Update 10/2022:
This profile is about 10 years old, so I’m like a little bit calmer now, but those things still ring true. Settled now in Asheville, loving it. Those pictures are old too. I’ll try to update more, but don’t expect much. I AM trying to get that response rate up, so be patient with me. :P

CURRENT MISSION

to experience: people, cultures, geography, joy, books, love, encounters, senses, wildness

ABOUT ME

I like to dance through life. I think about things a lot, and I seek balance. I like doing things that are exhilarating and wild, but I also enjoy calmer times of tranquility. I love people more than anything in this world and I'll try to help you out!

PHILOSOPHY

"You have to be always drunk. That's all there is to it—it's the only way. So as not to feel the horrible burden of time that breaks your back and bends you to the earth, you have to be continually drunk.

But on what? Wine, poetry or virtue, as you wish. But be drunk.

And if sometimes, on the steps of a palace or the green grass of a ditch, in the mournful solitude of your room, you wake again, drunkenness already diminishing or gone, ask the wind, the wave, the star, the bird, the clock, everything that is flying, everything that is groaning, everything that is rolling, everything that is singing, everything that is speaking. . .ask what time it is and wind, wave, star, bird, clock will answer you: "It is time to be drunk! So as not to be the martyred slaves of time, be drunk, be continually drunk! On wine, on poetry or on virtue as you wish."
-Charles Baudelaire

I really love this poem, and I think it captures a valuable spirit.
I think conversation is important, as well as wildness.
I want to live a deep, rich life, with a wide array of experience. City, forest, country, suburb, beach, bungalow, treehouse, farm...
I always seek to be flexible and adapt to any situation.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING Well, for one, I don't get verified. Don't get me wrong, I'm not against it, I'll just probably never have 20 extra dollars and think, "Hey, I should verify my CS profile." ^^^Man, I wrote this a long time ago... now it's $60?? I guess one day they'll force us to pay for CS, but I'm gonna hold off until the bitter end. COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE My buddy Sam and I stayed with a host couple in Clemson, SC, and had a wonderful time. We also stayed with someone in Barcelona. Another positive visit. We stayed with an incredible beyond incredible family in Belgium. I left their place a changed person. We stayed with some incredible people in Lyon, and our three day stay was full of dancing. We stayed with tons of people in Athens, including Alex, one of the chillest, most intelligent hosts. And, okay, we've couchsurfed tons of other times and it's incredible. Update: For some reason, Couchsurfing seems to think I don’t have much experience. Don’t believe what you see in the experience section, I’ve hosted and surfed countless times in countless places and I'm super passionate about radical hospitality.

Interests

The Edge of Life, People, Interactions, Relationships, Love, all things beautiful, Cycling, Fiction, Art, Gardening, Coffee, Music, Expression, Reading, Grit, Sailing, Conversations, Photography, Jazz, Risk, Exhilaration, Dancing, Wildness, Movies, Stories, Poetry, Knowledge, the Raw Quality of Life, the Talents of Others

• arts
• books
• poetry
• singing
• photography
• dancing
• wine
• coffee
• flying
• gardening
• movies
• reading
• music
• jazz
• cycling
• sailing
• geography
• beaches

Music, Movies, and Books

The Fall, Harold & Maude, Amelie, Pulp Fiction, Moulin Rouge, Alamar, I'm Not There, The Fountain, Garden State, Reality Bites, Harvey, After Hours, Apocalypse Now, Brick, Dead Poets' Society, Vanilla Sky

Jamie T, The Clash, The Velvet Underground, Mason Jennings, The Black Keys, The Decemberists, The Kooks, The Doors, Death Cab for Cutie, Copeland, Tom Waits, Bob Dylan, Ryan Adams, Iron & Wine, Freelance Whales, Brer, Frank Sinatra, Sigur Ros, Andrew Bird, Radical Face, MGMT, The Grecian Urns, Imogen Heap, Sufjan Stevens, Wilco, The Beatles, Led Zeppelin, Regina Spektor, Pink Floyd

The Little Prince, Fahrenheit 451, Cannery Row, East of Eden, On the Road, the Lord of the Rings Trilogy, The Perks of Being a Wallflower, A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

-New Zealand... pretty much everything about it is amazing
-spontaneous skinny dipping in the Spree in Berlin
-ran through Pamplona with a bunch of other people while bulls chased us
-road trip through the US in a van with 5 friends

Teach, Learn, Share

I don't know that I'm any wiser than anyone, but I do think it's important to share thoughts and knowledge. Here goes:
-There are many things in this world that are better than money. In fact, MOST things in this world are better than money.
-Please just have a job doing something you love, or at least something can grow from. If you spend most of every day doing something you hate, you will be spending MOST of your life doing something you hate. Then you become a hateful person and we don't like being around you.
-We gain nothing by getting mad about stupid things.
-Absorb.
-Simplicity is important
-Seize the day

What I Can Share with Hosts

stories music friendship laughter blah blah blah

Countries I’ve Visited

Australia, Austria, Bahamas, Belgium, Belize, Bolivia, Bulgaria, Canada, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, England, France, Germany, Greece, Guatemala, Hungary, Italy, Luxembourg, Mexico, Morocco, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Romania, Scotland, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States, Vatican City State, Wales

Countries I’ve Lived In

France, Spain, United Kingdom, United States

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