CURRENT MISSION

Eat Good Food. Sleep in new places.

ABOUT ME

I am a very open person, willing to give any stranger a good conversation. I am adventurous and outdoorsy, and I especially love to explore and investigate new parts of the world. I can sometimes be a little more quiet and meditative, and sometimes I can be wacky and outgoing, but it all just depends on how the moment hits me. I have few needs and could live on a dime--hardy like a mule.

PHILOSOPHY

Life's a garden, dig it. Also, try to be nice.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I like communities. I like most people who also like communities. You know, like the friendly and trustworthy communities that you had when you were a young lad but now it seems that the only community you have are people who seem to be very busy or very bored. I would like to alleviate the world of its burden, the burden of over-sized, boring, busy communities. I believe participating in couchsurfing, hitchiking and friendly cafe/bar conversation are a good way any vagrant/traveller can help contribute to a healthy community. Also, watching The Almighty Op in Koreatown once a month helps.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Had a Coffee with a man in Auroville, India. Crashed on a couch at Eli's in San Mateo. Hosted a man named Jim in my humble college cottage.

Interests

Gardening. Writing creatively. Camping/backpacking. Swimmming, traveling off the beaten path, farming in new ways. Talking with the older generation. Guerrilla Art and Guerrilla Gardening (not that I've done these things, they're just interests).

• arts
• writing
• dining
• cooking
• coffee
• baking
• gardening
• traveling
• outdoor activities
• cycling
• backpacking
• camping
• hunting
• rock climbing

Music, Movies, and Books

2001: A Space Odyssey, the movie and the book. Any Kubrick or Polanski. Any Vonnegut, any Arthur C. Clarke, most Russian writers, like Dostoyevsky and Tolstoy. Shakespeare, some Orwell. There's more, I assure you.
Music: I like some of most genres, especially grunge, folk, classic rock, bluesy stuff and bluegrass, some old-school hip-hop and rap. Can I hear a hoot for Sonic Youth? Gotta have that Cash.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Climbing to the summit of 21,000 ft. Cotopaxi in Ecuador.
Riding a rented bike down a windy road in the dark from a mountaintop on the other side of a lake near Pokhara, Nepal. 24 bus from the Nepal border to New Delhi, then another 6 hour bus to Dehradun directly afterword. Camping on Cheticamp Island, seaside, in Nova Scotia. (Sorry, I realize that is more than one).

Teach, Learn, Share

Like you might have realized, I am pretty good at gardening. I love cooking and baking and I feel like my imaginative nature in those fields help me make some great things. The real knowledge that I have to share comes out from my woodsiness. I love going out to the woods, camping, and fire-making. To sum it up, I have some agricultural, culinary, and outdoors-man knowledge. I am trying to become a good mushroom hunter and amateur wild foods gatherer. I think most of all, I am a swell writer.

Countries I’ve Visited

Canada, China, Costa Rica, Ecuador, France, Germany, India, Jamaica, Nepal, Switzerland

Countries I’ve Lived In

United States