CURRENT MISSION

What isn't.

ABOUT ME

I am a poly atheist quasi-vegan writer/anthropologist/ archaeologist/vegetarian chef.

I have always wanted to know everything about everything. The world has so much to offer in manners, thoughts and ways of being. What better way than to see it for myself.

PHILOSOPHY

There is a thin line drawn between genius and madness. I drew mine in pencil.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I am active in the Chicago CouchSurfing community as a participant and an organizer. I have hosted dozens of surfer's over the past ten years and am looking forward doing a great deal of surfing as I travel.

I used to co-run a CS house called The Mayhem Manor. You can find more references on the house page: https://www.couchsurfing.org/people/mayhemmanor/

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

The friendships forged, the adventures shared, and the sense of family created have made the CouchSurfing community, both local and global, one of the more rewarding experiences of my adult life.

Interests

Exploring, Adventures, Cooking, Reading, Film, Writing, Music, Theater, Songwriting, Podcasting, Games

• writing
• theater
• dining
• cooking
• vegetarian
• vegan
• reading
• traveling
• music
• anthropology
• archeology
• languages
• film

Music, Movies, and Books

Books: A Brief History of Time, Arcadia, Arsenic and Old Lace, The Catcher in the Rye, The Complete Sherlock Holmes, Dune, Einstein's Dreams, Ender's Game, Farenheight 451, The Great Gatsby, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, I, Robot, The Importance of Being Earnest, Invisible Man, The Invisible Man, The Light of Other Days, The Lion The Witch and The Wardrobe, The Lives of Christopher Chant, The Lord of the Rings, Midnights Children, Much Ado About Nothing, My Name is Ahser Lev, Nueromancer, Rollback, The Short Happy Life of the Brown Oxford, A Song of Ice and Fire, The Things They Carried, The Time Machine, The Ugly American, A Wrinkle in Time, The Time Traveler's Wife

Music: David Bowie, Billy Joel, R.E.M, The Beatles, The Moody Blues, James Taylor, Fleetwood Mac, Jonathon Coulton

Films: 12 Angry Men (1957), Abre los Ojos, A Beautiful Mind, All the President's Men, Amadeus, Arsenic and Old Lace, Awakenings, Back to The Future, Before Sunrise, Casablanca, Clerks, Clue, Contact, Dances with Wolves, Dead Poets Society, Defending Your Life, Duck Soup, E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, Ferris Bueller's Day Off, Fight Club, Finding Forrester, The Freshman, Ghostbusters, Groundhog Day, Highlander, The Hunt for Red October, The Importance of Being Earnest, It's a Wonderful Life, L.A. Confidential, The Lord of the Rings, Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil, Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, Much Ado About Nothing, The Muppet Movie, North by Northwest, Pi, The Producers, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Schindler's List, Searching for Bobby Fischer, The Shawshank Redemption, Sneakers, Star Wars: A New Hope, The Sting, The Third Man, The Usual Suspects, WarGames, When Harry Met Sally, Who Framed Roger Rabbit

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Seeing the ruins at the Top of Monte Albán in Oaxaca, Mexico. Excavating a thousand year old Native American village in Alabama, USA. Watching an Iraqi opera at the Opéra Bastille in Paris, France.

Teach, Learn, Share

Over the past fifteen, I have become deeply passionate about food. From where it come's from to how it's grown, and of course how to prepare it in ways that can sate the hunger of both the body and spirit. I am always more than willing to share what I have learned along the way.

I am fascinated by everything and am always open to learning something new. From knowledge of the mind such as languages, music, and histories to knowledge of the heart, different ways of being, living, and feeling.

What I Can Share with Hosts

I always strive to be a model houseguest and leave a very small footprint. I am also an certified computer tech so if you are having computer issues, I am happy to lend a hand.

Countries I’ve Visited

Canada, France, Mexico, United Kingdom

Countries I’ve Lived In

United States

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