CURRENT MISSION

to never stop exploring

ABOUT ME

I'm very into MOVEMENT.

I don't smoke or eat seafood but enjoy most people who do. I enjoy people, though I crave my solitude in big morsels. I tend to travel alone, but after a 3-month U.S. venture in 2009, I definitely began to appreciate the value of shared experience more. My friends say I have no vices, unless you count rock n roll. I'm pretty full of life, I like to laugh, and I feel like I'm becoming more optimistic despite more and more reality and older age setting in.

My original dream job no longer exists as of the 21st century but now I’m making maps and therefore reclaiming another lost occupation. I'll remember your face, your birthday, and what record we were listening to when we met.

I recently looked back at a lot of my goals from my 20s and realized I did a lot of them. Now what?!

I'm always doing something musical. I play, make records, and tour under the name Saint Solitude.

PHILOSOPHY

I hear more excuses than I do ideas these days- start doing and creating instead of simply talking!

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I surfed a great deal from 2006-2012, and hosted as well. But then I wasn’t in a place where I could host for a decade-plus. Til now! I aim to give back to the community by hosting when I can.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

My virgin Couchsurf was in London in September 2006 and it was such a positive experience that I spent most of my Central European trip that year with CSers. Since then I've surfed sporadically in the U.S., New Zealand, and Canada, in particular when I was in my touring years.

Interests

Touring n' exploring. The Great North! Watching dogs swim. Music in many forms. Being outside. Whitewater paddling (packrafting) Fires. Pupusas. Assorted books and movies. Yuengling. Candy. Rivers! I am an aquatic creature. Do you know a good swimming hole? Cos I will probably ask you where the closest one is- or show you one.

• dogs
• books
• beer
• movies
• traveling
• music
• hiking
• camping
• surfing
• swimming
• rivers
• conversations
• packrafting

Music, Movies, and Books

the Smashing Pumpkins are holy to me. primarily i'm a student of rock n roll, but I listen to a lot of stuff...post-punk, surf rock, 50s-60s jazz, pop, old old blues, country-tinged stuff like Beachwood Sparks and my love, Neko Case. Anything recorded before 1940 (Billie Holiday, Edith Piaf). I love the Brits the most, like the the Manics, Suede, Echo and the Bunnymen, Ride, Oasis. Also Santigold, The Mercury Program, The Strokes, The National, R.E.M. and on and on... for movies, i try my best to stay away from the hollywood stuff but occasionally dabble. give me bergman, lynch, kubrick, cronenberg, kaufman, eternal sunshine, a river runs through it. Books: Entangled Life, Braiding Sweetgrass, Winter's Tale, Walden, any Kerouac, natural histories.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

ask me, ask me, ask me. cos if it's not love, then it's the bomb, the bomb, the bomb that will bring us together!

Teach, Learn, Share

I saw a guy's page about sleeping in airports once and thought that references like that make traveling projects like this work.

What I Can Share with Hosts

stories, frugality tips, melodies, my banana bread recipe

Countries I’ve Visited

Australia, Austria, Barbados, Canada, Czech Republic, Denmark, Ecuador, Germany, Italy, Mexico, New Zealand, Slovakia, Sweden, United Kingdom, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Sweden, United States

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