CURRENT MISSION

It was my new year's resolution to spend more time wandering and giving myself space to breathe.

ABOUT ME

Figuring out the words to describe myself can be tough.

On the one hand, I could call myself a radical, gay, gender-transcending activist who seeks to live in a world where people can see past the arbitrary labels of sexual orientation and gender identity, and through to the common humanity that unites us all. But that might miss the mark, because while that label communicates so much about me, it fails to communicate the smaller stuff, like the fact that, when I was nine, I discovered that my favorite food in the world is guacamole, or that, in rural Kentucky during the summer of 2010, I learned how to pour the foundation for a mobile home.

Maybe, then, I could call myself a Duke student who is full of passion, rigor, audacity, and purposeâ

PHILOSOPHY

I live my life to break down systems of privilege; to remove those barriers that stop us from being the truest forms of ourselves.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I am very new to the couch-surfing community, so I haven't done all that much yet. I sure hope I can change that soon!

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I haven't done any yet, but check back in a month and I should have lots!

Interests

I'm interested in music and musicianship, I'm interested in theatre that builds communities, I'm interested in cooking and new food, and I'm interested in most anything avant-garde. Moreover; I'm interested in all things that make me live slightly outside of my comfort zone.

• dining
• cooking
• music
• surfing
• history

Music, Movies, and Books

A book that particularly changed me was "Ishmael" by Daniel Quinn. Additionally, I really enjoyed House of Leaves, a wonderfully terrifying post-modern testament.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I recently met a woman who was 104 and got the chance to interview her for an oral history project that I've been working on all summer in 2011 in Marion, SC.

Teach, Learn, Share

I can teach people about the intricacies and joys of being an oral historian. I can share what it's like to identify as gender-queer and to live a life that is beyond the lines of the gender binary. I can also tell people about what it's like to work on a farm in rural South Carolina.

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