CURRENT MISSION

To see more of the world and to meet interesting new friends from all over.

ABOUT ME

I'm a friendly, nerdy, curious, vegetarian. I'm a cat person, wine-drinker, architecture-lover, and music junkie. I dislike crowds, but I love meeting people. I love being behind the scenes; surprising people with my awesomeness, rather than loudly waving it around in the air.

PHILOSOPHY

Never stop learning. Never miss a chance to have fun. Never forget who you are. Make as many friends along the way as you can.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Surfing, hosting, making connections, and having fun.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

My favorite couchsurfing experiences have been the ones where I'm able to get off the beaten path with someone, where I end up at some out-of-the-way restaurant, or trying to track someone or something down, or just hanging out with a new group of people where they live. Basically experiences that are authentic, instead of commodified tourist stuff.

Interests

Listening to music; beautiful and quirky cars; shopping for music; vintage clothes; talking about music; wealth, poverty and inequality; watching live music; unicorns.

• cats
• singing
• architecture
• dancing
• wine
• vegetarian
• drinking
• shopping
• clothing
• technology
• cars
• socializing
• music
• live music
• karaoke
• surfing
• track and field

Music, Movies, and Books

Books: Huxley, Hemingway, Sedaris

TV: Buffy, Robot Chicken, The Simpsons

Movies: The Fountain, Clue, The House of Yes

Music: Everything, but, the hateful crap.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Watched as the dappled shadows of tree leaves turned to pale dancing crescents during a solar eclipse in the Sierras.

Rode the night bus alone the long way from Ancient Delphi to the Port of Itea because I'd stopped to drink a bottle of local wine on a cliff top earlier that day and missed the direct route.

Been lost in a cloud of clownfish above a reef in Saint Thomas with my best friend and a neverending supply of Carib lager.

Been the first man in ten years to drink Green shots and sing karaoke in a tiny lesbian bar in Shinjuku where I spent several nights with my baby sister.

Teach, Learn, Share

I love teaching blonde bombshells how to work on their cars.

I love teaching big burly jocks to bake perfect cupcakes.

I love teaching tech geeks about vintage audio equipment.

More than anything I love teaching and learning about interconnections. Nothing is linear. Nothing is discrete. All knowledge is a series of webs and intersections.

Countries I’ve Visited

Australia, Bahamas, Canada, Denmark, England, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Netherlands, Norway, Puerto Rico, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom

Countries I’ve Lived In

United States

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