CURRENT MISSION

Enter a Monestary, travel in parellel universes or something equally interesting

ABOUT ME

I have three homelands; Maine, Nova Scotia and Ecuador/Peru. That makes me a Yankee, a Canadian and a Gringo. I should also note that I was born in North Carolina, so I guess I am additionally one of those people who refuses to admit that the South was the evil party during the Civil War.

I should also note that:
I am pretty low maintenance. I read alot. I love pictionary and spades. I tend to get up early and go to bed before midnight, unless festivities are underfoot. I drink hot water straight. I am not a big fan of fraternizing, in the drunken "look at those titties" sense, although drunken samaruai shenanigans is a completely different story. I tend to be vegetarian unless it is local or prepared with "love". I like to walk between destinations.

That should be enough for a conversation starter.

PHILOSOPHY

I believe in contentment, compassion, creativity, honesty, humbleness and humor.
(I also apparently believe in Cs and Hs)

OH! and I believe in "The Epic"

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

People are good. Meeting people is good. I am new to couch surfing but a long time believer in goodness.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Last summer I lived in my VW bus outside a small Bungalow in Halifax, Nova Scotia. The experience opened up new doors into a city that I had lived in for six years. The house was a social hub for grass roots endeavors and redefined my conceptions of "local". We had couch surfers and friends of friends passing through consistently. It was good.

Interests

INTEREST:
Frisbee Golf, Architecture, Adventures and Potlucks.

ALSO: Realizing, affirming, observing, creating, writing, listening, jiving, striving, promoting, debating, sleeping, dreaming, abstracting, listing, juggling, poeming, humming, puzzling, harmonicaing, evolving, finding, seeking, mediating, dancing, drawing, watching, hugging, balancing, walking, painting, zening, eating, trying, typing, flying, traveling, regretting, designing, declaring, questioning, acting, sitting, climbing, wanting, pursuing, leaving, making, flinging, returning, hablando, modeling, folding, COMPARATIVE LIVING, RESPECTIVE DOING, SIMPLE BEING & STORYTELLING

• writing
• architecture
• design
• acting
• dancing
• beer
• vegetarian
• modeling
• walking
• partying
• drinking
• flying
• gardening
• traveling
• socializing
• juggling
• painting
• drawing
• hiking
• surfing
• rock climbing
• golf

Music, Movies, and Books

BOOKS:
“East of Eden” -John Steinbeck
“Sweet Thursday” -John Steinbeck
“Travels with Charley” -John... (you get the idea)
“The Time Traveler's Wife” -Audrey Niffenegger
“The Story of B” -Daniel Quinn
“Siddharta” -Herman Hesse
“Karnak Cafe” - Naguib Mahfouz
“Speaker for the Dead” -Orson Scott Card
“Into the Wild” - Jon Krakauer
“Ananthem” -Niel Stephenson

MUSIC:
A New Airship, Ali Farka Toure, Bob Dylan, Bonobo, Carlos Santana, Mercan Dede, Gogel Bordello, Passion Pit, Pheonix, Ratatat, Rodrigo y Gabriela, Spearhead, Xavier Rudd & the newly discovered wonder of Gregorian Chants.

MOVIES:
The Motorcycle Diaries, Bonnie and Clyde, Fight Club, Tsotsi, The Fountain, Son of Rambow, What Dreams May Come, Bourne Ultimatum, Wristcutters: A Love Story, Persepolis, Defiance, The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, The Dark Knight, The Jungle Book, Star Trek, Kiss Kiss Bang Bang, The Merchant of Venice.

TV:
House, Samaurai Champloo, Firefly, Deadwood and tasteless as it may be Heroes

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I've realized that diesel doesn't burn at 5,500 meters while hiking in a desert. Then I spent the entire night freezing cold, watching the stars and (like almost everyone on couch surfing) enjoying a well earned sunrise.

I've built a twenty-five brick span that was 3" thick.

I walked around with a presumably wild woodpecker on my head for a day.

Teach, Learn, Share

I do dishes and design/build stuff. I am willing to help with anything, but usually I'm timid in assuming that I would be helpful. I'd really like to do some gardening right now.

Also, I'd be interested in learning to bake exotic breads and/or brew beer.