CURRENT MISSION

cycling through Asia!

ABOUT ME

i'm a 31 year old professional slacker who is generally happy, mellow, and down to earth. I love a good joke. I love to use the oxford comma. I am a proud supporter of croc footwear.

PHILOSOPHY

live every week like it's shark week.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

i have been mostly surfing, but plan on doing a bunch of hosting after this trip.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I have couchsurfed mostly on other bicycle trips through Europe and NZ and had nothing but positive experiences.

Interests

books, bikes, waves, boats, music, goats, farms, flannel, permaculture, maps, snowboards, cheesemaking, art, fender mustangs, crossword puzzles, baseball, beer, comics, travel, being outside, trivia, scrabble, languages, scooters, general tomfoolery.

• arts
• books
• dancing
• beer
• comics
• trivia
• traveling
• puzzles
• music
• cycling
• surfing
• baseball
• cartography
• languages

Music, Movies, and Books

sounds: sonic youth, pj harvey, low, radiohead, built to spill, blonde redhead, bon iver, fugazi, microphones, tv on the radio, les savy fav, animal collective, minutemen, pixies, yo la tengo, the national, and lotsa others.

authors: david foster wallace, zadie smith, t.c. boyle, phillip roth, alice munro, dave eggers, don delillo, richard dawkins, jared diamond. non fiction, especially popular science stuff, is right up my alley.

be warned! i'm that annoying person that will try to do the crossword puzzle over your shoulder.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

i've ridden my bike around a lot.

Teach, Learn, Share

I know a plethora of bad bar jokes I could impart.
My friend Paula tells me I can do the "Robot Dance" fairly well.
I can also teach you some bike maintanence and how to throw a baseball.

Countries I’ve Visited

Andorra, Australia, Austria, Canada, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Indonesia, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Latvia, Lithuania, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Portugal, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand, United Kingdom

Countries I’ve Lived In

Australia, Austria, Germany, United States

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