CURRENT MISSION

To see as much of the world as possible in the time I've been alloted on earth

ABOUT ME

I am originally from Minneapolis, Minnesota where I spent most of my formative years pretending to be somewhere else. Much of this involved staring at the National Geographic maps which lined my walls. My studies, particularly the Archeology aspect of my degree helped me travel around the world. I moved to Seville, Spain when I was 24. I lived there for the better part of 5 years and still go back fairly frequently to accompany my young daughter to see her father. I subsequently lived in Brighton, England and currently live in Edinburgh, Scotland.

PHILOSOPHY

"At the moment of commitment the entire universe conspires to assist you." (Goethe)

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I have been lucky to usually land on the couches and spare beds of kind strangers all over.

Interests

Film, screenwriting, painting, music, travelling, watching people.

• writing
• partying
• traveling
• painting
• music
• archeology
• cartography
• communications
• cultural studies
• freelancing

Music, Movies, and Books

Hable con Ella (Talk to Her), Gummo, Anvil, anything by Werner Herzog or Emir Kusturica..... I could really go on and on about this.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I saw Liberace emerge from a glass encrusted Roadster in front of his museum in 1984. I watched the sun rise from Mount Sinai in 2000 and I crashed a New Year's Eve party in Vilnius, Lithuania last year. I'm sure there are more but that's what springs to mind right now.

Teach, Learn, Share

I'm an artist who has done a lot of other jobs for money including teaching English, lecturing Media and Cultural Studies, working as a programming director for a Nigerian television station and doing freelance videography and writing.