CURRENT MISSION

To be more involved with couchsurfing

ABOUT ME

I speak Spanish un poco and wish I'd learned German when I lived in a co-op (my favorite kind of living) at U. of Texas-Austin's German House. All of the values of living in a co-op and CS - being open to new things, seeing the world, living in the moment - are at the center of my life. I love reading, writing, music, and travelling.

PHILOSOPHY

I'm open-minded and left-handed, in order of importance. I like creativity, education, health, and trying to cram as much into the time that I have that I can. I make connections and friends easily and I like good conversations. I'm often described as laid-back.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Any way that I can. I'm open to coffee and couchsurfing at my place. I've mostly used CS to meet new people and learn about local events, and I've got no complaints so far - I love the people and it's been great.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

A party thrown by Ebony Duchess in Houston, before she left for the Peace Corps. King of Thai Noodle Nights in San Francisco, a meetup at Stern Grove, Best of the East Bay Party in Oakland and First Friday Art Murmur. I've couchsurfed exactly once so far, and it was great.

Interests

Programming, second-hand bookstores, writing in notebooks you carry around, barefoot running, dive bars, native plants, cheap food, modern art, international travel, ecology, nonprofits, communal living, co-ops, the environment. Also, the Mission (I really like it there).

• arts
• writing
• modern art
• music festivals
• festivals
• education
• environment
• dining
• coffee
• running
• partying
• reading
• traveling
• music
• ecology
• teaching
• mountains

Music, Movies, and Books

Heat (the cooking memoir, though the unrelated movie was OK too), God's Middle Finger (great travel book about Mexico's Sierra Madre), Youth In Revolt, Under the Volcano, In Search of Lost Time, White Teeth, Stars of the Lid, St. Vincent, and the man who borrowed my name, Julian Casablancas.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Music festivals. The Austin City Lmits Festival. South by Southwest, also in Austin. The mountains of Switzerland. Living in a deserted city after everybody left for a hurricane. Pedernales Falls in Austin, after I lost my keys and spent the night sleeping on the rocks. A religious procession in Seville, a perfect double rainbow at the Sierra Foothill Research Station in California. A prairie fire.

Teach, Learn, Share

I worked at an Arboretum for a time and know something about the native plants and trees in Houston. I've worked at Continental Airlines, UC-Berkeley, the Menil Collection and Houston's public school system, among other places.

Countries I’ve Visited

Bahamas, France, Germany, Italy, Mexico, Netherlands, Spain, Switzerland

Countries I’ve Lived In

United States

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