CURRENT MISSION

Excise excess.

ABOUT ME

I'm an American (don't hold it against me) of Pacific Northwest extraction currently living and teaching in Hanoi, a very loveable city. A few of my interests are food, the outdoors, and languages. I like picking people's brains about their experiences and knowledge, as long as they're up for it.

I'm clean and pretty unobtrusive. I think I generally know how guests are supposed to behave.

I'll try anything once, and if it's food you're talking about, I might even try it twice.

PHILOSOPHY

Talk less; listen more.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I host when I can, and I surf when people can host me.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Some hosting, some surfing, some random meetups with people in my own town. So far my experiences have been all positive. CS is the internet at its best.

Interests

Reading, especially history and essays; walking, both in cities and the wilderness; learning languages; tea; cooking; health and fitness; things that are seriously funny.

• books
• dining
• cooking
• fitness
• instructor
• walking
• reading
• outdoor activities
• surfing
• history
• languages

Music, Movies, and Books

Movies: Coen brothers and Robert AltmanBooks: Aldous Huxley, Kurt Vonnegut, Paul Theroux, Carl Sagan, historyMusic: Radiohead, Boards of Canada, Modest Mouse, Arcade Fire, and many others

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Hiked the Wonderland Trail around the base of Mt. Rainier when I was 11 years old. 93 miles in 9 days.

Witnessed a midnight drug bust on a bus in Sumatra. That was a bit surreal.

Dived Pulau Weh.

Teach, Learn, Share

Teach: I could teach you to make ghee, authentic sauerkraut, and the perfect roast chicken. If you had any interest in learning a very strange, tonal language, I could teach you a few words of Vietnamese.
Learn: I take interest in pretty much anything and everything, given the right book/instructor.

Countries I’ve Visited

Australia, Canada, China, Indonesia, Malaysia, South Korea, Thailand, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

United States, Viet Nam

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