CURRENT MISSION

No Pun Intended I Live

ABOUT ME

Yo, what's good? I'm a special education elementary school teacher who hasn't fully realized how underpaid I am. My students help me remember how much fun life can be, and although there are some serious issues out there, we can't take everything so serious. I love to laugh and I love people who laugh.

I like to travel via car or Greyhound, cause I want to see everything this country has to offer without flying. Airplanes miss so much.

I ball, write, rhyme, and philosophize.

PHILOSOPHY

To be misunderstood is to be great.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I've hosted and been hosted. All my experiences have been great, so I don't see my participation dwindling anytime soon.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I've met awesome people through CS, and have had incredible hosts particularly. I aspire to become a dope host because a badass host can make long traveling days seem obsolete.

Interests

I listen to jazz and hip-hop, but I check out music of any kind, which Austin has a lot of. I love to read and write. I I mostly write slam poetry and plays. I also like to have intelligent conversations about any topic. When I'm not fulfilling my artistic cravings, I go hiking and skiing (only when there is a mountain around). Oh yeah, and baseball. I really enjoy baseball and football.

• poetry
• education
• beer
• flying
• traveling
• music
• jazz
• hiking
• skiing
• baseball
• soccer
• teaching

Music, Movies, and Books

Books: Confederacy of Dunces, Can't Stop Won't Stop, Boondock comics, Other People's Children, Jesus Hopped the A Train, Glengarry Glen Ross,

Movies: Rushmore, Wet Hot American Summer, Big Lebowski, Dirty Work...but I mostly watch television shows like Homicide, the Wire, Mr. Show and the Office.

Music: David Ruffin, Teddy Pendergrass, The Roots, Gangstarr and Guru, John Coltrane, Miles Davis, Marvin Gaye, Talib Kweli, Madlib,King Sunny Ade, Antonio Carlos Jobim, Mushroom Jazz Ghostface, MF Doom, Dead Prez, Pharaohe Monch, and anything else with a hot groove and strong message.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I hung out with David Cross my freshman year.

I traveled the country on a Greyhound for two weeks going to different ballparks.

Teach, Learn, Share

Everyone has different accents, but it's amazing how similar we are when we break out a smoke and a beer.

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