CURRENT MISSION To do extremely stupid things in a moderately safe way. ABOUT ME I'm an acrobat, language nerd, and carpenter. I studied dead languages and a few living ones. Rather than pursue a conventional career path, I ran away to join the circus. I spent as much time upside down as possible. PHILOSOPHY Meditation, honesty, and compassion. After that, just have fun. You only live once... Or maybe you don't. I don't know.
Interested in Art
Interested in Comedy
Fluent in English
Learning Arabic
Why I'm on Couchsurfing
HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING Well, I don't currently have a couch to offer as I live in an a small communal space. But I'd be down to entertain and show people around. I like to teach people really weird things. I like to learn new weird things. COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE I spent three months living on my aunt's couch in Hawaii. I got a part-time job, hitchhiked around the island. It was extremely enjoyable. Other than that, it's just been a few weeks here and there on family and friends' couches. Often enjoyable. Lately, couchsurfing has led to Southern California and circus stuff.
Music, Movies, and Books
Current trends towards glitch hop. I listen to a lot of stuff. I love the Coen brothers films. Sunshine and The Fountain are recent films that stand out. Also, Daniel Day Lewis is amazing. I read lots of eclectic things. Recent trends in Buddhism, Linguistics, Post-Modernism, and Science-Fiction.
One Amazing Thing I've Done
I have stood in desert whiteouts, unable to see six story structures thirty meters in front of me. I've ridden down a water slide built seamlessly into a real waterfall. Oh and there was that one time I jumped off a cliff while wearing a bathrobe engulfed in three meters of flame.
Teach, Learn, Share
I can give basic instructions in home repair, wood working, basic auto maintenance, general language structure/grammar, and I teach circus arts professionally. I am willing to learn just about anything. I'm curious about everything from the production of textiles to interesting forms of slang.
My Interests
Circus stuff: Chinese pole, partner acrobatics, cordelisse, fire. If you can climb it, I'm probably down. Languages of current interest are Spanish and Japanese. Also, I play Go. If you've even heard of Go, I will be stoked. If you want to play it with me, I will be... whatever is higher than 'stoked' on the excited list.
