CURRENT MISSION

Regrouping

ABOUT ME

Hmm. Well, I haven't been on here in a while. I tend to veer back and forth between being outgoing and looking for new adventures and cocooning. I'm trying to do more of the first.

PHILOSOPHY

Subject to change

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I have yet to host my first surfer, although I look forward to it. I actually joined this site three years ago and used it to get down to New Orleans, but haven't been active on it since.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Used CS to make it to New Orleans in February 2006, and ended up working for Common Ground for about a month. Probably the most rewarding experience of my life. I was looking for a way to get down via hitch-hiking, but decided it was too dangerous. A CS member who unfortunately was not able to host me told me about Common Ground, where I eventually stayed.

I have since used CS to bike from Cincinnati to New York City, with stopping points along the way, and it's been a remarkable experience. I'm thrilled with it.

Interests

Music, movies, books,(I feel very unsophisticated when I try to talk about visual art; I almost never conceptualize things in visual terms, if that makes sense, so it's often like a mystery to me), inventing new weird sports, being outside in bad weather, spending time with friends

• arts
• books
• mardi gras
• movies
• volunteer work
• music
• cycling
• hiking
• camping
• sports
• law
• hitchhiking
• volunteering

Music, Movies, and Books

Cloud Atlas, The Life and Times of Michael K, Catch 22, Midnight's Children, Lawrence of Arabia, Duck Soup, Bob Dylan, Pavement, Radiohead, The Clash

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I lived in New Orleans for a month, gutting houses, getting to know other volunteer workers, decontaminating equipment, and hiking all around the city, but my most consistent job was helping with after-school programs in the Algiers neighborhood. I was a summer camp counselor for three summers in high school and it was a relief from the academic year; so I stayed as long as I could and get along very well with kids. There's something remarkable to me about how a kid at say, 12, will go through something catastrophic and simply take it in stride because they feel that's simply what life is, while someone at 20 will say, 'why me?' Hearing the kids talk about what they went through with that flood has always stayed in my mind.

On a lighter note, we also got drunk on the stored Mardi Gras floats at night.

Countries I’ve Visited

United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

United States