CURRENT MISSION

being shy, it's the new, in your face!

ABOUT ME

after many years of traveling the globe with the U.S. cycling team, i returned to school and ultimately graduated with an m.f.a. in photography from the university of washington in seattle (u-dub). i now teach all sorts of strange stuff (photography, video, web design, digital imaging, multi-media authoring) at the evergreen state college.

PHILOSOPHY

the quality of one's life can be summed up by this equation: it's based ten percent on what happens to you, and ninety percent on how you respond to it... and, always give something back.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

fo shizzle!... haven't surfed yet but i'm down for hosting.

Interests

The sound a wobbling tea cup makes on a saucer, Tweezing splinters, Virga, Meniscus, When the wind slams the door, Chipped fingernail polish, Kites stuck in tall trees, The way the accordion wheezes when it’s taken out of the box, Late… under the eaves…the nesting calls, Pomegranate seeds, Light mixing with shadows, The last sip, The last bite, Lovers nipping necks, Lemonade stands, Massive doses, Traffic lights controlling empty intersections, Raindrops on a dusty road, Flies stuck on windowsills, The moment after skin is broken and before blood appears, The lid left off the toothpaste, Paper airplanes, The slight dimple at the base of your lover's neck, Legs entwined, The sink full of dirty dishes,
Lazy wind chimes in the distance, The first snow, Barbed wire and tall grass, Salty skin, The sound ravens make, A bowl of oranges, Slowly peeling an orange, Stains, Spitting cherry pits, Dusk, The depression that a resting deer leaves in the grass, A purring cat, Ravens agog, A dog barking in the distance, Screen doors with squeaky springs, The neighborhood cat crossing the street, That sinking feeling, Embers, The distant call of fog horns, The wind pressing girls' spring dresses against their skin, First light, Stargazing till morning, Bleeding noses, High tide… and low, Girls with red shoes, Wild berries, Dirty chubby fingers, The sound of breakfast being cooked while you sleep, Campfire crackles, The striations of a topographic map, Clothes swaying on clothes lines, Sticky popsicle sticks, The quiet a blanket of snow creates, A single cloud in the sky, Let go... I'm not holding you, Laundry lint, Shirt cuffs in the butter, Thin ice, Empty toilet paper rolls, Paper lanterns, Stray dogs, Falling leaves, Smooth stones, Hay bails in an open field, Cherry blossoms, Sunlight through scarlet curtains, The curved body of your lover sleeping, Slow icicle drips, Meteor showers, Water... rhythmically lapping, Ants on watermelon rinds, Ants struggling with enormous seed husks, Holding a sugar cube just at the surface of your coffee, Spider webs, Things bundled, Potting-soil under your fingernails, Watching water swirl down the drain, The end of something, Knowing and not knowing, Waiting.

• cats
• dogs
• design
• photography
• breakfast
• coffee
• clothing
• traveling
• cycling
• boxing
• communications

Music, Movies, and Books

books: currently enjoying, "city of dreams," by beverly swerling. i loved "geek love," and hemingway's nick adams stories.
movies: "the city of lost children," anything david lynch, "all the real girls," the original (norwegian) "insomnia," and emir Kusturica's "black cat, white cat"
music: right now, nick cave and p.j. harvey

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

i can toss a waded sheet of paper into the waste basket across my room… in only three tries or so. oh, i shook hands with fidel castro once, vive la revolucion! (i'm not kidding).

Countries I’ve Visited

Argentina, Belgium, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Cuba, France, Germany, Italy, Luxembourg, Martinique, Mexico, Netherlands, Norway, Paraguay, Slovenia, Spain, Switzerland, United States, Uruguay

Countries I’ve Lived In

United States

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