CURRENT MISSION

To enjoy the many great things that being alive has to offer

ABOUT ME

I am a nice, easy going person. I graduated from college in the winter of 2006, and I have pretty well been on the road ever since. I am an avid reader, I always like to have a good discussion, and I also just enjoy being outside. I am almost always game for a good adventure, and I always love tasting new kinds of foods.

PHILOSOPHY

I am still/always developing this one.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I think Couchsurfing is the greatest thing around. I like to host people whenever I can, and I enjoy staying with others when on the road.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Every couchsurfing experience has been great. I always meet interesting people, and feel like new friends have been made.

Interests

Being outside: camping, climbing, snowboarding, laying in the grass.
Reading: favorite authors include Kurt Vonnegut, Richard Brautigan, and many more.
Playing music: guitar and harmonica mostly, but happy to make noise on anything I can.

• literature
• poetry
• reading
• music
• guitar
• cycling
• camping
• snowboarding
• rock climbing
• teaching

Music, Movies, and Books

I like almost any kind of music, as long as it is good (as defined by me). I listen to most anything as long as it is creative. I am pretty varied, and I am always open to something new.

With books I am much the same. I tend to read often, and love to find things that are new to me. Richard Brautigan is probably my favorite author (a beat-era poet and novelist), but I also like Vonnegut, Hemmingway, DeLillo, Sherman Alexie, and whatever else I might be reading. If you have a book you love, I'd love to hear about it.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

This is such a massive question...there has been so much seen in my life that I would consider amazing. The most recent thing I can think of is that I sat watching the ocean at Big Sur until it was no longer a body of water but one living organism, shining and crawling in the light, and when the waves crashed into the shore I could feel the entire world falling towards me with a rush so great it seized my breath, and I had to return my gaze to the horizon where more waves, endless waves, rose in black upheavals like a serpent stretching its back, and it was a cycle I could not escape, but nor did I want to...

Teach, Learn, Share

I try to keep a harmonica handy, and I like to make noise. I am pretty well read, and love discussing literature, philosophy, the human condition, whatever. Once again, I like to make noise. I am also a certified English teacher, and would love to read any work someone may be putting together, or any poems you have on you. You can ask the same of me too.

Countries I’ve Visited

Bulgaria, Greece, Japan, Kuwait, Morocco, Netherlands, Portugal, Romania, South Korea, Spain, Thailand, United Kingdom

Countries I’ve Lived In

Kuwait