CURRENT MISSION

Giddyup

ABOUT ME

I live a fairly simple life. I spend my time writing and playing music, having a good time, and working in a restaurant for money. I prefer to be in a general state of contentedness as often as possible.

PHILOSOPHY

Relativist with a Buddhist hue.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I would love to host and surf.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I've hosted a few times and enjoyed it!

Interests

Singing, listening, reading, dancing, eating, fermenting, cheese, Buddhism, food, beer, plants, and homes.

• writing
• books
• singing
• dancing
• dining
• cheese
• beer
• reading
• music
• buddhist

Music, Movies, and Books

Mel Brooks, David Lynch, Martin Scorsese. Dirty Dancing, and all movies of questionable quality that are about dancing.

Nick Drake, The Magnetic Fields, Devo, The Talking Heads, Curtis Mayfield, Etta James, Nina Simone, Abbey Lincoln, Billie Holiday, Bruce Springsteen, The Staple Singers, James Brown, Elizabeth Cotton, Mississippi John Hurt, Charles Mingus, Cecil Taylor, Ornette Coleman, etc...

The Golden Compass and Trilogy!, Buddhist texts (like things by Dogen, Nagarjuna, Candrakirti, The Awakening of Faith, etc...) Cannery Row/Sweet Thursday, In Cold Blood, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

One time, when I was younger, I saw a bum standing with the headphones on at one of those kiosks where you can sample music you might buy, in a Borders books in downtown Chicago, dancing and singing along to whatever he was listening to. I'll never forget that scene I witnessed, love it.

Teach, Learn, Share

I can teach you how to play cribbage, take care of plants, bake bread, ferment vegetables, make soda, and eat some really nice cheese.