CURRENT MISSION

become an international musician-e.r nurse

ABOUT ME

5'10, light brown hair (usually dyed black). Striking bluegreen eyes. Musician and amateur linguist, likes to travel....

PHILOSOPHY

My approach to life changes day by day, depending on whether I eat eggs and bacon or cereal for breakfast.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

so far by sending out emails requesting couches throughout the southern U.S.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I'm just getting into it, although my household has hosted many couchsurfers from around the world.

Interests

The usual shit: a little pate de foie gras, Byron and Shelley by candlelight, a nice glass of sherry with my Irish Wolfhounds warming by a nice roaring fire.
Also traveling, playing guitar and bass in the styles of jazz and rocknroll, eating. Riding the bike up to Twin Peaks or the Presidio.

• education
• breakfast
• traveling
• music
• jazz
• guitar
• outdoor activities
• cycling
• teaching
• languages
• nursing
• rivers

Music, Movies, and Books

Vonnegut, Night Court,Beethoven, Radiohead, Coltrane, Children of Men, Airplane!, Rushdie, Sigur Ros, Blues Brothers, Tom Waits, Beck, Flying Burrito Bros., Reservoir Dogs, Bukowski, Princess Bride, Italo Calvino, Eternal Sunshine, Coen Brahs, Booker Little, Miles, Arrested Development (show), Curb, Rescue Me, Best in Show, Neko Case, MGMT, Belle N Sebastian, Modest Mouse, Mr. Bungle, Faith No More, Shostakovich, Chopin, Bartok, Mozart, Bach, Brahms, Arvo Part, Prokofiev, Bobby Blue Bland, Seinfeld, 30 Rock.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Rode from Nice to Malaga, crashing mainly outdoors in Provence vinyards, traffic islands, and abandoned motels. Almost got blown of the Pyrenees foothills by the famous seasonal wind, the Mistral.
Canoed 150 miles down the Missouri and Green rivers. Obtained a higher education despite general slothful indifference to life.

Teach, Learn, Share

I play bass and guitar very competently. Whether I can teach them to others remains to be seen. I would't pass up the opportunity to try.

Countries I’ve Visited

Czech Republic, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Italy, United States

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