CURRENT MISSION

heal

ABOUT ME

Washington-born, Virginia is my state of being. lapsed writer trying to navigate the terrors of late capitalism and the delights of human relationships.

PHILOSOPHY

end oppression, cultivate love, sleep outside

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

i host whenever i am able, and i travel when i have the opportunity.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

summer 2011 i surfed all around the Midwest and East Coast while traveling on foot and by bicycle. i met tons of fantastic people and wouldn't trade that experience for anything. couchsurfing was often the difference between my travels being a burden and being a blessing.

Interests

storytelling, dream worlds, poetry, queer theory, eucharistic/incarnational theology, ascetic aesthetics, tea, mysterious animal sightings, city planning and infrastructure, justice- and peace-making, anatomy, intersectional feminism, thunderstorms, house shows, luminescence.

• animals
• poetry
• video games
• reading
• traveling
• music
• cycling
• anatomy
• divinity

Music, Movies, and Books

Books: Joseph Conrad, Flann O'Brien, bell hooks, Annie Dillard, Herman Melville, Kurt Vonnegut, Tamsyn Muir, Fyodor Dostoevsky, Flannery O'Connor, W.G. Sebald.

Music: The Mountain Goats, Bjork, Pedro the Lion/David Bazan, Ava Luna, Joanna Newsom, Carly Rae Jepsen, Kaki King, Speedy Ortiz, Slutever, mewithoutYou, Anathallo, Punch Brothers, Jason Molina, Sufjan Stevens.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

biking through flashfloods in Illinois, thunderstorms over Lake Michigan, the Atlantic Ocean by way of North Carolina, tripping through the rain in the woods in Virginia, reading Annie Dillard anywhere.

Teach, Learn, Share

end oppression, cultivate love, sleep outside. i'm serious. check your privilege whenever and wherever you can. read about things you're unfamiliar with. immerse yourself in another's experience. write shitty poems. make soup.

Countries I’ve Visited

United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Canada, United States