CURRENT MISSION

"Benedicto: May your trails be crooked, winding, lonesome, dangerous, leading to the most amazing view. May your mountains rise into and above the clouds. May your rivers flow without end" -Edward Abbey

ABOUT ME

I love the natural world. I'm attracted to those places where water meets land. Although I currently I'm in school studying cities, and the built environment, I think, perhaps, our civilization can best be understood when observed from outside. To use the cliche, I think it can be hard to see the forest through the trees.

Music has always been a big part of my life. I've played one instrument or another since I was very young, but I've really only developed my skills on the bass (upright and electric). I have played with numerous ensembles, from dixieland, bluegrass, folk, country and americana, to afrobeat, salsa, and bossa nova. I currently play with a indie rock group called Conveyor, and I encourage you to listen to our music (I think you'll like it!) You can listen to it or download it here: http://conveyor.bandcamp.com.

With regard to my sense of humor, there is nothing I enjoy quite as much as a good pun.

I always have Nutella in the house. Always.

PHILOSOPHY

bike to work, work to eat, eat to live, live to bike...ad infinitum

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I do a lot of traveling, but mostly I try my best to host as many surfers as I can.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I've traveled around a lot - mostly on tour with bands, but also just general vagabonding at times. I've hosted couch surfers quite a bit, and I'm always happy to help out more

visited 33 states (66%)

visited 21 states (9.33%)

Interests

My favorite thing to do is, without a doubt, to cook food with friends.

Also, I'm interested in science fiction, in political theory, in linguistics, and in escaping the city at every opportunity possible. I like to build things, and somehow, I love logistics.

• environment
• dining
• cooking
• traveling
• music
• cycling
• science
• rivers
• mountains

Music, Movies, and Books

Repo Man, Martin Dosh, Moby Dick, respectively. Okay I can elaborate....

movies: 2001: A Space Odyssey, Breaking Away, Repo Man, Blade Runner, Rosemary's Baby, Wild at Heart, Alien, Salvador, Full Metal Jacket, 12 Monkeys, Bananas... and I love everything from Werner Herzog, Lars von Trier, and David Lynch. Almost everything.

music: Woody Guthrie, Charles Mingus, Cachao, Abner Jay, Bukkah White. And of course a ton of contemporary stuff. Although I don't really feel it is more accurate....this at least a more empirical log of my music taste: http://www.last.fm/user/nostatus

books: I love science fiction (and science fact). Actually, most of what I read is non-fiction. Peterson's Field Guide to the Birds East of the Rockies. Richard Feynman and Carl Sagan. Herbert (and Peter!) Marcuse, Jane Jacobs.

TV (and other shows): RadioLab, TED talks, Cosmos, Twilight Zone, Twin Peaks, X-Files, and right now...Louie

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

swam with great white sharks
sailed from St. Lucia to Grenada
ate whale (gasp!) in Iceland

Teach, Learn, Share

bike repair, serenade, etc

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Czech Republic, El Salvador, Germany, Grenada, Saint Lucia, South Africa, Spain, Switzerland, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Denmark, Italy, United States

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