CURRENT MISSION

pay off student loans and get smarter while doing it.

update: done with this.

ABOUT ME

Low maintenance. I'm very helpful, even handy. I love all sorts of work; have delivered produce, taught music, worked on archaeological digs, worked in gardens, done carpentry and currently make maps for a CRM firm, a nature preserve, a bike shop... I'm into archaeology, and I'm into urban gardening and historic preservation. I feel local, and love finding places and getting to know them. I can entertain, and am easily entertained.

PHILOSOPHY

I'd rather take the long way than be stuck in traffic.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Stayed with a couple of wonderful hosts in Greece, and have hosted and helped host a few great people here in the US as well...

Interests

Traveling when I have the time and money, chatting, playing Samba Batucada, funk, reggae, the music of John Prine, the poetry of Billy Collins, gardening, furnishing my dwelling with used furniture, dance parties, rummage sales, antiques, thrift stores, old things... archaeology, maps, getting lost, figuring out where I am, mowing lawns, playing soccer, getting things done, THE ONION.

• dancing
• gardening
• thrifting
• traveling
• music
• cycling
• soccer
• cartography
• historic sites
• exploring
• web design
• gis

Music, Movies, and Books

Lucky Jim, Crime and Punishment, the Golden Compass, Bill Bryson, Steven Saylor, Hitchhiker's Guide, Confederation of Dunces, The Stranger, Edward Tufte

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

midnight excursion to the sulphur springs at Thermopylae, archaeology in bush Alaska, got appendicitis in San Francisco, saw a marriage proposal to a Waffle House employee

What I Can Share with Hosts

enthusiasm for geographic information systems, a few jokes...

Countries I’ve Visited

Egypt, England, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Guatemala, Hungary, Romania, Turkey

Countries I’ve Lived In

United States