
• traveling
• socializing
• cycling
• hiking
• languages
• mathematics

Music, Movies, and Books

Books: Radical,The Picture of Dorian Gray, Behind the Beautiful Forevers, Born to Run, Paris in the Fifties, Redeployment, Legacy of Ashes, Le Mythe de Sisyphe

Movies: 20th Century Women, Moonlight, Le Scaphandre et le Papillon, de Rouille et d'Os, Deux Jours une Nuit, Little Miss Sunshine, Rocky, Qu'est-ce qu'on a fait au bon Dieu, the Pacific, Short Term 12

Music: Jupiter and Okwess, Beach House, Jeff Buckley, Ibeyi, Malian jazz, Dean Martin, Theophilus London, J Cole,... most things to emerge from Paris in the 60s.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

the splits?
and I was at the front of a parade once. on accident. it was glorious.

AND OF COURSE RIDING MY BIKE WITH NO HANDS (may seem small to you but it was a 24 year long process.)

Countries I’ve Visited

Belgium, Canada, Croatia, Czech Republic, England, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Mexico, Netherlands, Spain

Countries I’ve Lived In

France, United States