I'm a comic book writer and cook from Milwaukee, WI recently moved to Providence, RI.

In recent years I've begun to pursue a career as a comic writer, but continue to support myself as a cook. I've worked mostly in Vegan/Vegetarian specialty restaurants in the States, but I've also cooked on farms in Central America, on a 500+ person kibbutz in Israel, and at a cooperative organic cafe out of a garage.

I'm a creatively driven person and have committed my life to mastering the craft of storytelling. I'm also passionate about playing in bands, learning new culinary tricks, and working in cooperative communities.

Miscellaneous list: I'm a lifelong vegetarian, love tea (mostly vegetal greens), enjoy keeping many house plants & a garden, care for two lizards & a cat, read science-fiction & fantasy, environmentalist, feminist, practice amateur herbalisim, listen to a lot of music, but mostly hip hop, enjoy cartoons & tv, play dungeons & dragons, some video games, and board games.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I recently lived in India and Nepal for a year and had a wonderful experience couch surfing, while traveling between jobs. It's a great way to get to know locals of the city you're visiting and I get to swap stories of my travels and work. I'll be traveling around the U.S. to table at comic book conventions to promote and sell my books and thought couch surfing would be a great option for finding places to stay for the weekend.

Interests

Writing
Cooking
Playing Music (drums, guitar, synthesizer, MPD, bass)
Reading (comics, novels)
Travel
Agriculture and Gardening
Religions of the World, Mythology
Cartoons & Anime
Board Games & Computer Games
Astrology
Ecology
History
Museums
Aquariums
Astrophysics

• cats
• culture
• writing
• books
• dining
• cooking
• vegetarian
• vegan
• gardening
• comics
• anime
• cartoons
• video games
• board games
• reading
• tv
• traveling
• music
• guitar
• drums
• surfing
• agriculture
• ecology
• history
• religion
• science

Music, Movies, and Books

This could be a very long list, but here's a quick one that's on the mind:

TV/MOVIES
Steven Universe
Avatar The Last Air Bender
Looper
Princess Mononoke
Regular Show
Game of Thrones
The Fifth Element
Buffy the Vampire Station

MUSIC
J Dilla
Lightning Bolt
Converge
Madlib
MF DOOM
Boris
Haz Solo
Black Milk
Pete Rock

BOOKS/COMICS
Y The Last Man
Hyperion
Nueromacer
Sabriel
Transmetropolitan
Snow Crash
Chew
Sand Man
Asterios Polyp
Habibi

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

It's not "amazing" that I personly did so, but it was subjectively amazing hiking 5-days in Nepal up to the base of Machapuchare, never once passing another person. I never thought I'd be that high up in my life or see mountains like that or walk up through clouds. I mean, ba-jesus, ya know? I got plenty videos and photos I could show ya of a bunch of my travels!

Teach, Learn, Share

I'm always interested in learning to cook new things.

Looking forward to learning other people's cultures.

Willing to share whatever I can I suppose?

What I Can Share with Hosts

I have plenty of stories from past travels that most people say are worth a listen. I can also blab about what I know about science or mythology or anthropology and show you the process for storytelling and writing I use for my comic book scripts. I'd also love to cook for you if you want to try something in my vegetarian repertoire!

Countries I’ve Visited

Canada, Costa Rica, Egypt, Honduras, Jordan, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama

Countries I’ve Lived In

Guatemala, India, Israel, Nepal, United States