CURRENT MISSION

1. figure out what it means to live well. 2. live well. (not necessarily in that order)

ABOUT ME

I'm a graduate student at Duke living in Durham, NC. I have an objectively fantastic 8 year old dog named Rooney. I like a good beach and a good cliff. I like a good read and a good watch. I don't wear a watch. I like to try things. i don't smoke cigarettes and don't care if you do. i have one tattoo. i occasionally use an oxford comma and occasionally don't. i have faith that when i pack, i pack everything i need.

I normally wear my curly hair long.
I have a ruddy complexion, broad
shoulders and am barrel-chested,
am unusually strong.
I frequently wear a full beard
and sometimes glasses.
I am a college graduate,
a talented artist, and sculptor.
Now, Maps is a soft-spoken loner,
who resents society and all organizations.
Maps fancies himself a ladies' man.
He is an avid chess player,
smokes cigarettes, and a pipe.
He is a beer drinker and loves to eat.
Maps is a man of widespread interests,
who might very well be living abroad.

PHILOSOPHY

the little things, there's nothing bigger.

evolove is a palindrome.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

hostin, surfin, talkin, walkin, squakin.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I've surfed and hosted. The best part of couch surfing is the people. The people you stay with and the people you are introduced to. I could sleep on a rock for all I care. I also like to host, as I get to meet cool people this way, and sleep on a tempurpedic bed.

Interests

rock climbing, squash, slacklining, playing guitar, playing with my dog, espresso, lasers, making espresso with lasers, swimming, getting into yoga, experimental film, poetry, staring at my hands...

• dogs
• poetry
• beer
• yoga
• chess
• guitar
• surfing
• scuba diving
• rock climbing
• racquetball
• swimming
• cartography
• beaches
• squash

Music, Movies, and Books

books I like:

Once upon a winter's night a traveler (calvino), an autobiography of red (carson), not me (myles). The adventures of Sherlock Holmes (Doyle) , Flatland (Abbott), Atlas Shrugged (Rand), Confederacy of Dunces (Toole), What is Life? (Schrodinger)
I think my most weathered book is Red River Gorge rock climbs, put together by Ray Ellington. Lately it's been the New River Gorge guidebook put together by mike williams.

Some movies:
hours for jerome (dorsky), Ferris Bueller's day off (I named my dog after the principle.), yellow submarine, symbiopsychotaxiplasm: take one (greaves), everything by hollis frampton, wet hot american summer, celine and julie go boating

music: low frequency in stereo, junip, le tigre, the national, phillip glass, of montreal, other lives, radiohead, pixies, talking heads, total babe, wilco, zoe keating, the books, belle & sebastian, father john misty, flaming lips, feist, gardens and villa, ben harper, jeff buckley, dispatch, floyd, the doors, velvet underground, stones, beatles, shins, nick drake, beck, old crowe medicine show...

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Sicily is incredible. why.

I scuba dived for the first time off the coast of Colombia after a five minute lesson completely in spanish. And I don't speak spanish.

I got chased by a herd of angry bulls into the Cam river between Cambridge and Ely in England. never turn your back on a bull.

Teach, Learn, Share

I enjoy teaching people how to rock climb, slack line, play guitar and high five strangers. I like learning about pretty much anything. Especially something as simple as learning how you live your life and what motivates you.

Countries I’ve Visited

Colombia, United Kingdom, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

United States

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