CURRENT MISSION

balance the scales

ABOUT ME

I am a bit quiet and reserved and probably smile too much when meeting new people for the first time. I prefer to listen to others, but if you get me started talking about soccer or science I will leave you with a handful of new diagrams and theses.

I have a lot of different interests - cooking, reading, politics
- so it's probably just best to meet me and see what happens.

PHILOSOPHY

Floss every day

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Two excellent months surfing in Europe. Hoping to host imminently.

Interests

I'm interested in:

Being outside doing anything
The 1920's
Japanese Gangster films
Tennis
Soccer
Squash
New ways to prepare cabbage for eating
Robin van Persie
Talking about books
Talking about science
Learning more math/computer science
Riding (a bike) into the sunset
Foods made with yeast
Meeting great people
Hanging out more with friends, over home-cooked food and beer
Sharing something special

• books
• dining
• cooking
• beer
• politics
• movies
• reading
• cycling
• hiking
• surfing
• soccer
• tennis
• racquetball
• computer science
• mathematics
• science
• squash

Music, Movies, and Books

Music: The Rolling Stones, The Shins, Paul Simon, Devandra Banhart, Josh Ritter, the Avett Brothers, Sonny Rollins, Ella Fitzgerald, Dinah Washington, Peggy Lee

Movies: Spirited Away, Double Indemnity, The Philadelphia Story, The Apartment, Some Like It Hot, Star Wars (the real ones, aka IV through VI), The Lives of Others

Books: 2666, The Sound and the Fury, anything by the god-like J.M. Coetzee, Youth in Revolt, biology textbooks, and, yes, Harry Potter (though less so the last two books)

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

1. Watching the stars rise and set from the deck of a tall ship.
2. Hiking to the foot of Denali in Alaska - when the clouds blew away, there was suddenly 11,000 vertical feet of rock and ice before us.

Teach, Learn, Share

If you want to know the basic constellations and star names - and we're in a good viewing location - I can give you a halfway decent tour of the night sky (and for extra credit, teach you the rudiments of celestial navigation, should you ever become lost at sea). I would also love to chat and share knowledge about anything science, football, or food related.

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Czech Republic, Denmark, France, French Polynesia, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Japan, Kiribati, Netherlands, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden

Countries I’ve Lived In

United States