I'm a poet, novelist, bohemian historian of sorts (I just like reading the history of writers and artists, and am an encyclopedia of such info if you're interested), just started a small press in Portland and have a dayjob as a self employed house painter.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

To host, to be a guest, to meet lots of different people and learn more

Interests

Novels, Poetry, Film, Happenstance, Bicycling Long Distances, Urban Farming and Gardening, Activism, The Radical Left, All the Arts, Conversing, Parisian History (1830-May 1968), Countercultures/Bohemianism, Comparative Mythology, Speculative Metaphysics

• arts
• writing
• poetry
• dancing
• cooking
• drinking
• gardening
• cycling
• history

Music, Movies, and Books

Movies: Richard Linklater because most of his films are about conversation: Slacker, Before Sunrise, Before Sunset, Before Midnight, Waking Life; I'm Not There, The Dark Crystal, 2 Days in Paris & 2 Days in New York, Pierrot Le Fou

Books: The Beach, Tropic of Cancer, Watership Down, Ecotopia, The Sandman Series (Gaiman), Paris Spleen, The Phoenix Series (Tezuka), A Season in Hell, Illuminations, A Coney Island of the Mind, Harry Potter, Fahrenheit 451, The Dispossessed

Music: The Growlers, The Blue Angel Lounge, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, The Black Angels, The Jesus and Mary Chain, Lucky Brown and the Funk Revolution, Amelia Curran, Gashcat, Sixto Rodriguez, Bob Dylan, Brian Jonestown Massacre

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Made 108$ in one night for writing custom made poetry for passerby at August's Last Thursday in Portland
If you want to check out the poetry I wrote for passerby:
http://poemonthestreet.tumblr.com/
My personal favorite is:
http://poemonthestreet.tumblr.com/search/rimbaud

Teach, Learn, Share

We could write collaborative poetry if you want (usually works best with 3 or more). I can give you a philosophical breakdown of the United States from the POV of the West Coast. If you like long walk and talks, so do I. Or bike rides.

What I Can Share with Hosts

I could cook you something, buy you a drink, go dancing, go on a bike ride, really I'm up for whatever.

Countries I’ve Visited

Argentina, Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Canada, Chile, Costa Rica, Croatia, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Serbia, Slovenia, Spain, United Kingdom

Countries I’ve Lived In

United States

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