CURRENT MISSION

Just making sense of the world around me and doing my best to make it better

PHILOSOPHY

Time you enjoy wasting, was not wasted. (John Lennon)

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I've surfed once and I've hosted a few times. I've met a number of other CouchSurfers along the way. Every time, I've had a terrific experience. I look forward to hosting again in the future.

Interests

Politics!, education, music, art, philosophy, travel, food (eating/cooking), new cultures and people, being easily distracted...

• arts
• education
• dining
• cooking
• politics
• traveling
• music
• teaching

Music, Movies, and Books

Music: Everything from The Clash to Mahler.

Movies: The Royal Tenenbaums, Love and Death, Interiors, Igby Goes Down, Amelie, I Heart Huckabees, Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory (with Gene Wilder), Wristcutters: A Love Story, Donnie Darko (director's cut), The Godfather, Authur, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, Being John Malkovich, I Am Sam, What's New, Tiger Lily?, Barry Lyndon, Blowup, The War Room

Books: most Gabriel Garcia-Marquez and Kurt Vonnegut, Das Parfum by Patrick Süskind. A great deal of non-fiction.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I used to work at the White House

Teach, Learn, Share

Conversation is one of the best (and perhaps most enjoyable) ways to learn - about anything. I'm always up for learning more about a lot and sharing a lot about the little I know myself. I like talking politics.

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Bahamas, Belgium, Canada, China, Costa Rica, Croatia, France, Germany, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Mexico, Netherlands, Puerto Rico, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, Turks and Caicos Islands, United Kingdom

Countries I’ve Lived In

France, Germany, United States