CURRENT MISSION

I'm going to be on tour with some slam poets through the summer and am looking for some places to crash and good people to talk with

ABOUT ME

Hey!
I'm a white queer 22 year old fella here interested in most things and looking to meet cool people. i just finished my schooling at oberlin college studying performance studies and comparative american studies... i love hearing sharing stories.

CURRENTLY ON TOUR WITH (... we are theUNREAL)

WE.ve got lots of shows and are interested in meeting new folks.

PHILOSOPHY

'write on anything to help with the remembering'

- baraka noel

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I just finished a chap book (collection of poems), and i'll totally give you a copy if you let me kick it with you (i think it's pretty good)... ummm, and i can't host until i get a solid place to live; which should be next year some time

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

stayed with Jeremy in Boulder

have slept on a lot of peoples couches
who i.ve met asking for places to stay
after a show... but not as much experience
finding folks on CS.

met a lot of folks who crash on friends
couches.

Interests

performance poetry, social justice, queer organizing/community organizing, hip-hop, music, food, dogs, children/families, critical theory, friends, laughing, dancing, and breathing very deeply.

(i think these interests make me seem a lot cooler than i am)

• dogs
• books
• poetry
• performing arts
• dancing
• dining
• cooking
• bouldering
• music

Music, Movies, and Books

Music:
Akron/Family - Akron/Family
Badu
Animal Collective,
The Roots
The Microphones
Outkast
Kimya Dawson
MF DOOM
the music my friends make

Books:
James Baldwin
Theatre of the Oppressed
Queer/Junky - Burroughs
Everything is Illuminated
Keepin' It Real - Tim'm West
The Bluest Eye
The Dead Emcee Scrolls
the words my friends write

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

been on tour the past 9 months...
going for another 4!

Teach, Learn, Share

I've got a bunch of poems to share

some mild and broad knowledge about some theorists (and critical theory)

Stories

I can cook 4 or 5 decent dishes

basics of zine making

and there's prolly too much i need to learn to write here.