CURRENT MISSION

Re-adjusting to life back in the USA

ABOUT ME

At various times I've been a student, a DJ, a computer programmer, and a management consultant. Just got back from a year and a half working for a non-profit in Kenya, and getting ready to think about my options and apply for jobs.

PHILOSOPHY

Have as few fixed ideas as possible, explore as much as you can, be good to others.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Have met some great people while surfing, hope to be able to host or at least meet people for coffee now that I'm back in the States.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

During a six-month trip from Bangkok to Istanbul (2008), surfed Laura's couch in Kunming, then traveled with her to Chengdu where we stayed with CSers Jessie and Cam.

During three-week jaunt, stayed with Caspar in Berlin and Thomas in Paris.

Plus numerous coffee/drink/dinner meetings with CS folks.

Interests

Huge fan of electronic music, from straight-up dance music to chin-stroking arty weird stuff. Many of my friendships were formed around music and associated parties and other events. But I love a thousand styles of music: hip-hop, gamelan, minimal, Baroque, punk and jazz.

Love anything that gets my adrenaline going: cars, motorcycles, surfing, snowboarding, dancing ... or crossing the street in Bangkok.

Need new ideas more than anything, so books, blogs and especially interesting people are essential to me. Technology, economics and philosophy are enduring intellectual interests.

Oh yeah, and copious amounts of beer (usually ale) and scotch.

• books
• design
• dancing
• beer
• coffee
• partying
• drinking
• motorcycles
• boating
• technology
• traveling
• cars
• socializing
• music
• electronic music
• jazz
• dance music
• surfing
• snowboarding
• economics
• software

Music, Movies, and Books

books:
Thomas Wolfe, Flann O'Brien, John Updike, Saul Bellow, Richard Rorty, James Joyce, Will Self, Raymond Carver, Kazuo Ishiguro, Salinger, Pynchon

hate: fucking Salman Rushdie. sorry.

music:
Kate Bush, "Hounds of Love"
Ghostface Killah, "Supreme Clientele"
Prince, "Sign O' the Times"
Luomo, "Vocalcity"
Ricardo Villalobos, "Ichso"

ok free-associating some favorite current stuff, new and old:
Lindstrom and Prins Thomas, Ewan Pearson, Oni Ayhun, Stars of the Lid, New Order, Flying Lotus, Pantha du Prince, Severed Heads, Underground Resistance, Wiley, Carl Craig, Audion, Audion, Audion, Vitalic, Wire, Kraftwerk, The Books, The Fall, Biosphere, The Avalanches, Sorcerer, Marsen Jules, Two Lone Swordsmen, Luke Vibert, Talk Talk, Big Star, The Stooges, the Happy Mondays, Rhythm & Sound, Booka Shade, Piekoz, Redshape, Bodycode

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Travelling up the Li River in China in 1988, sharing the boat with a bunch of PLA officers.

Teach, Learn, Share

I can provide some pointers on: web design, computer programming, DJing, electronic music, places I've travelled, life in California, good brunch spots in Los Angeles.

Oh, and I've spent the last 18 months working for an agricultural development non-profit in Kenya, so I have a lot to say about working and traveling in Kenya, and about development non-profits.

Countries I’ve Visited

Brazil, Cambodia, Canada, China, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Italy, Kyrgyzstan, Mexico, Peru, Russian Federation, Thailand, Turkey, United Kingdom

Countries I’ve Lived In

Kenya, United States

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