CURRENT MISSION

To co-create a cooperative world

ABOUT ME

I'm based in Dublin. Born and raised in Chicago. Lived in LA, NY, Madison, Carbondale, and Lilongwe.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I've mostly been a host, surfed once in Paris with the awesome Iv.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I hosted dozens of people from all corners of the year, a few I now count as friends, others I've never seen since. Always a great time.

Interests

Peace, sustainable living, music, dancing, movies, tennis, baseball, biking, hiking, camping, engaging conversations, hugging, cuddling, meditation, learning about new things/activities I might be interested in.

• dancing
• dining
• meditation
• movies
• music
• cycling
• hiking
• camping
• baseball
• tennis

Music, Movies, and Books

Movies: Harold and Maude, Hudsucker Proxy, Cinema Paradiso, Citizen Kane, Flirting With Disaster, High Fidelity, Crash, Sunrise, The Graduate, the Ice Storm, I Heart Huckabees, The Revolution Will Not Be Televised.

Music: They Might Be Giants, Ani Difranco, Dar Williams, Matthew Sweet, Violent Femmes, Bjork, Komeda, TV on the Radio, Barenaked Ladies, Gift of Gab, Kinky, Mike Doughty, Soul Coughing, The Starlings, Pelusa, White Stripes, M.I.A., MoZo, Antibalas, North Strand Kontra Band

Books: Struggling with "Ulysses" right now; have read "Covenant with Black America," "Invisible Man" by Ralph Ellison, "McTeague" by Frank Norris, "On The Road," "Alexander and his Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day," "Too Close To Call" by Jeffrey Toobin, and "Bush's Brain."

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Hard to boil this down to one thing, but I would say being a first-hand witness of Thailand's Coup in September 2006 is burned into my memory.

What I Can Share with Hosts

Food, jokes, music, movies

Countries I’ve Visited

Argentina, Belgium, Cambodia, Canada, China, Costa Rica, Croatia, Denmark, Egypt, France, Germany, Greece, Hong Kong, Iceland, Italy, Japan, Kenya, Laos, Malawi, Mexico, Morocco, Myanmar, Netherlands, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Tanzania, Thailand, Turkey, Ukraine, United States, Venezuela, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

Ireland, Malawi, United States

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