Mild-Mannered easygoing Midwesterner with an open mind & heart and a fairly twisted cynical sense of humor . I'm pretty odd but extremely kind & considerate. I'm living my dream as a full-time DJ & Music Maker in NYC and have been doing so for the past 4 years. I meditate everyday and practice secular Buddhism with a group called DharmaPunx. I want to learn things and find new perspectives and keep trying to understand humans. I also LOVE animals esp. dogs & turtles. Known to laugh at innapropriate times.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I'm here to meet new people on my solo travel missions so i don't feel like such a hermit. And perhaps to establish lasting meaningful connections with my fellow human beings.

Interests

• singing
• cumbia
• hiking
• whitewater rafting
• climbing trees
• stand-up comedy
• dancehall
• drumming

Music, Movies, and Books

Music - Outkast, Funkadelic, Metronomy, Erykah Badu, Tennis, Odesza, Bibio, Popcaan, Mavado, Gilberto, Jenny Lewis, Chick Corea, ok this is an exercise in futility to try to communicate my interest & passion for all types of music in a listicle

Last few Books read: Junot Diaz (all of them), City of Thieves, BE HERE NOW, The Master & Margarita, Tom Robbins, The Tao of Physics

Movies: Cohen Brothers Movies, There Will be Blood, Tarantino, Spike Jonze movies, Eternal Sunshine, Adaptation, The Master, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt is my favorite TV show right now for some reason

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Watched the sun come up on the Ganges river in Varanasi

Teach, Learn, Share

Ive been reading a lot of Buddhist translated texts and meditating and learning about the human mind for the past 5 or 6 years and i can tell you a lot about that. And anything about music.

What I Can Share with Hosts

I will clean your house, listen to your problems (i'm serious), buy you groceries, make you a playlist

Countries I’ve Visited

Canada, India, Mexico, Nepal