CURRENT MISSION

shatter ignorance and cultivate a wholesome view of the way all things work

ABOUT ME

Not all who wonder are lost...but I am! love donuts. high energy. music. efficiency. non-traditional thought. see other questions-

PHILOSOPHY

Trying to understand myself and the spinning world around me...then hopefully meshing the two in a positive way for everyone and everything.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

surf couches!

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

a grand encounter with fun loving people... and alcohol.

Interests

Mountains! and climbing them. Ice climbing. Frying my brain with Dubstep and ...? Being alone in the hands of the world- traveling. questioning everything. my personal journey to understand i dont know what yet. efficiency. aesthetics. organization. smiles and hugs. a good cry. believing you can. fixing things i dont know how to fix, and the education i acquire through teaching myself. shocking and appaling people. hitchhiking. sewing. big math problems. cooking and baking. extreme physical tests. writing. dancing. freely doing things selfish business people / society tell me i cannot achieve without giving them money.

• writing
• dancing
• education
• cooking
• baking
• traveling
• music
• cycling
• backpacking
• skateboarding
• rock climbing
• business
• teaching
• mathematics
• psychology
• hitchhiking
• mountains

Music, Movies, and Books

Top musical artists: Damien Rice, Iron and Wine, Obie Trice, Sigur Ros

Secondary musical artists: My Morning Jacket, Ryan Adams, White stripes, Horse feathers, Theivery Corporation, Portishead, Brett Dennen, Eminem, Old Crow Medicine Show, Suffian Stevens (sp?), Craig David, Tool, Bob Damien and Ziggy Marley, the Sounds of Animals Fighting, Bob Dylan, Ghostland Observatory

Books: Walden, Ishmael, A Brave New World

Video: Waking Life

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Spending extended time above treeline-Its another planet up there! Stayed with typical families i randomly encountered in Mexico, Ecuador, and Peru.

Teach, Learn, Share

I know a decent amount about: Climbing. Surviving snow and winter conditions. skateboarding. catfishing. the spanish language. backpacking. traveling in various nations.

I know something about: baking and cooking, sewing, fixing and maintenance of all things including house, bike, and car

Want to learn more about: various cultures and lifestyles...of anywhere. cooking and baking. social environments/humanity. how things came to be this way. evolutionary psychology. pharmacology and drugs. why people are homeless and what can be done?