CURRENT MISSION

I deeply enjoy traveling when I am able to. However, while I am home hopefully I'll be able to offer other couch surfers an exciting and interesting view of St. Louis.

ABOUT ME

For a living I am a server in an upscale restaurant. The job is fantastic as it allows me plenty of free time, and affords me the extra income to be able to travel. I am also an artist (writer, poet, photographer) and a tarot reader as well.(hosts and surfers get a free tarot reading, if they are into that sort of thing). In my free time I like to read, meditate, jog, and drink good wine and beer (reds and IPAs are my favorite). If I have the chance I love the opportunity to share a nice meal with any surfer/host I am spending time with, be it at a nice restaurant or a home cooked meal.

PHILOSOPHY

Too complex to explain in a few lines. But I adhere to the Buddhist tenet that everything in this seemingly separate reality is ultimately One.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

While traveling or hosting I like to offer good conversation, share stories, and teach about my city while learning about others.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Having couch surfed dozens of times, I enjoy every step of the process. It's always very exciting walking into a new situation where the opportunity for new friendships await.

Interests

Zen Buddhism, Jungian Psychology, Active Imagination, Integral Theory, Evolutionary Panentheism, Jogging, Taoism, Harmonically Layered Binaural Audio Technology, Developmental Psychology, Music, Movies, Books, Writing Poetry, "Alien" Consciousness, Eating, String Theory, Parallel Dimensions, Cats

• cats
• writing
• books
• poetry
• dining
• wine
• beer
• meditation
• walking
• drinking
• technology
• movies
• reading
• traveling
• music
• buddhist
• psychology

Music, Movies, and Books

BOOKS: Spiritual Initiation and the Breakthrough of Consciousness: The Bond of Power, No Boundary, Another Roadside Attraction, A New Earth, The Blooming of a Lotus, Exploring The Crack In The Cosmic Egg, Integral Spirituality, Food of the Gods, Transfigurations, Labyrinths, The Wheel of Time Series, Essential Jung, Half Asleep in Frog Pajamas, Heart of the Buddha's Teachings, The Life Divine, Siddhartha, 2012: The Return of Quetzalcoatl, The Prophet, Promethius Rising, Change You Brain, The Essential Chuang Tzu, The Book of Balance and Harmony, Tao Te Ching, Bhagavad Gita, King Warrior Magician Lover, The Wind-up Bird Chronicle...MOVIES: Being John Malkovich, Magnolia, Pan's Labyrinth, The Big Lebowski, 2001: A Space Odyssey, Fight Club, Forrest Gump, Me And You And Everyone We Know, American Beauty, Munich, Thank You For Smoking, Match Point, Pulp Fiction, Atonement, O' Brother Where Art Though, Jacob's Ladder, Oldboy, Vanilla Sky, Sexy Beast, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, City Of God, Pink Floyd:The Wall, Closer, Amores Perros, Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan, Crash.....MUSIC: Tool, Pink Floyd, The Mars Volta, Chroma Key, Led Zeppelin, Dream Theater, Porcupine Tree, Blackfield, Eric Johnson, Coldplay, Fiona Apple, Steve Vai, Fates Warning, Jethro Tull, Faith No More, Rachmaninov, Transatlantic, A Perfect Circle, Peter Gabriel

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I once saw a seventy-two year old grandmother of six eat two Big Macs and a super-sized fry in one sitting and live to tell the tale. It was simply incredible.

Teach, Learn, Share

Through stories, experiences, philosophies, and fantasties.

What I Can Share with Hosts

Stories, food, drink, conversation, and, hopefully, a hi-five or two......

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