CURRENT MISSION

to harness the sun--electrically, of course

ABOUT ME

Leaving the great, but obscenely cold state of Maine for the dream of Northern California sustainability.

I dabble, to my own detriment. Have been a film maker, science teacher, and future philosophy professor in the past two years---until discovering that I can't actually sit still long enough to be kept indoors. Gotta build things--gardens, houses, barns, chairs--I love turning raw physical materials (especially 'junk') into something new an functional.

And I'm the dorkiest carpenter you'll ever meet--I get a little too excited about chisels, timber framing and solar hot water systems for my own good.

But talk to me about anything--seriously, anything--and I'll be genuinely interested; it's what makes me bad at focusing, but good at actually see what's up with new people.

PHILOSOPHY

pragmatism. It took philosophy over 2000 years to reach this conclusion: do what works.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I feel like a veteran (5 years now), even though I bounce in and out of CS---mostly out, as of recent. But! I never stop loving it, or spreading the good word to good people. All good experiences--some weird, but in the best possible way. Sadly I've never had a place in a town or city where anyone actually visits, so my hosting is limited (although! I've always made said places available)

But I love to surf (don't we all?). And I'm incredibly easy going and easy to please. I'd even cook something special for you--salad, soup, granola, name it or I'll surprise.

Interests

Eggplant. analog photography. tea. brainbows. modal and syllogistic logic. Kantian Aesthetics. Nietzschean morality. homemade yogurt. hips. collarbones. Achilles heels. Neorealism. Hieronymus Bosch. Late Goya. Late Tieschen. Early Kandinsky. Early Pollack. Yawning. Cracking my back. Talking in abstractions. scarves. snap shirts. vinyl. the smell of old books. genetic drift. Post-Bop. Hot jazz. Stride Piano. Bulk Food. Turmeric. moonwalking. gettin' down (hip hop, soul and funk, yes yes).

• books
• photography
• dining
• cooking
• jazz
• piano
• hiking
• teaching
• logic
• science

Music, Movies, and Books

Movies: 5 Obstructions, Dogville, Kubrick, Scorsese, Mann, Tarkovsky, Bergman , Chaplin, Altman, Death Wish, Le Samouraï, Antonioni (I heart Monica Vitti), DONALD G. JACKSON

Music: Jimmy Rushing, Sun Ra, Freddie Hubbard, Stanley Clarke, Horace Silver, Oscar Peterson, Howlin Wolf, Anne Peebles, Glady Knight, David Bowie, JT, Eric Dolphy, Miles (Live Evil, On the Corner and In a Silent Way), Shostakovitch, Fauré, Kabalevsky, Memphis Minnie, Dusty Springfield, Pete Rock & CL Smooth, Mobb Deep, Jug Bands, Sidney Bechet, OTIS REDDING

Books: The Quiet American, A Season in Hell, the Order of Things, Gut Reactions, On Genealogy of Morals, Twilight of the Idols (How One Philosophizes with a Hammer), Breakfast of Champions, Letters from the Earth, the Aeneid, Essays in Radical Empiricism, Deep Blues, Beneath the Underdog, House

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I turned the Redwood National/State Park trails into one large through hike. See, the park service got the brilliant idea to make the Redwoods a LOVELY drive, but really just a patchy set of disconnected day trips for hikers. My friend and I decided to change that by connecting separate trails through bushwhacking, river forging and many-a-sketchy night not having any clue where we were. Imagine 'Where the Wild Things Are' meets 'Lord of the Rings' meets 'Furn Gully.'

Teach, Learn, Share

I just Google everything.

Countries I’ve Visited

Canada, France, Italy, Japan, Norway, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom

Countries I’ve Lived In

India, Ireland, United States

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