CURRENT MISSION

To be a good friend, make music, and make a new life for myself in Portland.

ABOUT ME

I am an open-minded person that loves listening and making music in various forms. I'm a songwriter and I play in a band called Olina. I'm in the process of moving out to Portland, OR, with some of my friends/bandmates, and LOVE getting people to open up and share their experiences with me, good and bad. I am currently trying to learn Danish. I love coffee! And good beer! I like cooking, or at least trying to cook, and take pleasure in the simple thing in life.

PHILOSOPHY

I'll try almost anything once. This world is too big to stay in one place!

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I've been surfing a couple of times with my girlfriend and am excited about having my own place so I can host other couchsurfers!

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Surfed in Chicago and Hot Springs, AR, with some great people for several days at a time with my beautiful girlfriend, Anne.

Interests

camping, backpacking, songwriting, playing in a band, reading good books, discovering new music, food, coffee, beer, whiskey, new experiences in general!

• books
• dining
• cooking
• beer
• coffee
• reading
• music
• backpacking
• camping
• surfing

Music, Movies, and Books

Music: I've got lots of favorites: wilco, fields, pedro the lion, damien jurado, david bowie, smashing pumpkins, doves, travis, ryan adams and the cardinals, rogue wave, black rebel motorcycle club, fleet foxes, will oldham, mountain goats, blitzen trapper, radiohead, futureheads, neil young, beck, chad vangaalen, imogen heap, delta blues music, alice coltrane, clap your hands say yeah, devandra banhart, the streets, bright eyes, cursive, ben folds, ghost of monkshood, peninsula, brett horton, the gardes, patti griffin, thom yorke, caribou, the rapture, my morning jacket, tv on the radio, land of talk, elliott smith, sigur ros, and many many many more!

Books: dharma bums, martin eden, david sedaris books, electric kool-aid acid test, enders game, thus spoke zarathustra, catcher in the rye, Nick Hornby

Movies: high fidelity, eternal sunshine of the the spotless mind, braveheart, there will be blood, the big lebowski, big, etc etc.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I've been to the Kenai Peninsula in Alaska, Toronto, Canada, the Bahamas, all over the U.S.