CURRENT MISSION

To couchsurf on the moon!

ABOUT ME

I was born and raised in Wisconsin and have lived there my whole life. Currently I am living in Stoughton, WI with my beautiful wife Abby where I teach music to elementary students and coach cross-country and track. I have a younger brother Mike who lives in Hudson, WI and works the night shift at a Hospital in Hudson, WI; and a younger sister Dawn who just got a job as a nurse in Lisbon, ND. In my free time I enjoy songwriting, running, and more recently geocaching. In my previous life I was a stegosaurus.

PHILOSOPHY

Life is about pushing past boundaries, challenging ourselves to try new things.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I participate by opening my couch up to other surfers and by (eventually) surfing myself!

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

We have hosted and surfed!

Interests

running, reading, writing, music, concerts, hiking, eating (good food), drinking (good beer), playing guitar, singing, writing music, 50/90, fawm, marathons, kicking around a footbag, movies, frisbee-golf, travel, geocaching, meeting new people.

• writing
• singing
• concerts
• dining
• beer
• running
• coach
• drinking
• movies
• reading
• traveling
• music
• guitar
• hiking
• surfing
• track and field
• golf
• nursing

Music, Movies, and Books

Movies: Amelie, WALL-E, Dark Knight, Brick, American Beauty, Donnie Darko, Motorcycle Diaries,

Music: Sufjan Stevens, Wilco, Iron and Wine, The Decemberists, Ida, Gov't Mule, String Cheese Incident, Ryan Adams, Railroad Earth, Gillian Welch, Greg Brown, Joanna Newsom, Bon Iver, Okkervil River, Neil Young, Whiskeytown, Neko Case, The New Pornographers, M. Ward, Bonnie "Prince" Billy, Leonard Cohen, Bob Dylan, Paul Simon, Final Fantasy, Jeffrey Foucault

Books: West From Fort Pierre, Plainsong, All The Pretty Horses, To Kill A Mocking Bird, Five Skies, Infinity Blues,

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I once found out how many licks it takes to get to the center of a tootsie roll pop..

Teach, Learn, Share

I love to sing and share songs. Music seems to be a universal language.. so I suppose I could teach my favorite melodies and would love to learn yours as well.

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