CURRENT MISSION

To migrate with the flock of steven segals

ABOUT ME

I'm writing short stories and poetry. I'm making an album.

I direct a tutoring program in inner St. Louis city. I love teaching.

I play guitar, ukulele, and synthesizer. You can hear me here: (shklovsky.bandcamp.com).

PHILOSOPHY

To learn.

Hearts and farts.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I couch surfed in Baltimore, Boston, Quebec City, and Montreal. I was on a two month road trip in summer '12.

Summer '13 I'm traveling along the west coast!

Interests

Music
Books
Writing
Coffee
Quantum Mechanics
Evolutionary Psychology

• writing
• books
• poetry
• coffee
• traveling
• music
• guitar
• psychology

Music, Movies, and Books

Books:
Underworld by Don Delillo
White Noise by D.D.
Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace
Jesus' Son by Denis Johnson
B. by Jonathan Baumbach

Music:
Small Black
Teen Daze
Real Estate
Beach Fossils
The Wrens
The Long Winters
The Men
Ray Charles
Baths
Geotic
Tokyo Police Club
The Move
Beirut
The Brian Jonestown Massacre

Movies
Winter's Light by Ingmar Bergman
A Woman Under The Influence by John Cassavettes
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Adaptation, and Synecdoche, NY by Charlie Kaufman

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

The boneyard in Tucson, AZ. A huge plot of land where airplanes are retired. Graffiti artists were commissioned to use some of the steel giants as their canvas. I'm not sure if it was the surrealism and size, or the fact that an almost identical scene from my favorite book, but I was staggered.

The first time I went rappelling, instructed to go to the edge and hang my heels from the precipice. Shifting my center of gravity out over the tops of pines and polished stone until the rope is the only thing holding you. I'm terrified of heights, and this showed me that a larger part of me exists beyond fear.

Teach, Learn, Share

Let's talk books!

Countries I’ve Visited

United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

United States