CURRENT MISSION

Save Private Ryan? I'm bad at this.

ABOUT ME

I live in Portland, OR, it's awesome. Yes. What else? I have a sweet job, and in my chosen field, no less, which has yet to cease to amaze me. Taking things one day at a time right now.

I find people interesting, even in their minutia. I often wonder why people do the things they do, and why in the manner they choose to do them, simply because their methods never occurred to me. It makes me feel that there is an infinite amount of knowledge to be gained from others on every subject imaginable.

PHILOSOPHY

Life is to be enjoyed.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I am traveling around the Northwest United States for the next 8 months, hoping to meet some good people stay with. Can't offer a couch myself at this point, as I'll be on the road mostly. Hopefully next summer I will be able to host some peeps.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I've been surfing for the last two years in Washington and Idaho, and had nothing but positive experiences.

Interests

Puppetry, costuming, theatre, procrastinating, spending way too much time on completely trivial tasks, the Muppets, bonfires, zombie apocalypse, making forts, sleep, 1970s rock culture, antiquated electronic equipment

• culture
• running
• traveling
• surfing
• sign language

Music, Movies, and Books

Cosi, Mystery Science Theatre 3000, Some Like it Hot, Heathers, The Goonies, Tommy, The Dark Crystal, Dazed and Confused, Detroit Rock City, The Meaning of Life, Jackie Brown, Velvet Goldmine, Mirrormask, Star Wars, Aliens

Ween, The Grateful Dead, Tenacious D, KISS, Styx, the Beatles, The Who, early Weezer, Richard Cheese, the Black Keys, Scissor Sisters, Dr. Hook and the Medicine Show, Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin, Muddy Waters, Salt'n'Pepa, Queen, Frankie Lymon & the Teenagers, Oingo Boingo, Prince, Irish drinking songs, The Starlight Mints, Rufus Wainwright, Jefferson Airplane, Shel Silverstein, Stephen Lynch, Sublime, The Velvet Underground, Digital Underground, Violent Femmes, Wesley Willis, the Moody Blues, Janis Joplin, early Clapton, Pat Benatar, Simon and Garfunkel, Miss Li, David Bowie, Lucille Bogan, Poe, Foreigner, The High Kings, the Pixies, Stuart Davis, one-hit-wonder hair bands

Harry Potter series, A Prayer for Owen Meany, IT, Cyrano de Bergerac, Helter Skelter, Candy Girl: a year in the life of an unlikely stripper, Pearl, World War Z, short stories of the horror/mystery genre. I really ought to read more.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I almost got run over by a moose once...

Teach, Learn, Share

I sew and build puppets. I would love to learn how to weld. I also would like to learn sign language someday.