CURRENT MISSION

Discovering a career path in my post-college confusion!

ABOUT ME

I'm a laid back, thoughtful person with a passion for green building, languages, backyard gardens, brazilian samba groups, banjos, vinyl records from Jerry's, llamas, all of the bands I have been in, rare whiskey and bourbon, honey moonshine, neighborhoods, friends, family and God.

PHILOSOPHY

"The Earth still remains free for great souls. Many places - the odour of tranquil seas blowing about them - are still empty for solitaries and solitary couples.

A free life still remains for great souls. Truly, he who possesses little is much the less possessed: praised be a moderate poverty."

- Nietzsche

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I'm hosting a great group of people for the G-20 summit in Pittsburgh. Should be a blast!

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I had a good friend, "frederico maluco" from the Netherlands live on my couch for 3 months after we met while traveling in Brazil. -

Interests

My all about you section lays most of it out (see above) but let me reiterate that banjos, llamas, gardens, whiskey, and vinyl make me happy

• dogs
• traveling
• languages

Music, Movies, and Books

I am a serious music junky and have way too much interests to waste your time in reading it... i've been poor and in grad school lately so i've been hawkin cheap vinly for awhile. here's what I've got on the record player now.

Toots and the maytals - live at reggae sunsplash
The Swan Silvertones
Taj Mahal
Homer and Jethro - It ain't necessarily square
Jimmy Cliff - Wonderful World, Beautiful People
Curtis Fuller - Fire and Filigree
Hank JOnes - Bebop Redux
Ben Webster and Coleman Hawkins
JD Crowe, Tonhy Rice, Doyle Lawson, Bobby Hicks, Todd Phillips - The bluegrass album

and much more as soon as I can get some money

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I created a 20 ft. plane out of 2x4's, PVC pipe, and Canvas that was shaped as a University of Tennessee power T with the body of Smokey the Dog. I then shipped it to Nashville and pushed it and my buddy who was riding it off into the Cumberland River in downtown Nashville in front of 100,000+ people! Flugtag, Nashville TN 2007!

Countries I’ve Visited

Brazil, France, Nicaragua, United Kingdom

Countries I’ve Lived In

United States

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