CURRENT MISSION

Adventure and whatnot

ABOUT ME

Chill guy who loves seeing new places, meeting cool people, wide open spaces, and finding adventure in the mundane -- when the road calls, I answer. Otherwise an on again/off again history teacher and coach, decent snowboarder, and hack novelist.

PHILOSOPHY

"Life is what happens when you're making other plans."

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Couch surfed a few times and hope to start hosting surfers in the near future.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Lots of friendly people out there, one very nice couple in Maine let me stay a week once. More or less restored my faith in humanity, that's all.

Interests

Travel, sports, reading, writing, music, conversations over drinks, etc.

• culture
• writing
• coach
• drinking
• politics
• reading
• traveling
• music
• snowboarding
• sports
• teaching
• history
• religion

Music, Movies, and Books

Movies: The Big Lebowski, and documentaries and the occasional drama or slapstick comedy; best recent film/series I've watched is BBC's Sherlock
Music: indie/folkish/instrumental rock (aka, not mainstream pop garbage); Wilco, Arcade Fire, Ben Folds, Frightened Rabbit, etc.
Books: anything intriguing; big Jon Krakauer fan; The Art of Fielding; anything John Irving

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I got my pilot's license when I was 18.

Teach, Learn, Share

Love to discuss the mix of history, religion, politics, and culture (but not like your crazy right-wing uncle at Thanksgiving).

Countries I’ve Visited

Canada, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

United States