CURRENT MISSION

To make people think through humor.

ABOUT ME

I was born in Ohio but I was raised mainly in Colorado, the Denver/Boulder area. I love meeting people. The fact that people are willing to take each other in while traveling reinforces my faith in humanity. I work as a union stage manager for opera companies around the United States. When I am not working backstage, I am writing or performing stand up comedy in front of an audience. I have a strong passion for history, especially its interaction with the arts. I also enjoy interviewing people I meet while I'm traveling. Don't worry I usually don't take my microphone out at the dinner table. I'm a very respectful host and surfer. I believe couchsurfing is not only about finding a place to stay but connecting and making friends all around the world. There's always a good time to be had and with me it will most certainly be great.

PHILOSOPHY

Everyday when you leave the house don't forget your funny.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I am a great host and local tour guide. I also usually end up taking people on spontaneous mini-adventures. I can't help it, just one of my gifts from the fates.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I have been a host for a while and love surfing.

Interests

Listening to BBC Radio & NPR, Trail Running, Swimming, Biking, Hiking, Yoga, Jazz & Swing Dancing, Theatre History, Atmospheric Science, Paleoclimatology, Economics, Classical Greece, Visiting National Parks, Mountain Climbing, Wine, and Beekeeping

• arts
• writing
• dancing
• swing dancing
• wine
• yoga
• running
• traveling
• socializing
• bouldering
• jazz
• opera
• cycling
• hiking
• surfing
• trail running
• rock climbing
• swimming
• economics
• history
• science
• tourism
• parks
• mountains

Music, Movies, and Books

Favourite Music:
Dusty Springfield, KT Tunstall, Nellie McKay, The Mamas and the Papas, Lady Gaga, Edith Piaf, Kate Rusby, The Divine Comedy, Spice Girls, Scissor Sisters, Amy Winehouse, Chuck Berry, Kurt Weil, Ella Fitzgearld, Billie Holiday, Duffy, Laura Nyro, Cyndi Lauper, Tom Jones, Regina Spektor, Clare & The Reasons, Camera Obscura, Lauryn Hill, Roberta Flack, Sarah Vaughan, Feist,

Musicals/Operas: Hair, Company, Thoroughly Modern Millie, Into The Woods, Threepenny Opera, Chicago, Cabaret, Candide, West Side Story, Anything Goes, Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagoony, The Tales of Hoffmann, Dead Man Walking.

Radio Shows:
The News Quiz, Wait Wait Don't Tell Me, The Now Show, Today Programme, The Making of Music, A Prairie Home Companion, Says You, Clare and the Community

Favourite TV Programmes:
30 Rock, Kath & Kim (ABC Version), It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia, The Golden Girls, Vicar of Dibley, Absolutely Fabulous, Daria, Family Guy, South Park, The Catherine Tate Show, The Daily Show, The Colbert Report, American Dad, Weeds, Boston Legal, Lovespring International, Reno 911, French & Saunders, Waking the Dead, Spooks, Suburban Shootout, Horizon, The Amazing Mrs. Pritchard, Posh Nosh, dinnerladies, Victoria Wood As Seen On TV, Wire in the Blood, Flight of the Conchords, Sex and the City, Friends, Aqua Teen Hunger Force, Sealab, John Adams, Love Soup, Jam and Jerusalem

Favourite Films:
Stage Door, Rebecca, The Philadelphia Story, Drop Dead Gorgeous, Cruel Intentions, Chicago, Across the Universe, For Your Consideration, Best In Show, Superbad, Saved, Juno

Favourite Books:
Non-Fiction: The Invisible Constitution, Memo to the President Elect, Patriotic Grace, Runnin' Wild, Me Talk Pretty One Day, When You Are Engulfed in Flames, The Cambridge History of American Theatre

Fiction: Harry Potter Series, Catcher In The Rye, The Great Gatsby, Lord of the Files, and Lesser House

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

The moon setting over the mountains as the sun rose across the plains.

Teach, Learn, Share

You are a well of knowledge. I have a chalice waiting to be filled.

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