CURRENT MISSION

Pedal my way into a circus. Become the composter of my dreams.

ABOUT ME

Hi. My name is Matt.

I like bicycles. And compost. And the circus.

I am cycling from Sebastopol, CA to Victoria, Canada with frequent circus stops.

The trip will be funded by my legs, circus street performance, and the change I find in your couch. (Just kidding. You can keep the change.)

Where am I now?
http://mattpoki.blogspot.com

Here is a little circus video I made:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6TP_CflPdlo
(see my profile for more!)

PHILOSOPHY

Don't worry, be happy.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I did the hosting thing for a while.
That was fun.

Now, I will participate by letting you have a postive hosting experience ;-)

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

This site sounded a little bit weird at first. But, after hosting a handful of surfers I can see how fun it is!

Interests

--Circus arts--
poi
swinging clubs
juggling stuff
hoop isolations
rola bola
diabolo
hats

--compost--
anything from backyard to largescale anaerobic digestions.

--bicycles--
i like to fix bicycles and ride them a lot

--other stuff--
dance
mime

• arts
• performing arts
• dancing
• clubbing
• juggling
• cycling

Music, Movies, and Books

--music--

balkan beat box
bob dylan
cake
the clash
chris murray
DEVO
the doors
english beat
fela kuti
flogging molly
go jimmy go
hebro
jimmy cliff & THE HARDER THEY COME soundtrack
madness
THE MOUNTAIN GOATS
THE PHENOMENAUTS
the raincoats
red hot chili peppers
rx bandits
the SPECIALS
THE SELECTER
the slackers
the skatalites
sublime
the toasters
the aggrolites
warsaw poland bro's
yard dogs road show
& much more
& whatever is in your sterio

--Movies--
Sherlock Holmes, Jr. (Buster Keaton)
Modern Times (Charlie Chaplin)
Airplane!
Amelie
Donnie Darko
Edward Scissorhands
Fight Club
Garden State
Pi
Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
Requiem for a Dream
Snatch
Wet Hot American Summer
Y Tu Mama Tambien

--Books--
-art-
Edward Gorey's Amphigorey (and Aphigorey Again)
Richard Avedon: the 60's

-how to-
The Mime Book
Anybody's Bike Book

-fiction-
Nightfall, Fahrenheit 451, 1984, Foundation, Lord of the Flies, Catcher in the Rye, Half Asleep on Frog Pajama's, Flatland

Teach, Learn, Share

I like to teach people circus arts, how to fix bicycles.
Also, if provoked, I can talk about compost all day long.