CURRENT MISSION

Go west, young man

ABOUT ME

I hail from the mountain climes of Colorado
I live in Oakland now, because the state of California decided to pay me for reading novels (a PhD program is a funny thing...)
I burp a lot
I love a good conversation
I'll always say yes to free food (or a new adventure)
I have a wealth of dead baby jokes
I collect emergency small talk topics
My car's name is Myrtle

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Have couchsurfed some and had amazing experiences every time. Been to a few CS meetups. As soon as I have a suitable place to call my own, I hope to be hosting.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Surfing: Southern France, Iceland, Mississippi, Utah.
Met up with couchsurfers in Paris and NYC

Interests

good books, good food, drawing, welding, glass blowing (still a beginner), fried anything/everything, mythology/theology, stories, walking around cities

• books
• dining
• cooking
• walking
• reading
• knitting
• drawing
• surfing
• skydiving
• divinity

Music, Movies, and Books

The Ruling Class, Lawrence of Arabia, To The Lighthouse, The Sound and the Fury, Invisible Man, Lolita, Cat's Cradle, The Doubtful Guest, The Bald Soprano, Outside Over There, Wind-Up Bird Chronicle, 2046, The Sailor Who Fell from Grace with the Sea, Apocalypse Now, Montaigne, Fargo, Pulp Fiction, Day of the Locust, Studies in Classic American Literature (DH Lawrence), The Night of the Hunter, Absalom, Absalom!, W.E.B. Du Bois, Emily Dickinson, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Ralph Waldo Ellison, Montaigne, Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Skydiving in Zion, Utah
Bungy jumping in New Zealand
Sunrise at the Grand Canyon

Teach, Learn, Share

I'm almost equally handy with a pen or an oxyacetylene torch. I wish I knew my way better around carpentry tools. I want to try iron pouring, learn how to knit, cook, and really speak another language (my French is serviceable but that's about it).

Countries I’ve Visited

Costa Rica, France, Iceland, Italy, New Zealand, United Kingdom

Countries I’ve Lived In

United States

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