CURRENT MISSION

As Mao once said: “Battling with heaven is endless joy! Fighting with the earth is endless joy! And struggling with humanity is endless joy!”

ABOUT ME

I am a 27 year old male who works in a hotel and does social justice work on the side. I live alone in a historical neighborhood close to downtown Baltimore. I work alot and at random hours so i'm not that available, but I want to share my space, host nice travellers and meet people from other parts of the world. I am new to the area and am not the best ambassador to the city but i would love to host you, give you a space to stay and offer suggestions of some things to see while you are in town.

PHILOSOPHY

"If your not living on the edge then your taking up too much room....pass the mountain dew!" or "From each; what they can. To each; what they deserve."

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I want to meet people from around the world and help people travel, connect with their surroundings and places they visit outside of a "tourism" paradigm and do so as affordable as possible. Some of my best experiences traveling were meeting people randomly at a grocery store in the middle of nowhere and staying with them at their homes and talking all night. I think these types of interactions are essential for travel and would like to support a network, like CS.com, that wishes to build a community of such.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Just signed up.

Interests

News, Politcs and Current Events, Literature, History, Philosophy, The Labor Movement, Feminism, Economics, Environmentalism, Evolutionary Biology, Psychology, Music, Writing, Old Japanese Motorcycles-riding and working on them, Bicycles, Running, Weight Lifting, Eating, Alcohol,Coffee, Chess, Travelling.

• writing
• literature
• womens rights
• coffee
• running
• motorcycles
• news
• chess
• traveling
• socializing
• music
• biology
• economics
• history
• psychology
• religion
• tourism

Music, Movies, and Books

Nina Simone, Dead Moon, Gram Parsons, Fugazi, GoldFrapp, Gaslight Anthem, Punk, Metal, Rock, Country, Folk, Hip Hop, R'nB, Soul, lots of stuff!
Cormac Macarthy, John Steinbeck, George Pelecanos, Francis Pospisil, The Dark Tower Series, Zines, Harpers, The Economist, The New Yorker

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I rode my bicycle across the United States once with my best mate. We called it our "Spokeback Mountain Summer."

Teach, Learn, Share

Would like to learn Spanish better, be exposed to new musicians and authors I don't know about yet. Learn about the different ways in which people live, national histories, opinions on religion and spirituality, ideas and plans about progress and social change.

Countries I’ve Visited

Cuba, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Mexico, Netherlands, United Kingdom

Countries I’ve Lived In

United States

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