CURRENT MISSION
To get healthier, happier, and more functional, while building a beta for a service to help others do the same as quickly, thoroughly, affordably, and comfortably as is possible, with humans and computers. Of course, humans are computers, just not very good ones. Let's change our programming together!

I have been looking into how to index myself and other humans by our behavior, communication, and physical responses for history, art and science. I might get an app made.

I also really want to start a vegan intentional community in New Mexico.

ABOUT ME
I've been told I'm funny and expressive. I’m also really sensitive and kind of a misanthrope. However, I try to remember that we are all fully caused, give people opportunities to earn my trust, be vulnerable, and not spread the grumpy.

I’ve been kind of socially isolated and alone with some scary and bummer thoughts, so the grumpy has grown. I’m trying to shrink it by addressing that which scares me and surrounding myself with people who bring the antibummer. Right now, that means fellow vegans because I need to be with people who acknowledge the injustice of raising and killing animals for food, so I can feel comfortable being authentic with them and reduce my exposure to the many ways carnism triggers me, including people refusing to acknowledge the existence of carnism (search for it).

I want to go back to school to learn some kind of engineering, including social engineering, to solve the most urgent problems of humanity and our environment. I need to work my way up to that though, and I don't have the time to invest in that yet.

I identify as a libertarian socialist, or, as I prefer to call it, a free maternalist, because I think that probably sounds better to people across political spectrums (yes, there is more than "left" and "right", and they have changed significantly in American and world history).

PHILOSOPHY
I don't believe in magic, any deities or contra-causal free will. Remembering that last one helps me to be kinder to myself and others, face truth, and try my best and ask for help to do what needs to be done for myself and others.

Cuddling with people I like may be my religion.

I was raised Catholic but it didn't stick. These days I want to train to be an elite meat robot for Moses, and in 2025, have a bot-mitzvah 😄. Why 2025? Numbers. I realize that's vague. If you earn my trust, I'll explain!

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING
I have hosted and hung out with travelers before, though I've met them on other sites. At least two of them are on this site though. See my references.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE
I've only been a host to and hung out with people who happen to be surfers.

Interests

See "Teach, Learn, Share."

• environment
• vegan

Music, Movies, and Books

Little Miss Sunshine is both a great movie and an excellent manifesto for living.

Wall-E is super adorable. I am looking for my gang of crazy robots to get back to Eden with.

I read evidence-based self-help and some other nonfiction books and listen to nonfiction audiobooks and podcasts.

What are we trying to judge from this information and how? I'll tell you my tests if you tell me yours.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I’ve organized vegan meetups in three different cities.

Teach, Learn, Share

I have more breadth than depth in my understanding of things, but I do read lots of Wikipedia articles, or skim them. I have more that I want to learn than I can teach. Please help me fix that.

I want to make useful stuff with my hands and computers: clothes, shoes, a world-liberating cybernet. You know, those sorts of things.

I'm very interested in mental health, mindfulness and wellness in general, especially improving/increasing mine. So, if you have evidence-based knowledge in these areas, I hope you'll share it.

I’ll make healthy vegan food with you, and it might not suck.

I love dogs. What can I do for your dog?

What I Can Share with Hosts

Stories, I have stories.

Also, maybe we can go splitsies on a place together somewhere warm in the winter.

Countries I’ve Visited

United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

United States