CURRENT MISSION

To let my toes free from the bondage of socks

ABOUT ME

I have a standard number of fingers and toes. I grew up in the south but you would never know it by my dialect. I was Robin in the play Robin Hood in high school but I never wore tights. I shave my head because my hair has begun an early retreat and because its easy. I have two sisters that are the apple's of each eye. I like to stand outside in thunderstorms. I used to take myself oh so seriously but i'm oh so over it now. I get claustrophobic and depressed if i am in a city for too long. I need nature. I like people but especially those who are centered in who they are. I am always reading more than one book but not simultaniously. I find cats and cheerleaders to be among the most confusing creatures on the earth. I found out last year that I have mild scoliosis (which means my spine is not perfectly straight). When the doctor told me about it I was offended because I thought he was insulting my character. I have a scar that was the result of a freak icecream eating accident.

PHILOSOPHY

I have a feeling that when I come to die I will regret almost all of the decisions that I thought too much about and took too much time to make. Something that requires so much thinking and such little faith is not a decision I should be making. I think I am doing better than most, which is a shame because most people deserve better. If it makes life better it is a good thing, if the consequences are negligable find another path.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

San Juan 07, Hawaii 08

Interests

High tides and low tides. Love and self reliance. Mountains and valleys. Hummus. Flip flops. Hawaii. Hard work. Sun burn. Emmerson, Thoreau, and anyone else with something to say. Silence. Nature. Good food. Good writing. The Appalachian Trail. Music. Art, but true art not post-modern drunken teen angst throw up on a canvas art.

• cats
• arts
• writing
• books
• dining
• shopping
• reading
• music
• camping
• medicine
• mountains

Music, Movies, and Books

Fight Club, Harvard Man, Eternal Sunshine of the spotless mind, The color purple, Legends of the Fall, Modest Mouse, Ani Difranco, Jenny Wood, Andrew Bird, Ray Lamontane, The Killers, The Flobots, Duke Ellington, U2, Fiest, Over the Rhine, Rachel Brady, MuM, Broken Social Scene, Emmerson, Thoroeau, Dillard, Dostoyevski, egggghhh on and on and on

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Bioluminesence in Vieques, P.R.

Teach, Learn, Share

Concentrated Lemon Grass will keep mosquitoes away better than deet. Never sleep with your head down hill while camping, you will wake up with a horrible headache. A used tire shop is an international symbol indicating you are in a bad part of town. Burger King may also be substituted for the American embassy if you find yourself in a bad part of town. Most snake bites are not fatal.

Countries I’ve Visited

Netherlands Antilles

Countries I’ve Lived In

United States