CURRENT MISSION

Sowing and reaping peace.

ABOUT ME

Saving animal lives for over a decade (how that's for an advertising slogan). I'm starting to feel old. I drink much and often. I frequent dog parks. I once routed a trip across the states around bio-diesel filling stations. I’ve learned to appreciate silence. I associate closely with water whenever possible. This includes waterfalls, oceans and the kind you drink. A few more of my favorite things include: clotheslines, planetariums, wood stoves, roller skating, leather, tea with honey, coffee with whiskey, Appalachia, go-cart races, responsible agriculture, struttin, strummin, hollerin’, yarn, old trucks, belt buckles, crows, wool, rocking chairs, pheremones, sleeping, microscopes, binoculars, tattoos, songs about trains, wavy glass windows, non-verbal communication, form following function, free food, expensive food, love, music, wine and revolution.

PHILOSOPHY

Live, love, learn.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Just joined the community on the advice of a friend who has been everywhere and done everything. Looking forward to becoming a participant.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Nothing official, but couch surfing and the generosity of others has did allow me to make my way to North Carolina as a young'un.

Interests

Music (all of it), Nature (all of it), All Critters, Most Folks, and the drink.

• animals
• dogs
• tattoos
• dining
• wine
• coffee
• drinking
• music
• surfing
• agriculture
• parks

Music, Movies, and Books

Music that matters: Rapping Duke (for making fun of rap before anyone else even knew what rap was), The Neville Brothers (for soul), Bob Dylan (for lyricism), Neil Young (for guitar), Waylon Jennings (for manliness), The Stones (for at least the first decade), Van Morrison (for Bang Masters), Van Halen (for anything prior to Hagar), Willie Nelson (for best hair), Ween (for commentary), Ferdinand Fox (for real), Karl Denson's Tiny Universe (for horns), Easy E (for puttin it out there), Jeff Buckley (for suicidal tendencies), Gillian Welch (for style), Beastie Boys (for pop white boy funk), John Lee Hooker (for originality), The Magnetic Fields (for insight), Travis Tritt (for sappy ballads), The Mammals (for overall effect), David Byrne (for wackiness), King Wilkie (for at least 5 good reasons), Leonard Cohen (for poetry), MC5 (for kickin' it out), Dynamite Hack (for covers), Soundgarden (for rage), Bob Seeger (for americana), Cameo (for funkiness), Stereo MC's (for still kicking ass), David Bowie (for showmanship), Ian Reardon (for preachin it), Old Crow Medicine Show (for christ sake), The Foxymorons (for prodigiousness), Formerly Tomfoolery (for flirting...with disaster), Pearl Jam (for reminiscence), NIN (for my formative years), Nirvana, Incubus and System of a Down (for doing something different with hard rock), Guns N' Roses (for, well, you know), Abe Reid (for mother-fucking genius AND perseverance), Chris Thile (for sick and wrong unadulterated talent), Ben Kushigian (for the love of god). Ok, I lost myself. NOT ENYA. The Flying Burrito Brothers, The Wood Brothers, Ruth Ungar, CCR, John Mellencamp, The Boss, B.B. King, Black Crowes, Dixie Chicks, Katie Moore, The Asylum Street Spankers, Oysterhead, Gov't Mule, MarsupiaL, Nick Cave, Beck, Pixies, Stewart Copeland, Allison Krauss, Dan Tyminski, Chuck Berry, Elvis, J.J. Cale, Gov't Mule, Lou Reed, Violent Femmes, Screaming Trees, Stevie Wonder, Colin Hay, Jane’s Addiction, Chris Isaak, Son Volt, Elvis, Prince, The Duhks, Langhorne Slim, Ike and Tina, Billy Idol, Claire Lynch, Soul Coughing, Taj Mahal, Sam Cooke, Otis Redding, Toots and the Maytals, R.L. Burnside, Steve Earle, Clarence “Gatemouth” Brown, Bobby “Blue” Bland, Alvin “Youngblood” Heart, Sonny Boy Williamson, Luther Allison, Sixteen Horsepower, Jane’s Addiction, Nirvana, Portishead, Radiohead, Nick Cave, The Cox Family, Bill Withers, Tony Furtado, Tony Rice, Tony Trischka, David Rawlings, Joe Tex, Morphine, Cat Stevens, Violent Femmes, Screaming Trees, The Gibson Brothers, Yonder Hill, Stylex, this one kid named Al Foreman, Chopin, Ryan Adams, Whiskeytown, Piers Faccini and lastly: myself.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I've seen so many beautiful and disgusting things, you'd have to ask me after I've imbibed a bit.

Countries I’ve Visited

Mexico, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

United States