CURRENT MISSION

making friends making art making food

ABOUT ME

i like to do new things, i like to meet people. i like to travel. i thoroughly enjoy drinking and making situations, often times i lack a filter. i was born and raised in iowa along the mississippi, decorating cakes with my mom and flying big kites with my dad. i lived there until i was seventeen, when i moved away for school. i majored in sculpture at the kansas city art institute and like making anything useful. mainly tables and dishes. after graduating in may 2010 i moved to homer, alaska for my second summer and ended up staying... so here i am! i like kayaking, hiking, camping, and i'm learning to fish (properly). in the winter i cross country ski and try to snowboard. currently i work for a small bear viewing outfit that flies cessna 206's into katmai national park where we land and chase brown bears around. best job perks ever.

PHILOSOPHY

what i do today i have to sleep with tonight.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

i host and get hosted!

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

top notch, all of them! except one!

Interests

art, sculpture, hand made dishes, sketchbooks, piano, cello, rugby, music, dogs, horses, chess, drinking, warm whiskey, cold vodka, barbeques, etymology, the etymology of names, overcast skies, eating meat off the bone, smirking, horseplay, walking, sleeping with the window open year round.

• dogs
• horses
• fish
• arts
• dining
• cooking
• walking
• drinking
• flying
• chess
• traveling
• socializing
• music
• piano
• fishing
• hiking
• kayaking
• camping
• skiing
• snowboarding
• rugby
• etymology

Music, Movies, and Books

movies: westerns, period films, vampire movies.

music: blues, techno, hip hop, trip hop, experimental, folk, ambient music, more specifically bb king, stevie ray vaughn, portishead, sigur ros, radiohead, azure ray, boards of canada, buena vista social club, brittain ashford, m.ward, iron and wine, bon iver, flaming lips, juanes.

liszt
prokofiev's romeo and juliet
rachmaninov
shostakovich's 1st cello concerto
dvorak

books: his dark materials, the professor and the madman, ender's game, harry potter, the only astrology book you'll ever need, the secret meaning of names, organic homemade glues, the art and history of whiskey, encyclopedia of wood, the omnivore's dilemma, world beers, horses, and 'country living and know how: a guide to living simple'. my favorite book is 10,000 toasts, quotes, and stories.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

seen: anything in alaska that i've seen. when i was eight i watched a forty year old tarantula kick itself to death in a cabin in the woods.
done: i played in an amazing symphony when i was 15 through 16. i think that was one of the most satisfying things ive been a part of. the best i've ever felt is while galloping on a horse alone through the countryside. i could do that forever.

Teach, Learn, Share

teach: i can teach you how to play a cello, how to play a piano, how to play chess, euchre, or backgammon, and how to properly tackle someone.

learn: some more cooking skillz, another language, another instrument.

share: my home or your home, my friends or your friends.

Countries I’ve Visited

France, Italy

Countries I’ve Lived In

United Kingdom, United States

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