I'm an apprentice artisan; my gig is traveling to art fairs in many cities selling leaves in boxes. I'm also an aspiring Court Reporter. This month I've been doing a lot of yard work. I spend my free time (which is most of it) watching soccer, practicing stenography, meditating in brief spells, and watering the plants.

update, 7/2011: no change. refer to the above : )
update, 1/2012: much the same
update, 1/2013: much the same; settling down in Pittsburgh once again. Now hosting.
update, 1/2014: traveling, being hosted, would luv to host soon.
update, 7/2019: air bnb refugee. hi couchsurfing.

PHILOSOPHY

"This is your life and you do what you want to do, just don't hurt nobody, unless of course they ask you."

"For pure will, unassuaged of purpose, delivered from the lust of result, is every way perfect."

seeing the self in all things and all things in the self

representing those who think nothing is everything

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Open to surfing opportunities in the near future in places my job takes me. May host sporadically.

I started hosting in the summer of 2007 and met wonderful people from Brazil, Missouri and New York. I am into anything that brings people together on a personal level, and I love the idea of a global network of travelers and hosts helping to make the world more accessible and friendly.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I have been hosted in Kansas City, Paris, Raleigh, San Francisco, Oregon, Toronto, Montreal, Brussels, and elsewhere. I have hosted many times, encountering many lovely individuals.

Interests

City maps, train schedules, modes and mass transportation, travel, bikes, walking, the Pittsburgh Parks System, vegetable gardens, cooking, Soulseek, the Atari S-T, cool tapes, vinyl, porches, candles, diners, guitars, setting new lows in lo-fi, anything that makes noise or can be construed as an instrument, documentary films, red red wine . . .

update, 7/2011: transcendent thought[see- therevada, mahayana, tibetan buddhism, zen, chinese buddhism, the sacred Tao, hindu thought, vedanta, qabbalah, JC, gnosticism, the christian mystics, the desert fathers, the ancient masters of egypt, B.O.T.A, crowley, Robert Anton Wilson, and a ton more], manifesting, hitchhiking, pure love for all creatures, chamomile tea, unification, psychedelics, the rainbow family, pho noodle soup, etc.

1/2013: Terrence McKenna, Aurobindo, Andy Warhol, Twin Peaks, Earthbound, Major 7 chords and extensions. . .

7/2019: Laser Tag, Soccer

• documentaries
• dancing
• cooking
• wine
• red wine
• walking
• drinking
• movies
• traveling
• music
• buddhist
• hinduism
• cartography
• hitchhiking
• parks

Music, Movies, and Books

now reading: only books about football (soccer).

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

staying awake for 24 hours driving along the pacific coast highway

a giant atom

tiny information housed in my brain

Teach, Learn, Share

Maybe you can teach me something? When the snow falls I may come see you. If you play music, bring your music-thing!

The snow is melted!
The snow is falling!

Countries I’ve Visited

Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Luxembourg, New Zealand, Switzerland, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Germany, United States

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