CURRENT MISSION

Traveling Italy by bicycle.

ABOUT ME

I love to play games, learn new things, and am very much an extrovert. I am happiest when I spend time outdoors or in a kitchen. I am a massage therapist working towards becoming a physical therapist of sorts.

visited 8 states (3.55%)Create your own visited map of The World

visited 34 states (68%)Create your own visited map of The United States

PHILOSOPHY

Too many...
I think that being simple and honest is best though.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I've been meeting people everywhere I go and whenever possible connecting them to the places they need to be or making their lives better. I think this is what couchsurfing is all about.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I've been surfing and hosting with and by many folks all over. I wwoofed in New Zealand and USA which by and large were amazing experiences. One of my favorite experiences was in Nebraska (USA), I was hitchhiking and had a been having a tough day. It was turning to night and my luck had changed. I got a ride (maybe 150 miles) from a fellow. We got along great, which was odd, him being a conservative rebublican in the Air Force, me being a dirty traveller with political views leaning more towards tree house circus kids. He invited me to stay the night - as I had nowhere to go and would probably pitch my bivy on the side of the road/ and with us getting along so well - I accepted. He brought out the old family cherry whiskey - where the whiskey tasted of the cherries and the cherries of the whiskey. We stayed up listening to Calypso records and sharing stories. Nothing exceptional or to out of the ordinary - save for the fact that I never would have talked to him in the regular run of my life - and the surprise and happiness i shared with a stranger who was willing to open his life to me. In the morning he dropped me off on the way to the airforce base and i was off...

Interests

I am interested in music, dance, sports [playing not watching], cooking, egalitarian utopias, backpacking, bike touring, and learning new things to name a few.

• culture
• dancing
• cooking
• vegan
• yoga
• running
• socializing
• surfing
• swimming
• hitchhiking

Music, Movies, and Books

Books... 5 Sooth Stones, Dhalgren, Letter to a Young Poet, Dune, Siddhartha, all Steinbeck, Snyder's travel writings, Derek Jensen, Assata Shakur's autobiography, Howard Zinn, Noam Chomsky, and on and on...
Music... I like alot of music! Anything you can dance to. Lately it's been The No Smoking Orchestra, Paul Simon's Graceland, my friend Mike's Clash mixtape, Bill Withers, One Day as a Lion (just found out about this - Zach de la Rocha's new band!!!), Denver music!!, and as alway ninties rap - TLC, Arrested Development, Naughty by Nature,
I just watched Avatar the Last Air Bender: the cartoons, they were the best. Movies are good...

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I went swimming in Lake Michigan in January - I cooked a meal for 300 people with the help of one other person (well a third for a couple hours) - and living in the woods

Teach, Learn, Share

Vegan Cooking
Yoga/massage
herbalism
Concensus Process
Recess

What I Can Share with Hosts

I am happy to help out with anything that needs helping. I’m handy in a kitchen and garden.

Countries I’ve Visited

France, New Zealand, Turkey, United Kingdom

Countries I’ve Lived In

United States

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