CURRENT MISSION

to get out of college

ABOUT ME

I am cook at a local coffee shop here in Kalamazoo, MI. I love to learn new things about making food, kitchen banter, working hard, and creating simple, enjoyable things for people to eat.

I love music (seeing, listening, playing), reading, and cooking. I like to work out - running, cycling, mowing grass, doing lots of dishes, lifting weights, ice skating.

I'm a very friendly and laid back person. I'm sure everybody says that about themselves, but I'm not kidding. I think I'm pretty easy to talk to, and I am a low-impact houseguest/host.

PHILOSOPHY

One of the most important lessons I've learned in life is how to laugh at myself. I try not to take myself too seriously, because being uptight is no way to go through life.

I also fully believe in empathy and compassion. Humans are capable of so many things, and such a wide range of emotions and thoughts. It is up to the individual to decide what they fill their mind and time with. Many people fill theirs with negativity. I try so hard not to do that, and to encourage others not to as well.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I have surfed, spending the weekend in Chicago at a guy named Bob's house whilst visiting for my birthday one year. It was fantastic, and he and I are still in touch!

Interests

Reading nonfiction, sci-fi, playing piano, listening to music, seeing live music (especially jazz!), recycling, trying to figure out what is going on in this crazy world.

I read a lot about Hurricane Katrina/NOLA stuff, cognitive development, human evolution, primates.

• dining
• cooking
• coffee
• running
• working out
• shopping
• reading
• music
• live music
• jazz
• piano
• cycling

Music, Movies, and Books

BOOKS: blindness by jose saramago, infinite jest by david foster wallace, the secret life of plants, a tree grows in brooklyn, cat's cradle, guns germs and steel, the foundation trilogy, desert soitaire by edward abbey, the monkey wrench gang, lord of the rings trilogy, memoirs of a geisha, parable of the sower, parable of the talents, erotica, the poisonwood bible, the zapatitsa reader, the plague by camus, oryx and crake by margaret atwood, the end of nature, the giving tree, cookbooks with lots of photos, the daydreamer, the sirens of titan, the omnivore's dilemma, the golden compass series (the movie SUCKS btw), the left hand of darkness, twilight/stephanie meyer, books about human/ape cognition and evolution, the great deluge, eat pray love

MUSIC: bluegrass, hip hop, jazz, indie rock, classic rock, oldies, electronic, classical....uh everything?

Countries I’ve Visited

Mexico, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

United States

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