CURRENT MISSION

sing in tune

ABOUT ME

Point form:

Kind of grew up on a commune
Couldn't ride a bike until I was 27
Worked in bookstores forever
Currently doing techie web things for a nonprofit
Teach pretty detailed sex ed to teens
Was a vegetarian for seven years, now eat most anything
Like building/making things
Bit of a foodie
Into AR/AO movements

PHILOSOPHY

In my lifetime I would like to abolish the term exceedingly generous. Be open to every experience, expect nothing, the universe will provide.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Hmmm... bit of a slacker in this regard I guess.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Lots of crashing on friends couches, sometimes friends of friends of friends. Love it and love hosting the same. The whole couchsurfing thing is kind of an extension of that I guess. I really like meeting new people and sharing with them a Toronto that goes beyond the trad-tourism.

Interests

Felt, pepper, wool, wood, personal essays, heretical writing, biblio lore, printing, graphic design, gender/sex identity construction, media theory, urban planning, rice, laneway architecture, sewing, etc.

• writing
• singing
• architecture
• design
• graphic design
• vegetarian
• cycling
• skydiving
• communications
• tourism

Music, Movies, and Books

Books: Hallucinating Foucault, Einstein's Dreams, Fionavar Tapestry, Ex Libris, Heinlein, Passionate Minds, Exuberance, A Field Guide to Getting Lost, The Acts of King Arthur and His Noble Knights, Perks of Being a Wallflower, Disgrace, anything by Carol Queen, Dossie Easton, Tristan Taormino, Violet Blue or Alison Tyler.

Movies: Farinelli, 9 Songs, Stranger than Fiction, The Dark Crystal, High Art, Trembling Before God, West Wing.

Music: Ryan Adams, Old 97s, Avett Brothers, Keren Ann, Paul Simon, Philip Glass, Camera Obscura, Keith Jarrett, Stars, Jenny Lewis and the Watson Twins, Carla Bruni, Kasey Chambers, Great Lake Swimmers, Kathleen Edwards, Lucinda Williams, Iron and Wine, Sarah Harmer, Black Sabbath (when I'm cleaning).

Foods: Hot Garlic Pickle, Soma Hot Chocolate, Sushi, Peanut Butter straight off the knife, Honey Crisp Apples (trust me), cardamom infused pastry cream in a hazelnut crust topped with blood oranges and an apricot-grand marnier glaze (my killer dessert).

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Seen the Edict of Torda, the defining document of religious freedoms if you ask me. Skydiving was cool too.

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