CURRENT MISSION

New boots.

ABOUT ME

Hanging out in Florida for a few years while I get this PhD thing under control. Came into Orlando with great hesitation and ended up being pleasantly surprised - we've got ocean all around, swamps full of cool critters, rockets shooting off on the regular, and just enough going on in town to stay busy. Nary a mouse-hat wearing tourist to be seen if you play your cards right.

I can be pretty reserved at times, but enjoy events with people unabashedly just doing their thing (nerdy conventions, pride events, art performances...).
Pubs, dives, and specialty bars are great, but clubbing makes me a grumpy old man almost instantly.
I'm big on food, but am a vegetarian except for food-waste or travel/cultural dishes.

PHILOSOPHY

"Crush your enemies. See them driven before you. Hear the lamentations of their women."
- Conan, the barbarian

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Currently just a traveler without a couch to offer.
Step 1, Get Couch. Step 2, Reciprocate.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Bumming around China, Italy, Estonia, and Greece. A little 'unofficial' surfing over in Tahiti. Solid experience every time.

Interests

I love being in foreign grocery stores. I don't know why.

• animals
• cooking
• beer
• video games
• board games
• reading
• traveling
• hiking
• scuba diving
• fencing
• science
• films
• food
• nature
• mythology
• climbing
• ceramics
• oceans
• coffee & tea

Music, Movies, and Books

Movies: Sci-fi/fantasy, documentaries, dry/dark comedies, over-the-top nonsense, dystopian, animation, shorts

Books: Margret Atwood, Philip K. Dick, Alexander Dumas, Robert Heinlein, H.P. Lovecraft, Cormac Mccarthy, William Gibson, Paradise Lost, Squee, Sandman, Moby Dick, 1984, Cyteen, The Lathe of Heaven, The Code Book

Music: Folk/Traditional (from just about anywhere), Strings, Funk, Metal, Swing-revival, Gypsy jazz, Psychobilly, Classical, Psychedelic, getting into Hip Hop

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I once ate a double burrito at Chipotle. It was big.

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cambodia, Canada, Chile, China, Costa Rica, Czech Republic, Ecuador, Estonia, Finland, France, French Polynesia, Greece, Hungary, Israel, Italy, Jordan, Luxembourg, South Korea, Spain, Switzerland, Thailand, Trinidad and Tobago, Ukraine, United Kingdom, Vatican City State

Countries I’ve Lived In

Germany, United States