CURRENT MISSION

you can fool with your brother, but don't mess with a missionary man.~Annie Lennox, We're on a mission from god~Joliet Jake Blues

ABOUT ME

I prefer if you feel you have to resort to calling me stuff, you call me *$toph. So pertinent stuff about me, let's see: My main squeeze and I live in Pā'ia, where her auntie, momz, and our hanai daughter stay. Pā'ia means loud, and they mean it. While we are a few minutes and a couple hundred feet elevated from the beach, staying on the edge of this old plantation town which received its infamous character from its motley assortment of characters: we can still hear the waves crash and see some stars at night. And I'm not just talking about Willie Nelson (whose bar is one of the main nightlife spots in town), or neighbor Owen Wilson, and the wandering celebrity sightings (my favorite: walking past Danny Devito on the street). You're close to downtown and the airport (where I werk), but you're also on the highway to Hana that winds through the rain forest jungles. Close to one of the world's greatest health food stores and a bunch of other shops and eateries.

I think I'm over maybe selling it, I don't want everybody and anybody trying to surf here who's just looking to crash the paradise lost party. We have plenty of that already just with extended Ohana drama (our couches fill up regularly depending who's over). We have busy lives and much work to afford the ridiculous cost of subsisting here. Not necessarily going to have a lot of time for you, so I'd prefer if you're bringing something to the table. However if you're comfortable plugging yourself in and flexible and independent enough not to overly disrupt things (NO UNINVITED GUESTS, NO EXCESSIVE PARTYING, RESPECT)... We'll share space and knowledge, break bread, spread aloha.

PHILOSOPHY

the Perennial Philosophy ~A.Huxley

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

participate? one part art and I'll see you 8rs l8rs
party* -see paste, pate, pasted.
precipitate -raining in newbies thru word of mouth

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

offline veteran. most people i ever woke up next to? 13 in one bedroom.

Interests

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• arts
• dining
• walking
• nightlife
• partying
• flying
• blues
• beaches

Music, Movies, and Books

Movies, Music, Books
as in?
Lions, Tigers, Bears: Oh my.
lot's of Oz of late.
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Movies:
the Wonderful Wizard of Oz, Wizard of Oz, Return to Oz, Under the Rainbow, After Hours, Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore, Svankmejer's Alice, Jabberwocky, Time Bandits, Tidelands, Spirited Away, Howl's Moving Castle, Mirror Mask, Wings of Desire, Wild at Heart, Mulholland Drive, Iron Man, Tin Man, Grizzly Man, Batman Begins (Scarecrow), Eric the Viking, Road to Oz, the Dreamer of Oz, Allegheny Stories, Dark Side of the Rainbow, the Wall, OZ, To Kill a Mockingbird, Grapes of Wrath, Freaks, the Forbidden Zone, Nightmare Before Christmas, Charley and the Chocolate Factory (both), and the Muppets' Wizard of Oz, the Muppet Movie, the Wiz
Music:
O-E-O...the Jitterbug (Calloway an all them jingoistic Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies minstrelisms), the Confedrate States of America (SLJoints), Goodbye Yellow Brick Road(Elton John), Yellow Submarine (the Beatles), Heart of Gold (Neil Young), Izzy, Ozzy(Iron Man), Finnegan's Rainbow (Yip Harburg), the Homo Rainbow (Ween), Dorothy at 40 (Cursive), Garland at Carnagy Hall, Toto IV, the Rainbow Connection, OZMA (the Melvins)
Books:
Nemo in Slumberland, L.Frank Baum, Son of a (Wicked)Witch, Fables, Lewis Caroll, Me and My Shadows: a memoir (Luft), Get Happy: the Life of Judy Garland, Grapes of Wrath, Something Wicked This Way Comes, the Bradbury Chronicles, To Kill a Mockingbird, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, Beloved

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

an elephant fly that bit off with my room keys: good story there.

Teach, Learn, Share

teach: the Art of Faces in Places and light installation.
learn: technical skills, and what makes you tick.
share: local lore, and the inside scoop.

Countries I’ve Visited

United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

United States