CURRENT MISSION

To let my thirsty boots wander all over, and in the evening: toe up to the stars.

ABOUT ME

I spent years riding freight trains in the US and visited all of the lower 48 with my dog. When he got too old to travel I moved back to Iowa.

I ended up going to school and getting a BA in Anthropology and English (writing).

I am a chef who learned to cook while living with a houseful of vegetarians and vegans. I can appreciate all kinds of cooking and would love to cook for you.

When I was living in Des Moines I was part of a home brewing collective. I spent a year brewing beer a few times a week and learning everything I could about the brews.

I am currently fascinated by the linguistic variations in the regions we have been traveling to.

PHILOSOPHY

Punk Rock Saved My Life

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I am currently traveling, but hope to get in touch with many of those whom I hosted

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Please see my wife's profile which we have shared for years!

http://www.couchsurfing.org/people/cali_janae/

References for her all refer to me as well.

I have hosted and stayed with all kinds of people.

My travels are largely not influenced by tourist attractions finding that I learn the most by just sitting down with people and having them teach me about their part of the world.

Interests

Home Brewing, Cultural and Linguistic Anthropology,
Punk Rock, Game Shows, Peanut Butter.

• dogs
• writing
• cooking
• wine
• beer
• wine tasting
• traveling
• homebrewing
• anthropology

Music, Movies, and Books

Kurt Vonnegut, Charles Bukowski, Herman Hesse, Mr. Bean, Piers Anthony, Earnest Hemingway, Herbert Selby Jr., Jean M. Auel, Hunter S. Thompson, Anthony Burgess, Cormac Macarthy,Robert M. Persig, Ken Kesey, J.D. Salinger

Charles Burns, The Walking Dead.

Any Zombie movie!

NOFX, Tom Waits, Screeching Weasel, Morbid Angel, Elizabeth Cotten, Youth Brigade, King Diamond, The Aquabats, Wingnut Dishwashers Union, The Distillers, Rancid, Black Market Fetus, Woody Guthrie, Fleas and Lice, Escape the Floodwater Jug Band, Dead Kennedys, Muddy Waters, Tied To The Tracks

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Hopped freight trains to see Tom Waits.

Teach, Learn, Share

Beer and Wine tastings, Feminist Theory, Postmodernism in Anthropology,Zombie studies.

Countries I’ve Visited

Belgium, Canada, Germany, Ireland, Mexico, Netherlands, United Kingdom

Countries I’ve Lived In

United States