CURRENT MISSION

My goal is to stay in Chicago from

ABOUT ME

I'm 28, going to school, playing poker for a living, and trying to have as many positive experiences as I can with the time I have on this planet.

I try to get to as many music festivals as possible throughout the year. Music is a pretty important aspect of my life. Give me some live music and I'll give you a smile :)

I have a dog named Corderoy. He's a chocolate lab. He won't be traveling with me though. He is six years old now.

PHILOSOPHY

Do unto others as you would have done to you.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I haven't used the site yet, but I have certainly couchsurfed amongst friends and friends of friends, resulting in plenty of good times.

Interests

• dogs
• music festivals
• festivals
• chocolate
• traveling
• poker
• music
• live music

Music, Movies, and Books

Books:
Ishmael and everything else by Daniel Quinn. Rant and everything else by Chuck Pahlahniuk. Crooked Little Vein by Warren Ellis. The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams. Mark Twain. Neil Gaiman. Murakami. Lots more of course.

Music:

Electronic Music EDM IDM Dubstep Livetronica
Bassnectar, Pretty Lights, Sound Tribe Sector 9, Feed Me, Vibesquad, EOTO, Break Science, Big Gigantic, Bonobo, The Glitch Mob, Ratatat, Lotus, Girl Talk, Heyoka , Nosaj Thing, DJ Shadow, Prefuse 73, Emancipator, Beats Antique, RJD2, Disco Biscuits, LCD Soundsystem, Crystal Castles, Thievery Corporation, Massive Attack, Big Gigantic, Gorillaz, Papadosio, The Crystal Method, Daft Punk, Chemical Brothers, Aphex Twin, Boards of Canada

Rock Post-Rock Indie
Explosions in the Sky, Do Make Say Think, The White Stripes, The Rolling Stones, The Black Keys, Fitz & the Tantrums, Son House, Battles, MGMT, Sublime, Rage Against the Machine, Tool, Cloud Cult, Jimi Hendrix, Elliott Smith, The Brian Jonestown Massacre, Modest Mouse, Bright Eyes, Death From Above 1979, Iron & Wine, A Perfect Circle, Animal Collective, Modest Mouse, Spoon, 65daysofstatic, Feist, Tortois, Tool, Cage The Elephant, Broken Bells, M. Ward, Tapes n' Tapes, Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Streetlight Manifesto,

Hip Hop
El-P, P.O.S., Sole, Eyedea, Aesop Rock, The Roots, Buck 65, M.I.A, K'naan, Spank Rock, MF Doom, Shabazz Palace, mc chris, Why?, Themselves, The Coup, Sage Francis, Talib Kweli, Dessa, Doomtree, Cage, Blockhead, Mr. Lif,

My Last.FM profile is at http://www.last.fm/user/astroid0 - I finally go my ipod submitting listened tracks reliably, so it should be up to speed from now on. The last few years are pretty spotty.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Not nearly enough. Hoping to change that though.

Teach, Learn, Share

I am a rabid music follower. I don't know about everything of course, but I definitely have a massive varied collection and can talk your ear off about music all night.

I am really good with computers. Thats why I switched majors. If you need help with something, or need something fixed, I'm your guy.

I'm sure there is more, but those are the two things that jump to the top of my head.