CURRENT MISSION

Next stop: Europe with my Dad, in January!

ABOUT ME

I love:
East Nashville * Joe Versus the Volcano * steak * Patty Griffin * clogs * khakis * snow * my family * convertibles * singing * jello * my friends * travel * Ohio * Shawn Colvin * Macintosh computers * dogs * the ocean * New Order * people watching * diet Coke * listening * the World Cup * playing chess * Donnie Darko * long sleeved tee shirts * volleyball * hoodies * east coast hip hop * being around things that are beautiful * long, involved, unfunny jokes * wine * when children wear footie pajamas * Superdrag * Ohio State football * Thanksgiving * string cheese * reading historical markers * pastrami and swiss on dark rye * walking * New York City, Boston, Chicago, San Francisco, Toronto, Austin, Tokyo * sunrise * NPR * the Olympics * the library * Kenyon College * meeting new people * wordplay * sudoku * Scrabble * watching skateboarders * reading short stories * light blue and green * Gillian Welch * freshly cut grass * expensive socks * documentaries * Dance Dance Revolution * laughter * New Balance sneakers * Earl Grey tea * playing guitar * fine dining * watching movies at the theater * gardens * contests of any kind * Annie Hall * freestyle rap * making people smile * the subway * the desert * watching professional window washers * coffee (no cream or sugar, please) * karaoke bars * silly cellphone ringtones * mowing my lawn * Guinness * the Farmer's Almanac * buffalo wings *

I hate:
wet clothes * one-sided conversations * sacrilege * my cat allergies * ignorance passed off as jokes * girls who are slutty to everyone except me * mass e-mails * when people are too self-conscious to sing in front of other people * mud on my shoes * when clients wait three months to pay me * disrespect * that Slow Bar closed * liver * when friends move away * feeling alone * when my house is too quiet * embarassing myself when I am tipsy * steroids in baseball * not being able to say exactly what I mean * dull pencils * illegible handwriting * artists who refuse to acknowledge their influences * being far away from the people I love * massive, sterile, altogether-too-uniform subdivisions * fear * dizziness * carnies * pointy shoes * misused contractions (your - you're) * feeling unproductive * being itchy * bad service at restaurants *

PHILOSOPHY

I like to think I am easygoing, able to converse about a wide variety of topics intelligently, appreciative of good food and drink, and always up for a funny or amazing story.

If you roll your eyes when people claim that they can harness the universe's energy to find a parking space, you and I will probably get along.

If you laugh whenever you see Bill O'Reilly shout another guest into submission because he's run out of logical arguments, you and I will probably get along.

If you've seen a guy walking around with a python on his shoulders and thought to yourself, I wonder whether he has salmonella poisoning yet, you and I will probably get along.

This list could go on forever. So I'll just stop.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I like hosting people, but I look forward to surfing someday.

Interests

You.

• cats
• dogs
• singing
• theater
• documentaries
• dancing
• dining
• wine
• cheese
• coffee
• fine dining
• dieting
• running
• walking
• drinking
• clothing
• movies
• chess
• reading
• traveling
• sudoku
• guitar
• karaoke
• surfing
• baseball
• soccer
• olympics
• volleyball
• world cup

Music, Movies, and Books

Some movies:
Lost In Translation, The Life Aquatic, Annie Hall, Hoosiers, The Usual Suspects, Donnie Darko, Shawshank Redemption, the Tricolor trilogy

Some music:
New Order, Shawn Colvin, Stevie Wonder, Superdrag, Suzanne Vega, Jawbox, Sigur Ros, Feist, The Pixies, Hank Williams, Marvin Gaye, M Ward, Bon Iver, The Beatles, Notorious BIG

Some books:
Kitchen Confidential by Anthony Bourdain, History of the World in 10 1/2 Chapters by Julian Barnes, Great Expectations by Charles Dickens, any history books

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I sung background vocals on the record "Between Raising Hell and Amazing Grace" by the country duo Big and Rich, which went gold in 2008.

Countries I’ve Visited

Bahamas, Canada, Japan, Philippines, Puerto Rico, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

United States

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