CURRENT MISSION

To always be the adult that kids want to play with....

ABOUT ME

I'm a northern transplant from Cleveland, OH. I followed a girl to Chicago and when that didn't work out found myself neck deep in the South! I try to hike most of the year - even when the natives say it's cold and my rollerblades are still looking for some flat terrain here in the land of hills. I love to travel, naturally, and am just as comfortable hiking in mountains as meandering through a big city. I love all kinds of food and am getting better at remembering the names of the things I like every day. I love having guests it livens up the place and is always a great experience.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

A roommate introduced me to it and it has been great having some wonderful people stay at my house.

Interests

Bicyling (ask me about my folding bike), movies, inline skating, computers, science fiction, building card houses, getting a saxophone and taking lessons again, gadgets, science, public radio, travelling, hiking, something different, how things work, how they are made, foreign languages (I speak english and bad english fluently and can say at least 5 words in several different languages but not enough to have a conversation:),live music and theatre to which I don't go to nearly often enough. If you're excited about it and want to talk about it, I'll probably be interested.

• dining
• working out
• movies
• traveling
• music
• live music
• cycling
• hiking
• languages
• science
• mountains

Music, Movies, and Books

Movies - Kill Bill vol 1&2, Garden State, The Princess Bride, The Constant Gardener, Eat Drink Man Woman, My Neighbor Totoro, The Dark Crystal, Belle Epoque, El Mariachi, Dodgeball, The Fifth Element Music - Bob Schneider, Cristina Branco, Diana Krall, Ella Fitzgerald, Louis Armstrong, Miles Davis, Cool Change, ACDC, Anita Kelsey, The Commitments, Dusty Springfield, Eric Clapton, Etta James, Gato Barbieri, Gorillaz, Jack Johnson, John Coltrane, James Brown, Holly Cole, Johnny Guitar Watson, Katherine Whalen, Squirrel Nut Zippers, Norah Jones, Peggy Lee, Regina Carter, Ray Charles, Sade, Simply Red, Wayman Tisdale Books - by Orson Scott Card - Just about everything but Ender's Shadow is probably the best, by Charles de Lint - everything so far is great Onion Girl is one the best and Trader is my favorite, by Frank Herbert the Dune series rocks but The White Plague scared the crap outta me. Dan Simmons - Hyperion and the 3 books that followed. I read mostly Science Fiction but if you got a book you think I should read I'm open :)

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Flown in a hot air balloon. It's just spectacular!

Teach, Learn, Share

If I can talk my sister through installing ram in her pc, I can teach anyone to fix a PC. Teach me to play the Sax, Please!! and could someone teach me how remember names! and I'll share my house and teach you how to do Monkey Battle Cries. I might even feed you :)

What I Can Share with Hosts

Stories. I've discovered that the more I travel, the more I've become a story teller. I love to hike in the mountains and if you're up for adventure, I will gladly share the trail with you!

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Bahamas, Canada, Germany, Mexico, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

United States

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