CURRENT MISSION

to be the fool - to tackle silly fears, face forward. bravery and adventure, connection and community.

ABOUT ME

I am an adventurous type - as I imagine many on this site are. I'm almost always up for fun/odd activities. I like to bucket drum. I love to dance. I like to go to places I don't belong and pretend I fit in. I like quiet evenings at home, making art, listening to records... I dumpster dive. I am friendly and genuine.

PHILOSOPHY

omnia mutantur nihil interit - everything changes; nothing is truly lost.

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Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

We host people here when possible. Great way to travel and meet interesting folx, too!

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

It's been highly rewarding. I've definitely made friends and met some very interesting, fun folks through this site.

Interests

percussion, piano, plants, poetry, anarchism, astronomy, alliteration, sci-fi, community, romance, adventures, bikerides, full moons, jupiter, social justice, performance art, crafts, the forest, dancing to hot jamz, swimming in the gorge, land projects, banjo, gardening

• arts
• poetry
• performing arts
• dancing
• crafts
• gardening
• traveling
• dumpster diving
• music
• piano
• camping
• swimming
• astronomy
• medicine

Music, Movies, and Books

Movies: Amelie, Hackers, Born in Flames, V for Vendetta, War Games, Heavenly Creatures, My Neighbor Totoro (and almost every other Miyazaki movie), Until the End of the World, Slam!, Black Orpheus, Stand By Me, Fantastic Mr. Fox
Music: Dark Dark Dark, Lykke Li, The Blow, Mother Mother, CocoRosie, CSS, Dead Prez, Saul Williams, The Tossers, Lowfish, Bjork, Leadbelly, gamelan, too many artists and genres to list - i like everything from thrash around metal to bluegrass to minimalist electronica to weird sounds played on water with objects found at the bottom of a lake - you know, if it's done right.
Books - The Dispossessed, The Book of Embraces, Living My Life, Sandman Comics, A Memory of Whiteness, Transmetropolitan

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

walked around the inside of a particle accelerator at Cornell, attended space camp, flew over the english channel in a hovercraft, worked for cirque du soleil, set fireworks off the roof of my hostel with fellow hostellers in Tokyo the night after a giant earthquake, performed as a percussionist in Disney World and Times Square, participated in massive intense anti-globalisation protests in the US, visited a forest of redwoods, got completely lost at El Yunque for 5 hours

Teach, Learn, Share

I've taught dance and music classes at a freeskool as well as for work (mostly drumming). i have some video and computer skillz.

right now i'm most into learning about herbal medicine/the forest, ways to mess with people/performance art, piano and banjo.

Countries I’ve Visited

Czech Republic, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Spain, United Kingdom, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Canada, Puerto Rico, United States