Ambivert, lover of the arts, amateur chef, beer nerd, hacker, and permaculturist. Forever curious and always learning new things.

I have a 15 year-old dog (a lab/beagle). She sleeps all day.

I went to art school and now write code, and I've done a lot of things in between.

If I have a passing interest in something, I'll dive in and learn all I can about it.

Trying to travel as much as possible.

Some day I want to build a house in a place with forests and seasons. Asheville seems like a nice place, but I'm undecided.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I've lost count of the number of people who have stayed at my house, though none have been through this site yet...

Interests

Just about everything. I've been building bikes in my garage, practicing Aikido for about 5 years, studying various languages, trying to play the guitar...

• cooking
• gardening
• traveling
• music
• guitar
• languages
• film
• biking

Music, Movies, and Books

It's impossible to choose favorites, but some of the recent music I've listened to and/or seen: Yo La Tengo, Quilt, Mountain Goats, Black Angels, Godspeed You Black Emperor, Beck, Ty Segall, Neutral Milk Hotel, Goat, Rose Windows, Nick Drake, Johnny Cash, Golden Dawn Arkestra, the Melvins, Smashing Pumpkins, Sleep, Brian Jonestown Massacre.

Books: Almost everything from Kurt Vonnegut (whom I was fortunate enough to meet once!), especially Cat's Cradle. I've also really gotten into William Burroughs, Jack Kerouac, Chuck Palahniuk, Daniel Quinn, Michael Pollan, and David Sedaris. I'm currently reading Snow Crash and probably a dozen other books that I've started and haven't finished. Lots of non-fiction also.

Movies (directors): Kubrick, Tarantino, Kurosawa, Wes Anderson, Spike Lee, the Coen brothers, Jodorowsky, David Lynch, Terry Gilliam. Many others.

Shows: Currently watching Fargo

Food: I love just about everything. I will never turn down a good taco.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I haven't done it yet.

Teach, Learn, Share

I'm good at cooking, bread and pizza making.
Also dabble in things like brewing beer, kombucha, sauerkraut
Fixing bikes.

Countries I’ve Visited

Belgium, Canada, Mexico, Peru

Countries I’ve Lived In

United States

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