CURRENT MISSION

Mission control.

ABOUT ME

Well, I can't complain, but sometimes I still do.... I write and travel for a living. I like words. I'm intrigued by the many elements and complexities of life and culture. I have my cynical tendencies (more-so nowadays), but I remain a prisoner of hope. I have been taking some genuine timeout from society as of late and traveling across North America. Needless to say, I've been up to some pretty amazing things. I was recently living and reporting on the student protests in Montreal and then working at a Korean BBQ in Chicago. Then I lived in the mountains of the Continental Divide, until I made my way over to California to surf in the Pacific Ocean. I've been couch surfing, sleeping in my truck and staying in hostels pretty much the entire trip; and I must say, I wouldn't have it any other way. I feel as though I have grown as a human being and a writer. I'm particularly intuitive and friendly. I'm also not annoying. I'm honest and well-cultured. I try to be cool whenever possible, but sometimes I feel like I have the soul of a clown, which forces me to burst at the most crucial moments. I really am no bother.

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Please, if you wish to stay with me, bring with you a rational ideology and a sense of humor. And, above all else, bring courtesy. Because even if we don't like one another, we must remain civil for this thing to live on. Savvy? All right, now let's boogie!

PHILOSOPHY

Do the right thing.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I know how to accommodate some good folks looking for a place to crash.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

The surf's up.

Interests

I'm interested in typical recreations: music, literature, beer drinking (it is a recreation for me), visual art, sports, traveling. I enjoy grand adventures and learning. I'm interested in interesting people, places and things. I suppose you could say I'm into nouns. I'm really good at: One-liners. Editing. Fixing the toilet and/or problems. Dressing myself. Making the best out of a bad situation. Guitar. Chess. Jokes. Learning. Athletics. Research. Back flips. Deducing. Aphorisms. Driving. Water-balloon fights. Holding my breath. Surfing. Cooking. Loving. Thinking before I speak. Leading the way, and getting lost. Probably some other stuff too.

• arts
• culture
• writing
• literature
• perfumes
• cooking
• beer
• bbq
• drinking
• chess
• traveling
• music
• guitar
• surfing
• sports
• mountains

Music, Movies, and Books

Howard Zinn, Kurt Vonnegut, Hunter Thompson, Mother Jones, Thom Yorke, Phillip K. Dick, Kafka, John Greene, The Roots, Charles Bukowski, Paul Newman, James Dean, Patrick Suskind, The Beatles, Virginia Wolf, David Cronnenburg, Stephen Colbert, Paul Krugman, Elizabeth Warren, Chief Black Hawk, John Lennon, W.E.B. Du Bois, Eugene Debs, Stephen Marche, George Carlin, Kubrick, Esquire, H.L. Mencken, Trey Stone, Steven Wright, Matt Taibbi, Jon Stewart, Alex Supertramp, Wes Anderson, Mitch Hedberg, Scorcesse, Tina Fey, Bill Shakespeare, The Nation, Mark Twain, Larry Flint, Thomas Paine, Bill Maher, Chris Rock, Ghandi, Patton Oswald, Leonardo Di Vinci, Homer, Old Crow Medicine Show, Francis Ford Coppolla, George Young, Anthony Keidus, Jim Morrison, Chuck Palahniuk, The Avett Brothers, Carl Sagan, Edgar Allen Poe, Charlie Chapman, Jack Kerouac, Albert Einstien, Stephen Hawkings, Martin Luther King, Emerson, Joseph Conrad, E.E. Cummings, Emmitt Till, Bobby Zimmerman, Queen Elizabeth I, The Strokes, CAKE

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Time in essence.

Teach, Learn, Share

This too shall pass.

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Bahamas, Canada, Cayman Islands, Costa Rica, Czech Republic, Germany, Italy, Jamaica, Mexico, Netherlands, Puerto Rico, United Kingdom, United States, Vatican City State

Countries I’ve Lived In

United States

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