CURRENT MISSION

to strike a healthy balance between obligation and indulgence. sleep enough, eat well, have a little faith, and choose wisely.

ABOUT ME

When I was seven I spent all of one weekend inventing an elaborate strategy game. It seemed well-designed and really fun but it would only work if at least 50 people were playing. I worked on it feverishly all weekend. I finished writing out all the rules in my 7-year-old script late on Sunday night, built all the playing pieces and materials, packaged it up quite neatly, and only then realized that I didn't know 50 people.

it's gone on from there.

read up on me here: www.anize.org/taus

PHILOSOPHY

Help people and things to grow, take or keep only what is necessary or truly valued, spend time on what is important, be positive, love as much as possible.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

i know how hard it can be being a traveler far from home, how sometimes you just want a little space to relax and the hostels are too crowded and noisy. I'd gladly share what I can if you'd share some of your stories from the road.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Everyone I've met through CS has been overly wonderful, and just spending time with so many folks from all over the world made me feel like I was traveling myself.

Interests

making music, backcountry hiking, bicycles, cooking (especially mexican, middle eastern, japanese, and indian), ultimate frisbee, slowing down, needing less, social change through education and the arts, music gear, trying new things, not settling, building stuff, noncommercial media, reducing static, national parks, block parties, evolutionary psychology, camping gear, simplicity

• arts
• writing
• education
• cooking
• walking
• partying
• traveling
• dumpster diving
• music
• guitar
• cycling
• hiking
• camping
• scuba diving
• skiing
• biology
• chemistry
• communications
• teaching
• mathematics
• physics
• psychology
• parks

Music, Movies, and Books

Music: I can't even begin. music is right below breathing and right above sleep on my list of important stuff. i listen to a lot of music but i'd much rather make my own

Authors: Thoreau, Abbey, Powers, Pinker, Saunders, Dawkins, Gaiman, Seuss, Freire, Vonnegut, Quinn, Boyle, and some others

Movies/TV: not so much

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Hiked the John Muir Trail (Sequoia --> Yosemite, CA, USA)
SCUBA dove the Great Barrier Reef (Queensland, Australia)

Teach, Learn, Share

Finding cheap eats and fun stuff to do for free, bike repair, guitar/music lessons, dumpster diving, walking...i'm very good at walking.

tutoring also available in biology, chemistry, physics, math, psychology, essay writing, standardized test prep...(i'm half kidding. but not really)

Countries I’ve Visited

Australia, Belize, Canada, France, Guatemala, Israel, Italy, Netherlands, Spain, United Kingdom, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

United States