I play piano for a school in town. And I play pipe organ at a bunch of places. I did this for a bunch of years in NYC.
I'm at home most places. I love my family. I love meeting people from everywhere.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

Because people from around the world are incredible. They help me be a better person.

Interests

food, color, confection, convection (meteorology), snow, sleeping in, books, bikes, hot cocoa and candy canes, groove, sweaters, solitude, Nebraska football, the Cubs, language, nice ties, thrift, stuff

• books
• singing
• coloring
• dining
• beer
• baking
• drinking
• thrifting
• reading
• music
• soccer
• teaching

Music, Movies, and Books

Movies: Kal Ho Naa Ho, Scrooged, Dumb and Dumber, Hudsucker Proxy, The Shawshank Redemption, Waiting for Guffman, Werckmeister Harmonies, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas

Music: Mahler, nsync, Sigur Ros, Queen, Bach, The Violent Femmes, Wagner, Abba, Leonard Cohen

Authors: Cormac McCarthy, Bill Watterson, Saint-Exupery, Daniel Quinn, Emerson, Rilke, Seth Godin, the Bible, Bhagvad Gita, Madeleine L'Engle, William James

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I'm proud of being a part of so many young students experiences in high school choral music. We went to figurative 'battle' so many times and had our share of victory.

Also, in Sri Lanka I saw some of the most grateful people in the world. People who had lost homes, beds, land, gardens, family members; and yet one of them still had the courage to say, “Something better than nothing.” He's a better man than I.

Teach, Learn, Share

I could teach you how to make noise with a keyboard or with a pair of drumsticks. It could even be organized, if you'd like.
Various skills for mariokart on snes. I'm very talented at this game.
Speed reading. Bread baking.
What to do if a tornado is approaching and you have a flat tire and it's hailing. (But only if you have a camera rolling.)
How to sing in multiple voice registers, in a healthy way.

What I Can Share with Hosts

A lot. I'm the best listener.

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Canada, Czech Republic, Germany, Mexico, Sri Lanka

Countries I’ve Lived In

India, United States

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