CURRENT MISSION

Forget mastering any of it

ABOUT ME

I've been getting a lot of wierd emails lately and I feel I should say this: I use this site to travel and to meet nice, easy-going, fun individuals who have respect and appreciation for others. THIS IS NOT A DATING SITE, nor an avenue to hook up, pull, drag or arrange nude photo sessions.

View the Places I've been in a map.

Now, I like porches, picnics and river parties. Trips excite me. I love the road (miss driving!) Good vibes can carry us through. Knowing when to say nothing is a virtue. My buffer zone will give 3rd degree burns to assholes. Am interested in people but not a pro at asking all the right questions. I like to be intrigued. I'm most comfortable around kind, funny, slightly cynical, unpretentious folks and love to be silly. Some call it quirky...wierdos.

I'm pretty darn nice for the most part, though a slight cynic. A balancer, I tend to collect multiple views before deciding upon my own, hence the collection of info (and subsequent addiction to the internet). Love good conversation. Trying to learn more about history, politics, culture, geography, language to compensate for the void of knowledge left by the American public education system. There's so much to know!

My interests vary enormously and I generally like many things (though I may not articulate my preferences). I often feel caught in the middle of an ENORMOUS sea of knowledge. Whooooosh! Good thing I like boats and jet skiis.

My fav time is passed out of doors, preferably in the heat!!

PHILOSOPHY

Know when to swim like the devil, when to fight the undertow and how to keep afloat.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Getting there...

Interests

Foooood, drink, nooks & crannies, old shit, photos, woods, music music, education policy, American politics at the moment, watching where all these new renewable energy trends will take us, movies, Hitchcock!, linguistics, religion (particularly the Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster), bodies of water, massages, bowling, softball, flute, kicking things, fingertips, creeping, perfecting my "mean face" (for use in Paris only), pretty growing things, mojitos, beer, fancy 17th-18th century European stuff, vampires, classical danse, symphonies, authentic cowboys, dirty dancing, porches dammit!...

• culture
• dancing
• education
• beer
• meditation
• partying
• drinking
• clubbing
• flying
• politics
• movies
• traveling
• music
• jet skiing
• swimming
• bowling
• softball
• teaching
• geography
• history
• religion

Music, Movies, and Books

MOVIES
Garden State, Primal Fear, Moulin Rouge, O Brother Where Art Thou?, American History X, Gladiator, North by Northwest, Lord of War, Team America, Stand By Me, BFG, Never Ending Story, Secret of Nhym, Blow, Old School!

MUSIC
Blues(!), Southern Rock(!), Rock & Roll, Blues Rock, Indie Rock, Doo Wop, Folk, Country, Bluegrass, Trip Hop(!), Jam Bands, Funk, Soul, R&B, Dirty South, ...

Allman Brothers mama!

BOOKS
A Million Little Pieces (James Frey), Up From Slavery (Booker T. Washington), The Secret Garden (Frances Hodgson Burnett), The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle (Avi), In God We Doubt (John Humphrys)

Teach, Learn, Share

DIRTY SOUTH
The biggest and most popular genre of "southern rap", Dirty South is largely characterized by its bouncy, upbeat, exuberant, club-friendly tunes and simple, heavily rhythmic lyrical delivery. Dirty South music falls under the larger genre of Southern Rap, brought about in the 1980s as artists in the Southern states were inspired to develope independant styles of rap following the trends from the New York City and California rap scenes. Southern rap artists were forced to release their music independently, since their music was ignored in the early years despite being one of the most popular forms of Hip Hop music at the moment. The rise in success of such independant artists and production houses has produced such hit artists as Ludacris, T.I., Outkast, Witchdoctor, Young Jeezy, Yung Joc, The Ying Yang Twins, Young Bloodz and Ciara.

CAN SOMEONE TEACH ME TO MEDITATE?

Countries I’ve Visited

Belgium, Czech Republic, Germany, Hungary, India, Italy, Netherlands, Slovenia, Spain, Switzerland, Turkey, United Kingdom

Countries I’ve Lived In

France, United Kingdom, United States

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