CURRENT MISSION

To make it through the fall without having creditors break my knees

ABOUT ME

I am a desperate academic searching for some hidden authenticity in a world gone shopoholic mad. I like staying out late, sleeping in, unhealthy but wonderful food, live music, and sailing.

I used to have something subtle here about not trying to surf during big festivals, but everybody just ignored it and wrote me anyway so I'll try this:

NO MARDI GRAS NO MARDI GRAS NO MARDI GRAS!!!
BOOKED SOLID! NO VACANCY! OCUPADO!
No JazzFest or Voodoo either, sorry, but I can't handle 10 requests a day.

PHILOSOPHY

If you want a good story, and one that will save me from having to tell any about Katrina- search "evan wolf" and Escape to read about it. Or VoteVets and On Guard on youtube.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I really enjoy the CS Project. I've hosted dozens of people and love showing off New Orleans. I do wonder why some people continue to ask to surf when they clearly have not read the profile i.e. they are big fans of Rush Limbaugh or it's the middle of Mardi Gras, but c'est la vie

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Every summer I take off and tour somewhere on my bike and try to find hip locals to tolerate me for a day.... Doing the pacific rim this summer- coming soon to a Asian country near you!

The rest of the year I host tired travellers in a slow southern style.

Interests

Subversive behavior, travel, politics (the progressive kind), reading, motorcycles, gambling, laying on the levee with a belly full of shrimp watching the barges float down the mighty Mississippi

• festivals
• mardi gras
• dining
• fine dining
• yoga
• motorcycles
• politics
• reading
• traveling
• music
• live music
• jazz
• guitar
• cycling
• sailing

Music, Movies, and Books

I used to do this, but then I realized that it doesn't seem to mean much really. Everyone from English Professors to child molesting garbage men liked The Simpsons and Arrested Development so that kind of ceases to reveal anything, but if you put down soley obscure things like Proust and Meschiya Lake nobody knows what you're talking about which doesn't reveal much either... So, I guess I like coloring books and eating crayons.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Blah blah rays of light shot out my ass blah blah the cancer was gone blah blah went back in time to change the election blah blah

Teach, Learn, Share

Can Teach: Arabic, American foreign policy, motorcycles, jiu-jitsu, firearms, Jazz, the proper way to rock a three-hour, seven course, New Orleans fine dining experience

Want to Learn: More Arabic, yoga, guitar, foreign systems of government

What I Can Share with Hosts

Orange juice, a great rooftop, socks? I don't know, presumably if you're coming to NOLA you already know what you're after. I'll do my best to help you see all the fun stuff... As long as you don't wake me up before noon.

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