CURRENT MISSION

To get as much out of the life I've paid for. I'm racking up well so far.

ABOUT ME

30-something queer, liberal, vegetarian, tree-hugger, photographer, wannabe small business-owner, who likes to cook, do crafts and building, DIY home stuff, collect VHS, watch old TV & movies, go to bars and restaurants, go bowling, play mini golf and board games and sometimes sit at home in solitude, born near Pittsburgh, raised in Birmingham, got schooled in Phoenix, & relocated to Chicago.

PHILOSOPHY

I do the best I can and hope that's better than most.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Just learning. Let's see what else I can fit on this plate of mine.

Interests

people watching, water parks, recording music, live shows, taking pictures, cooking, urban decay, vegetarianism, guys, the dirty south, urban architecture, digital media design, old cities, birmingham, killing the mainstream, camping, mustaches, music you've never heard of, the internet, boycotting fast food, pitchfork, nature, obnoxious hipster fads, chicago, recycling, observing, giving a shit, beards, pipe dreams

• arts
• architecture
• design
• graphic design
• dining
• cooking
• vegetarian
• fast food
• crafts
• music
• camping
• communications
• engineering
• parks

Music, Movies, and Books

MUSIC:
!!!,
a silver mt. zion,
adam green,
afro-cuban all stars,
aimee mann,
air,
ANIMAL COLLECTIVE,
ani difranco,
antony & the johnsons,
aqueduct,
the arcade fire,
architecture in helsinki,
at the drive in,
azure ray,
band of horses,
bat for lashes,
BATTLES,
the be good tanyas,
the beach boys,
beach house,
the beatles,
beck,
BEIRUT,
bell orchestra,
the be good tanyas,
belle and sebastian,
ben kweller,
bikini kill,
billie holliday,
bjørk,
the black keys,
bloc party,
blonde redhead,
booker t. & the mg's,
bright eyes,
broken social scene,
buena vista social club,
built to spill,
c.s.s.
calexico,
califone,
camera obsceura,
CARIBOU,
cat power,
chromeo,
clap your hands, say yeah!,
COCOROSIE,
coldplay,
cornelius,
the cranberries,
the cure,
CUT COPY,
daft punk,
damien rice,
dan deacon,
the dandy warhols,
danielson,
the dears,
death cab for cutie,
death from above, 1979,
deerhoof,
deerhunter,
DESTROYER,
DEVENDRA BANHART,
duke ellington,
diana krall,
dinosaur, jr.
the ditty bops,
dntel,
the dodos
do make say think,
doves,
dresden dolls,
duane eddy,
the elected,
elliot smith,
enon,
erlen øye,
explosions in the sky,
the faint,
feist,
the fiery furnaces,
fifths of seven,
FINAL FANTASY,
fiona apple,
the flamming lips,
FLEET FOXES,
folk implosion,
format,
four tet,
franz ferdinand,
frog eyes,
fuck buttons,
the futureheads,
girls in hawaii,
giant drag,
girl talk,
girls in hawaii,
gnarls barkley,
the go! team,
godspeed you! black emperor,
grizzly bear,
hidden cameras,
her space holiday,
hidden cameras,
the honorary title,
hot hot heat,
IRON AND WINE,
isolee,
islands,
jeff buckley,
jenny lewis,
jet,
joan of arc,
jolie holland,
jonathan fire eater,
joy division,
kasabian,
keane,
the kills,
kimya dawson,
kings of convenience,
kings of leon,
knife,
kraftwerk,
ladytron,
lcd soundsystem,
leonard cohen,
le tigre,
liars,
longwave,
los straightjackets,
lou reed,
magnetic fields,
MAN MAN,
mars volta,
mates of state,
matmos,
m.i.a.
the mae shi,
magnetic fields,
manu chao,
metric,
mew,
mogwai,
modest mouse,
the moldy peaches,
the mountain goats,
moltov,
morrissey,
múm,
muse,
nancy sinatra,
nellie mckay,
neutral milk hotel,
new order,
new pornographers,
nick drake,
NINA SIMONE,
now it's overhead,
nowhere squares,
OF MONTREAL,
os mutantes,
outcast,
QUEEN,
patrick wolf,
patsy cline,
patty griffin,
penguin cafe orchestra,
PETER BJORN & JOHN,
peaches,
pedro the lion,
pete yorn,
phantom planet,
the pixies,
pj harvey,
play radio play,
poe,
pony up!,
portishead,
postal service,
the pretenders,
pulp,
QUEEN,
ra ra riot,
radiohead,
RATATAT,
raymond scott,
red house painters,
regina spektor,
rilo kiley (pre-blacklight),
rooney,
roscoe holcomb,
rufus wainwright,
sam sparro,
saturday looks good to me,
shadowy men on a shadowy planet,
the shins,
scissor sisters,
serena maneesh,
sigur ros,
THE SMITHS,
snow patrol,
son, ambulance,
sondre lerche,
sonic youth,
spoon,
stars,
the strokes,
stereolab,
the stills,
SUFJAN STEVENS,
SUNSET RUBDOWN,
SUPERTRAMP,
swan lake,
talking heads,
ted leo + the pharmacists,
teitur,
the thrills,
tilly and the wall,
tokyo police club,
tom waits,
trans am,
travis,
tv on the radio,
the unicorns,
VHS or BETA,
velvet underground,
the ventures,
the vines,
we vs. the shark,
wlico,
the white stripes,
the whitest boy alive,
why,
the woodentops,
WOLF PARADE,
xiu xiu,
yann tiersen,
yeasayer,
yeah yeah yeahs,
yo la tengo,
zero 7,
THE ZOMBIES

MOVIES:
(harder to keep up with)
(pi), 21 grams, 200 cigarettes, 2001 a space oddessy, a clockwork orange, a mighty wind, a very long engagement, abre los ojos, all about my mother, amelie, amores perros, bary lyndon, bent, best in show, big fish, boogie nights, boys don't cry, the breakfast club, broken hearts club, but i'm a cheerleader, slums of beverly hills, chasing amy, city of lost children, clerks, dirty pretty things, dogma, donnie darko, down with love, dr. strangelove, eternal sunshine of the spotless mine, eyes wide shit, fluke, frida, full metal jacket, garden state, ghost world, the goonies, gummo, happiness, hook, house of yes, igby goes down, julien donkey-boy, ken park, kids, LIE, lolita, magnolia, mallrats, monster, the motel, motorcycle diaries, mulholland dr., napoleon dynamite, natural born killers, neverending story, noi', the other sister, party monster, peter pan, philadelphia, princess and the warrior, palindromes, punch drunk love, requium for a dream, return of spinal tap, romy & michelle's high school reunion, royal tennenbaums, run lola run, rushmore, save, scottland PA, spinal tap, shining, spartacus, spun, storytelling, talented mr. ripley, thirteen, trainspotting, vanilla sky, velvet goldmine, waiting for guffman, welcome to the dollhouse, y tu mama tambien,

BOOKS:
non-fiction all the way!!

how to's, idiot's guides, periodicals of sorts, david sedaris, the internet

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I'm sure there are a lot of these moments for me to share. I'll get back to you.

Teach, Learn, Share

Nothing motivates me more than learning something.

Countries I’ve Visited

United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

United States

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