Me & my kitty love the outdoors. I've been learning to identify birds, butterflies, bugs, and spiders.
I'd love to find someone to let me camp on their land. I've tried camping on public land, but homeless people steal my things when I leave. I truly love being outdoors.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Coffee or a drink with people who are new to/visiting my area. Occasional requests to surf others' couches when I want to get out of town for a short road trip.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I lived in a housing co-op which hosted couchsurfers on a semi-regular basis. We hosted everyone from solo trippers to 5-piece folk bands.

I couch surfed with a great host in February 2007 while visiting Chicago for the first time.

I made a friend from Holland from this site who was trying to meet people for coffee in Lawrence, KS.

Interests

• arts
• books
• literature
• coffee
• drinking
• movies
• reading
• socializing
• music
• history

Music, Movies, and Books

Books I LOVE: Fahrenheit 451, Something Wicked This Way Comes, Animal Farm, 1984, A Modest Proposal, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, Auntie Mame, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, The Children's Hour, The Little Foxes, To Kill a Mockingbird, Inherit the Wind, Looking Backward, Herland, Henry V, Midsummer Night's Dream, 'Night, Mother, The Miracle Worker, Bent, The Messiah, The Great Gatsby, Peter Pan, Black Boy, Slaughterhouse 5, Cat's Cradle, Crimes of the Heart, Metamorphosis, Major Barbara, The Odd Couple, The Sunshine Boys, The Grapes of Wrath, Jane Eyre, Encyclopedia of an Ordinary Life, Rag and Bone, Watchmen, Persepolis, Maus, DC Universe: The Stories of Alan Moore, Awkward and Definition, Agnes of God, Moon Over Buffalo, Beyond Therapy, Picasso at the Lapin Agile, On an Average Day, Everything I Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten.

Movies I Dig: Amelie, Das Boot, Metropolis, The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, M, American History X, Fargo, The Big Lebowski, Mr. Deeds, The Matrix, Mulholland Drive, The Aviator, Long Day's Journey into Night, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, Million Dollar Baby, Brokeback Mountain, 11:14, Auntie Mame, His Girl Friday, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Weird Science, The Breakfast Club, Science of Sleep, Eternal Sunshine, Rushmore, The Royal Tenenbaums, The Life Aquatic, The Darjeeling Limited, Kill Bill Vol. I and II, Transformers, Elling, Life as a House, Billy Elliot, Interview with a Vampire, Baby Boy, Pan's Labyrinth, The Lives of Others, Little Miss Sunshine, Mrs. Doubtfire, Dr. Mabuse Der Spieler, Brick, Crash, Capote, ONCE, Bonny and Clyde, The Big Chill, Der Blaue Engel, Hairspray, Stranger than Fiction, Waking Ned Divine, Lady in the Water, Signs, The Village, The Sixth Sense, In the Name of the Father, Old School, Edward Scissorhands, V for Vendetta, Waiting, Office Space, Love Actually, Juno, All About Eve, Double Indemnity, Cabaret, The Hours, Into the Wild, Across the Universe, Kiss Kiss Bang Bang, Sin City, My Own Private Idaho, Elephant, Sweeney Todd, Mystic River, Sleepy Hollow, Batman Begins, Dark Knight, A League of Their Own, Annie Hall, The Shawshank Redemption, Coffee and Cigarettes, Spirited Away, Ratatouille, Iron Giant, The Simpson's Movie, Y Tu Mama Tambien, Clerks, MST3K, Malcolm X, Talladega Nights, Iron Man, Better Than Chocolate, It's in the Water, Ma Vie En Rose, Margaret Cho's I'm the One That I Want.

Music I Like: Shilpa Ray, Told Slant, Shannon and the Clams, Taco Cat, Alvvays, Electric Blanket, Cig Butts, Child Sleep, White Stripes, Raveonettes, Magnetic Fields, Badly Drawn Boy, Green Day, The Shins, Bright Eyes, Counting Crows, Sondre Lerche, Wendy Woo and the Woo Band, Belle and Sebastian, Of Montreal, Rilo Kiley, Vampire Weekend, Mates of State, Jens Leckman, Patsy Cline, Dolly Parton, Michael Jackson, Styxx, Joan Jett, Meat Loaf.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I used to cycle 100 + miles a week a few years ago.

Teach, Learn, Share

I can always be counted on to make lots of coffee.

What I Can Share with Hosts

When I click w the right person, I can talk and share stories for hours