I'm a compulsive traveler. Something doesn't seem right about the world? I go out and see it from a different angle. Excited about life? I meet some new people and find out what they think. Worried about the future? Traveling through space and time seems to help!

I have been questing to understand the US better, and I'm trying to get to know both rural and urban parts of the country. I love nature and it breaks my heart to see it being swallowed up faster than it's being protected. I hope to change that someday.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I am happy to share my couch with good people and I would like to visit other people's couches too!

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I have met wonderful people who have shown me wonderful things through couchsurfing.

Interests

• animals
• insects
• breakfast
• dumpster diving
• drawing
• backpacking
• science
• socialism
• tai chi
• climate justice
• opossum
• ecosocialism

Music, Movies, and Books

Music:
Serpentwithfeet, Jungle, Ozomatli, Radiohead, Francis Bebey, Air, TV on the Radio, The National, Polo & Pan, Frank Ocean, Gorillaz, Sound of Ceres

Movies/TV:
Mad Max Fury Road, Tampopo, The Protector, Amelie, Jessica Jones, Mr. Robot, Tracks, Garbage Dreams, Adventure Time, Studio Ghibli, Paprika, Deep Space Nine, El Ministerio del Tiempo

Books/Authors:
I love graphic novels, Naomi Klein, A Death in the Family, Cormac McCarthy, Tree of Codes, Rumi, Watership Down, Bel Canto, Kafka on the Shore, The King Must Die, The Stranger, The Golden Compass, and short stories: especially by Ray Bradbury, Franz Kafka and J.D. Salinger

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Falling asleep to sound of pounding monsoon rain and the scent of incense drifting in my window. Bicycling every day and every where. Seeing more meteors than I could count. A house in San Francisco consumed by flames. Being stung by a scorpion, chased by bears, and stalked by a mountain lion, 3m boulders rolling around like pebbles in the giant waves of the pacific, canyoneering in Utah, sitting quietly in the midst of a pack of howling coyotes.

Teach, Learn, Share

I have been an art teacher and really like sharing art skills and drawing people's portraits. I make really good mixed drinks as a result of my bartender skills.

My friends and I are seasoned dumpster divers. We were even in the newspaper for it! We have taken couchsurfers dumpster diving before and it was great fun. Plus they had breakfast for their trip home! I would love to visit dumpsters with a host.

I'm also training in Tai Chi, so I'd love to learn more from people who do Tai Chi.

Countries I’ve Visited

Canada, Costa Rica, France, Germany, Guatemala, Iceland, Laos, Mexico, Netherlands, Switzerland, Thailand

Countries I’ve Lived In

United States

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