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Wanderer, politically left, always eager for honest and thoughtful conversation. Nerd about lots of things. Can fix computers a little . I love bike rides, emotional music, non-human animals, and climbing things. Lactose intolerant but can't give up pizza.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I'm flying to China to teach English and am in need of a bed, couch, or floor space for my partner and I for two nights while my visa processes.

Interests

bikes, words, beer, social justice, coffee, that feeling you get when you do something you were terrified of and it's not as bad as you thought it'd be

• animals
• cats
• writing
• dining
• beer
• coffee
• trivia
• traveling
• dumpster diving
• cycling
• rock climbing

Music, Movies, and Books

music: The Mountain Goats, The National, WHY?, Ramshackle Glory, Nana Grizol, Okkervil River, Drive By Truckers, most folk punk & Americana

movies: Waking Life, The Land Before Time, LOTR trilogy, Tron, Star Wars, Wristcutters: A Love Story, My Neighbor Totoro, Spirited Away

books: The Unbearable Lightness of Being, Cat's Cradle, The Things They Carried, Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close, Hard Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World, Dune

poetry: Dean Young, Allen Ginsberg, Walt Whitman, Gary Snyder, Brenda Shaughnessy, Buddy Wakefield

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

learned to love myself, solved a Rubik's cube

Teach, Learn, Share

I mostly have a lot to learn and think sharing feels nice

What I Can Share with Hosts

I have money for my own food and am resourceful, am a master-dish washer (and have lived in many roommate situations before and understand the compromises involved in maintaining healthy houses), and can easily drift between being quiet as a cat and joining in the conversation. Sometimes I tell good stories

Countries I’ve Visited

Mexico, Nepal, Nicaragua, Thailand, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

United States