CURRENT MISSION

I want to get square (please see "A Gift for Melody Anne" by the Avett Brothers)

ABOUT ME

I read the Economist.

Transcendental metaphysics is rad.

I'm the type of person who uses philosophical terms like "incompossible possibilities" to win at games like "pass the bomb!"

While living in Dublin, I decided to display my friend's abstract "Thumb Photography" on our living room wall. Above the faux fireplace space heater that I later used to set my towel on fire.

I have a rabbit named Barnaby who has more personality than most people.

PHILOSOPHY

"Make your actions honest and natural in their hour" - Emerson

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

open mind, open heart.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

complete newbie - mostly.

Just had my first CS experience staying in Latvia - made use both of someone's couch, and met up with a bunch of other folks who had time and inclination to invite us out for food, drinks, music, and a bike trip to the coast. Brilliant!

Interests

photography, horseback riding, Iyengar yoga, bluegrass banjo, travel (this is probably a "duh"), reading, coffee, conversation, wine, excellent music, amusing antics, bumming rides on motorcycles (Kawasaki ZZR 1200 in Germany, and now a Suzuki Bandit 1200)

• photography
• dining
• wine
• coffee
• yoga
• drinking
• motorcycles
• shopping
• reading
• traveling
• music
• cycling
• equestrian
• kayaking
• economics
• religion

Music, Movies, and Books

Movies:
Lost in Translation
The Secret of NIMH
The Wedding Crashers
The Princess Bride
Eddie Izzard: Dress to Kill
Juno
Junebug
Little Miss Sunshine
A Christmas Story
The Life Aquatic
Rushmore
The Big Chill
Donnie Darko
Tombstone
Billy Elliot
WALL-E
Stardust
The Blues Brothers
Dan in Real Life
Army of Darkness
Stranger than Fiction
High Fidelity

Music:
The Avett Brothers
Explosions in the Sky
The Mountain Goats
The Beatles
Maserati
Wolf Parade
Bonnie Prince Billy
Bloc Party
The Arcade Fire
Rolling Stones
Animal Collective
Tift Merritt
Four Tet
Kammerflimmer Kollektief
Neutral Milk Hotel
Band of Horses
Sun Kil Moon
Asobi Seksu
Beirut
Johnny Cash
Tori Amos
Magnetic Fields
The Killers
Andrew Bird
The Thermals
Eluvium
Dr. Dog
Dirty Three
Watcha Clan
Baby & Hide
Bruce Springsteen
Sunset Rubdown
Honkeyfinger

Books:
The Silmarillion
House of Leaves
Poetry of Rilke, Neuruda
The Left Hand of Darkness
Imajica
The Magus
A Tale of Two Cities

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

200km/hr on the back of a motorcycle. yeah, this was my *inaugural* motorcycle experience...

kayaking off the coast of Corfu was also lovely/exhausting, considering the time of year

and driving 2000km up and down the northern half of Chile was a mistake. a big, big mistake.

Teach, Learn, Share

particularly interested in absorbing food/wine of different cultural regions (whatever the specialties "of the house" are)

if you're interested in the philosophy of religion, this is my area of PhD concentration (tho truth be told, I hate to talk shop!)

Countries I’ve Visited

Andorra, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Canada, Chile, Croatia, France, Greece, Iceland, Italy, Latvia, Luxembourg, Monaco, Netherlands, Serbia, Slovenia, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom

Countries I’ve Lived In

Germany, Ireland, United States

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