Hi,

I write speculative fiction and compose & perform music. (I also do graphic design to pay the bills.)

Aside from all that, i'm totally obsessed with complexity theory, self organization, and networks, especially as applied to positive world change.

Enough about me, how are you?

PHILOSOPHY

We are human only to the extent that our ideas remain humane.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I've couchsurfed quite a bit. I'm always touched to meet so many kind people. :-)

Interests

Writing, Teaching, Activism, Positive World Change, Travel, Hiking, Learning, Biking, Dancing, Reading, Music, Composing, Producing, DJing, Travel, Mathmatics, Complexity Theory, Guitar

• writing
• performing arts
• design
• graphic design
• dancing
• reading
• traveling
• music
• guitar
• cycling
• hiking
• teaching

Music, Movies, and Books

Favorite Music:

Propellerheads, Amon Tobin, Sleater Kinney, Underworld, Chemical Brothers, Crystal Method, Beth Gibbons, Lemon Jelly, Ani Difranco, Plug, Enon, Bis, U.N.K.L.E, Curve, Nine Inch Nails, Prick, Ratatat, Daft Punk, BT, BK, Paul Oakenfold, Fatboy Slim, Rjd2, DJ Shadow, Regina Spektor, Loop Guru, Weird Al, Beck, Chucklehead, Wilson Pickett, Thievery Corp, They Might Be Giants, Billy Talent, Cop Shoot Cop, Goldfinger, The Hives, Gnarls Barkley, Rage Against the Machine, The Toadies, White Zombie, Rock n Roll Soldiers, Ministry, Marilyn Manson, Big Black, James, Dead Pres, DJ Danger Mouse, Public Enemy, 16 Horsepower, Bauhaus, Swans, Firewater, The Pixies, Presidents of the United States of America, Radiohead, Scissor Sisters, Tegan & Sara, Weezer, The White Stripes, The Mountain Goats, Mew, The Postal Service, Metric, Barkmarket, Machine Head, System of a Down, Rammstein, The Pillows, The Beat Crusaders, Dandy Warhols

Favorite TV Shows:

Doctor Who, Battlestar Galactica, Torchwood, Lost, Firefly, True Blood

Favorite Movies:

The Royal Tenenbaums, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Punch-Drunk Love, The Big Lebowski, Miller's Crossing, Barton Fink, Brazil, 12 Monkeys, Memento, Blade Runner, Alien, The Handmaid's Tale, Alien Nation, Dead Man, The Matrix, Chocolat, The Princess Bride, Amélie, La Cité Des Enfants Perdus, Delicatessen, Waking Life, Amelie

Favorite Books:

Ursula Le Guin, Douglas Coupland, Octavia Butler, Haruki Murakami, Banana Yoshimoto, Chuck Palahniuk, Robert J. Sawyer, Margaret Atwood, The Power Of Now, Microserfs, Generation X, Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World, The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle, Kafka on the Shore, The Left Hand of Darkness, The Dispossessed, Kindred, Fledging, Fight Club, Survivor, Lullaby

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Hmmm ... i've done so many things, it's hard to pick.

Teach, Learn, Share

I'm a profession writer and can give writing tips. I also play music and may be able to tutor a bit. For work i do graphic design, so i can certainly help with web, graphic, or general computer stuff.

Countries I’ve Visited

Australia, Canada, France, Ireland, Kazakhstan, Turkey, United Kingdom

Countries I’ve Lived In

Australia, Ireland, United States

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