CURRENT MISSION
Get away from my desk and into the world!

ABOUT ME
Hi! I'm Keith. I am currently a PhD student at Florida State University studying Sociology and a research asst on a project about community colleges in Florida. I'm a laid back guy who loves to look for a good time. I love to tell a good story, and I can make even the most stoic laugh :D I used to live in Myrtle beach: serving tables, taking undergrad classes in psychology, beach, meeting tourists, making friends, having a grand ole time.

Now things are a little more fast paced, and I think couchsurfing might be the closest I'll come to meeting the type of people that I spent my time with back in my wonder years. I know how to to go with the flow and throw good vibes to all whom I meet.

PHILOSOPHY
Long hair knows when to care.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCH SURFING
I'm new to this! I've always kept an open door in my home for friends--and friends of friends-- but I'm new to the online community of couchsurfers.

I'm hoping to meet like-minded folk, unlike-minded folk, new faces, in unfamiliar places. I want to travel, but I want to do it feeling like a local.

MY COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE
I made this profile a few years ago, but I pretty much let my account collect dust on the internet, until recently (summer of 2015), when I decided it might be time to actually engage myself in the community.

I was able to offer my couch a couple months ago to a couchsurfer biking across the country with his 2 dogs, but he ended up not making down to Tallahassee due to complications in his travels.

Interests

Frisbee, archery, bicycle riding, hiking, exchanging stories, sociology, social psychology, shenanigans

• dogs
• cooking
• wine
• beer
• yoga
• drinking
• gardening
• boating
• traveling
• homebrewing
• cycling
• hiking
• surfing
• rock climbing
• archery
• psychology
• sociology
• beaches

Music, Movies, and Books

Kurt Vonnegut

Artists I particularly enjoy: Ratatat, Red Hot Chili Peppers, the Glitch Mob, Blackmill, the Polish Ambassador, the Dirty Heads, SOJA, the Black Keys.

Zoolander, Pulp Fiction, hmm..

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Over the course of a semester I convinced a class of 65 predominantly white middle-class college students that race, social class, and gender affect individuals' outcomes in society. It was my first time teaching (last Fall), and I'd say about 90% of them had an "Aha!" moment. I'm a white male and I didn't realize the extent of my own privilege until studying sociology as an undergrad, so this experience was pretty much coming full circle.

Another time I went long-lining for sharks, to tag them for research. That was cool too.

Teach, Learn, Share

TEACH
Sociology, social psychology, symbolic interactionism,

LEARN
yoga, rock climbing, farming, gardening, new cooking techniques, wine, brewing beer, the ways of the couchsurfer!

SHARE
Archery, stories, laughs,

What I Can Share with Hosts

Laughs, stories, rounds of drinks, a cleanup, cooking a meal-- whatever floats your boat I'm happy to offer!

Countries I’ve Visited

Bahamas

Countries I’ve Lived In

United States