CURRENT MISSION

kick some doors in

ABOUT ME

There is no description of a fool that I fail to satisfy. That said, I do try to offset my incessant foolishness with honest curiosity and unshakable optimism, making me come off as reasonably likable most of the time.

PHILOSOPHY

"What we know, at least for starters, is: here we--so incontrovertibly--are." Annie Dillard

A moderately wise person once said that "the only real difference between people is quality of attention." I believe that to be true and so do my best to know the world around me, as ugly or as beautiful as it may be. This brain and the senses that feed it are all I have. I hope to make the best of them.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I hosted a couple of Danes passing through Ashland in May 2008, had a most excellent time. Surfed in southeast Alaska toward the end of summer 2009, and again had a most excellent time.

Interests

paddling (sea kayaks), fitness (cognitive and physical), early 19th century British Romantics, the American literary renaissance, eggs, salsa dancing (when the occasion beckons), pale ales, reading in general, writing (creative nonfiction and poetry), handstands, meditating the thankless muse

• writing
• literature
• poetry
• dancing
• salsa dancing
• fitness
• movies
• reading
• kayaking
• medicine

Music, Movies, and Books

The Hours, Momento, Fight Club, No Country for Old Men

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Just outside of Rocky Mountain National Park, I once saw a rabbit chasing down and beating up on a chipmunk. Definitely one of the stranger things I've ever witnessed.

Teach, Learn, Share

A few subjects where I can talk at length and do more than speculate would include: English literature and language, wilderness medicine, expedition sea kayaking, the artistic merit of movies.

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, China, Czech Republic, Germany, Italy, Liechtenstein, Switzerland

Countries I’ve Lived In

Costa Rica, United States

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