CURRENT MISSION

Travel

ABOUT ME

I'm a musician, freelance artist, and prospective environmentalist of sorts, with an interest in tattooing only so I can tattoo myself. I also run an etsy where I sell antiques, vintage items, industrial lighting fixtures and maybe some of my artwork soon to come. Hopefully one day I'll find myself preserving national parks and organic farming in Kenya with my family or at least doing something worthwhile and beneficial for individuals other than myself. Either way, I'll be happy--I'm not one to be picky. I'm usually singing and playing a variety of instruments with a group of good people or trying to create visually appealing things. You'll catch me wanting to be outside quite often when the weather calls for it.

At some point, I'd like to go back to school, either revisiting the arts or exploring the environmental field--most likely environmental design. Ideally though, I'd love to live some sort of self sufficient lifestyle on an old farm plot, enjoying the simplicities of nature and tending to an apiary.

I've done my fair share of traveling, but I'd like to continue and expand my horizons every which way possible.

PHILOSOPHY

Patience.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I love nothing more than meeting new people, learning about different cultures, and cooking/showing my guests around town through hosting. Currently, I am en route to Maryland and am in need of a host myself!

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Thus far, all of my guests have been an absolute joy to have around. I have no complaints and I look forward to meeting future surfers.

Interests

Illustration, photography, sculpture, mandolin, guitar, piano, folk singing, organic farming, meeting like minded individuals, tea, tagging, biking, the outdoors.

• arts
• singing
• design
• photography
• illustrations
• tattoos
• cooking
• running
• traveling
• music
• guitar
• piano
• outdoor activities
• cycling
• freelancing
• parks

Music, Movies, and Books

Books: The Picture of Dorian Gray, The End of the Affair, Creative Visualization, The Awakening, anything Dickens, and anything Nabokov. I'll be honest and tell you that I don't read as much as I'd like to.

Movies: The Fall, Children of Men, Frida, Buffalo '66, Control, Deadman, Trainspotting, House, Dogtooth, Amelie, God Bless America, High Tension, The Life Aquatic, Attack of the Flying Guillotine, Flash Gordon, Fire Walk With Me and The Evil Dead to name a few.

Shows: Twin Peaks, Pushing Daisies, The Twilight Zone, Battlestar Galactica (deal wit it), That 70's Show, Bob's Burgers, Tim & Eric, Portlandia, Nat Geo, any sort of conspiracy theory and other documentaries.

Music: In short... Johnny Cash, The Mamas and The Papas, Bibio, Paleo, Balmorhea, Nathaniel Rateliff, The Drums, Mount Eerie, Mt. St. Helens Vietnam Band, The Young Friends, Matson Jones, Le Fleur, Alt-J, Panama, Toro Y Moi, 16 Horsepower, Damion Suomi, New Buffalo, Angel Olsen, The Barr Brothers, The Changing Colors, Warpaint, Ohbijou, Daniel Johnston, Tune Yards, Max Richter, Samamidon, Fleetwood Mac, Small Black, Pomegranates, Cloud Nothings, Midlake, The Dodos, Wild Nothings, Bruce Peninsula, The Tallest Man on Earth, Deer Tick, Future Islands, Talkdemonic, Phillip Roebuck, Accordion Crimes, Young Widows, Timber Timbre, Best Coast, Real Estate, Vivian Girls, Beach House, Blonde Redhead, Dark Dark Dark, David Bazan, The Felice Brothers, The Smiths, Fugazi, A.A. Bondy, Sigur Ros, First Aid Kit, Screaming Females, Possessed by Paul James, Beirut, Willy Tea Taylor, Mountain Man, Bryan John Appleby, Woods, Washed Out, Bombay Bicycle Club, Bowerbirds, Benoit Pioulard, The Paper Chase, Blouse, Minks, Smith Westerns, Beach Fossils, Craft Spells, Painted Palms, Youth Lagoon, Washed out, The National, Swans, Listener, Plants and Animals, and The Acorn. Those are the as of lately's. Hopefully you didn't read all of that--short list not so short.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I try to pick up every piece of trash I see, I give my spare change or other bills to those who need it more than I do, I've sponsored and part-time parented an orphaned elephant named Buchuma, I've done my fair share of Earthly up-keeps and conservation, helped a cancer patient keep up her farm, cliff dove off of the island Capri, befriended a Verreaux Eagle owl, joined the hunger strike to feed children in Kenya... I don't plan on ending this list any time soon, so I left it indeterminate.

Countries I’ve Visited

Canada, Greece, Italy, Tanzania

Countries I’ve Lived In

Kenya, United Kingdom, United States