CURRENT MISSION

To Evolve

ABOUT ME

I am an honest, caring, and open-minded individual who is always open to good conversation or debate. I believe we are each capable of the greatest and most depraved acts any human being has accomplished. People have taken advantage of my generosity. Despite this I still want to trust strangers.

PHILOSOPHY

Do good, feel good.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

However I can.
I have hosted 10 CS Gatherings to date and attended countless more. I do what I can to make this corner of the world a little more friendly. Contact me and find out.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

All good!

Interests

Psychology,Philosophy,Literature,Poetry,Theater, Film,Museums,Live Music,Reading,Writing,Cultural Tourism,Sustainability,Human Rights, Massage,Podcasting,Human nature, Creating a sustainable society,Ending over-population.Being of service to the world and those around me. Oh and fire.

• dogs
• arts
• writing
• literature
• poetry
• theater
• coloring
• burningman
• human rights
• baking
• meditation
• clubbing
• reading
• music
• live music
• psychology
• tourism

Music, Movies, and Books

MOVIES
Reservoir Dogs, Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels, Clerks, Mallrats, Chasing Amy, Dogma, Run Lola Run, Half Baked, The Evil Dead, The Evil Dead 2, Army of Darkness, Almost anything with Steve Buscemi, The Goonies, Cube, Cube 2, The Hunger, The Addiction, Secretary, Swingers, Heat, The Sixth Sense, Suicide Kings, Unbreakable, Albino Alligator, Star Wars Episodes IV, V, & VI, Natural Born Killers, Kalifornia, Freeway, American Beauty, American History X, American Psycho, Fight Club, Drugstore Cowboy, Up in Smoke, Nice Dreams, Labyrinth, Requiem For a Dream, Moving, Human Traffic, Flashback, The Hulk, Grass, The Corporation, The Princess Bride, Bamboozled, Welcome to The Dollhouse, Being John Malkovich, Adaptation, Yellow Submarine, The Last Time I Commited Suicide, Go, It's All Gone Pete Tong, Sweet And Low Down, The Doors, Wayne's World, Waking Life, High, Eternal Sunshine of The Spotless Mind, Stand By Me, Sleepers, Beaches, The Last Starfighter, Singles, Empire Records, Gross Point Blank, The Basketball Diaries, Very Bad Things, Forces of Nature, Some Mother's Son, The Devil's Own, Cold-Blooded, Easy Rider, The Devil's Advocate, Stay Tuned, Made, The People vs Larry Flynt, Matchstick Men, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, High Fidelity, Breakfast of Champions, Garden State, Harold & Kumar go to White Castle, Kids, Blow, Traffic, Fear & Loathing in Las Vegas, Where the Buffalo Roam, Almost Famous, Rules of Attraction, Trainspotting, Entropy, A Clockwork Orange, This is Not a Film, Living in Oblivion, Dopamine, Dawn of the Dead, The Prime Gig, A Bronx Tale, The Big Kahuna,

MUSIC
Alice In Chains, Allman Brothers, Ani DiFranco, Aretha Franklin, B.B. King, Bauhaus, old Beastie Boys, The Beatles, Billie Holiday, Black Crows, Black River Circus, Black Sabbath, Blues Traveler, Bob Dylan, Bob Marley, Cold Play, The Clash, Collective Soul, Counting Crows, Country Joe & The Fish, Cream, The Cure, Ferry Corsten, Tiesto, Armin Van Buren, Dead Can Dance, Django Reinhardt, Ella Fitzgerald, George Acosta, Gin Blossoms, Greatful Dead, Guns n' Roses, Henry Rollins, James Brown, Janis Joplin, Jerry Garcia Band, Jet, Jimmy Hendrix, Joe Cocker, John Coltrane, Johnny Cash, John Lennon, John Mayer, Led Zeppelin, Lenny Kravitz, Miles Davis, My Life With The Thrill Kill Kult, Nine Inch Nails, Paul McCartney, Paul Oakenfold, Paul Van Dyke, Pink Floyd, R.E.M., Rage Against the Machine, The Ramones, Ray Charles, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Rollins Band, Santana, Sex Pistols, Smashing Pumpkins, Snoop Dog, Soundgarden, Square Pusher, Stone Temple Pilots, Sublime, Syd Barrett, Tom Petty, Tori Amos, Type O Negative, U2, Velvet Revolver, Violent Femmes, The Who.

BOOKS
"Stranger In a Strange Land, " "Bong Water, " Anything by Charles Bukowski, Entire "Ender's Game" Series. "Interview With The Vampire" and all it's antecedents. Aldous Huxley's "Brave New World" and "Island" as well as assorted essays. Anything by Henry Rollins. Some Stephen King, especially "The Stand" and "On Writing." Michael Crichton, especially "Jurassic Park, " "Sphere" and "prey." Dan Brown's Angels & Demons as well as the other one, but I prefer Angels & Demons. Jack Kerouac, I enjoyed Junkie by Burroughs but found Naked Lunch to be self-indulgent and unintelligible. Go Ask Alice, Anything by Herman Hesse, especially Siddartha, The Hitchhiker's Guide to The Galaxy, 1984, Animal Farm, Running with Scissors, Anything by Herman Hesse, especially Siddartha, The Hitchhiker's Guide to The Galaxy, 1984, Animal Farm, Running with Scissors, 3 Cups of Tea

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I was staying up late one night with my girlfriend's dog who was giving birth. Everyone else had gone to sleep, when in the middle of giving birth to her 9th puppy, she laid down on her side exhausted and seemed to be going to sleep. You could see a bit of the puppy peaking out, but not enough to get a hold of. Not knowing what to do, I massaged her back and abdomen. I kept this up for a while and she was able to push it out half way at which point she gave up and laid down completely. I pulled the puppy out and she ripped it out of it's sack and began desperately cleaning it. It was translucent and had a bluish tinge to it's skin. It was not breathing. I picked it up and started massaging it's lungs. The puppy coughed. I held it tightly in my hands, firmly but gently massaging it's back to help it clear the fluid from it's lungs. It coughed for a while and then started taking deeper and deeper breaths, it's color quickly returning. By the time I went to bed after the sun had come up, it was pink, warm and happy, laying in a heap of undifferentiated cuteness with it's brothers and sisters. It was one of the most amazing things I'd ever seen. I was grateful to be presented with this opportunity.

Also to witness black rock city rise from the dust and dissapear in a little over a week is an amazing experience. Espicially realizing everthing you see was built of love and enthusiasm.
Closing down Bourbon St then turning around and closing down one of Vegas's biggest clubs. So different yet so much the same.

Teach, Learn, Share

Ask me whatever you like. I will do my best to answer.

What I Can Share with Hosts

I would love to share with you...A genioune and compassionate ear. A variety of stories on a variety of topics. Advice, my skills as a bartender, limited handyman services, a few jokes, some poems, salsa or tepura from scratch, philosophy, my baking skills in case you have an occasion to celebrate. (Like a particularly awesome Tuesday) meditation, (guided or otherwise), Netflix, the art of wish fulfillment, Games, advice on planning a trip to burningman. Etc. Tell me about your desires, dreams and aspirations and I will do what I can.

Countries I’ve Visited

United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

United States

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