I have an unusual career and a typical vocation. I love animals. I like talking to people. I also like not having to.

I'm warm. I like humor. I spend a lot of time writing. The rest of the time I spend giving readings.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I travel a lot and I prefer the personal element that I find with couchsurfing to the impersonal element I find with hotels.

Interests

Poetry. Animals. ...perhaps too frequently, chocolate.

• animals
• writing
• poetry
• chocolate
• traveling

Music, Movies, and Books

Here are some!

Chavela Vargas

Scissor Sisters

Cecilia Bartoli

Puddles Pity Party

Bob Dylan

Indigo Girls

Bette Midler

Postmodern Jukebox

Panic! At the Disco

Tori Amos

Stephen Sondheim

Kander and Ebb

Dante

Hart Crane

T. S. Eliot

James Merrill

H. P. Lovecraft

Stephen King

Stanley Kubrick

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I was the first person to bring a same-sex date to my town's high school prom in 1999.

Countries I’ve Visited

England, France, Germany, Switzerland

Countries I’ve Lived In

Germany