CURRENT MISSION

finish grad school (education), write a novel

ABOUT ME

I lived in three of the five boroughs of New York City but I really need to see more of the states. Lived in Mexico four years.

PHILOSOPHY

I am fairly certain I could be happy in a small town reading books and eating crepes forever but I just can't.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I made some wonderful friends, traveled across Mexico, and have allowed a number of wonderful people to sleep on my couch or take over my couch and apartment.

Interests

Reading, Writing, History, Politics, Food

• writing
• books
• dining
• politics
• reading
• surfing
• history

Music, Movies, and Books

Bergman and cowboy films. Well synthesized in Leningrad Cowboys Do America, Paris,Texas and by Werner Herzog in his movie Strozak.

Gordon Bok, Animal Collective,

Pynchon, Salinger, Hemingway, Chandler, Tolkien, Barthelme

here actually is a list of my favorite books:

https://docs.google.com/Doc?docid=0AQwzj0XHizvfZGRmbXE1NHFfMTdjM3Q2NGRjMw&hl=en

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Tough call. A toss-up between the time I hiked alone through Norway's Hardangervidda and when I hitchhiked from Quebec City back home to Staten Island.

Teach, Learn, Share

I can teach you some knots for sure.

Countries I’ve Visited

Argentina, Ecuador, France, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Nicaragua, Norway, Portugal, Scotland

Countries I’ve Lived In

Mexico, United States

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