NOTE: We can't currently host any guests, because our house is in major turmoil, construction, housemates moving out and in, plus we are both traveling and away a lot right now. Once everything settles down, we can offer something again...

Another thing: I don't have many references because all of my surfing has been done as the traveling companion of Rami Margron, using her profile. So you can check her profile out to get a little taste of how cool people think we both are!
https://www.couchsurfing.com/people/ramimar

Also, since I don't have many references, I include a link to my public professional actor website, so you can see I'm a real person who a lot of people know and trust, and so I'm really unlikely to be a jerk or steal your stuff!
www.cassidybrownactor.weebly.com

I love games. Not the emotional kind, but the kind you willingly play with friends. Celebrities, Mao, Poker, Apples to Apples, Cards Against Humanity, Pit, Cranium, Trivia...Pool, Shuffleboard, Darts, Ping Pong... This leads to my love of Improv, both Short and Long Form. I perform with a couple of different Improv troupes in SF Bay Area and I think I'm pretty damn good at it. I am an actor, and have the fortune to be able to eke out a living as such in a very slim market. I work on stage almost exclusively but would love to get more into screen work.

BRAG WARNING: SUBJECT WILL NOW SAY NICE THINGS ABOUT HIMSELF
I am generally liked by almost everyone who knows me. At this point I don't actually know of anyone who dislikes me. I'll let you know if this changes. I am funny, honest, genuine, and loyal. I am not a douchebag. (Ask me about the differences between asshole, douchebag, SOB, and truly mean people) People believe me to be hard-working and generous, though I think I am sometimes lazy and stingy.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I have been NOT traveling for far too long and it's time to get moving. I don't really go in for fancy hotels. I am much more interested in meeting real people in real places. I would just as much love meeting actual denizens of a town at the local watering hole as seeing the big tourist location. Plus I love the exchange of hospitality that occurs when money gets out of the way.

Interests

Theater, philosophy, explorations of the nature of privilege in culture. Comedy, Creativity. Laughter. Lots of Laughter.

Music, Movies, and Books

Books by Neil Stephenson and Jonathan Lethem and Jonathan Carroll. George RR Martin. Robert Parker. Octavia Butler. Harlan Ellison. China Mieville. That doesn't even scratch the surface of my voracious fiction appetite. Mostly fantasy/sci fi/speculative/magical realism stuff. I've read almost everything Orson Scott Card ever wrote. UPDATE: I am very sad and disappointed in Mr. Card. His recent ravings on Equality and his position on the Board of Directors of NOM make him persona non grata with me. I wish I could separate the man from his books, but I can't.

I love Chabon and Eggers too.

I have read a few Murakamis and liked them a lot. He's the japanese Jonathan Carroll. Or Carroll is the American Murakami.

I love Heist Movies in general. I love all movies in general. Love them. Love to watch them. Discuss them. Oddly, I don't usually like to watch movies more than once, with many exceptions.

I've never seen Gone With the Wind.

Like much of modern society, I am now watching series after the fact on DVD and Netflix. Carnivale, Deadwood, BSG, Alias. Loved Arrested Development, plus the bonus season. Loving Orange is the New Black.

Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert. Those two guys might just save our country.

Musically I am all over the place from Bob Wills to Outkast to Melissa Etheridge to Neutral Milk Hotel to the Gluey Brothers to Mountain Goats to Prophets of Rage to Squeeze to Digital Underground to Belle and Sebastian to Erik Satie to Elvis Costello to old REM to Dar Williams to Ozomatli to Big Band Jazz to funky 70's shit to whatever...Lately enjoying recommendations of local conscious hip-hop.

I love NPR, especially This American Life and Snap Judgement. I love The Moth Podcast. Fresh Air often. Wait Wait Don't Tell Me most of the time. Risk Podcast. Any storytelling podcast.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

About 15 Years ago, I rafted down the Grand Canyon. Everyone should do that once in their life. It was truly life-changing.

I also slept in an abandoned hotel at the base of a castle carved into a mountain in Cappadoccia, Turkey.

Teach, Learn, Share

I can teach you to Juggle. I can teach you to be more fully yourself through improv.

I would like to learn to play an instrument from you. I would like to learn several words or phrases in some languages other than my own. I would like to learn a game from your childhood or adulthood.

I can share many fun social games that only need cards or paper.

What I Can Share with Hosts

I can share jokes, games, and cooking. Preferably all at once.

Stories.

Countries I’ve Visited

England, France, Italy, Mexico, Scotland, Sweden, Turkey

Countries I’ve Lived In

United States